DIRTY AG AROSA 265 09/07 AG/THAILAND 49 THAI OIL TOSA 270 09/06 AG/SKOREA 50 SK TOKACHI 265 09/06 AG/YOSU 51 GS CALTEX ANTIPAROS 260 09/03 KHARG/TAIWAN 38 CPC SKY LADY 80

Japan confirms IMO maritime safety division director Koji Sekimizu’s bid to run for post

Frontline is tipped to post a sharp rise in second quarter profit when it unveils its figures later this week. The world’s largest VLCC owner is set to card a bottom line of $60m in the three months to the end of June, shattering the $28m bagged a year ago, according to

Ships to be imported for demolition must continue to be first certified as toxic-free

An ousted Maersk billing clerk is facing hard time after a US judge sentenced the staffer to 17 months in prison for embezzling over a quarter of a million dollars from the Danish shipping giant. Virginia Lee Uy Stanton of Graham, Washington, was also ordered to pay $263,599 in

Current maritime safety division director to run for secretary-general post in June 2011

Four major liner operators are following a recent capacity increase by rivals between Asia and South America by opening up a new 10-ship service. France’s CMA CGM, CSCL of China and Korean duo Hyundai Merchant Marine and Hanjin Shipping will being the new direct ACSA 2 service from

International Salvage Union takes arguments for change to forthcoming Comité Maritime International meet

Sour citrus markets, an unappealing banana harvest, scaled back fish catches and a chicken stand-off left Green Reefers feeling blue in the second quarter. Soaring bunker costs also conspired to send the Norwegian owner to an increased loss in the period as the reefer market

Eitzen Bulk tips dry-cargo rates to decline going forward despite tweaking its forecast for the number of newbuildings set to enter the market this year. Copenhagen-listed Eitzen Bulk “realistically” expects 76 million dwt of fresh capacity to be delivered in 2010, with