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Shipping News
- Port of London acts one year early to forestall Y2K bug
Concern that vessels' computers may malfunction during 1998-1999 rollover
- Evergreen joint venture wins Korean terminal deal
- Lauritzen expects 300m kroner loss in '98 due to shipping woes
- A luxury apartment at sea
- Tranz Rail sells ferry, then leases it back
- ISM Code row highlights Port State Control difficulties
- Class societies reject call for Y2K help
- Rina detention row raises serious questions
- Port shots
Air and Land Transport
- Philippine pension fund willing to invest in PAL
State fund willing to invest up to 1b pesos if flag carrier can prove it can be profitable
- Thomson plans merger with Marconi
- Mitsubishi Heavy hopes to make aircraft parts for Airbus: reports
- World air traffic growth slows
- TWA attendants ordered to return to work after sick calls force flight cancellations
- Cars to lose weight to reduce costs
Columns
- A topsy-turvy year for Asian carriers and shippers
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- Forwarders want FMC's go-ahead
- APL reduces NVOCCs' rates
- Slump in Chinese shipbuilding
- New service from Hyundai
- Columbus makes double conference withdrawal
- Old route to be modernised
- NMU to merge with rival SIU
- Overcapacity to blame for decreasing rate predictions
- KLM, Air China form alliance
- New developments for SAS
- Aer Lingus and Emirates in freight agreement
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Home
- China proposes disclosing contracts
- Shippers: FMC rules short-circuit reform
- Commerce blasted for shredding documents
- Funding unlikely for Customs upgrade
- In first 'sunset' vote, ITC ends dumping duty
- Ruling on sanctions proves no deterrent
Transportation
- Vienna capitalizes on post-communism
- STB clears CP to begin rail service to New York City
- CSX allowed to end Conrail, NS contract
- German truckers slam minister
- Kitty Hawk sheds seven freighters
- Safety issues in mergers discussed
Maritime
- As Hawaii goes, so, too, goes Matson
- Severe congestion plagues Bangladesh port of Chittagong
- Manila terminal costs cited in charge hikes
- Hanjin inaugurates Kwangyang terminal
- Archaeologists just miss in search for buried treasure: La Salle's ship
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- Japanese Forwarders Handle 17.2 Million Tons for FY97
- FESAMEC to Raise THCs for Cargo from Mid-East
- Another Japan/Shanghai Service to Be Launched by SYMS
- Japanese, Chinese Shipping Lines Agree on Box Rules
- Evergreen Won Bid to Operate Terminal in Pusan
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- NPT-CONWARE sponsored meets allay Punjab exporters fears
- NHAI asks for Rs 1,300 cr from Finance Ministry
- Karnataka coffee trade affected
- Mega export scheme on anvil, says Hegde
- EPZs may import plastic scrap, waste
- Banking sector needs to size up its preparedness for euro
- PAN norms may be further eased
- Handlooms to get MDA for 2 years
- Chambers' report advocates national policy, ministry for internal trade
- Only single-digit growth in India-China trade
- Cotton textile exports may dip by $100 m
- Exports to Germany move up marginally
- Gram Shree Mela on till Jan. 14
- Govt offers sops to rev up sagging auto sector
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