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Shipping News
- Kandla port yet to resume commercial operations
[SINGAPORE] Shipping operations at India's busiest port of Kandla in the quake-torn state of Gujarat are limited to relief operations while neighbouring Mundra Port and the PSA Corp-run Pipavav Port further south, were largely unaffected.
- Indonesia urged to act to reduce risk of piracy
- German prosecutor may file criminal charges
- Ievoli Sun cargo to be pumped out
Air and Land Transport
- SIA Engg adding hangars to raise capacity by 30%
[SINGAPORE] SIA Engineering Co, the engineering arm of Singapore Airlines, said it is increasing investment in facilities to handle up to 30 per cent more maintenance and repair orders within two years.
- S'pore bound Emirates jet aborts take off
- Swissair pilots warn they won't take pay cut
- Union ends effort organise Delta flight attendants
- Austrian Air expects to show profit for 2000
Shipboard Spas
- An amenity unsurpassed
THROUGHOUT the 1990s, new cruise ships attracted attention for adding features like simulated golf ranges, ice-skating rinks and rock-climbing walls. But since the mid-90s, another amenity has quietly outdistanced any other: the shipboard spa.
Logistics
- Greybox bags logistics deal from Oldendorff
GREYBOX Logistics Services, a subsidiary of California-based SynchroNet Marine Inc, won a contract to manage the container fleet of Oldendorff Carriers (Indotrans) Ltd on services between South-east Asia, India and Saudi Arabia and North American ports beginning in March.
- Bids for lease of World Trade Center may reach US$2.8b
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- New names emerge for Customs commissioner
Sam Banks, former deputy commissioner, Grant Aldonas, lead trade attorney for the Senate Finance Committee, and Fermin Cuza, senior vice president of Mattel Corp. are the people who have come to the fore, several sources told the JoC ONLINE.
- Indian port won't reopen before Friday
Authorities at the Port of Kandla in earthquake-hit western Gujarat state have suspended operations until Friday, when the situation will be reviewed.
- Recession or not, LA port sees double-digit growth
Despite economic slowdown here and sluggish growth in Asia, the Port of Los Angeles anticipates double-digit growth in container volume this year.
- CN deal may hasten WC's sale of Britain's EWS
Canadian National Railways' planned $1.2 billion takeover of Wisconsin Central Transportation could quicken the establishment of a pan-European network.
- Airlines call for satellite navigation and 1,000 new traffic controllers
- Cho Yang Line announces retirement of three senior execs
- CN deal could expedite Wisconsin Central's sale of EWS to Europe railroads
- CMA CGM's Saade warns of sale of his ACL stake if dividends aren't as promised
- Logan Airport tops a billion pounds of cargo for 2000
- C.H. Robinson reports jump in 4Q profit, revenue
- Tank barge operator Kirby Corp. at record 4Q earnings
- Binding bids due Wednesday for British air-control system
- HeavyLift CargoAirlines, Volga-Dnepr end decade-long venture
- CP Ships exec to head Canada-Europe conferences
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- New Mediterranean-US service
- Fjeldgaard and Thomsen join partners in AP Moller
- Oakland posts record year
- Record year for Visakhapatnam
- SAGT throughput on the rise
- CargoSmart adds sailing schedules to applications
- Asia Air Freight 2002
- CAAC to give independence to three new aviation groups
- Sabena kept flying with cash injection
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- Canadian National to acquire Wisconsin Central
- UPS reports record earnings
- Bad influence Emery on CNF results
- Lykes Lines with weekly Asia-Mediterranean Service
- ILO adopts 'Geneva Accord'
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- A.P. Møller announces new partners
- CP Ships logs record profits
- Maersk Contractors orders Hyundai jack-up rig
- Hyundai Merchant may go it alone soon
- Two oil tankers christened
- Strong logistics growth by P&O
- CMA-CGM to upgrade Asia-Europe services
- Port of Tanjung Pelepas to offer priority berthing soon
- Port of Le Havre handles 68 mt in 2000
- Contship takes control of sales & service on New Zealand's South Island
- Evergreen's own agency network in Netherlands, Belgium
- Hong Kong Registry exceeds 10 mgt
- New UAE dry dock inaugurated at Ajman
- Kunsan port starts its first regular container services
- Bangladesh certified as maritime nation
- Private Sri Lankan terminal posts 50 per cent growth
- FMC approves minor rule changes
- Port of Catoosa traffic drops slightly in 2000
- Psa Corporation secures 'Domestic Bond' award
- Higher finance and credit rating for UK P&I Club
- AP Moller linked to SA port privatisation
- Malaysian ports set to make further inroads
- Exmar Group, MOL reach accord on LNG carriers
- Ethiopia to use Kenya's Mombasa Port
- Vizag Port Trust's move for box terminal attracts global interest
- Port workers to receive 20 pc PLR/PLB soon
- Tremors cause no damage at GCPTCL
- KPT operations suspension worries exporters
- Vajpayee dedicates Ennore Port to the nation today
- Kandla Port Trust swings into action to help quake-hit
- CWCL's container freight station inaugurated
- 'Open Skies' for Europe by 2005
- £ 30-m modifications to Concorde begin
- Lufthansa to cut fuel surcharge from Feb. 1
- Northwest Airlines plans to upgrade airplane fleet
- Malaysia Airports Surpasses Traffic Growth Targets
- ADB announces $ 350 m immediate aid for Gujarat
- Gujarat quake havoc incalculable, feels CII
- Maran urges states to actively promote exports
- IMC meetings
- Outgoing calls from Gujarat made free
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- Crude falls after DOE report shows smaller crude draw than the API
- Kandla in ruin after quake disaster, some operations may resume shortly
- Dublin and Cork bunker prices
- New Saudi posted prices
- St. Petersburg today
- Crude firms on FOMC anticipation
- Mexican bunker prices this week
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- CLIA predicts record cruise bookings
- Geneva Accord to protect seafarers
- Record earnings for Kirby
- Seacor Smit acquires Gilbert Cheramie Boats
- Korean yards again take world sales lead
- Web-enabled ship management
- Star Cruises plans disposals, newbuilds
- OMI gets three more ships
- New partners in A.P. Møller
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- Cabinet considers raising investment incentive ceiling
- SAPS to disband anti-hijack squad
- Portnet delays rates restructuring
- Spoornet honoured for innovation
- 'Job orders flow in'
- Market will demand multi-skilled staff
- Smaller companies will need to pool resources
- Neutral shipping portal sets March start-up date
- New CA system further improves avocado quality
- Port Louis service launched
- Thai expo planned
- Oosthuizen takes Capespan helm
- Spoornet reverts to 3-day free storage
- MSC digs deep for needy hospital
- Penguins' enemy makes final exit Ray Smuts
- Workshops examine e-commerce green paper
- Direct EL - Bremen service creates new opportunities
- And the winner is ...
- Swazi manpower and SA equipment make a good team
- SARS leads honours roll
- Cargo owners go to court over rice claim
- Durban business lobbies Spoornet over truck shortage
- Shippers slam four hour 'lunch break' delay
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- Tanker spills oil early Monday morning while anchored at Port Angeles
- World Trade Center Tacoma awards Northwest Etch Technology
- U.S. rail freight report for week of January 20 shows mixed results
- Vessel arrivals in Washington State for 2000 reach 3,157 for 4.6 percent increase
- Port Anacortes Oks property sale to Ship Harbor Resort & Marina group
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- New Service Launched
- New Team to Make Dar Port Competitive
- UK Expert Forecasts Boom in Cruise Ship Industry
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- Castor battered by severe weather
- Cotesworth P&I talks fall through
- Dutch evaluate UK tonnage tax
- Singapore pact would 'harm' US yards
- Strikers cripple Santos
- Thai group may get Laem Chabang
- Jaffna lifeline resumes
- Osprey share trading ends
- H&W 'financially self-sufficient'
- Guayaquil seeks president's backing
- Port Hedland battens down in cyclone
- Galapagos tanker will be removed
- Stowaways saved after icy plunge
- Cruise crewman dies in accident
- Talks open to end clean-up row
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- L’UE envisage une aide de 21% aux chantiers navals correspondante à la sous-cote coréenne
Les chantier sud-coréens ont raflé 65% des commandes l’année dernière, ceci pour une valeur de 15,2 milliards de dollars US, ce qui s’est traduit par une hausse de 38% en nombre de navires pour atteindre 313 unités. La Corée du Sud s’est placée largement en tête du marché mondial pour la deuxième année consécutive. Pendant ces 12 mois les chantiers sud-coréens ont construit 180 navires, soit 6,5 mio. de tonnes brutes compensées et une valeur de 9,6 mia. de dollars. Au 31 décembre 2000, les carnets de commandes de ces chantiers portaient sur 503 navires pour une valeur de 23,1 mia. de dollars, soit du travail à plein régime pour deux ans et demi. Face à cette évolution, l’UE, après maintes discussions avec les autorités
sud-coréennes envisage de réagir et pourrait dans certains cas porter son aide jusqu’à 21% de la valeur des contrats, ce qui correspondrait à la sous-cote coréenne.
- Anvers: nouveau contre-temps pour la darse à marée?
Va-t-on une fois encore perturber la construction de la darse à containers à marée sur la rive gauche au sud de Doel en provoquant l’arrêt des travaux? Cette perspective est d’autant plus incompréhensible que quelque 35 mia. de BEF d’investissements sont en jeu et plusieurs milliers d’emplois compte tenu des développements qui découleront des trafics. Il s’avère qu’un auditeur auprès du Conseil d’Etat remet en cause le dernier permis de construire sous prétexte qu’il n’y a pas eu d’enquête publique préalable, comme l’exige la loi.
- UPS voit son bénéfice augmenter de 20,2%
Suite aux résultats du quatrième trimestre, le bénéfice du plus grand transporteur mondial de colis va progresser à 2,8 mia. dUSD pour 2000, soit une amélioration de 20,2% par rapport à 1999. Ces chiffres sont principalement dus à la division assurant les activités logistiques d’UPS Logistics (et donc pas active dans les colis), qui a enregistré une croissance de 59% de son chiffre d’affaires et de 85% de son bénéfice d’exploitation. UPS prévoit pour cette année - tout à fait dans la lignée des chiffres avancés par les analystes financiers - une hausse moyenne de son CA de 8 à 10%. Le groupe logistique devrait ainsi noter une augmentation de 40% de son CA.
- Lykes Lines lance un nouveau service Asie-Méditerranée
Conformément à l’accord passé entre CP Ships et CMA CGM, Lykes Lines annonce le lancement d’un nouveau service entre la Méditerranée et l’Asie. L’armement dispose déjà de ses propres bureaux en Méditerranée (où il a développé son service sur le Golfe US) ainsi qu’en Asie du Nord et du Sud et des agents ont été nommés récemment en Asie du Sud-Est, suite à l’extension des services transpacifiques. Toutes les dispositions étaient donc en place pour lancer un tel service. Pour Lykes Lines, il s ‘agit du premier service qui n’implique pas une desserte des USA.
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Maritime Contract News
- Fourth Time A Charm For Latvian Shipping?
Breaking News
- Fourth Time A Charm For Latvian Shipping?
- Atlantic Panamax Business Slows
- Taiwan's Evergreen Sales Fall
- Stelmar Buys Osprey Tanker-Fleet for $212.5M
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- Environmentalists delay woodchip carrier
Anti logging campaigners have staged a sit in on a woodchip carrier in Australia.
- Bow thruster fault hits Independence
Technical problem forces vintage US cruise ship to cancel Hawaii cruise.
- H&W "financially self-sufficient" says Fred Olsen
But any delay in UK ro-ro orders could have dire consequnces.
- Piracy at ten-year high
Indonesia was the most dangerous area for shipping in 2000, the International Maritime Bureau has said.
- Montanari orders product carriers
Italian tanker and gas carrier owner Montanari is splashing out on clean tankers.
- P&I takeover talks fail
Plan for Dragon to breath fire into Cotesworth fixed premium business abandoned.
- Tanker cheer for Great Eastern
The Indian shipowner has been raking in the cash from tanker operations.
- SCI logs record profits
India's state-controlled Shipping Corp of India is in the money.
- VLCC rates sink further
Rate drops for VLCCs have left owners bearish but not beaten.
- Surrendra Overseas "may sell bulker"
A report from India suggests the Kolkata shipowner could offload a ship to help finance a newbuilding.
- Russian fleet shrinking
The entire Russian-flagged fleet could be scrapped in under five years unless the government steps in.
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