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TERRORISTS are now being blamed for an explosion aboard the MOL's 314,016-ton tanker M Star near the Strait of Hormuz, reports London's Tanker Operator. "An examination carried out by specialised teams had confirmed that the tanker had been the subject of a terrorist attack," according to the UAE state news agency, quoting an unidentified coastguard s...
THE release of pirates by the Spanish warship that caught them after a foiled attack on the tanker Bow Saga has sparked condemnation from shipowners of Intertanko, who described the act as a "bitter blow to the shipping industry in the fight against piracy". While the attack was thwarted by the Spanish frigate Victoria, which arrested seven suspects, th...
Naha International Container Terminal, a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), which manages the international container terminal at the Port of Naha in Okinawa, Japan, welcomed a new US West Coast direct service launched by American President Lines (APL). The PS5 service plies the ports of San Pedro and Oakland, Californi...
A container ship started discharging three to four tonnes of oil by the hour after a collision with another vessel barely five nautical miles off Mumbai on Saturday. Around 9.50 am, Panamanian container vessel MSC Chitra, while leaving JNPT Nhava Sheva port, collided with the inbound Khalijia-3, which was involved in another mishap off Mumbai on July 18...
Manila: The Philippine coast guard was still searching at close of day on Sunday for a domestic cargo ship with 17 crewmen that disappeared after encountering big waves and reporting engine trouble, reports AP. Crewmen aboard the 498-ton SF Freighter radioed the ship's owner, Seaford Shipping, on Saturday to report the problems but shortly afterward al...
Jakarta: Indonesian oil and gas firm PT Pertamina has signed contracts with domestic shipyards worth an estimated $102m for the construction of six tankers. The tenders, which were announced three months ago, were secured by Dok dan Perkapalan Surabaya , PAL Indonesia, Daya Radar Utama and the Dumas Tanjung Perak Shipyard. The vessels are all scheduled to c...
DUTCH dock design and engineering construction company Royal Haskoning has achieved a net profit of EUR4 million (US$5.23 million) compared with EUR1.9 million in the first half-year of 2009. The result is attributed to cost reductions. Turnover stood at EUR169 million, nine per cent lower compared with that of the first half of 2009. The added value of...
LUXEMBOURG's Logwin is to appoint logistics veteran Jimmy Chow new country director for southern China and Hong Kong to meet growing demand for air, ocean and logistics services across Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. Mr Chow has 35 years experience in freight forwarding and logistics and started his career with Rhenus before...
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