ARCHIVES 2007
 
24th December 2007
• Warehouses need to be on par with multinationals
• Northport breaks two records
 
17th December 2007
• PD Ports unit appoints Infinity
• News magazine to promote Malaysian port industry
 
10th December 2007
• World merchant fleet expands
• Kuantan Port aims to support ECER development
  
3rd December 2007
• PTP wins excellence award
• Lumut Port continues expansion drive
 
26th November 2007
• CSR supports port growth
• Northport super cranes to boost volume growth
 
19th November 2007
• Dongnama renamed as C& LINE
• Hanover Express to call Port Klang
 
12th November 2007
• Seamless supply chain vital for growth
• Number of Asian free zones rising
 
5th November 2007
• Bintulu Port, HUBLine sign 5-year deal
• Industry faces acute manpower shortage
  
29th October 2007

• Northport responds positively on user’s concern on reduction of

   free storage for containers

• Northport wins award for conventional cargo hub development
 
22nd October 2007
• Alam records 45% increase in intake
• Hubline diversifies fleet
 
15th October 2007
• Northport readies for giant container ships
• Three major ports on track to hit targets
 
8th October 2007
• Harbour Lines eyes Indian sub-continent
• MASA supports Straits “Co-operative Mechanism”
 
1st October 2007
• Greater Seattle, the gateway port for US-Malaysia trade
• More investment for port handling equipment
 
24th September 2007  
• Malaysian shippers cry foul over spiraling logistics costs 
• Shippers want lines to withdraw surcharges 
 
17th September 2007  
• MMEA set to expand fleet
• Major expansion at Southpoint
 
10th September 2007   
• Better access for MASkargo in Asean
• Deepwater ops to fuel local O&G sector 
 
3rd September 2007 
• Turning Lumut into a barter trade port
• RM800mil expansion
 
27th August 2007 
• THC among issues to feature in KL world shippers meet
• More shipping services link Port Klang with China 
  
20th August 2007
• Alam unveils LNG e-learning programme to overcome shortage 
• World Shippers to meet in KL   
  
13th August 2007

• Sepangar Port’s teething problems to be sorted out by month’s

   end 

• ALAM launches world’s first LNG e-Learning package
 
6th August 2007  
• MISC continues fleet expansion drive
• NCER boost for Penang Port
 
30th July 2007
• Star Cruises gets its own simulator
• Raising the bar in the industry
 
23rd July 2007

• Offshore oil/gas expansion spawns RM6 billion investments in

   shipping

• Halal Hub Group seeks financing assistance
 
16th July 2007
• IMB: Piracy, robbery up 37% in 2nd quarter
• Container traffic hits 7 million TEU-mark in the first half
 
9th July 2007
• Bersatu’s new warehouse
• Penang Port receives two more shoreside cranes
2nd July 2007
• Star Cruises bags best cruise operator award
• Shipping rates to Europe to increase
 
25th June 2007 
• Malaysia to host world shippers’ meet
• Malaysia set to be global deepwater oil player
 
19th June 2007 
• Shanghai set to be world’s busiest port
 
12th June 2007   

• Containers handled by Malaysian ports increased 431% in 10

   years

 
11th June 2007   
• Making sense of PTP move
• Asian shipowners’ want voice on global industry issues
 
4th June 2007
• Increase in freight revenue
• Port Klang Authority mulls plan to develop land for expansion
 
28th May 2007       
• Former deputy minister made Klang Port Authority chairman
• PK to withdraw subsidy on Inter Terminal Transfer Charges
21st May 2007       
• Ports oppose creation of new port body
• Shipowners to boost image
 
14th May 2007     
• Ports must strategise
• Gateway for halal products
 
7th May 2007
• Value-added, efficient services
• Longer ship queues in Singapore to benefit Malaysian ports
30th April 2007                 
• Agents: Bigger ships won’t affect trade at small ports
• Port Klang tightens cargo safety rules  
 
23rd April 2007              
• Stop stereotyping
• Local seamen not up to mark 
 
19th March 2007            
• Blacklist agents shipping pirated goods
   • Ports urged to keep up with development to stay competitive  
    
12th March 2007            
• MIMA: Use IT to stay competitive 
• Port Klang slips world port ranking ranked
 
26th February 2007         
• Container shipping lines to raise shipment prices
• Internet-based scams uncovered 
 
19th February 2007      

• Government urged to provide inputs on revision of seafarers’

  convention 

 
12th February 2007    
• Following the rules
• Death by pirates
  
29th January 2007

• Northport (M) Bhd and Inai Kiara receive Corporate Excellence

  Awards

• Good chance to be intra-Asia hub
 
22nd January 2007
• Dredging at Port Klang for bigger ships on target
     
8th January 2007
• One-box rate container guideline receives positive feedback
• Transhipment drives growth of Malaysian ports
  
11th December 2006
• Northport CEO wins CILT achiever award
  

   

RETURN TO NEWS PAGE
  HOME          
 

 

 
IMS Copyright© 2007