QANTAS Airways chairman Margaret Jackson will be replaced by Leigh Clifford on her retirement in November. Mr Clifford will fill a casual non-executive director vacancy on the Qant……
THE US law signed by president Bush last week requiring 100 per cent of US-bound containers to be scanned in foreign ports by 2012 is not only unworkable but will never be implemen……
THE Far Eastern Freight Conference is set to publish a revised tariff in the Europe to Asia Eastbound Trade, pushing up freight rates.. A statement from the secretariat says: The e……
THE bow section of the stricken container ship MSC Napoli is to be towed away from Devon's World Heritage Coast for recycling with the tow commencing today or tomorrow. A spokesman……
FRENCH shipping Group Bourbon has reported strong growth in the first half of 2007 but a weakening dollar has had a negatvie effect on the company which reports in euros. Overall i……
JOHN Fredriksen-controlled dry bulk shipping company Golden Ocean Group is selling the 2004-built panamax vessel Shinyo Brilliance for US$72m net. The vessel is one of the long ter……
SUEZMAX specialist Nordic American Tanker Shipping made a Q2 net profit of US$20.9m, down from the Q1 figure of US$22.8m but up from the same period last year when net profit was U……
Austrian transport and logistics group cargo-partner has expanded its presence in Eastern European with two new offices in Poland and one in Ukraine. The new Polish locations are i……
