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Feb 26, 2001
Celebrity Cruises has accepted delivery of Infinity, the newest addition to the premium cruise line's award-winning fleet. The 1,950-guest Infinity arrived in Fort Lauderdale,
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Feb 26, 2001
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. will post a total 16.8 billion yen ($145 million) in special losses for the year to March, adding it would not revise its earnings forecasts.
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Feb 26, 2001
Officials of the British Safety Council are due to carry out a safety audit of Malta Drydocks in March, Reuters reported. The council had carried out an audit of
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Feb 26, 2001
Malaysian International Shipping Corp (MISC), the country's flag carrier, is planning to issue yankee bonds worth up to $500 million in the next few weeks. The yankee bond offering,
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Feb 26, 2001
Norway's Frontline, the world's biggest tanker company, reported record net profits for 2000 compared to a 1999 loss and forecast higher earnings for 2001. Net 2000 profits leapt to $313.
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Feb 26, 2001
A ferry collided with a recreational boat on Monday in heavy fog off southwest Florida, killing one person and injuring two others aboard the smaller vessel, the U.
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Feb 26, 2001
Fog closed the Houston Ship Channel on Monday morning, the Houston Pilots association said. Pilots stopped boarding ships at 8 a.m. CST (9 a.m. EST/ 1400 GMT), bringing traffic to a halt,
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Feb 26, 2001
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has postponed a top-level seminar on oil markets, originally scheduled for March, until later in the year.
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Feb 26, 2001
The U.S. Navy's official inquiry into the fatal collision of the USS Greeneville and a Japanese fishing trawler will closely scrutinize the actions of a fourth officer on board the submarine,
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Feb 26, 2001
At its recent general meeting in London, the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) elected new officers to its executive.
Chris Leigh-Jones of Kittiwake
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Feb 26, 2001
Globe Wireless, a provider of maritime communications solutions, has opened new Sales and Customer Support offices in Hong Kong, SAR and Hamburg, Germany. The new
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Feb 26, 2001
AAPA is finalizing programs and securing industry experts for both the Port Administration Seminar and the Information Technology Seminar. These two important
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Feb 26, 2001
With the recent increases in bunker prices the question of the quantity of received bunkers has re-appeared creating the problems of alleged short deliveries of this costly material.
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Feb 26, 2001
There has been a marked increase in period contracts since January 2000. Not only has period chartering activity increased, but the length of the periods has also
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Feb 26, 2001
According to the February 12, 2001 monthly IEA Oil Market report, the 12-month moving average for December 2000 of oil products demand for the nine largest markets indicates a 0.
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Feb 26, 2001
According to Clarkson, the easy chemical rates Rotterdam/Houston 5-7,500 tons have strengthened over the last weeks from $25 per ton in November to $38 per ton mid Eebruary:
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Feb 26, 2001
Registrations is well underway for the Annual Tanker Event in Sydney, 22-25 April 2001, with some flights already proving very popular with prospective delegates and space becoming limited.
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