 | Source: www.afp.com
...China, which has no territorial claim whatsoever, "is indeed at a very disadvantageous position in this brewing international competition surrounding the Arctic passage and resources"...
|
 | Source: http://www.businessweek.com
AP Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container line, is rejecting some shipments and retrieving cargo-boxes from customers more quickly to help offset a shortage of the containers...
|
 | Source: http://www.atimes.com
A series of trade missions has traveled to Shanghai in the past two months, wooing Chinese investors in an attempt to boost Europe's weakened economies...
|
 | Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg
The Jones Act, which bars foreign ships from transporting goods between US ports, has become a flash point in debate over the spill...
|
 | Source: www.investmentu.com
...Those companies saw a collective 10% slump last year, the worst in the industry’s 54-year history. In the depths of 2009’s downturn, they wondered if they could recoup their losses even in five years...
|
 | Source: www.bimco.dk
Some LNG forecasters are now predicting that it could be 2014 before gas demand does justice to the expanded volume of liquefaction and shipping capacity that will be available by that date...
|
 | Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
Container traffic is surging along transpacific and intra-Asian routes, with trade gaining importance between the West and markets such as China, India, Japan and Vietnam...
|
 | Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
Growth in container throughput at major mainland ports is likely to slow in the second half of the year due to the European sovereign debt crisis...
|
 | Source: www.bairdmaritime.com
...political, economic, social, technological, financial, environmental and legal forces that have transformed and will continue to influence the landscape of the sector in many ways...
|
 | Source: vietnamnews.com
A shortage of containers has led to late export deliveries to partners overseas, leading to financial losses for local companies...
|
 | Source: https://www.bimco.org
Building consensus on issues of environmental protection and sustainable development will enable the WOC to have a role in shaping policy...
|
 | Source: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg
...Traditional lay-up sites and anchorages remain congested...
|
 | Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
Taiwan’s already-huge investments in China are set to expand even more, now that the two of them have signed an agreement on economic cooperation...
|
 | Source: http://uk.reuters.com
South Korea's foreign ship orders soared during the first half of the year after a steep two-year slump, and the recovery will continue...
|
 | Source: citywire.co.uk
The Baltic Dry Index has slumped by more than 50% from its May high, sparking concerns that demand for commodities is falling...
|
 | Source: http://www.businessweek.com
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the largest container line, will slow the pace of acquisitions as a lower-than-anticipated number of company failures keeps asset prices high...
|
 | Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
Hong Kong-based shipping companies are being forced to pay tens of millions of dollars in extra tax because of the government's failure to secure double taxation agreements with other key jurisdictions...
|
 | Source: www.marinelink.com
Today the shipbuilding market in Brazil has in excess of 100 firm orders for ships in a variety of shapes and sizes...
|
 | Source: europa.eu
The European Parliament approved the draft Directive intended to simplify and facilitate the administrative procedures for ships entering and leaving European ports...
|
 | Source: joongangdaily.joins.com
The shipping industry has mounted a promising comeback, with activity and profits returning to the same levels they were at before the downturn began in late 2008...
|
 | Source: www.cityam.com
Since the end of May, the Baltic Dry Index... has plummeted some 50 per cent
|
 | Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
Singapore could lose its crown as the world's busiest container port to Shanghai this year...
|
 | Source: http://uk.reuters.com
The oil major and U.S. authorities postponed a critical test on Tuesday to determine if a new cap can successfully stem the flow of oil that has killed wildlife and hammered local businesses for nearly three months.
|
 | Source: www.balticbusinessnews.com
An international conference on Tallinn's role in developing transport ties between Estonia and Russia is being held today in Tallinn. The event will be attended by the mayors of Tallinn and Riga, CEO of Russian railroad monopoly Russian Railways, as well as other officials and businessmen.
|
 | Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
Under the Netherlands' Flora and Fauna Act, wild birds are protected by law, and humans are prohibited from disturbing the birds or their environment during the breeding season...
|
 | Source: www.portworld.com
The call is for key players to look at the bigger picture, to plan, manage and fund future ports and land corridors...
|
 | Source: http://www.ft.com
All the operators are applying their know-how to improve efficiency and to win customers. Some involve entirely new facilities...
|
 | Source: http://www.bairdmaritime.com
Non-compliance can result in denial of entry into US ports, civil penalties up to US$50,000 per violation and criminal penalties up to US$250,000 and/or one year’s imprisonment...
|
 | Source: http://gulfnews.com
Their 'New Silk Road strategy', which evoked much romance among geo-political analysts, is fast losing its benign quality...
|
 | Source: www.ft.com
All the operators are applying their know-how to improve efficiency and to win customers. Some involve entirely new facilities...
|
 | Source: www.dowjones.com
Freight rates for medium-range clean oil product tankers sailing west from Europe have maintained their bullish trajectory from last week...
|
 | Source: www.hydro-international.com
This settlement by the ICJ is an important decision that is likely to affect the delimitation of maritime boundaries in the Singapore Strait involving Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore...
|
 | Source: www.americanshipper.com
The top 15 public lines shed $11.4 billion and, if you add in private operators who do not publish results, the losses swell upwards to $15 billion to $20 billion...
|
 | Source: www.latimes.com
President Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for America's oceans and Great Lakes, including a type of zoning...
|
 | Source: http://www.cargonewsasia.com
South Korea's major shipping companies, whose businesses were mostly concentrated on container ship and bulk carrier operations, are accelerating efforts for diversifying business areas...
|
 | Source: http://www.tribune242.com
The Grand Bahama Port Authority's (GBPA) two shareholder families are set to appoint world-renowned financial institution J P Morgan to search for a buyer...
|
| Source: http://www.joc.com
Europe's top port Rotterdam is getting congested as surging container imports from China overwhelm deep-sea terminals and interrupt feeder services to smaller regional ports...
|
 | Source: http://news.alibaba.com
Shares of Singapore-listed shipbuilding firms including Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Cosco Corp have surged over the past month, reflecting a slew of new orders in a recovering global economy...
|
 | Source: http://www.dredgingtoday.com
To stay competitive, the Port is planning more than $3 billion in upgrades, including a new container terminal...
|
 | Source: www.reuters.com
A combination of slower iron ore activity, weaker coal imports into China, easing port congestion and the wrapping up of South America's grains export season have weighed on the overall freight market in recent weeks...
|
 | Source: www.reuters.com
The Suez Canal widely viewed as a barometer of world trade is still not as busy as it was before the global financial crisis...
|
 | Source: http://www.stockmarketsreview.com
Yet despite an extremely challenging 2009, COSCO managed to remain profitable...
|
| Source: http://www.joc.com
Japanese carriers NYK, MOL and "K" Line reported profits in their April-June quarter as rising volumes and rates pushed their container operations into the black...
|
| Source: http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com
Freight rates for dry bulk carriers have continued to edge higher this week, with the industry’s main benchmark...
|
 | US ConocoPhillips is selling all of its 20 percent stocks in Lukoil this year. Lukoil agreed to buy out the US oil company's stake, thus becoming the sole owner of its regional subsidiaries like the Naryanmarneftegaz in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
|
