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Houston Chronicle reporters
Jim Morris and Kevin Moran report that overworked, ill-trained sailors routinely traverse
the world's seas in thousands of aged, poorly maintained ships. |
"New World" An Interesting report from around the world voyage. |
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BUSINESS
CHEMICAL
COMPANIES INVEST MORE THAN $250 MILLION
The Belgian Association of Tank Storage Operators (BATO), a group of independent tank
storage companies, said its members now have a total volume of 3.6 million m3 spread over
1,153 storage tanks: carbon steel tanks for chemical products and petroleum derivatives,
stainless steel tanks for the most........ |
LOWER
TARIFFS ON THE ATLANTIC
The members of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA) are lowering the rates
coming February 1, with a minimum of $ 500 - $ 600 per 40-feet container. The tariffs per
February 1 range from $ 825 to $ 1,275 per 40-feet container. On January 1, TACA ...... |
25 YEARS COMPLIANCE FOR EXISTING FLEET
When tankers become 25 years of age, the vessels have to comply with international rules
either by:
Alternative A: Obtain minimum 30% protection of loaded area by ballast tanks or void
spaces (so-called protective location solution) or ....... |
ROUTES AND SERVICES
LAUNCH OF TWO US GULF - LATIN AMERICAN WEEKLY
SERVICES
APL, Crowley American Transport, Ivaran Lines, Transportacion Maritima Grancolombiana
(TMG) and Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM) have formed an alliance and will launch a
joint weekly, fixed-day service between ...... |
MAERSK LINE
LAUNCHES EUROPE-CARIBBEAN SERVICE
Danish shipowner Maersk Line launched a new weekly service between Northern Europe and the
French Antilles. The ports of call on the new service are: Pointe-à-Pitre,
Fort-de-France, ....... |
CANALS, PORTS AND STRUCTURES
MOVE TO END CORRUPTION AT
BANGKOK PORT
(Bruce Cheesman,Bangkok) Stevedores at Bangkok’s
Klong Toey Port staged a go-slow when harbour officials attempted to crackdown on the
practice of paying "tea money" in return for quicker handling of containers. For
more than five decades the 6,000 workers at Bangkok’s main port have been among the
highest wage earners in Thailand. Forklift operators have been known to earn up to 200,000
baht a month (A$ 8,600) from under-the-......... |
PILOTS
WARNING AGAINST REDUCTION WORK IN PANAMA CANAL
A reduction of the number of pilots on large vessels in the
Panama Canal will endanger the safety. This was stated by the Panama Canal Pilot’s
Association, after the Panama Canal Commission launched a plan to reduce the number of
pilots required from 2 to 1 per........ |
SHIPYARDS AND EQUIPMENT
NEWPORT
NEWS AND AVONDALE TO MERGE
Continuing the trend towards consolidation Newport News
Shipbuilding and Avondale Industries have approved a merger of the two companies. The
transaction creates a leading, broad-based....... |
TNGC NEWBUILDING
DELIVERED IN WUHAN, CHINA
The special design LPG vessel TNGC En 1001 (2,057 cbm with Chinese flag) has been
delivered from the Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, China. Following successful trial trips, the
vessel will be subject to Chinese authorities’ inspection and permits.
TNGC, I.M. Skaugen’s joint venture with Hubei Tianfa of Wuhan, pioneers the transport
of LPG on the Yangtze river - bringing LPG to the inland regions of China for the first
time. The demand for LPG to the areas....... |
EVENTS, INCIDENTS AND OPERATIONSSPANISH FISHERMEN BLOCKADE OF
GIBRALTAR
A dispute between Britain and Spain over fishing rights off Gibraltar that has led to a
blockade of the colony’s only border crossing. Scuffles broke out as about 200
fishermen and their supporters effectively cut off the disputed British colony from the
mainland. Vehicles waiting to leave the Rock for Spain were delayed for hours and
eventually many drivers with British passports....... |
OUT OF
CONTROL CARGO SHIP SLAMS INTO SHANGHAI WHARF
A Chinese cargo ship sped out of control and slammed into a
wharf in Shanghai port Jan. 21, 1999, the first accident of its kind in the city, local
media and officials said on Thursday. The accident on .......... |
UNIONS
SUPPORT GREENPEACE
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the
International Metalworkers Federation (IMF) jointly support the action of Greenpeace and
the Basel Action Network against the scrapping of ships on the coast of India and other
Asian countries. Activists from the environmental groups escorted the toxic-contaminated
ship Encounter Bay as it arrived in Singapore....... |
(AT) LAST...BUT NOT LEAST...
DISCOVERED SHIPWRECK COULD BE KING
CHARLES I's BARGE
A royal barge that sank in 1633 carrying treasure belonging to King Charles I, may have
been discovered researchers said Friday. The Blessing of Burntisland sank in the Firth of
Forth, a sea inlet on the East Coast of Scotland, shortly after the king’s Scottish
coronation. The cargo is believed to have included his wardrobe, jewels, kitchen equipment
and a 280-piece silver dinner service commissioned by King Henry VIII. The vessel, 60 feet
long by ........
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