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	Tanker industry cautious over S Korea's ban 01/09/08 Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg South Korea's plan to bring forward its ban on single-hulled tankers using its waters has been greeted cautiously by industry players here.
	Shippers set large rate hikes for containers from India to Europe 01/10/08 Source: http://www.livemint.com London-based liner conference IPBC says further rate increases will be enforced from 1 April and 1 June
	Port of Rotterdam breaks all records in 2007 01/10/08 Source: http://www.arabianbusiness.com In 2007, the Port of Rotterdam became the first European port to break through the barrier of 400 million tonnes cargo throughput
	Dubai Drydocks World plans Asia expansion 01/11/08 Dubai Drydocks World, the shipbuilding arm of state investor Dubai World, is eyeing yards in China, India and Vietnam, to expand capacity in the hot business of rig building with oil at records near $100 a barrel
	Container cascade will swamp US ports 01/14/08 Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com Last year's peak season passed without any major hiccups in cargo handling, with many shippers using Gulf and East Coast ports as alternative routes
	Panama Canal implements new and improved reservation system 01/15/08 Source: http://www.mgn.com Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today that beginning February 1, 2008, it will implement a new and improved reservation system to increase its current system’s efficiency
	US$6.8 billion private equity fund intends to boost Tianjin shipping 01/15/08 Source: http://www.schednet.com A private equity (PE) fund is expected to boost fledgling Chinese shipping companies and possibly transform Tianjin into a regional logistics hub once it wins state approve to operate
	Indian high court ruling puts DP World's Mundra terminal control at risk 01/16/08 Source: http://www.schednet.com DP World is reportedly sticking to plans to invest US$500 million more into Indian seaports despite reverses in the Indian high courts
	Chinese port ready to invest in Estonia 01/16/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com First phase development is slated to allow the terminal to handle some one million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) per year
	Beijing-Hamburg freight train tests Eurasian Land-Bridge 01/17/08 Source: http://www.schednet.com The 10,000-kilometre trip, through China, Mongolia along the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and then through to Belarus and Poland to Hamburg, will take under 20 days
	Countdown to Greek privatization results 01/17/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com Greek officials are saying that final results of their global tenders to source private investors for Piraeus and Thessaloniki container operations should be available in early March
	Hamburg Seaport: endless opportunity for progress 01/17/08 Source: http://www.maritimemarket.ru Russia takes the third place today among the Rotterdam port’s major trade partners. Last year sea container traffic through Hamburg was increased by 42% and most of it was directed to Saint-Petersburg
	Bahrain looks to Gulf cargo hub 01/18/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com The opening of Bahrain's new port of Khalifa bin Salman, operated by APM Terminals BV., looks set to herald in rising cargo traffic and prosperous times for the kingdom's maritime industries
	Why we should contain ourselves over hopes of trade with China 01/22/08 Source: http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk If you ever want to see for yourself the non-sustainability of global economics, take a tour of a port like Hamburg. It is the eighth busiest in the world, second in Europe only to Rotterdam. Three of the six busiest are in China, with one each in Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore
	Anglo-Eastern sees 'scary' aspects in radical changes in world shipping 01/22/08 Source: http://www.schednet.com Never in the history of shipping has so much changed in so short a time
	European rail and intermodal sector re-energised, says TI 01/21/08 Source: http://www.eyefortransport.com The European rail and intermodal sector has been re-energised over the past decade by a series of region-wide market reforms that have allowed access to private operators from a range of different backgrounds
	Mexico gets serious with port development 01/23/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com Mexico's transport and communications ministry SCT plans to invest about $1.96 billion in the construction of five new commercial ports between now and 2012
	Wider canal will widen U.S. trade 01/24/08 Source: http://www.sptimes.com U.S. and Panamanian government officials, port directors and the maritime industry hope to achieve two goals: to grasp the scope of the coming changes to shipping, trade routes and new business opportunities to ports throughout the Americas; and to plan the financing of dredging, other maintenance and capital projects so that U.S. ports can absorb the business
	Novorossiysk grain exports to fill Black Sea terminal 01/24/08 Source: http://www.bloomberg.com OAO Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, Russia's largest port, plans to operate its new grain terminal at full capacity this year, handling almost a third of the country's exports
	Largest terminal 01/25/08 Source: http://www.rzd-partner.com The experts forecast that in 2009 new complex in Ust-Luga — the Baltic container terminal — will handle 250 thousand TEU and 3 million TEU in 2019
	No let-up in Greek strikes 01/25/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com The national dock workers' federation in Greece has called for another 24-hour strike as protests against the government’s privatization plans continue
	Shipbuilding industry aims to raise standards 01/28/08 Source: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn "The industry needs to have an additional 1,800 to 2,000 engineers in the ship industry, and universities and colleges can meet just 30 per cent of that demand," said General Director of Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin)
	Bunker surcharges, capacity cuts win cost recovery, says TSA chief 01/28/08 Source: http://www.schednet.com While helpful, today's fuel cost recovery gains do not go all the way, and what is needed, he said, is a full bunker fuel surcharge, based on the TSA's own floating formula
	PSA enters Argentine market 01/28/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com PSA International Pte. Ltd. has formed a partnership to develop International Trade Logistics (ITL), a privately-owned business comprising Argentina's second-largest container terminal and complementary logistics and warehousing business
	Le Havre leads in box traffic growth 01/28/08 Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com In percentage terms, the French port of Le Havre led the way last year with a 25 percent improvement on 2006 to reach an annual total of 2.6 million TEUs
	Jebel Ali's container capacity to grow 27% 01/29/08 Source: http://www.gulfnews.com Port operator DP World said container handling capacity at its flagship facility in Jebel Ali will increase by 27 per cent in February 2009 under the ongoing expansion that will satisfy annual double digit growth
	Good opportunities in bunkering business 01/29/08 Source: http://www.setcorp.ru The end of 2007 saw Rosneft initiate a program of centralized development of bunkering operations over the entire territory of the Russian Federation
	US economic slump brings west coast shipping declines 01/30/08 Source: http://www.schednet.com Container volume through US west coast ports of Tacoma, Los Angeles and Long Beach either dropped or remained flat in 2007 on the back of a shrinking US economy, weak housing market and higher overland transport costs
	Maersk official blasts port productivity 01/30/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com A senior Maersk executive has made a controversial claim that the shipping industry is losing $615 million a year due to port inefficiencies and poor management
	$3m system to boost haulage industry 01/30/08 Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Transport companies using the new CTS will soon be fully integrated with their container depots, shippers and drivers throughout Singapore
	Port of Los Angeles still tops in North America 01/31/08 Source: http://www.logisticsmgmt.com The port handled 8.4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), a 1.36 percent dip in total TEU volume but a 3.2 percent increase in loaded TEUs volume over the 2006 calendar year
	Winter storms hit Chinese ports 01/31/08 Source: http://www.portworld.com China's most severe snow storm since 1954 is disrupting normal operations at its ports. Reports say that on-going winter blizzards with heavy snow and extreme temperatures have 'severely disrupted' rail, road and air transport networks at numerous provinces in east, west and central China

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9 February

19:17 Port of Aktau throughput tops 1 million tons in January 18:07 Singapore Shipping Q3 net profit up 22.2%18:00 HHLA sees container throughput surge 21 percent at Hamburg terminals 17:57 NC's Wilmington traffic volume rises 11.2 percent 17:46 Gdynia port plans zł.451 million overhaul 17:46 NCR saw over 500 idle trains bound to southern ports in January 17:40 Auckland port workers announce week-long strike 17:37 Adani Enterprises finalising $1.5 bn port loan 17:25 Essar Shipping shares up 13 pc 17:23 ‘K’ Line to add five 8,600 TEU ships on Europe route 16:29 Freezing conditions paralyze Danube river shipping 16:27 NCSP resumes operations, as of Feb.9 15:51 Yantar Shipyard completes trials of Project 11356 frigate for Indian Navy 15:05 AkzoNobel doubles DME production 14:50 Riga Port’s traffic volume grows 25.8 percent to 3.39 million tons All News for this day

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Tanker industry cautious over S Korea's ban 01/09/08Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sgSouth Korea's plan to bring forward its ban on single-hulled tankers using its waters has been greeted cautiously by industry players here.

Shippers set large rate hikes for containers from India to Europe 01/10/08Source: http://www.livemint.comLondon-based liner conference IPBC says further rate increases will be enforced from 1 April and 1 June

Port of Rotterdam breaks all records in 2007 01/10/08Source: http://www.arabianbusiness.comIn 2007, the Port of Rotterdam became the first European port to break through the barrier of 400 million tonnes cargo throughput

Container cascade will swamp US ports 01/14/08Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.comLast year's peak season passed without any major hiccups in cargo handling, with many shippers using Gulf and East Coast ports as alternative routes

Panama Canal implements new and improved reservation system 01/15/08Source: http://www.mgn.comPanama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today that beginning February 1, 2008, it will implement a new and improved reservation system to increase its current system’s efficiency

US$6.8 billion private equity fund intends to boost Tianjin shipping 01/15/08Source: http://www.schednet.comA private equity (PE) fund is expected to boost fledgling Chinese shipping companies and possibly transform Tianjin into a regional logistics hub once it wins state approve to operate

Indian high court ruling puts DP World's Mundra terminal control at risk 01/16/08Source: http://www.schednet.comDP World is reportedly sticking to plans to invest US$500 million more into Indian seaports despite reverses in the Indian high courts

Chinese port ready to invest in Estonia 01/16/08Source: http://www.portworld.comFirst phase development is slated to allow the terminal to handle some one million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) per year

Beijing-Hamburg freight train tests Eurasian Land-Bridge 01/17/08Source: http://www.schednet.comThe 10,000-kilometre trip, through China, Mongolia along the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and then through to Belarus and Poland to Hamburg, will take under 20 days

Countdown to Greek privatization results 01/17/08Source: http://www.portworld.comGreek officials are saying that final results of their global tenders to source private investors for Piraeus and Thessaloniki container operations should be available in early March

Hamburg Seaport: endless opportunity for progress 01/17/08Source: http://www.maritimemarket.ruRussia takes the third place today among the Rotterdam port’s major trade partners. Last year sea container traffic through Hamburg was increased by 42% and most of it was directed to Saint-Petersburg

Bahrain looks to Gulf cargo hub 01/18/08Source: http://www.portworld.comThe opening of Bahrain's new port of Khalifa bin Salman, operated by APM Terminals BV., looks set to herald in rising cargo traffic and prosperous times for the kingdom's maritime industries

Anglo-Eastern sees 'scary' aspects in radical changes in world shipping 01/22/08Source: http://www.schednet.comNever in the history of shipping has so much changed in so short a time

Mexico gets serious with port development 01/23/08Source: http://www.portworld.comMexico's transport and communications ministry SCT plans to invest about $1.96 billion in the construction of five new commercial ports between now and 2012

Novorossiysk grain exports to fill Black Sea terminal 01/24/08Source: http://www.bloomberg.comOAO Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, Russia's largest port, plans to operate its new grain terminal at full capacity this year, handling almost a third of the country's exports

Largest terminal 01/25/08Source: http://www.rzd-partner.comThe experts forecast that in 2009 new complex in Ust-Luga — the Baltic container terminal — will handle 250 thousand TEU and 3 million TEU in 2019

No let-up in Greek strikes 01/25/08Source: http://www.portworld.comThe national dock workers' federation in Greece has called for another 24-hour strike as protests against the government’s privatization plans continue

Bunker surcharges, capacity cuts win cost recovery, says TSA chief 01/28/08Source: http://www.schednet.comWhile helpful, today's fuel cost recovery gains do not go all the way, and what is needed, he said, is a full bunker fuel surcharge, based on the TSA's own floating formula

Le Havre leads in box traffic growth 01/28/08Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.comIn percentage terms, the French port of Le Havre led the way last year with a 25 percent improvement on 2006 to reach an annual total of 2.6 million TEUs

Jebel Ali's container capacity to grow 27% 01/29/08Source: http://www.gulfnews.comPort operator DP World said container handling capacity at its flagship facility in Jebel Ali will increase by 27 per cent in February 2009 under the ongoing expansion that will satisfy annual double digit growth

Good opportunities in bunkering business 01/29/08Source: http://www.setcorp.ruThe end of 2007 saw Rosneft initiate a program of centralized development of bunkering operations over the entire territory of the Russian Federation

Maersk official blasts port productivity 01/30/08Source: http://www.portworld.comA senior Maersk executive has made a controversial claim that the shipping industry is losing $615 million a year due to port inefficiencies and poor management

$3m system to boost haulage industry 01/30/08Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sgTransport companies using the new CTS will soon be fully integrated with their container depots, shippers and drivers throughout Singapore

Port of Los Angeles still tops in North America 01/31/08Source: http://www.logisticsmgmt.comThe port handled 8.4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), a 1.36 percent dip in total TEU volume but a 3.2 percent increase in loaded TEUs volume over the 2006 calendar year

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9 February

Tanker industry cautious over S Korea's ban 01/09/08
Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg
South Korea's plan to bring forward its ban on single-hulled tankers using its waters has been greeted cautiously by industry players here.

Shippers set large rate hikes for containers from India to Europe 01/10/08
Source: http://www.livemint.com
London-based liner conference IPBC says further rate increases will be enforced from 1 April and 1 June

Port of Rotterdam breaks all records in 2007 01/10/08
Source: http://www.arabianbusiness.com
In 2007, the Port of Rotterdam became the first European port to break through the barrier of 400 million tonnes cargo throughput

Container cascade will swamp US ports 01/14/08
Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
Last year's peak season passed without any major hiccups in cargo handling, with many shippers using Gulf and East Coast ports as alternative routes

Panama Canal implements new and improved reservation system 01/15/08
Source: http://www.mgn.com
Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today that beginning February 1, 2008, it will implement a new and improved reservation system to increase its current system’s efficiency

US$6.8 billion private equity fund intends to boost Tianjin shipping 01/15/08
Source: http://www.schednet.com
A private equity (PE) fund is expected to boost fledgling Chinese shipping companies and possibly transform Tianjin into a regional logistics hub once it wins state approve to operate

Indian high court ruling puts DP World's Mundra terminal control at risk 01/16/08
Source: http://www.schednet.com
DP World is reportedly sticking to plans to invest US$500 million more into Indian seaports despite reverses in the Indian high courts

Chinese port ready to invest in Estonia 01/16/08
Source: http://www.portworld.com
First phase development is slated to allow the terminal to handle some one million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) per year

Beijing-Hamburg freight train tests Eurasian Land-Bridge 01/17/08
Source: http://www.schednet.com
The 10,000-kilometre trip, through China, Mongolia along the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and then through to Belarus and Poland to Hamburg, will take under 20 days

Countdown to Greek privatization results 01/17/08
Source: http://www.portworld.com
Greek officials are saying that final results of their global tenders to source private investors for Piraeus and Thessaloniki container operations should be available in early March

Hamburg Seaport: endless opportunity for progress 01/17/08
Source: http://www.maritimemarket.ru
Russia takes the third place today among the Rotterdam port’s major trade partners. Last year sea container traffic through Hamburg was increased by 42% and most of it was directed to Saint-Petersburg

Bahrain looks to Gulf cargo hub 01/18/08
Source: http://www.portworld.com
The opening of Bahrain's new port of Khalifa bin Salman, operated by APM Terminals BV., looks set to herald in rising cargo traffic and prosperous times for the kingdom's maritime industries

Anglo-Eastern sees 'scary' aspects in radical changes in world shipping 01/22/08
Source: http://www.schednet.com
Never in the history of shipping has so much changed in so short a time

Mexico gets serious with port development 01/23/08
Source: http://www.portworld.com
Mexico's transport and communications ministry SCT plans to invest about $1.96 billion in the construction of five new commercial ports between now and 2012

Novorossiysk grain exports to fill Black Sea terminal 01/24/08
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com
OAO Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, Russia's largest port, plans to operate its new grain terminal at full capacity this year, handling almost a third of the country's exports

Largest terminal 01/25/08
Source: http://www.rzd-partner.com
The experts forecast that in 2009 new complex in Ust-Luga — the Baltic container terminal — will handle 250 thousand TEU and 3 million TEU in 2019

No let-up in Greek strikes 01/25/08
Source: http://www.portworld.com
The national dock workers' federation in Greece has called for another 24-hour strike as protests against the government’s privatization plans continue

Bunker surcharges, capacity cuts win cost recovery, says TSA chief 01/28/08
Source: http://www.schednet.com
While helpful, today's fuel cost recovery gains do not go all the way, and what is needed, he said, is a full bunker fuel surcharge, based on the TSA's own floating formula

Le Havre leads in box traffic growth 01/28/08
Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
In percentage terms, the French port of Le Havre led the way last year with a 25 percent improvement on 2006 to reach an annual total of 2.6 million TEUs

Jebel Ali's container capacity to grow 27% 01/29/08
Source: http://www.gulfnews.com
Port operator DP World said container handling capacity at its flagship facility in Jebel Ali will increase by 27 per cent in February 2009 under the ongoing expansion that will satisfy annual double digit growth

Good opportunities in bunkering business 01/29/08
Source: http://www.setcorp.ru
The end of 2007 saw Rosneft initiate a program of centralized development of bunkering operations over the entire territory of the Russian Federation

Maersk official blasts port productivity 01/30/08
Source: http://www.portworld.com
A senior Maersk executive has made a controversial claim that the shipping industry is losing $615 million a year due to port inefficiencies and poor management

$3m system to boost haulage industry 01/30/08
Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg
Transport companies using the new CTS will soon be fully integrated with their container depots, shippers and drivers throughout Singapore

Port of Los Angeles still tops in North America 01/31/08
Source: http://www.logisticsmgmt.com
The port handled 8.4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), a 1.36 percent dip in total TEU volume but a 3.2 percent increase in loaded TEUs volume over the 2006 calendar year