Thousands Of Containers Still Stuck At Priok’s Red Line

  JAKARTA—Thousands of shipping containers from overseas with red line category are yet to undergo physical inspection from Tanjung Priok’s Custom and Excise until Wednesday (7/3). This condition exacerbates the dwelling time in the red line to 13-17 days (June) from the previous average of 10-13 days (April). There are several stages in the dwelling…

Israel Government Defies Unions with Private Seaport Tenders

  (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…

Asia Shipping Industry Pain May Be Investors’ Gain

  Singapore. 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…

Oil spill minimal following Singapore collision

  Singapore: 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…