New rules to ease delay at port Botany 2010-11-24New regulations are expected to ease landside freight delays at Port Botany's container terminals, reported The Southern Courier.
The Crisis is over, time to buy-APM terminals 2010-11-24The port operating arm of Danish shipping giant A P Moller-Maersk, APM Terminals, is considering several acquisition opportunities in Asia, particularly in China, India and Vietnam, as the industry comes in from the cold.
Euronav confirms VLCC sale 2010-11-23Euronav has confirmed the sale of one of its oldest VLCCs
Chemoil eyes US trader 2010-11-23Chemoil Energy is on the brink of acquiring an affiliate of Oceanconnect Holdings.
GTB cuts Iranian anchor 2010-11-23Norway's GTB Invest is looking to forge a new identity as it hunts for the equity needed to bulk up its fleet of containerships.
Indonesian railway to build container pier in Palembang 2010-11-23Indonesian state railway company Kereta API Indonesia (KAI) will soon build a container pier at Kertapati station in Palembang, according to Asia in Focus.
Greenfield Dighi port to commission first berth next month 2010-11-23Operations at Maharashtra's first greenfield port in Dighi is expected to commence next month with the commissioning of the first of its five berths, reported DNA.
Pirates set sights on Maersk Alabama again, maritime group says 2010-11-23The American cargo vessel Maersk Alabama, hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean in the spring of 2009, has again been targeted in roughly the same ocean shipping lanes, according to information provided to CNN.
Black Sea tanker rates rise on weather disruptions 2010-11-23Black Sea crude oil tanker rates stayed firm on Monday as weather related delays in the Turkish Straits tightened tanker availability raising the cost of transporting cargoes.
Pirate Attacks On Freight Vessels Continue Unabated As Trial Commences 2010-11-23SOMALIA - GERMANY - NIGERIA - SEYCHELLES - OMAN - Reports of attacks by pirate groups continued to come in this week just as Germany started its first trial for the crime of piracy in over four centuries.
New Freight And Passenger Port For Indian Ocean 2010-11-23SRI LANKA - With much ceremony the deep water port, Magampura, formally known as 'Magama Ruhunupura Mahinda Rajapaksa', was opened this week by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Indian And Sri Lankan Maritime Unions Target Flags Of Convenience 2010-11-23NDIA - SRI LANKA - Today saw seafarers and dock workers unions launch a week of industrial action to protest against the use of 'flags of convenience' (FOC).
Essar Shipping and Ports to pump Rs 5,500 cr by FY 2013 2010-11-22KOLKATA: Essar Shipping, Ports & Logistics Ltd (ESPLL) will be investing around Rs 5,500 crore in capacity building in ports and shipping activity.
ACL stacks the shelf 2010-11-22American Commercial Lines (ACL) has filed a $107.8m shelf registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ACL's Jeffboat Shipyard.
Baltimore harbors ships and striped bass 2010-11-22Overhead, an enormous flock of migrating starlings races against the clear harbor sky. It is as if someone has thrown sacks of black pepper into the air and the flakes are being pushed by the wind.
New Freight And Passenger Port For Indian Ocean 2010-11-22SRI LANKA - With much ceremony the deep water port, Magampura, formally known as 'Magama Ruhunupura Mahinda Rajapaksa', was opened this week by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Sapangar Bay port beefs up lifting capacity 2010-11-22More main line operators' container vessels will be calling at the Sapangar Bay Container Port in Kota Kinabalu with the arrival of two Panamax-size ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes, said the port¡¯s chief operating officer Mohd Shahid Nawab Khan.
Abandoned ships wreck Lagos Lagoon 2010-11-22Recently, Suleiman Ojo had to buy another fishing net. The one he had got torn multiple times by the scrap metal lodged in the lagoon. This is the challenge those who fish the lagoon face.
Kerala to rope in banks to raise $553m for terminal 2010-11-22The Kerala government has decided to rope in State Bank of Travancore as leader of a consortium of lenders to raise US$553 million for funding the preliminary work on Vizhinjam's transhipment terminal, reported The Press Trust of India.
China's ports clogged with illegal waste 2010-11-22According to a China National Radio report, illegally dumped construction waste have blocked shipping channels in the port city of Ningbo
