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Costa Concordia investigation pinpoints emergency management
Criminal investigation to report on voice data recordings in July
- Costa Concordia removal to start within days
- Costa Concordia will hit marine insurers hard, says Munich Re
- Costa Cruises pays out to French victims
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Costa Concordia removal to start within days
Video shows how wreck clearance operation will be done in four stages
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Analysis: Will Japan’s growth generate capesize demand?
As the country rebuilds, counter-intuitive trends have emerged
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BIMCO, Intertanko and Intercargo seek closer ties
Shipowner groups see scope to share resources
Shipping should improve its image, says BIMCO...
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Oil supply shocks threaten bunker prices
Uncertainty over Iraq, Sudan, Yemen and Syria as Iran faces looming sanctions
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West Africa suezmax earnings rush will be shortlived
Brokers say charterers have stepped back from the market
Mid-range tonnage offers versatility
LNG carrier owners must order carefully to target future import growth
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Market Data
1141 (4) Baltic Dry Index
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Containers
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US shippers sign more index-linked contracts
FMC identifies 61 service agreements with price flexibility
- Summa Group eyes stake in Fesco
- Maersk Line to raise its Latin America rates to cover regional investment
- Gerry Wang forecast four more years of pain
- Port volumes rise in Los Angeles, fall in Long Beach
- No first-quarter profit for AP Moller-Maersk
Dry Cargo
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Chinese steel output hits two-week high
Production cuts are likely as overcapacity looms
- Position is destiny in the capesize market
- d’Amico orders six handymaxes from Yangfan
- Indonesian miners call for coal export quota
- Pacific supramax rates fall as nickel trade stalls
- Port Hedland expansion under threat
Tankers
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Total backs ultra-deepwater drilling
Drillships can earn up to $500,000 a day
- Petrochemical buyers switch to LPG as naphtha price soars
- BP orders four PSVs for North Sea
- Tankers to benefit as Russia ramps up oil exports to Asia
- Japanese bank freezes transactions with Iran
- UK energy minister backs LNG imports
Ports & Logistics
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Belgium moves to regulate vessels’ private armed guards
Plan to add anti-piracy clause to existing laws by summer
- Antwerp port to operate Netherlands rail terminal
- DP World rejects S&P corporate credit ratings
- Hamburg steals a march on north range rivals
- Bristol Port welcomes its longest vessel
- Dockwise hits back at Fairstar
"BIMCO, Intertanko and Intercargo talk ties " Janet Porter
London warned over loss of hire cover
Current policy wording leaves too much open to interpretation
Central & South America
Global Terminals looks to win
East-coast US operator adds capacity to target Panama Canal expansion
Asia
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Expansion plans for Jakarta box terminals
HPH says $100m investment will improve operating efficiencies at container hubs
Africa
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Timely intervention
The IMO framework for deploying PMSCs is just what the industry needs
North America
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US shippers sign more index-linked contracts
FMC identifies 61 service agreements with price flexibility
Middle East
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DP World rejects S&P corporate credit ratings
Assessment criteria were not ‘appropriate’, claims Dubai ports giant
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Finance
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MPC Capital posts first-quarter loss
Affiliates’ losses erode profitable operating business
- German shipbuilders renew call for political support
- DVB Bank’s first quarter profits slide
- Norden boss on alert for cheap tonnage in poor market
- Transatlantic’s losses deepen
- Dockwise makes another bid for Fairstar
Insurance
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Guardcon’s wording is not the problem, say insurers
There will always be an issue of what can be covered in the event of a criminal...
- UK P&I claims annual results make it the strongest IG member
- Concern grows over Guardcon insurance requirements
- Iran says sanctions undermine international treaties
- A record eight candidates stand for LMA board
- Lancashire results solid despite Costa Concordia
Ship Operations
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Saga plans fleet-wide ballast treatment retrofit
Goltens to install Optimarin system
- Three injured as Stena ferry brings down container crane
- Japanese yards see 43% year-on-year fall in export orders
- Japanese owners condemn Panama Canal toll hike
- Rongsheng stock soars, then dumped
- ISS expands in Asia
Regulation
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IMO plans international standards and guidelines for armed guards
PMSCs must not become institutionalised, says Sekimizu
- Novoship case against ex-UK manager to continue despite move to strike
- States seek international response to piracy
- Armed guard regulation tops the bill at IMO
- Brussels negotiates compromise on low-sulphur bunker fuels
- Speak out to combat piracy, urges IMB
