Greek, Chinese firms ink 14 deals Greek and Chinese companies signed 14 commercial deals, including for the construction of cargo ships and the export of olive oil, during a visit by Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang, officials said yesterday.
HK shipping line on vessel buying spree Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings intends to increase its fleet to about 30 by early 2012 and has the financing 'in place' for the expansion.
Baltic index at 7-week low; downtrend seen The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, fell to its lowest in seven weeks on Monday as weak cargo demand hurt sentiment.
May S'pore bunker sales hit 3rd all-time high
Strait Talk
'Clean' fuel worries IT is probably possible to get just about any marine fuel you care to specify in Singapore, the world's biggest bunker hub. Of the 36.4 million tonnes supplied last year, however, the vast majority was residual fuel, of various viscosities.
Greek, Chinese firms ink 14 deals Greek and Chinese companies signed 14 commercial deals, including for the construction of cargo ships and the export of olive oil, during a visit by Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang, officials said yesterday.
HK shipping line on vessel buying spree Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings intends to increase its fleet to about 30 by early 2012 and has the financing 'in place' for the expansion.
Baltic index at 7-week low; downtrend seen The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, fell to its lowest in seven weeks on Monday as weak cargo demand hurt sentiment.
May S'pore bunker sales hit 3rd all-time high
Strait Talk
'Clean' fuel worries IT is probably possible to get just about any marine fuel you care to specify in Singapore, the world's biggest bunker hub. Of the 36.4 million tonnes supplied last year, however, the vast majority was residual fuel, of various viscosities.
Spedlogswiss: Paul Kurrus president for another year The 90th annual general meeting (AGM) of Spedlogswiss (the association of Swiss forwarding and logistics companies) was held in Berne this year. At the event, the trade body's pres...
Interfracht opens new branch office in Japan The forwarding company Interfracht, based in Bremen (Germany), recently opened a new office in Tokyo. The firm said that Interfracht Japan is its first facility outside E...
Wincanton reports drop in sales and earnings in 2009/10 Wincanton plc, a logistics and transport service provider based in Great Britain, recently published its results for business year 2009/2010. Despite a decline in sales and profit,...
Ceva Logistics opens new logistics centre near Novara The logistics service and SCM provider Ceva Logistics has opened a third building in the eco-sustainable centre of San Pietro Mosezzo near Novara (Italy). This takes the total...
Hellenic Register upbeat as Brussels decision looms Classification society confident it will avoid de-recognition but EU sources cast doubt on prediction
Greek owners start to regroup
Class reaches a turning point
Uncertain future for panamaxes
Knightsbridge snaps up Golden Ocean capesize for $72m Deal will give Golden Ocean 8% shareholding and a board seat in Knightsbridge
Golden Ocean stands by policy of counterparty...
Super slow steaming unlikely to generate carbon credits Practice of going slow to lower ships bunkers consumption and carbon emissions...
Slow steaming set to become a way of life,...
Greeks among owners in Cosco bulker spree Yards $440m binge includes three new supramax orders by Dynacom and Seatraders
China signs 14 deals in Greece CHINESE Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Dejiang today reportedly signed 14 investment accords in Athens with Greek shipping groups and other companies
Dublin reportedly rejects port plan IRISH planners have reportedly rejected plans to expand capacity at Dublin's port by up to 50%
GEBAB sees fewer idle ships GERMAN KG house GEBAB has said the number of idle ships in its fleet has dropped from 20 to three over the past six months
Epic sails past yard troubles STX FRANCE has told Fairplay it will deliver Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Epic on time this week, despite setbacks during construction
Sichuan to cater for larger ships CHINESE authorities have announced plans aimed at turning central Sichuan province into a water transport hub, IHS Global Insight reported today
US finds reefer box cocaine US CUSTOMS has revealed the seizure of 29kg of cocaine in a reefer box at Wilmington's port in Delaware
BIMCO hails piracy ruling A UK RULING on fees accrued while a ship is held by pirates helps to clarify responsibilities, a BIMCO official told Fairplay today
Finnlines-link between Russia and Spain In August 2010 Finnlines is going to expand its Bilbao'Antwerp'Helsinki service with calls in St Petersburg. The Finnmill, Finnpulp and a third ro-ro vessel will be employed
Alfa Laval gets SEK 80 million order Alfa Laval will deliver PureBallast systems to two South Korean yards, the orders are worth SEK 80 million in total. The systems will be installed on 14 container ships ordered
Crude just under major resistance levels Speculative inflows may push the energies higher in the coming weeks.
Southern Europe sees prices firm One Piraeus supplier fully committed on barge schedules until June 20.
Fujairah prices mainly stable Good avails in Durban.
New COO for Andatee Sun Xun will oversee the company's operations and assist and support its research and development
Ferry to run on used cooking oil UK vessel being supplied by local hotel.
NYK additive 'can prevent problems' associated with low sulphur fuels Tests since January have shown improved lubricity by around 30%.
World Cup: Petrobras asks customers to nominate early Brazilian supplier says business 'will be supported by blackberry only' while national side is playing.
IFO prices soft across key ports Demand 'good' in Hong Kong on Tuesday, traders say.
Fuel oil duty to fall Russia expected to cut July export tariff by more than $15 pmt.
Work on Aegean Fujairah oil facility to start in July Oil storage facility 'exclusively' for its own use, says a company spokeswoman.
Brightoil prepares land for oil storage project Dredging and reclamation works in Dalian to commence on June 18, 2010.
Japan April bonded bunker sales up 2.3% First year-on-year increase in bunker sales this year.
China posts record box liftings in May But warns that deepening crisis in Europe may slow growth in coming months.
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