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Shipping News
- Pusan terminal to spend 49b won on upgrading
WITH demand rising strongly at South Korea's main ports, Hyundai Pusan Container Terminal, one of the main container terminals at South Korea's Pusan Port, is upgrading its facilities and services to capture more of the market and enhance its competitiveness.
- Move to improve safety on Yangtze
Air and Land Transport
- Power blackout at Sydney airport again
[SYDNEY] Sydney Airport was brought to a standstill for an hour-and-a-half early yesterday as its second power failure in a month raised fears about its ability to cope with next month's Olympics.
- UK, French experts meet to discuss safety issues
- Australia to install cameras at major ports
- BA searches for clues to smell of fuel on Concorde
- Japan starts building offshore airport
- Indian Airlines invites aircraft bids
- Impending SkyTeam membership a boost for Czech airline
Features
- A source of pride and pain
IT'S been a source of pride for its European builders and of headaches for accountants. Sometimes called Europe's answer to America's space programme, the Concorde SST, one of which crashed last week outside Paris, has been unprofitable for the French-British consortium that built it and, until recently, for the two airlines that flew it. Aviation experts say it was doomed from the start, economically, by a range that's too short, by too few seats and by a fuel-wasting 1960s design never worth updating because so few Concordes are flying -- 13 before Tuesday's crash. Range, according to Jane's All the World's Aircraft, is 6,545km, just more than half the range of the Boeing 747-400.
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- United Alliance drops Oakland from all-water list
The line will move Asia cargoes bound for the Midwest and East through Savannah, Norfolk and New York/New Jersey.
- Spurned Alitalia demands $232.5 million from KLM
The Italian carrier wants recompense for the failed air marriage.
- Exel broadening horizons
The air freight forwarder is looking to make its mark in the sea cargo business.
- Australasia services get boost from Contship
The carrier deploys a two-loop rotation between Australia and New Zealand.
- Los Angeles, Long Beach post record box volumes
Pacific Rim trade helped traffic surge at the top two ports in the U.S.
- Handheld computer gets a thumbs-up
The new IIIc puts a little color in the "Palm" of your hand.
- Justice Dept. clears EGL's acquisition of Circle
- ACL earnings surge as westbound rates rise
- Manugistics, Moai enter joint venture
- Breaux bill eases burden on shippers in oil spills
- EU antitrust watchdogs to rule on Deutsche Post shortly
- Chinese firms to develop New port at Shenzhen
- Indonesia most dangerous as pirate attacks jump 40%
- Mumbai ordered to stem container slide
- Air cargo to grow between India and North America
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- CSAV restructures in the Pacific
- Green Hamburg Sud
- JICT continues expansion
- More business for Boeing
- CSA snares cargo with web
- TNT enters Turkish market
- Olympic effort from UPS
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- Alitalia claims EUR 250 million against KLM
- Dispute about Japanese landing fees
- Commission acts against landing fees Spain and Italy
- British strikes paralyse traffic
- Commission to fund 21 pilots combined transport
- USPS want e-mail address for all americans
- Hong Kong eases entry for China cargo
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- Heimtextil fair
- Exim Bank, German bank to float new company
- APEDA cold storage facility left in cold
- Gujarat Petronet may strike deal with Gaz de France
- Green coffee trade goes online
- Tea Board focusing on WANA markets
- No move to hike customs duty on butter oil
- ASCON survey confirms positive industrial growth in first quarter
- Apex chambers hail finance panel report
- Minister sure of higher FDI inflow in chemicals sector
- Infrastructure status for grains storage granted
- Bank credit offtake shoots up
- Investment limit on 6 SSI sectors hiked to Rs 5 crore
- Locational curbs on software units to be lifted
- Shahi Shipping launches container movement between JNP & MbPT
- Decision on integrated transport policy deferred
- CII to organise GIM-II in March 2001
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- Hopes of improved avails in Russia with new export regulations
- Updated Mexican price indications
- New figures from Uruguay
- Rodriguez: Stability mechanism has not been triggered
- Crude down as gasoline stocks recover
- Chemoil and Itochu establish new joint venture in Singapore
- New company listing in Chile
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- Saga CI
- Sören Rasmussen
- CP Ships profits from economic boom
- «K» Line is revising predictions
- Emirates to Chennai
- FedEx connects EuroOne and AsiaOne
- ERS independent in NL
- Container terminal for Brussels
- Eurorail takes over Railtrans
- CN and CP to cooperate in the future
- DBR and TFG, a new pairing
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- Lines to fine overloaders
- Onward to Caesar's!
- Budgeted loss is 'unacceptable'
- Portnet's Morwe wants customers' logistics costs reduced in three years
- Mkwanazi pledges R15bn for rail fleet upgrade
- Conti launches West Africa service
- Hellmann manager
- Maersk's New takes over marketing role
- New package matches truck space to available cargo
- Empowerment benefit
- Courier outsources and turns into forwarder
- Joint ventures provide 'win-win' situations
- Non-core activities can develop into new business focus
- Package deal absorbs the hassle for tank container users
- Storage control system caters for changing trends
- New facility gives forwarders access to capital
- Lack of training creates niche for dangerous goods specialist
- Existing staff ideally go along with the contract
- Logistics alliances will drive the airlines of the future
- 'Economies of scale are the bottom line benefit'
- Third party warehousing package launched
- Jessegaard provides marine expertise
- Keeping control is the challenge
- Bax offers staff and infrastructure for warehouse outsourcing
- 'We take over vessel delay hassles'
- Business looks forward to new-look DTI
- DTI promises user-friendly organisation
- Alliance Group speaks out
- Export crates cater for all cargo
- Booze and cells are out!
- Spanfreight switches to Seaclad
- Tenders called for Treasure's removal
- US industry lashes out at proposed trade benefits
- Cape users slate dismal combi terminal record
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- Lloyd Werft set for Kloster order
BREMERHAVEN shipyard Lloyd Werft is close to winning a Dm1.7bn ($833m) newbuilding order from Per Kloster, the younger son of shipping magnate Knut Kloster Sr, writes Sabina Casagrande Cologne.
- Sanko signs up for tankernet venture
JAPAN'S Sanko Steamship has stepped up as the first outside participant in Mitsubishi Corp's aframax chartering venture tankernet.com.
- Mersey Docks linked to Powell bid
Mersey Docks and Harbour Co has been tipped by UK port industry sources as a possible bidder for ports and engineering group Powell Duffryn, which recently confirmed it had received several approaches from undisclosed parties that could lead to an offer for the company.
- Novoship in shift to tanker trades
NOVOROSSISK Shipping Co plans to concentrate mostly on tanker operations in future after a five year fleet renewal programme that involved considerable scrapping of older tonnage and investment in modern units.
- Tsavliris in Russia pact on salvage
TSAVLIRIS, the leading emergency response salvor, has clinched a deal with Russian shipowners' representatives which could make it a favoured contractor for casualties belonging to Russian interests.
- Schröder backing SMM 2000 shipbuilding trade fair
GERMAN chancellor Gerhard Schröder has become patron of the SMM 2000 shipbuilding trade fair in Hamburg, writes Sabina Casagrande, Cologne.
- Senators have port crime in their sights
TWO US senators have introduced legislation designed to improve security at US seaports.
- Smit buys Vancouver'sRivtow Marine
ROTTERDAM-based Smit International yesterday said yesterday that it had acquired Vancouver-based marine services group Rivtow Marine for an undisclosed sum, writes Brian Reyes.
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- Cai Lan gets green light
- Katie sails under escort
- Fire halts second ferry
- NVOCCs push for standardisation
- New port for Greek ferries
- UK yards get marketing boost
- TACA ups West Coast rates
- Chemoil, Itochu form bunker venture
- Fremantle cuts charges
- Erika pumping completed early
- 'Nightmare' tanker detained
- Ship 'may have hit yacht'
- Fast Cat seeks speed exemption
- Star Cruises to float
- Tranz Rail hits back
- Fels to pump cash into IVI-Angra
- Fire ferry towed to port
- Clarksons closes US broker
- Singapore yards in merger talks
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- Les actionnaires de Navistar sont disposés à vendre
Plusieurs constructeurs américains de camions et de moteurs de camions ont annoncé ces derniers jours qu'ils s'attendent à une baisse très sensible du marché au cours du deuxième semestre 2000. Ceci devrait pousser davantage vers le bas les cours des sociétés du secteur cotées en bourse. Dans ce contexte, les actionnaires principaux de certains constructeurs et motoristes sentent le roussi et veulent vendre le plus vite possible. Il y a quelques jours, c'était Detroit Diesel qui tombait dans l'escarcelle de DaimlerChrysler, aujourd'hui ce sont les actionnaires de Navistar qui demandent à la direction de "maximaliser la shareholder value". En d'autres termes, de gonfler le cours de l'action et de trouver un repreneur.
- Ce que l'AUTF attend de la présidence française de l'UE
L'AUTF (Association des Utilisateurs de Transport de Fret) vient de présenter au ministre des Transports Jean-Claude Gayssot une liste faisant mention des priorités en matière de transport de marchandises que la présidence française de l'Union européenne devrait traiter. Il s'agit essentiellement d'actions spécifiques intéressant chacun des modes de transport, qui devraient faire l'objet de discussions au niveau européen.
- Conti-Lines affrète du tonnage ultra-moderne
Ces jours-ci, le nouveau multi-purpose "Le Yi" de 29.160 t.dw , dont c'est d'ailleurs le maiden trip, est en charge au port d'Anvers pour compte de l'armement belge Conti-Lines, qui l'a affrété pour une première période de 6 mois avec option de prolongation, ceci dans le cadre de son service régulier Conti Conti Red Sea/Conti Gulf Line, qui dessert la mer Rouge et le Golfe arabique (Aqaba, Jeddah, Hodeidah et Aden), pour ensuite poursuivre sa rotation dans le cadre du service Conti Asian Line, qui implique la desserte du Pakistan et de l'Inde (Karachi, Bombay/Mumbai). Le navire y chargera ensuite à destination de l'Afrique du Sud (Durban), cette fois sous l'étiquette de Conti South Africa Line, et de l'Europe, le retour se faisant sur Anvers. Cette formule dite triangulaire permet à l'armement d'obtenir une pleine utilisation de son tonnage en fonction d'une rotation complète.
Le m/v "Le Yi", propriété de l'armement chinois Guang Zhiu Ocean Shipping Co, aura chargé à Anvers à quatre emplacements différents, notamment chez Nova & Hessenatie Stevedoring et aux terminaux sucriers de Noord Natie et Manufert et quittera le port avec 27.100 t de fers et aciers et autres diverses en conventionnel/breakbulk.
Ce navire de 182,67 m de long (26,20 m de large), a une capacité bale de 36.158 m3 et une capacité containers globale de 1089 TEU. La vitesse de service est de 15 noeuds. Le gréement est composé de quatre grues de grande capacité. Les cargaisons sont réparties dans 5 cales faciles d'accès.
L'armement Conti-Lines(*) s'efforce donc on le voit, de présenter à sa clientèle de chargeurs et réceptionnaires du tonnage de qualité et approprié aux types de services qui sont offerts.
(*) L'agent de Conti-Lines à Anvers est la firme ACSA92. BVDB
- Nigeria: divergences de vues sur des mesures protectionnistes
Le Nigeria va-t-il renouer avec des tendances protectionnistes au profit de ses armements maritimes? On sait que la ministre des Transports Kema Chilwe a annoncé récemment l'intention d'abroger la loi sur la réservation des cargaisons sur base d'allotements hebdomadaires, ceci à cause de la corruption qui règne dans l'organisation qui en a la charge, à savoir la National Maritime Authority, à cause des pratiques anti-démocratiques que cela entraîne et surtout de la nécessité de promouvoir les véritables armements nationaux en lieu et place d'entités suppléantes. Ce point de vue est à notre avis des plus judicieux. En shipping, le protectionnisme s'est toujours soldé à terme par l'effet contraire à celui recherché au départ.
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Maritime Contract News
- Intracom-Lockheed Martin Announce Agreement For Safety In The Greek Seas
Breaking News
- Rhine Shipping Goes Online
- DCN Launches First Of Navy Series
- Carnival Paradise Still Laid Up At NNS
- MTN Awarded Celebrity Cruises Contract; Renews RCCL Agreement
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