EUROPEAN Union transport ministers have agreed to radically reduced versions of two controversial maritime safety directives, raising the possibility that the ?Erika 3? package of legislation might finally become law before the end of the year.

SHIPOWNER George Economou is lowering his offer to buy out struggling Athens-based neighbour TOP Ships, but both sides remain at the negotiating table.

A TOP competition lawyer has leaped to the defence of the European Commission that had come under fierce criticism from container lines over proposed new rules for shipping alliances.

INDIA?S Shipping Ministry is pushing for a reintroduction of shipbuilding subsidies amid concern that several existing orders and options placed at Indian yards could be cancelled.

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SHIPOWNERS who have tonnage entered mutually in Gard P&I Club, one of the world?s top two such organisations, are to receive a total $9m ?give back?.

THE financial restructuring of government-owned Hindustan Shipyard has been delayed further and referred to a group of ministers after suggestions that its expansion plans could cause national security concerns.

JINHUI Shipping and Transportation, the Oslo-listed Hong Kong bulker operator, saw net profit surge 109% to $12.8m in the first quarter buoyed by soaring charter rates. Turnover climbed 49% to $54.3m.

DRYSHIPS chief George Economou has hailed an ?exceptionally strong? first quarter for the Nasdaq-listed dry bulk company, writes Nigel Lowry in Athens.

IMPROVED results for the first quarter of 2007 have been unveiled by the Piraeus Port Authority, the corporation in charge of Greece?s largest port.

SUE Langley, one of the most high profile personalities in the London market, is to join Lloyd?s to raise operational competitiveness and ensure a focus on North American business, which supplies 40% of revenue at Lloyd?s, writes James Brewer.

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Handies fall further as vessels look for work
ACTIVITY in the supramax and handies market has slowed towards the end of this week as charterers and owners still try to find a balance, writes Jamie Dale.

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Price of litre of petrol tops 1 for first time in UK as oil surges on a North Sea storm. By Graeme Wearden.

The pound climbed to $2.10 for the first time since 1981 today, boosted by speculation that China was preparing to shift its foreign reserves out of dollars. By Graeme Wearden.

Market report: London shares resumed their downward trek today, knocked by volatile oil prices, a tumbling dollar, jitters around banks and more anxieties on Wall Street. By Katie Allen.

Virgin Media signals that era of upheaval marked by public rows with BSkyB is behind it as the cable TV company posts strongest customer growth in more than a year. By Katie Allen and Chris Tryhorn.

Henkel, the maker of Schwarzkopf hair products, plans to cut thousands of jobs when it completes its 2.7bn acquisition of ICI’s National Starch adhesives business early next year. By David Gow.

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FREEFALLING charter rates appear to have taken some of the biggest names in shipping by surprise, with the George Economou-controlled Classic Maritime now paying up to three times the market rate on some of its recent period charters.

BRAZIL?s Vale plans to meet with Chinese steel mills next week to follow up on its demands for a second price increase this fiscal year.

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