Port Operating Companies

14 Sep 2012

Exporters face delayed cargo shipments and higher freight charges if dockworkers at US Gulf and east coast ports take industrial action in the coming weeks over new labour contracts.

9:30AM

OOIL slides as profit goes down 33pc

3 Aug 2012

Shares in Orient Overseas (International) fell almost 4 per cent yesterday after the Tung family shipping and property group reported a 33 per cent drop in net profit to US$116.77 million in the...

10:58PM

China Cosco shares fall as interim net loss set to grow

31 Jul 2012

China Cosco, the listed subsidiary of the mainland's largest shipping firm, saw its share price fall more than 3.6 per cent yesterday after it warned of a first-half net loss of more than 4.14...

10:42PM

China's helping hand on cargo 'impractical'

10 Jul 2012

The global shipping industry is facing its worst downturn in three decades, but industry experts say that mainland moves to boost Chinese shipping firms' business by allocating more cargo to them...

7:43PM

Bank rescue, China data buoy shipping

12 Jun 2012

Shares in a raft of shipping firms soared yesterday amid upbeat investor sentiment following the release of sharply higher mainland export and import figures for May and optimism about a bailout...

5:22PM

Container volumes up despite fears

24 May 2012

Container volumes through southern Chinese ports are continuing to grow, despite concerns about the outlook for trade, especially with Europe facing a fresh crisis.

3:40PM

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The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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4:10AM

Lai See

SFC chief not trying to win friends at Hong Kong Club

3:36PM

Expansion at greek container terminal

Cosco Pacific, the marine terminals subsidiary of China's largest shipping company, is going ahead with a Euro120 million (HK$1.18 billion) expansion of Piraeus Container Terminal in Greece months...

3:13PM

Shipping lines to receive low-sulphur fuel rebates

Shipping lines voluntarily using costly low-sulphur fuel to reduce air pollution in Hong Kong will finally get government help to offset their higher fuel bills.

11:55AM

Sailing may get rougher this year for Cosco Pacific

Cosco Pacific, the terminals and shipping-container division of China's largest shipping company, is facing mixed prospects this year after net profit climbed 7.6 per cent to US$388.8 million last...

11:23AM

Container lines freeze bookings

European exporters face having their shipments to Asia disrupted for up to six weeks after a raft of container lines stopped accepting cargo bookings this week in an effort to clear a backlog of...

11:04AM

Rising fuel prices add to container line's stress

Overcapacity, sluggish cargo growth and high fuel prices are set to make 2012 a difficult year for container shipping lines even though carriers have started to increase freight rates, a senior...

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