(chicago tribune) With the statute of limitations looming next week, federal authorities
on Wednesday indicted a tugboat captain and the Lemont company he
worked for on negligence charges in the 2005 barge explosion that
killed a deckhand.  Source

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• Tugs will appreciate from the recycle bin

     (workboat) In late October, a local crew was part of a 16-day mission to bring a retired tugboat named Ares from a scrap yard in Texas to Lemont, Ill., to Duluth. The journey included grubby toilets, ingenuity, a little luck, high seas and an encounter that nearly ended in

• 3 families sued in fatal boat crash Coastguard

     (signonsandiego.com/news) Three Rancho Peñasquitos families involved in a Coast Guard boat crash that killed an 8-year-old boy in December sued the federal government yesterday for wrongful death and negligence, with hopes of making the service overhaul how it operates on San Diego Bay. Source

• Inter-City Manager, welcomed Full Release

    InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, has applauded the release of the two Chinese officers detained in Norway following the oil?spill incident involving the bulker Full City. A Norwegian appeal court has ruled the ship’s Master Zong Aming and Chief Officer Qilanng Lu may have their passports

• Matson hikes rates, fees

     Matson announced a rate increase for its Hawaii service and for its Guam and Micronesia services. The company is also hiking terminal handling charges

• Cosco Busan owners lose decision Spill Damage

    A new federal court ruling could make the owners of the Cosco Busan solely responsible for the damage to waters, wildlife and commerce caused in 2007 when the ship slammed into the Bay Bridge and spilled 53,000 gallons of fuel oil into San Francisco Bay.

• PSA fleecing TCP, Reeder

    The PSA is fleecing the TCP as well as the ship-owners by charging them extra at Gwadar Port.
The Nation has learnt that Former Chairman of TCP Muhammad Saeed, while giving a presentation,? available with this scribe, to the ECC of the Cabinet on the overhead domestic charges on import of

• Fees are reduced in Chittagong

     The Bangladesh government is going to take necessary initiatives to withdraw the enhanced charges on different heads at Chittagong Port (CP) within this month to ensure unswerving business amid the global economic meltdown, the Bangladesh Financial Express reported. ‘The government has decided to reduce the increased charges at CP within

• Ship operator pleads guilty in SF Bay oil spill

     (AP) The Hong Kong-based company that operates the cargo ship that caused a 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.  Source

• Calls for Tallink Tallinn Port Fees Cut

    Estonian shipping company TALLINK has sent a letter to Economy Minister Juhan Parts with a request for reduction of port charges levied by the state-run Tallinna Sadamad (Port of Tallinn), balticbusinessnews.com reports citing the company authorities.

• China Jiangxi Copper Seeking Above $ 10 treatment fee 50/Ton-Source

    Jiangxi Copper Co., China’s largest copper smelter by output, expects copper treatment and refining charges to drop next year on tight concentrate supply, but is still seeking 2010 treatment charges above $50/ton, a person familiar with negotiations said Tuesday. Jiangxi Copper is currently holding preliminary discussions with global miners BHP

• Vale inks iron ore freight agreement with several Chinese factories

    It is reported that,ahead of the 2010 iron ore price talks,the Brazilian mining company Vale has signed an independent agreement with several Chinese mills on iron ore freight charges for the coming three to four years, with the charges in question 20-30 percent lower than normal rates. The move is

• Pakistan: Traders u0026quot term reduction in port charges

    Terming the recent reduction of 10 percent in port charges by government unsatisfactory, traders and ports users demanded more cut in port tariffs. They also opposed the terminal handling charges increased by shipping lines. Talking to Daily Times traders said as the country’s ports tariffs are highest in the region as

• Agents complain to high international shipping costs

    TOP cargo forwarders have asked trade groups, such as the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), to look into the rates being charged by international shipping lines because these have an impact on the competitiveness of the country’s exports. Nelson Mendoza, president of Philippine International Sea freight Forwarders Inc.

• Agents complain to high international shipping costs

    TOP cargo forwarders have asked trade groups, such as the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), to look into the rates being charged by international shipping lines because these have an impact on the competitiveness of the country’s exports. Nelson Mendoza, president of Philippine International Sea freight Forwarders Inc.

• NY Terminal Hold Line on leisure, Demurrage

    The New York Terminal conference, representing marine terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey, issued a revised schedule of charges that includes no change in demurrage and free time for containers. Some other charges, including special handling, gate moves and mounting, grounding and segregating of containers, will increase