US west coast port operations back to normal Police in Baltimore evicted anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday and operations returned to normal at west coast ports a day after a series of marches that disrupted operations at several terminals.
TUI to sell Hapag-Lloyd stake to majority owner TUI AG, the German owner of Europe's largest travel company, said its executive board resolved to sell most of its stake in the Hapag-Lloyd AG container-shipping business to majority owner Albert Ballin.
Strike at Western Australia port delays mineral exports Iluka Resources Ltd, the world's biggest zircon producer, delayed an export shipment and may postpone two more because of strike action at Bunbury Port in Western Australia.
Chinese to build Ethiopian railway infrastructure The Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) and the China Railway Group (CREC) have concluded a USD 1 billion deal to build railway infrastructure in Ethiopia. CREC will build a new ra...
Asiana starts Seoul-Da Nang service South Korea's Asiana Airlines now offers twice-weekly services between Seoul Incheon and Da Nang (central Vietnam). The connection is scheduled to operate until 25 February 2012.
WISAG investing in safety and expanding The Frankfurt-based company WISAG Cargo Service Holding & Co is investing in airfreight safety in Germany with new X-ray equipment in Münster/Osnabrück and Berlin. With the ope...
ProRail becomes part of Express-Interfracht Pro Rail has merged with Express-Interfracht. ProRail Internationale Speditionsgesellschaft was previously a subsidiary of the Rail Cargo Austria Group and specialised in railfreig...
Nooteboom Trailer Service opens first German service centre Toscon Trailer Service in Bochum is joining forces with Nooteboom as a new service location. While Nooteboom oversees special transporters, Toscon carries out services for the norm...
Daimler North America delivers 1,000th natural gas truck The delivery of the 1,000th Freightliner natural gas vehicle underlines the acceptance of green technologies by customers of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and makes the compa...
K Line launches North China-Vietnam container slots Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line) has added a weekly service called Jaseco-V from northern China to Ho Chi Minh as a slot operator. The port rotation is Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, ...
14,000 teu vessel calls at Hamburg on maiden voyage The 14,000 teu "CSCL Mars" was one of the exceptionally large ships which call at the port of Hamburg ever more frequently. The 366 m long and 55 m wide unit called early...
Panalpina appoints regional chief executives Marco Gadola, CFO of Panalpina for several years, has been appointed regional chief executive officer (RCEO) for the Asia-Pacific area, and Volker Böhringer has been named as RCEO ...
Goodman Group names logistics fund director The Goodman Group has named Emmanuel Van der Stichele as the director of its Goodman European Logistics Fonds (GELF). Van der Stichele will be in charge of strategy, management and...
Cargolux confirms executives' guilty plea in US case Cargolux Airlines International has confirmed that its special advisor Ulrich Ogiermann and its senior sales and marketing vice-president Robert Van de Weg have entered into a plea...
Ethiopian Airlines joins Star Alliance The Star Alliance welcomed Ethiopian Airlines as the third African carrier in a ceremony held at Addis Ababa's Bole airport recently. The alliance's network in Africa now covers Ea...
DB Schenker Rail improving Germany-Poland links DB Schenker Rail now offers container transport from the seaports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven to Poland. Trains from the German ports drive to a new hub in Gadki, near Poznan, where...
TNT Express selling Indian road network TNT Express has found a buyer for its loss-making domestic road network in India, with the Hoofddorp-based Dutch company seeking to withdraw from national activities and focus more...
Brenntag expanding Chemical distributor Brenntag Specialties Europe has been named as Colonial Chemical's sole distributor in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The a...
Amytrans carries heavy equipment from South Korea to Vietnam Amytrans Corp Vietnam, member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) network, arranged for heavy and outsized oil and gas equipment to be moved by chartered ocean vessel from B...
Charter deal reveals pessimism over panamax market rate rebound Diana Shipping charters newly acquired panamax for $12,900 to EDF trading
EXCLUSIVE: Slimmed-down CSAV 'here to stay' Chief executive pledges no more disruptive behaviour at Chilean line
Doomed to stay with trucks US coastal shipping is still a non-starter
RSPB hails Habitats Directive review But takes a different line to the ports lobby
IMO has shown unanimity on piracy International maritime community understands that complex problem cannot be resolved easily
New bid aims to stabilise the eurozone With financial problems far from resolved, the latest emergency summit buys more time
Pressure mounts on Asia-Europe box trade Declining rates responsible for most operators falling back into the red
Transatlantic freight rates to hold steady in 2012 Analysts expect few shocks, despite a difficult year ahead
EU moves to rescue eurozone will slow world growth Global economy is fragile, president warns
Luksic family eyes alliance for CSAV New boss insists sale is not on the cards, but search is on for strategic partnership
Dubai strives to make its own maritime mark Among the glitzy architecture and high-rise buildings, the city also has a thriving maritime industry and expanding ship design capabilities
Insurers will push Yemeni coastguards out of market Shipowners will no longer be able to take the cheapest option to secure premium discounts
FSG wins con-ro ferry order Flensburg yard to start work on low-CO2 vessel in October 2012
Tui keeps its options open in planned sale of Hapag-Lloyd Talks planned with other investors in addition to Albert Ballin Consortium
Singapore halves box volume growth As Chinese ports see growth accelerate
Spate of short period charters fails to ignite boxship market Idle fleet grows amid stubbornly low demand
General Maritime faces its creditors at crucial bankruptcy hearing Nordea offers to park company cash in New York branch to sidestep US Trustee's concerns
Ocean Tankers sees another ship forced to go under the hammer Auction of Vasi set for January, after arrest by bank
Stronger growth predicted for Australian coal and ore trade Government forecast adds 75 capesize loads to coming fiscal year
Berlian Laju Tankers could face liquidity woes in 2012 Fitch downgrade reflects BLT's struggle to refinance notes coming due in September next year
Hull in bid to build wind turbines ABP hopes for approval of £100m Siemens manufacturing facility to boost region
ACTA given 'stable' outlook Ratings agency says railfreight link-manager can rely on financial support from two ports
No holds barred Report into Cosco Hong Kong collision makes uneasy reading for Chinese shipowner
Sobrena placed in receivership Questions over France's future in merchant navy repairs
131 seized in Med migrant smuggling cases AUTHORITIES have seized 131 people suspect in the smuggling of migrants in the Mediterranean
Fog suspected in ship collision FOG COULD have contributed to a collision that closed part of the Houston Ship Channel, officials told Fairplay today
Erck Rickmers and Komrowski plan JV LOW RETURNS and a shortage of bank lending has prompted Hamburg shipowners Erck Rickmers and Komrowski to combine ship management units
Something fishy here THE KREMLIN'S competition watchdog has found that import cargoes of Norwegian salmon, trout and other fish products have been illegally curbed
Ilios Shipping fined $2M GREEK shipowner Ilios Shipping has pleaded guilty in the US to illegally dumping bilge waste and obstructing justice
Evergreen adding VMI loop in Asia EVERGREEN Line is launching a weekly Vietnam/Malaysia/Indonesia service in mid-December
Rouen dredging approved ROUEN has received approval from regional authorities to begin a €185M ($240.34M) scheme to deepen its River Seine access channel
Capesizes seen buoyed above $20,000/day SPOT RATES for Capesize drybulkers are likely to stay above $20,000 per day in 1Q12 on the back of low iron ore prices and demand for coal for heating, BIMCO predicted today
Seadrill and Sapura set up PLSV venture SEADRILL said today it plans to join with Sapura Crest Petroleum of Brazil to set up a venture to operate three pipe-laying support vessels
Charterers shift focus from Christmas trees BROKERS told Fairplay today Capesize bulker charterers have covered their holiday needs and are now fixing voyages for January
Queensland allocates port land QUEENSLAND'S government today announced the allocation of land for a new A$10Bn ($10Bn) coal port south of Mackay
China bulker snarls worsen SNARLS are getting worse in Chinese drybulk ports, with Capesize queues more than doubling in Rizhao alone
Fairstar signs bridge loan FAIRSTAR Heavy Transport said today it has signed a $30M bridge loan facility accord with Bank of China
SOBRENA put into receivership LEADING French ship repairer SOBRENA has been put into receivership by the commercial court in Brest
Scrap price slump sparks fewer demolitions LOWER scrap prices resulted in year-to-date lows in ship demolitions in October, as Bangladeshi yards remain out of action
STB to Rule on UP Hazmat Requirements The Surface Transportation Board is launching a formal proceeding examining a dispute between the Union Pacific Railroad and chemical companies...
Rickmers, Komrowski Plan to Merge Leading German charter container ship owners Erck Rickmers and Komrowski today unveiled plans for a merger, creating the nation's biggest...
MSC-CMA CGM Pact Doesn't Herald Mergers, Alphaliner Says The consolidation of services that Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM announced on Dec. 1 does not herald a new...
DOT Freight Index Down 0.2 Percent in October The amount of freight carried by for-hire transportation carriers fell 0.2 percent in October, ending a streak of four consecutive...
China to Impose Duties on US-Built Autos China plans to impose anti-dumping duties on some vehicles imported from the U.S. after failing to block a U.S.-imposed tariff...
Leipzig-Halle Airport Cargo Soars 14.9 Percent Leipzig-Halle airport boosted freight traffic by 14.9 percent in the first 11 months of 2011, helping Germany's second largest cargo...
Qatar Airways Adds Capacity to Booming Chongqing Qatar Airways is adding capacity to Chongqing, where growing electronics manufacturing is fueling an industrial boom, amid a broader expansion...
APL to Impose Asia-Europe Peak Surcharge Singapore-based container carrier APL is imposing a peak-season surcharge on westbound trade from Asia to North Europe and the Mediterranean....
Vallarpadam dredging: work in progress Post-panamax boxship-accommodating dredging work at the DP World Cochin box terminal, Vallarpadam, which is designated to be India's transhipment hub, is still ...
OOCL boost Oceania/NZ coverage with new partnership CMA CGM has announced that it will enter into partnership with OOCL on its ANZEX service deployed on the New Zealand to Far East trade from the end of this month. ...
MSC to offer direct FE/ECSA link Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is strengthening its position in the Asia/east coast South America (ECSA) trade and at the same time deepening ...
Halal logistics research to be stepped up The rising demand for halal logistics chains combined with the challenges of delivering such services on a consistent and effective basis has led the Malaysia Institute ...
TPT posts productivity rises in several ports Durban-based Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), which has often been criticised for its poor levels of service and inferior productivity levels, has released data that ...
IMO clarifies its intentions on a carbon tax Since outlining the progress made at the United Nation's Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Durban, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed ...
INTTRA inks alliance with logistics software provider Kewill New Jersey-headquartered e-commerce provider INTTRA has struck an alliance with Kewill, a major supplier of software solutions that simplify global trade and logistics, ...
Maersk to resurrect its CRX link Maersk Line will relaunch its dedicated CRX (Central America/Caribbean - Europe) service in January and has said that it is being put on a 'standalone footing for ...
Charter ships take the pain Of the 210 boxships currently laid-up, just over 150 are non-operating owner [NOO] controlled, with little or no chance of fixing this side of the New Year against ...
Canada jumps Kyoto ship Just days after the Durban climate change COP-17 summit agreed to extend the Kyoto Protocol and to discuss a new legally-binding pact to cover all major emitters ...
GL teams up with IHIMU for 13,000TEU LNG research Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and IHI Marine United (IHIMU) have joined forces to study the possibility of running a 13,000TEU container vessel on LNG. GL has already ...
Prosafe pens floatel Oslo-listed offshore contractor talks up market outlook as it sails to Lion City with $350m deal to build accommodation rig.
CMB bets big on 'little' bulkers Forecasts in the handysize arena look promising as Bocimar affiliate backs deal to build up to ten bulkers in China.
New superpower confirmed Komrowski and Erck Rickmers admit merger which forms Germany's largest shipping company by fleet capacity.
Sevan in the hot seat Teekay-backed FPSO specialist faces fines as securities regulators cry foul over delayed disclosure of "inside information".
Flensburger wins con-ro German yard gets Christmas bonus with new order for versatile vessel from Canada.
NNA secures DVB bankroll Capital crunch fails to derail expansion scheme as Angeliki Frangou-backed tanker owner funds newbuilds with $51m loan.
Russotti wins photo poll D'Amico Tankers snapper ends up clear winner in TradeWinds Maritime Photographer of the Year competition.
Kencana in the money Malaysian offshore services company sees profit surge as agreement on SapuraCrest merger looms.
Breaking delay for Bangladesh Demolition hiatus looks set to continue after Supreme Court asks government to re-draw new rules on safe, green yard operations.
SBM clinches FPSO charter Dutch owner plans major overhaul of ageing unit before it embarks on a long-term deal.
Seadrill eyes Brazilian booty John Fredriksen's drilling company plans Sao Paulo IPO for Brazilian arm only 10 months after another spin-off was listed in Oslo.
Hong Kong exploring regional ECA Discussions started with Guangdong, Shenzhen and Macao on regional cooperation initiatives to reducing marine emissions.
OPEC to maintain output levels 'Decision introduces some downside risk to oil prices,'says analyst, but reactions are mixed.
Tight avails in Fujairah Strong demand in Middle East hub.
Bunker prices firming in Europe Weak demand in several ports.
Calls to extend use of pilots in Gibraltar 'We have to consider all the possible ramifications,' says Director of Maritime Affairs.
First LNG-fuelled bunker tanker 'heralds new era of cleaner shipping' Lloyd's Register has helped convert dual-fuel regulations for seagoing vessels into inland shipping rules and reports 'strong interest'.
Japanese bunker sales down year-on-year Sources point to sluggish global economy and impact of slow-steaming.
World's largest LNG powered ferry to begin operations Naming ceremony marks 'great day for the environment'.
Aegean 'critical' supplier to troubled Genmar Genmar defends $2.7 million payment made to the marine fuel supplier following objection from unsecured creditors.
Asian IFO prices firming mid-week Mixed demand at key Asian bunkering hubs on Wednesday.
'Significant rise' in bunker costs hits Hapag-Lloyd The company contributed losses of $2.6 million to parent group TUI's fiscal year result.
Saudi Aramco offers three fuel oil cargoes Offers made amid signs of easing market, traders say.
Tech firm launches dual-fuel engine room simulator Provides training on potential energy savings, says Kongsberg Marine.
'Catastrophic' pollution risk from mega bulkers World's largest ore carrier poses safety threat, says Chinese Shipowners' Association.
Western Japanese ports face tight bunker barge avails 'Most barges are booked to deliver fuels to power facilities.'
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