(BBC) The skipper of a British-crewed yacht detained by Iran has said they strayed into Iranian waters by “mistake”.  Oliver Smith added the crew were blindfolded while at sea, apart from him as he was at the helm.  Source and Watch The Video!

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• Skipper of the UK-crewed yacht admits mistakes u0026quot Iranian waters

     (BBC) The skipper of a British-crewed yacht detained by Iran has said they strayed into Iranian waters by “mistake”.  Oliver Smith added the crew were blindfolded while at sea, apart from him as he was at the helm.  Source and Watch The Video!

• Thomas Smith, commissioner for Maersk Line

    Thomas Smith Group has been appointed agent for A. P. Moller – Maersk Group, the world’s largest container ship operator. The agreement will consolidate both organisations’ positions in the local market. The company had lost their long-standing representation of P&O Nedlloyd in Malta when P&O was acquired by A.P. Moller –

• Hes up to The Shipping News

       (eastbayri) For Rod Smith, a good day is any day that he spots a big ship heading up into Narragansett Bay from some open ocean voyage.   Source

• Hull s new all-weather terminal acquires first customer

    Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Hullâ??s recently re-branded All-Weather Terminal has completed the handling of its first bagged fertiliser shipment on behalf of Helm Fertilizer. Read at Hull’s new all-weather terminal handles first customer

• Szymanski Inter manager takes baton from Morel

     InterManager, the international trade association for shipmanagers, has appointed a new Secretary General to replace Guy Morel , who retires this summer.

• Saint Kitts and Nevis woos Indian ships

    More Indian ships could soon be flying the St. Kitts and Nevis flag.

• Queensland coal ports, railway lines closed as cyclone approaches INFO

    Queensland coal ports and rail lines have been closed while mineral producers brace for the impact of Tropical Cyclone Ului as it bears down on the northeast Australian coast. Dalrymple Bay coal terminal stopped loading March 17 because of strong winds and high seas, Greg Smith, general manager of operations,

• Navios Maritime Partners LP Announces release from prison of Navios Apollon

    Navios Maritime Partners L.P. is delighted to announce that the Navios Apollon and her crew were released on 27th February 2010. Navios Partners is pleased to report that the Captain and crew are healthy and will be reunited with their families shortly

• Australia Dalrymple port: no quick solution to long waiting times

    Long shipping queues could persist at Australia’s Dalrymple Bay port until mid-2010 as the rail network struggles to keep pace with the world’s third-largest coal export terminal, a port official said on Wednesday. Queues have eased from last week’s record high of 76, but they still stretched to 71 ships

• Tax registration call for the UK shipping not homes

    Leading international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says completion of the 2008/09 tax return for UK non-domiciliaries operating in the shipping industry is likely to be more complex than in previous years.

• Rio Tinto \ u0026quot; not yet aware \ u0026quot; the case evidence China

    Rio Tinto Ltd. said Tuesday it was still unaware of any evidence to justify China’s detention of four employees for alleged spying, as the Australian government urged Beijing to speed up the case. Rio, the world’s third-largest mining company, issued a statement Tuesday welcoming news that detained Australian citizen Stern Hu had received

• Rio Tinto \ u0026quot; not yet aware \ u0026quot; the case evidence China

    Rio Tinto Ltd. said Tuesday it was still unaware of any evidence to justify China’s detention of four employees for alleged spying, as the Australian government urged Beijing to speed up the case. Rio, the world’s third-largest mining company, issued a statement Tuesday welcoming news that detained Australian citizen Stern Hu had received

• \ u0026quot; crew suffers psychologically under pirate \ u0026quot;

     The owner of a German ship held by pirates off the coast of Somalia said the crew members were suffering mentally after four months of captivity, in a newspaper interview published Sunday. “All crew members on board are in physically good shape,” Frank Leonhardt, the owner of the Hansa Stavanger freight

• Australia Dalrymple Bay Winds After loading ships

    Australia’s Dalrymple Bay port, an exporter of coal used in steelmaking and power stations, resumed loading of ships today after a three-day closure because of strong winds. “We are loading the very big ships, but all eyes are on the tropical cyclone and its movements,” Greg Smith, general manager of

• Russia finds missing cargo ship

     (BBC) Russia says it has found a missing cargo vessel near the Cape Verde islands and retrieved its Russian crew.  Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said that the 15-member crew had been taken on board a Russian navy vessel. They were in good condition, he said.  Source