31/12/1998	BRIEFS
	31/12/1998	Lloyd Triestino drops Europe-Aussie service (Shipping Times)
	31/12/1998	Tianjin surpasses volume target (Shipping Times)
	30/12/1998	BRIEFS
	30/12/1998	Shipping lines pulling out of Colombo port (Shipping Times)
	30/12/1998	Beijing denies plan to ban ship imports (Shipping Times)
	30/12/1998	Enron, Shipping Corp of India and Mitsui in LNG tie-up (Shipping Times)
	30/12/1998	Air France ready to take off (Financial Times)
	29/12/1998	BRIEFS
	29/12/1998	US-Asia trade imbalance set to worsen next year (Shipping Times)
	29/12/1998	China shipping firms told to buy locally-built vessels (Shipping Times)
	29/12/1998	Korea to overtake Japan in new shipbuilding orders (The Korea Herald)
	29/12/1998	Two U.S. shipbuilding associations merge (Marine Log)
	29/12/1998	Anera to restore rates on Southeast Asian freight (Sched Net)
	28/12/1998	BRIEFS
	28/12/1998	Evergreen joint venture wins Korean terminal deal (Shipping Times)
	28/12/1998	Lauritzen expects 300m kroner loss in '98 due to shipping woes (Shipping Times)
	28/12/1998	APL reduces NVOCCs' rates (Sched Net)
	28/12/1998	Slump in Chinese shipbuilding (Sched Net)
	24/12/1998	BRIEFS
	24/12/1998	Liberia to terminate contract with International Registries (Marine Log)
	24/12/1998	PSA rates one of lowest, most competitive among major ports (Shipping Times)
	24/12/1998	Construction of M'sian port at Pelepas begins (Shipping Times)
	24/12/1998	Mega ships rule the waves (Shipping Times)
	24/12/1998	Finnair "nada" en la alianza Oneworld (urgente online press)
	24/12/1998	US, EU may lift garment import curbs by month-end (Exim India)
	24/12/1998	New Medfec chairman plans for New Year (Sched Net)
	23/12/1998	Van Ommeren takes new Middle East terminal into service (Cargoweb)
	23/12/1998	BRIEFS
	23/12/1998	Las sanciones de Estados Unidos por el banano costarán a España 26 millones de dólares (ABCe)
	23/12/1998	Work on Dholera port to begin next month (Exim India)
	22/12/1998	BRIEFS
	22/12/1998	Antwerp port forecasts record tonnage (Shipping Times)
	22/12/1998	EE. UU. impone aranceles a productos europeos como consecuencia de la «guerra del banano» (ABCe)
	22/12/1998	MSC follows rate restoration (Sched Net)
	21/12/1998	BRIEFS
	21/12/1998	SNSC hits out at TSA over service level claims (Shipping Times)
	21/12/1998	China's shipbuilders struggle to stay afloat (Shipping Times)
	21/12/1998	Suez Canal's transit fees for '99 unchanged (Shipping Times)
	21/12/1998	5th special survey for tankers: the big question for owners, yards (Shipping Times)
	21/12/1998	GE Shipping to transport LNG (The Hindu Business Line)
	21/12/1998	Canada follows US, bans untreated wood from China (Sched Net)
	19/12/1998	BRIEFS
	19/12/1998	Banana deal frittered away (BBC News)
	19/12/1998	Kuantan Port in sub-lease deal with KTSB (The Star Online)
	18/12/1998	BRIEFS
	18/12/1998	Tanker rate lows of early 90s forecast (Shipping Times)
	18/12/1998	State-owned yards in revamp (Shipping Times)
	18/12/1998	East Asian Economies in 1999 Expected to Grow 3.1% (Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerce)
	18/12/1998	Brindisi nuovo polo container del Sud (Il Sole 24 Ore On Line)
	18/12/1998	Australia to continue shipyard subsidy (Marine Log)
	17/12/1998	ECT wants two terminals in Baltic (Cargoweb)
	17/12/1998	Government Rule Could Hit Ship Arrivals in Mombasa (The East African)
	17/12/1998	BRIEFS
	17/12/1998	Product tanker trade crippled by Asian slump (Shipping Times)
	17/12/1998	Korea Heavy rejects offers on plants (Shipping Times)
	17/12/1998	No dramatic upturn in building rates is seen after next year (Shipping Times)
	16/12/1998	ECT competitor wants Rotterdam terminal on sea (Cargoweb)
	16/12/1998	BRIEFS
	16/12/1998	Carriers manage small rate rise (Shipping Times)
	15/12/1998	BRIEFS
	15/12/1998	PSA simplifies box storage, handling rates (Shipping Times)
	15/12/1998	Coping with dramatic changes (Shipping Times)
	15/12/1998	HKSC warns against rate rises (Sched Net)
	15/12/1998	Centre plans additional capacity for 11 major ports (Exim India)
	15/12/1998	El puerto de Tarragona, de visita en Mercosur (urgente online press)
	14/12/1998	BRIEFS
	14/12/1998	K-Line, Cosco, Yang Ming start new Asia - Europe service (Sched Net)
	14/12/1998	CMA-CGM merger faces court obstruction (Sched Net)
	14/12/1998	Heavy Industries Focus on Shipbuilding (The Korea Times)
	14/12/1998	Rate hike planned on S'pore-Calcutta route (Shipping Times)
	14/12/1998	Rina unhappy with detention of ship it certified (Shipping Times)
	12/12/1998	BRIEFS
	11/12/1998	BRIEFS
	11/12/1998	Charterers asking for cover for Y2K incidents (Shipping Times)
	11/12/1998	Korean shipbuilders hit back at European charges (Marine Log)
	11/12/1998	Kenya to handle Addis cargo (Daily Nation on the Web)
	10/12/1998	BRIEFS
	10/12/1998	ECT invites Hutchison to increase its stake (Shipping Times)
	10/12/1998	Hongkong consortiums sign lease for terminal 9 (Shipping Times)
	10/12/1998	HPH in talks on Shanghai terminal stake (Sched Net)
	09/12/1998	BRIEFS
	09/12/1998	United Kingdom: Jackson orders audit of ports (Financial Times)
	09/12/1998	Bruselas moderniza la seguridad de la navegación marítima (urgente online press)
	09/12/1998	Antwerp wooing Asian shippers with lower fees (Shipping Times)
	08/12/1998	BRIEFS
	08/12/1998	Many ships unlikely to meet GMDSS deadline (Shipping Times)
	08/12/1998	Zim teams up with Korean firm in deal on 2 container terminals (Shipping Times)
	08/12/1998	Safmarine bidders - all the options (Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weekly)
	08/12/1998	Cunard: $60m revamp by US owner (Financial Times)
	08/12/1998	Integrated port operator to be created after restructure (The Star Online)
	08/12/1998	Domestic shipbuilders on alert with ratification of OECD accord (The Korea Herald)
	07/12/1998	BRIEFS
	07/12/1998	EU plan to certify marine equipment turns into fiasco (Shipping Times)
	07/12/1998	Scheme may hit S'pore ship suppliers (Shipping Times)
	07/12/1998	Modern bulk carriers suffering from fatigue cracks: report (Shipping Times)
	05/12/1998	BRIEFS
	05/12/1998	TECON 2 completion postponed (Sched Net)
	04/12/1998	ECT costs $ 330 million; municipality wants 30 percent (Cargoweb)
	04/12/1998	BRIEFS
	04/12/1998	Il ministero delle Finanze chiede decine di miliardi per cinque anni di arretrati alle compagnie di trasporto container, il Fisco batte cassa Una tassa per le merci trasportate in coperta rischia di allontanare il traffico dagli scali italiani (Il Sole 24 Ore On Line)
	04/12/1998	When a ship master is not bound to follow order of time charterer (Shipping Times)
	03/12/1998	BRIEFS
	03/12/1998	España, Italia, Portugal y Grecia pagarán el 65 por ciento de la tasa de transporte (urgente online press)
	03/12/1998	SKorea's low prices are less risky than they look (Shipping Times)
	03/12/1998	Manila tariffs raised despite outrage from carriers (Sched Net)
	02/12/1998	BRIEFS
	02/12/1998	Regional cruise industry continues to be healthy (Shipping Times)
	02/12/1998	European airlines' passenger traffic up (Shipping Times)
	02/12/1998	Study highlights another sign of Asia's increasing role in world shipping (Shipping Times)
	02/12/1998	NOL optimistic for 1999 returns (Sched Net)
	02/12/1998	La Compañía Marítima Belga entra en el puerto de Bilbao (urgente online press)
	02/12/1998	Decks cleared for SCI to acquire 4 more tankers (Exim India)
	01/12/1998	Deutsche Bahn wants stake in ECT (Cargoweb)
	01/12/1998	ECT in Belgian terminal joint venture (Cargoweb)
	01/12/1998	BRIEFS
	01/12/1998	Maputo expects big changes next year (Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weekly)
	01/12/1998	67 ships detained for not complying with ISM Code (Shipping Times)