November 04, 2009

Oakland: Container shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA) are proposing a new series of general rate increases (GRIs) on December 1, 2009 ... [full story]

Tokyo: Stolt-Nielsen has entered the VLGC market with a three year time charter agreement through its subsidiary Stolt-Nielsen Gas for the 78,498 cbm Very Large ... [full story]

Singapore: The economic slowdown has brought the availability of finance to the maritime industry into the spotlight. Speaking at the inaugural DnB NOR Asian Investor ... [full story]

Dalian: CNOOC Ltd, a subsidiary of the China National Offshore Oil Corp, announced that it has discovered a new oilfield in the central and northern ... [full story]

Athens: Dockers at the main Greek port of Piraeus on Tuesday launched a fresh 48-hour strike against the concession of container facilities to Chinese transport ... [full story]