February 14, 2008

Singapore: Despite fears of a global economic downturn January container traffic has held up well at Singapore, the world's busiest container port. PSA International has ... [full story]

Singapore: Clyde & Co Singapore has appointed Captain Bruce Ewen and Ronel Snyman to its South East Asian marine group in order to strengthen its ... [full story]

Hong Kong: China Shipping Development has revealed a 6.9% increase in the volume of domestic coastal contracts for 2008 to 89.4m tonnes, which it anticipates ... [full story]

Singapore: Swire Pacific Offshore Holdings Limited (SPO) has ordered eight new "P" Class Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels (AHTS) from mainland Chinese shipyard Qingdao Qianjin ... [full story]

Manila: Thailand-based Precious Shipping yesterday reported a 12% rise in 2007 net profit to 4.16bn baht ($126m) in spite of lower fleet capacity (due to ... [full story]

Colombo: While Colombo Port (pictured) for some years has been as a major trans-shipment hub in the Indian Ocean region, its ‘mega shipping hub’ status ... [full story]