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Shipping News
- Revamp of liner business key to survival: MOL chief
STRUGGLING liner businesses need to revamp operations and tighten cost controls, according to Mitsui OSK Lines president, Kunio Suzuki.
- AP Moller's tanker, liner profits down 65% last year
- Work on Antwerp's terminal expansion to resume after permit is renewed
- Hapag Lloyd unit's purchase of European rail logistics gets nod
- Norwegian Star rescues 11 crew of crippled tanker
Air and Land Transport
- Room for bomb detectors to cost US airports US$2b
US airports face at least US$2 billion in construction costs to make room for machines to detect explosives.
- Int'l travel may recover earlier - in June: JAL
- Cathay reinstates flights to US, Canada, Jakarta
- Varig, Vasp deny bankruptcy report
- Dornier files for insolvency
- S Korea opens new int'l airport
- Log Book
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- Shanghai building deep-water harbour near Yangtze River
- K Line to revamp Kansai branch
- China logistics market opens to foreign companies
- Newship moves on
- Public offering for Cosco-owned shipping company
- GPA sees rise in tonnage throughput
- CSAV takes on Barwil Agencies
- Qantas to launch new airline
- ANA expands code shares
- Easter take-off marks debut for new Swiss airline
- KLM long-haul fleet revamp goes with Airbus
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- Evergreen to leave PSA terminal
Evergreen's long-term agreement with PSA will not be extended now.
- EU approval acquisition of Brambles
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of the European rail logistics activities of the Australian Brambles Group by Hapag-Lloyd and VTG-Lehnkering in cooperation with the bankers M.M.Warburg & CO.
- MOL expands Trans-Atlantic service
MOL is expanding its Trans-Atlantic service profile with the addition of calls at Bremerhaven, Savannah, and Los Angeles on the carrier's APX Service and a westbound call at Halifax on the company's ATN Service.
- Extra Alameda Corridor fee
Containerised cargo that passes through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and continues on to the eastern half of the USA by rail will have an extra USD 15 per Teu fee tacked on beginning April 15.
- Airline shares hit by oil price
Investors baled out of major European airlines as oil prices continued to surge amid fears that the violence in the Middle East could escalate further and disrupt supplies of crude.
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- SCI initiates process to acquire 2 new very large crude carriers
- Salman & Rai to promote chai in UK
- Minister exhorts Chemexcil to gear up for post-WTO era competition - Awards for Export Excellence presented
- Wheat, rice export prices hiked
- Container traffic at New Mangalore Port doubles to 3,929 TEUs during 2001-02
- Haldia Dock helps KoPT log 1.3 pc rise in cargo throughput
- Goyal surveys ship-breaking facilities at Darukhana
- DGFT: Exim Policy provisions will be implemented in full
- Wheat MSP hiked by Rs 10
- Software export growth projected at 30-35 pc
- SRTEPC Chairman: Exim Policy is pragmatic, growth-oriented
- Exporters’ Chamber chief extols Exim Policy
- BCC&I to hold business seminar with Queensland team on April 8
- Bank strike on April 16
- Seminar on Exim Policy at WTC on April 10
- CII seminar on ‘Manufacturing Sector’ on April 10-11
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- US Gulf markets on the rise, avails generally OK
- St Eustatius almost sold out due to strong demand, market firming
- Market firms in Panama, sluggish demand
- Iraqi crude oil exports as unpredictable as ever
- Prices remain firm after Monday surge in Fujairah and Oman
- Brazil firmer today
- Market report from East and Northern Africa
- Market report from African West Coast ports
- African market report from GAC
- Chile market report
- Moderate gains in Jeddah, larger gains in Dammam from tomorrow
- Piraeus market report from Aegean
- Oil climbs down from new highs after bearish API data
- Rotterdam morning market report
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- Gefco in Le Havre
- Tertir grows
- DHL Portugal: tenth depot in Portugal
- Viana do Castelo has plans
- Hellmann with Heppner
- New government wants high speed
- Aeronavali for FedEx
- Alitalia: loss in 2001
- Compromise on the Mont-Blanc
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- "Bright" outlook for Jones Act newbuilds
A new analysis by the Shipbuilders Council of America shows substantial Jones Act building opportunities for U.S. shipyards in the near and mid term.
- Sea Star to buy Navieras
Sea Star Line, LLC (Sea Star) has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Navieras/NPR, Inc
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- Washington Governor signs derelict vessel legislation
- TIACA taps Vitoria International Airport for 2004 Air Cargo Forum and Exposition
- Columbia River port cooperation topic of next Propeller Club meeting
- Panama Canal Authority signs with U.S. National Response Team
- Trailer Bridge acquires $4 million in new financing
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- Salerno port police seize Carolina A drug stash
Italian police seized more than half a tonne of high-grade cocaine in the southern port of Salerno yesterday.
- Stelmar share issue seeks $70m for fleet expansion
NEW York-listed Stelmar Shipping is aiming to sell about $70m worth of new shares in a secondary offering aimed at helping to finance more newbuildings and secondhand acquisitions for its tanker fleet.
- Zissimatos goes after Adriatic ‘repo-men’
FRAUD proceedings have been launched in Greece against a list of companies and individuals involved in the break-up of the massive Adriatic Tankers fleet six years ago, writes Nigel Lowry in Athens.
- HLB ship bank to merge with rival LB Kiel
THE world’s largest shipping bank, regional operator Hamburgische Landesbank, is set to become even bigger through its merger with fellow public-law bank Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein (LB Kiel), which will become effective on January 1, 2003.
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- Shanghai box throughput surges
- Korean yards face order crunch
- Holt sells Navieras to Sea Star
- Australia awaits cruise tourists
- Peru port privatisation sinking
- Cruise ship rebound forecast
- Stricken tanker drifts for weeks
- Damaged ro-ro to repair in Sweden
- Dual-fuel engines for LNG carrier
- Spain extends Trasmed deadline
- Cosco takes subsidiary public
- Evergreen switches to Pelepas
- Ore development boost for Hedland
- Superfast V gears up for new route
- Brazil bankers launch new plan
- Kwangyang doubles box capacity
- Sinking dock threatens Chennai
- Lines to pass on Alameda costs
- Renaissance ships generate interest
- PMMA officials face hazing charges
- Pakistan policy wins poor response
- Further blow for Colombo bunkerers
- Dubai brings criminal charges
- Changjiang to merge operations
- Vietnam liberalises seaborne trade
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- Evergreen bolts Singapore for PTP
In an expected move, the container carrier is moving its southeast Asian transshipment hub to Malaysia.
- China box maker net soars
The world's second-largest maker of marine containers saw profits rocket despite a slip in revenues in 2001.
- UPS opens intra-Asia hub
- American Airlines Cargo sets fuel surcharge
- Lines offer new Oz-Asia service
- Evans tapped for Norfolk Southern operations post
- Maersk Logistics wins IBM ocean contract
- Pa. derailment delays Norfolk Southern
- Shippers still biggest buyers of TMS software: Survey
- USCO Logistics names Mabon
- North Atlantic Ports schedules meeting
- SupplySolution opens German office
- Saddle Creek appoint Smith director of sales
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- Tunnel sous la Manche: la SNCF n’a pas tenu ses promesses
Les belles paroles de Frédéric Delorme, responsable commercial de la SNCF, mercredi dernier au centre de presse d’Eurotunnel à Coquelles, selon lesquelles le trafic normal des trains de marchandises à travers le tunnel sous la Manche reprendrait à partir du 2 avril, n’auront été que du vent. Un train est arrivé avec 29 immigrés clandestins à son bord à Dollands Moor, 149 avaient été “capturés” à Fréthun. Un train d’Unilog a été arrêté avant de pouvoir traverser le tunnel.
- UTi Worldwide enregistre une hausse de 3,8 % de son bénéfice
UTi Worldwide, fournisseur de services et solutions logistiques, a réalisé en 2002, exercice clôturé le 31 janvier 2002, un bénéfice net de 19,2 mio. d’USD, contre 18,5 mio. d’USD un an plus tôt. Le bénéfice d’exploitation a progressé de 9%, de 27,2 mio. d’USD à 29,7 mio. d’USD. Les recettes brutes ont augmenté de 3%, de 863,3 mio. d’USD en 2001 à 889,8 mio. d’USD, alors que les recettes nettes sont passées de 301,8 mio. d’USD à 304,6 mio. d’USD. UTi Worldwide a enregistré ces résultats positifs malgré le ralentissement général de la croissance économique et les faibles taux de change. UTi Worldwide a lancé au début de l’année un plan de croissance exposant la stratégie pour
les cinq prochaines années.
- Cobelfret/ECS inaugurent un 2e service C2C sur l’Irlande
Ainsi qu’évoqué dans une précédente édition, la compagnie maritime C2C Shipping Lines inaugure ce jeudi son deuxième service hebdomadaire entre le continent et l’Irlande, service également axé sur le transport de containers de 45 pieds. Cette compagnie, rappelons-le, est de résultat d’une joint-venture à 50/50 entre l’armement belge Cobelfret Ferries et European Container Service (ECS).
- Le “BMW Shuttle” de DLC est bien arrivé au Cirkeldyck
Malgré un arrêt non prévu d’une dizaine de minutes en gare de Hasselt, à l’initiative des syndicats du rail, le premier train de Dillen & Le Jeune Cargo (DLC) - le BMW Shuttle - est bien arrivé mercredi en début d’après-midi au terminal Cirkeldyck du port d’Anvers en provenance de l’usine BMW de Wackersdorf. Une première pour le réseau ferroviaire belge.
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- Pertamina fights US bank freeze
An Indonesian district court rules in favour of Pertamina in $261m arbitration award dispute case.
- Lakers in no hurry
The lowest number of lake carriers is operating in the Great Lakes since the early 1980s.
- Trailer Bridge secures loan
The $4m loan from an affiliate will be used to service operating and debt needs.
- Samos pays out for secondhand VLCC
Mid 1980s-built tanker finally tied up on time-charter deal with purchase obligation.
- Bankruptcy proceedings delay FGH's SEC filing
The group submits reorganisation plan to bankruptcy court in Mississippi.
- Stelmar to choose Arthur Andersen
This is despite the ongoing scandal surrounding the accounting firm.
- Oman LNG hooks cargoes to France
Middle East exporter is expanding its spot trading business in a nine-cargo deal with Gaz de France.
- Stelmar seeking funds
The Greek tanker owner will part-fund its ship purchase programme with a $59.9m stock sale.
- Pacific Basin adds to bulker fleet
Handysize player backs positive bulk forecasts by declaring additional vessel.
- Evergreen shifts to Malaysian box port
Taiwanese boxship giant snubs Singapore in move that could impact on long held IPO plans.
- NYK opts for CSAV tie-up
Faster, bigger and cheaper ships tempt Japanese liner operator to go native over P&O Nedlloyd
- TransPetrol and ITM form shipmanagement arm
Tanker owner hooks up with Barber to provide management services for its fleet.
- Navibulgar buys Varna
But winning bid falls under the recommended price on the shipyard and could still fail.
- Middle East tension sends crude soaring
Iraq and Iran threats to cut off oil supplies sends oil price to highest since September 11.
- MOL expands Trans-Atlantic port calls
Japanese liner firm adds Bremerhaven, Halifax, Savannah and Los Angeles calls to its US-Europe routes.
- Norwegian Star rescues stranded tanker crew
NCL ship plucks crew from disabled ship that had been adrift off Hawaii for three weeks.
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