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For the first time the Ennore Port carried out ship-to-ship (STS) operations in its outer anchorage involving transfer of 22,500 tonnes of LPG last Friday.

Starting July 11, Hamburg Sud, the German shipping line, is launching a new container service connecting Far East with India and Pakistan with simultaneous sailings from Port Kelang and Shanghai, according to shipping industry sources.

A new Indian Coastal Ship Safety Code is being jointly developed by Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping) and the shipping industry. The code is meant to boost cargo movement by coastal shipping, which constitutes less than 10 per cent of total domestic cargo movement.

The Minister of State for Commerce and Power, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has said that India would complete the prestigious project of rebuilding and expanding the Sittwee port in the Arakan region of Myanmar on the Bay of Bengal in four years by 2012, one year ahead of the current estimated schedule.

Trucking industry's survival is dependent on pending terms of emission legislation warns the American Trucking Association (ATA) in response to the government's five bills on global warming, reports American Shipper.

There is optimism that US west coast port operators and dockers will be able to reach agreement on a new labour contract by the July 1 deadline.

CSAV Norasia is launching an intra-Levant shuttle service in the East Mediterranean, calling at ports between Egypt, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is reported to be a potential buyer of Italy's state-owned Tirrenia di Navigazione, a short-sea ferry operator focusing on domestic connections.

Hong Kong and Singapore have been ranked as the top two of 118 economies in the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Enabling Trade Index published in the Global Enabling Trade Report 2008.

Singapore's container shipping line Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is seeking US$5-7 billion in loans to land a winning bid for German carrier Hapag-Lloyd, according to banking sources, Reuters reports.

South Korea's STX Shipbuilding owns 40.39 percent of the shares in Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards , after it bought an additional 1.32 million shares at 63 crowns per share, STX said on Monday.

Malta Freeport welcomed Hanjin Shipping's 5,618 TEU vessel Hanjin Brussels on its first call as part of the Mediterranean-Asia-America Pendulum Service. Hanjin Shipping will also be incorporating Malta Freeport as part of their MEX service, which will also be calling at the Freeport on a weekly basis.

Philippine rescue workers have located another 24 people listed as missing three days after their ferry capsized during a typhoon, national media reported on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reports.

In Jan-May 08, Spetsmornefteport "Primorsk" LLC increased oil export by 1%, year-on-year, to 30.971 million tonnes, Administration of St. Petersburg Big Port states. In the reported period the port of Primorsk handled 613 vessels.

ZIM Ports (2006) Ltd., a subsidiary of Zim Integrated Shipping Services and Dubai Ports World have acquired a container terminal in Tarragona, Spain.

Taiwan government officials said last week there is likely to be an expansion of shipping links to China following historic talks between the two rivals aimed at easing tension and boosting economic ties, according to a report Friday by news agency AFP.

The first ship carrying bio-diesel (9,000 tonnes) is ready to leave the port here for the Netherlands in the early hours of Tuesday, according to Mr Chalasani Bhaskar, Chief Executive Officer of Naturol Bio-energy Ltd.

Geodis Wilson, the forwarding division of French European logistics group Geodis, has acquired Oughtred & Harrison Shipping, thus strengthening its UK operation.

American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) president Kevin Burke has called for swift action from congress to renew an import ban on Myanmar (Burma), citing ongoing human rights abuses.

Canada's Senate Transport Committee is emphasizing the need for the nation to quickly develop its container terminals to avoid losing out to countries that are making such investments.