Effective Feb 1, 2008 for Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and The Yachts of Seabourn MIAMI - As a result of the continued rapid escalation of fuel prices, the North American brands of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) have announced they will implement a fuel supplement of ...
In a cruise industry first, Disney Cruise Line is reaching out to perspective guests through podcasts that offer a new way to get customized information about family-friendly Disney cruise vacations. Hosted by family travel expert Emily Kaufman, the podcast episodes showcase the unique experiences Disney offers on a cruise vacation, providing guests i...
Escaping to the exotic paradise of the South Pacific or the warmth of tropical Queensland has never been easier thanks to new P&O Cruises fly/cruise packages from three Australian cities. The packages, available from Newcastle, Adelaide and Melbourne, offer return airfares with a relaxing cruise from Sydney or Brisbane, on P&O Cruises’ first superli...
A discussion group of 14 carriers in the Asia/U.S. trade is recommending its members start including a "full floating bunker surcharge" in all new service contract. The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement estimates that there has been a gap in excess of $5 billion between what its members spent on marine bunker fuel from February 2006 through August 20...
SINGAPORE: Transport Minister Raymond Lim is leading a Singapore delegation to the 25th International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Assembly in London from 19 to 23 November. A Transport Ministry statement said Singapore would be seeking re-election into the IMO Council for an eighth term. While in London, Mr Lim will meet with UK Secretary of State...
China Shipping Container Line plans to invest $2 billion on container ships in the coming years, according to the newspaper China Daily. The paper quoted Huang Xiaowen, managing director, as saying that with the investment, CSCL is expected to operate a fleet of more than 180 ships with a combined carrying capacity of 630,000 TEUs by 2011. Accord...
Container shipping lines in the Asia-U.S. trade lane announced a series of recommended action steps to improve bunker cost recovery, noting that the unprecedented escalation in fuel prices to recent record levels has created a critical situation that potentially threatens the industry’s ability to service the trade. The 14 major lines ...
JSC Latvijas ku?niecība (Latvian Shipping Company - LASCO) informs that on 2 November 2007 the Company signed contracts with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. (HMD) on building four additional middle-range (MR) tankers, thus implementing the Group’s Tanker Fleet Further Development Plan that provides for the expansion of the given segment by approximately 2...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi