Tilbury renews calls for expansion plan approval
TILBURY has publicly renewed its call for planning permission to be granted on 65 acres of development land, freeing up space for a major push towards domination of the growing southeast England ro-ro market.
Oh pledges better East-West balance
THE newly elected chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies has pledged to ?rebalance? the lack of influence from the Far East in dealings with the International Maritime Organization.
Box lines ditch Asia bunker fee
ORIENT Overseas Container Line and Cheng Lie Navigation Co (CNC Line) have suspended their plans to impose an emergency bunker surcharge on the Hong Kong/South China-Taiwan trade, which was due to start on July 1, following shippers? complaints over eight other lines announcing similar EBS plans on the same route.
NCL faces medical bill for Norway blast victims
VICTIMS of the Norway explosion have demanded tens of millions of dollars towards full restitution, and accused operator Norwegian Cruise Line of ?placing corporate profits ahead of safety?.
Port chief warns hiring freeze will hurt Genoa
GENOA port president Luigi Merlo has expressed grave concern over an announced freeze on hiring public employees, writes John McLaughlin.
Cosco Pacific eyes $4.2m from box leaseback deal
HONG Kong-listed port operator, container manufacturing and leasing company Cosco Pacific has signed a container sale and leaseback deal with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, writes Sandra Tsui in Hong Kong.
UN lifts ban on former Liberia maritime official
THE United Nations has lifted a seven-year travel ban on US-based Liberian registry consultant Gerald Cooper, who has been linked to disgraced ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor.
Saad calls for curb on oil futures trading to cool prices
CMA CGM chairman Jacques Saad has proposed restricting oil futures trading as a means of curbing speculation, which he says is behind the current surge in oil prices, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.
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CSBC may renegotiate ship prices
CSBC Corp, Taiwan?s largest shipyard, may seek revised terms on its shipbuilding contracts, according to its chairman Cheng Wen-lon, writes Mike Grinter in Hong Kong.
StatoilHydro criticised for platform deficiencies
ON the 20th anniversary of the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster in the UK North Sea, a Norwegian company has been ordered to improve drilling conditions on a key production platform, writes Martyn Wingrove.
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