(Reuters) – Israel issued a tender on Wednesday for two privately-run seaports to operate alongside state-owned terminals, a move to stir competition that puts the government on a collision course with powerful labour unions. Unions at the country’s two largest ports have threatened action to prevent the emergence of competing private ports where they
Read moreSingapore. US private equity and investment funds are betting Asia’s shipping industry, hit by a restructuring wave that has already swept Europe and the United States, is the best spot to ride a recovery from the industry’s worst downturn in three decades. Sturdy commodity demand growth and slower new ship deliveries will help balance
Read moreSingapore: The clean-up of the oil spill resulting from the collision between the South Korean-registered bulk carrier, Oriental Pioneer, and the Bahamas-registered bulk carrier, Atlantic Hero continued today. Nine craft have been deployed for surveillance, containment and recovery. As of 1700hrs, no significant patches of oil were sighted in the affected waters, according to
Read moreJakarta: Indonesia’s minister for tourism, Mari Elka Pangestu, has said Indonesia is working to develop ten ports to be capable of receiving cruise ships in order to boost calls to the archipelago. Bali, Belawan, Flores, Lombok, Pare Pare, Probolinggo, Semarang, South Kalimantan and Tanjung Priok are all in line for cruise infrastructure development, which
Read moreThe container ship MOL COMFORT split into 2 parts, the aft part sank and the fore section is being towed to the coast of the Sultanate. Salvage tugs had to tow the vessel in Oman but the information is not confirmed. It is known that the after part sank and 1,700 containers with it,
Read moreUpdate: Good progress has been made in containing and cleaning up the oil spill resulting from the collision between the South Korean-registered bulk carrier, Oriental Pioneer, and the Bahamas-registered bulk carrier, Atlantic Hero. There has been no further spillage of fuel oil from Oriental Pioneer. As a precautionary measure, an oil boom and an
Read moreAn Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. Yemeni forces intercepted the ship, the Jihan 1, off Yemen’s coast on January 23. U.S. and Yemeni officials said it was carrying a large
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