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Tanker grounding sparks Arctic pollution alert
Coastal Shipping tanker grounds off Nunavut in the North West Passage
- Canada slammed over mandatory ship reporting rules
- Canada to get tough with Arctic rules offenders
- Arctic ice shrinking but transit unlikely
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Ukraine port secures $34m loan
Black Sea port of Illichevsk gets EBRD loan to part-fund modernisation of its...
Genmar shows the way to overcome banks’... -
New Zealand files proceedings against forwarders
Commission files anti-conpetitive conduct proceedings against K+N, Panalpina and DB...
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Sumatec second quarter profits crash
Group takes hit from loss in its engineering, procurement, and construction divisions...
How box shipping survived the slump
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US probes Gulf of Mexico platform blaze
Government looks into fire on Mariner Energy operated Vermillion block 380 platform fire
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Yangzijiang cuts offer price for PPL
Consortium led by shipbuilder reduces offer price to buy PPL from $166m to $115m
Baltic Dry Index could fall to historic low in 2011
Newbuildings and weaker Chinese demand will hit charter rates
Chemical trades face bleak prospects
Charter rates continue to soften as a glut of vessels flood the market
Zim’s new faces focus hard on the bottom line
Strategic shift from growing market share to profitability key to recovery
Market Data
2835 (94) Baltic Dry Index
Clean 675 (-2) Dirty 705 (-3) Baltic Tanker Indices
Containers
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Maersk relocates inland terminals business
Container Inland Services to be amalgamated into APM Terminals
- CMA CGM first half liftings rebound
- CSAV continues bold charter course
- Maersk says slow steaming is a ‘win-win-win situation’
- Idan Ofer defends Zim’s boxship order spree
- CMA CGM first half revenues up 41%
Dry Cargo
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Indian ore export ban prompts ships to ballast to the Atlantic
Lack of cargoes out of Karnataka state puts pressure on Pacific time charter...
- August sees 22% drop in time charter fixtures for supramaxes
- Panamax bulk carrier purchase rumour
- Bluelight charters VLCC for three years
- Angelicoussis moves chartering desk to Athens
- Grand China secures $1.2bn loan
Tankers
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West African distillate demand props up transatlantic MR rates
Despite weak US demand and surplus tonnage in Europe, owners resist charterers’...
- US summer driving season fails to absorb large stocks of gasoline
- Navios Acquisition wraps up warrant scheme
- Global Energy saves $250m on tanker orders
- VLCC Middle East to Asia rates dip
- Teekay Corp offers to sell FPSO to Teekay Offshore
Ports & Logistics
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Liverpool box port plans hits possible snag
Liverpool Bay declared protected area for bird life
- Vale to invite bids for Malaysia distribution hub
- Venezuela’s main port in line for $600m makeover
- Second Dutch LNG terminal project axed
- Piraeus first half profits rise
- China Merchants in $450m Colombo venture
Navy sniffs out drug traffickers
Colombia is fighting back against makeshift submersibles used in the drugs trade
North America
Demand for jack-up rigs on the rise
Oil companies return to US Gulf of Mexico market as fears over ban subsides
Asia
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Offshore owners see Atlantic and Asia pick up
Bourbon Offshore and DOF ships in demand as oil companies increase capital spending
Middle East
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A switch from tankers is in the pipeline
The Deepwater Horizon spill has fuelled concerns over the congested Turkish straits
Africa
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Strikes take shine off South Africa’s economic growth
Second quarter growth below expectations but box trades increase and new deals with China promise further economic benefits
Central & South America
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Navy sniffs out drug traffickers
Colombia is fighting back against makeshift submersibles used in the drugs trade
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CSAV continues bold charter course
Chilean container line has increased slot capacity by 61% since January
Maersk on top after wilderness years
Internal efficiency drive puts Maersk in line for near-record full-year profits
Finance
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Dr Peters reaches deal with Pacific Star
New agreement reached over outstanding accounts with charterer
- Ahrenkiel steps in to fund feeder newbuildings
- Renewed appetite for newbuildings a concern
- K-Sea secures $100m funding
- Yangzijiang shipbuilding to list in Taiwan
- Green Reefers could become takeover target
Insurance
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Brussels probes International Group
Insurers say antitrust probe standard practice review but EU officials raise...
- Lost documents unlikely to affect MSC Chitra claims
- Shippers warn of cargo claims chaos
- Uncertain times in the marine market
- Large claims hit London P&I club results
- Solvency II set to send shockwaves through shipping
Ship Operations
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Blast on Mariner Energy oil platform
Explosion onboard platform in US Gulf of Mexico throws 13 offshore workers into...
- Indonesian waters hit by spate of pirate attacks
- Hellenic Register certification to expire in February
- Kleven wins $125m support vessels contract
- GL wins London Array deal
- Hellenic Register left in limbo
Regulation
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Turkey signs recycling convention
Signs IMO convention for the Safe and and Environmentally Sound Recycling of...
- Spain appeals latest Prestige decision
- Brussels approves ThyssenKrupp assets sale
- Ukrainian officers jailed for smuggling drugs
- UN debates pirate trial options
- Greek vote sweeps away cabotage barrier
