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Shipping News
- Dockworkers, shipping firms reach tentative deal
DOCKWORKERS and shipping companies have reached a tentative agreement over the implementation of new technology at US West Coast ports.
- Liberian flag to boost security with electronic fingerprinting
- No US Customs officers allowed at Klang, Pelepas
- US seeks more ships to carry ammunition to Gulf
Air and Land Transport
- US Airways reports Q3 loss of US$335m
BANKRUPT US Airways lost US$335 million in the third quarter of 2002 despite severe cost cuts that have included thousands of layoffs, the company said on Friday.
- Short-sighted security measures hurting airlines
- KLM secures commercial insurance deal
- Air Asia to be given more routes
- Boeing to reap benefits when aviation industry recovers
- Log Book
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- Webster to help TT Club boost emphasis on loss prevention
- Schenker signs up for US Customs' C-TPAT programme
- NOL appoints banking expert Connal Rankin to board
- Howland Hook terminal marks start of redevelopment
- Vietnam Airlines purchases Airbus planes for first time
- Chautauqua Airlines puts on new non-stop service
- Northwest rolls out new Detroit to Austin service, wins
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- Deutsche Post reorganization
Deutsche Post AG Thursday outlined a plan to boost profit by 40 per cent within three years through reorganization. Its Star program would increase earnings before interest, taxes and amortization to 3.1 billion euro in 2005.
- Port action as early as December
Industrial action by dockworkers in Europe against the new European ports directive may begin as early as December 2002.
- APL not happy with Aden war risk surcharges
The impact of global terrorism caught up with two Singapore companies last week as Neptune Orient Lines' APL liner arm began diverting some calls away from PSA Corporation's Aden Container Terminal because of high war risk surcharges slapped on Yemen.
- MOL charters from OOCl on China - Japan Service
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced that it is to start offering services from Xiamen (Amoy) to Japan through a space-charter from OOCL.
- DHL purchases Mayne Group Canada
DHL Worldwide Express announced that DHL Canada is purchasing Mayne Group Canada, Inc., a leading Canadian express delivery company, to become the third largest express delivery provider in Canada.
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- Daily Bunker market report from Praxis Energy Agents
- New supplier active in Panama this week
- Crude slide halted on support from product market
- BP Shipping changes boss
- Enron CFO indicted
- Brazil bunker prices drop again
- Rotterdam opens steady then firms with crude
- USWC and Pacific Northwest market review
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- Heaviest piece ever delivered to Metropolitan Bangkok
- OTAL expands service calls to include Las Palmas
- MOL joins Xiamen (Amoy), China-Japan Service
- Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) to introduce a St. Petersburg Winter Surcharge
- Rail intermodal loadings continue to rebound
- Eurostar resumed services on Thursday 31 October
- Ecu Line to West Coast USA
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- Kirby completes Coastal deal
Kirby Corporation has completed of the purchase from Coastal Towing, Inc. of seven black oil tank barges and 13 inland towboats
- Compulsory insurance for passengers
Compulsory insurance to cover passengers on ships will become international law under amendments to the Athens Convention, adopted at a diplomatic conference at IMO Headquarters in London.The conference also raised the convention's limits on liability.
- USCG upgrades intelligence job
Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has appointed Frances Fargo-Townsend as the service's first Assistant Commandant for Intelligence.
- LR issues draft guidelines for floating LNG plant
Lloyd's Register responds to growing interest in LNG FPSOs
- Singapore strengthens maritime security
Singapore's Ministry of Defense is implementing a number of measures
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- Anti-terror guard for tankers
THE Singapore navy is conducting random escorts of merchant vessels in the Singapore Straits - to guard against terrorist attacks.
- Castor ruling shocks salvage industry
SALVAGE contractor Tsavliris will have to be satisfied with a cut-price salvage award for the notorious Castor case after the English High Court ruled that there are no grounds for it to chalenge the lower amount awarded in appeal arbitration earlier this year.
- Hint of peace in US West Coast dispute
DOCKERS and terminal employers on the US West Coast have reached a tentative agreement over technology, marking a significant step forward in the six-month-old contract dispute that has disrupted normal economic life along the waterfront.
- Malone takes over BP Shipping in reshuffle
BP chief executive Lord Browne has instigated a shipping leadership reshuffle just four months after a senior management shake-up at the UK-based marine transport division.
- Evergreen/Maersk feeder venture founders
A FEEDER co-operation between giants Maersk Sealand and Evergreen Marine between the Port of Tanjung Pelepas and South East Asian ports has hit the rocks.
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- SCI mulls Lakshmi offer
- Scottish yards taken to cleaners
- Italy comes to Caribbean’s aid
- Japanese charged with waste-dumping
- Amazon port in box bid
- Yangtze shipping restricted
- Corn shipment to Taiwan in doubt
- Chennai opens logistics institute
- Heavy rain hits Chennai port ops
- Odfjell expands chem storage network
- WG&A holding company seeks loan
- Wilhelmsen posts strong interims
- Philippines faces up to fruit ban
- PSA addresses Aden premiums
- Toll calls for Brambles
- Containers choke Zhujiang Delta
- Port trust takes over stevedoring
- MMC gets nod for PTP buy-out
- COSCO arm sells subsidiaries
- Dwindling orders worry shipbuilders
- Singapore steps up ship escorts
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- Issues remain in West Coast talks
Waterfront employers and union longshoremen continued to trade barbs after reaching a tentative agreement on the introduction of new technology for cargo handling at West Coast ports.
- Gridlock threatens U.S. ports: Marad
A report by the Maritime Administration is sounding the alarm about growing gridlock at U.S. seaports.
- MOL adds Xiamen-Japan service
- Korean Air back in black
- Pakistan speeding customs clearance
- Arrest warrant for Boka Star owner
- Offshore sinks Seabulk results
- Kirby completes Coastal barge deal
- Polar Air Cargo moving HQ
- Tosh elected to board of T. Parker Host
- Norfolk Southern names Fesen as Pa. VP
- Lynden Air Freight opens San Antonio station
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- Le camion reste la seule solution pour la plupart des entreprises
Le transport routier est un maillon irremplaçable de la chaîne de transport, soit comme seul mode soit comme élément de la chaîne de transport. Le rail et le fluvial doivent continuer à investir dans leur image. Les entreprises faisant appel à ces modes pour leur transport en ont une meilleure image de la qualité que les non utilisateurs. Une meilleure communication quant à la qualité et la fiabilité du rail, du fluvial et du transport intermodal bénéficieraient de manière générale à la mobilité. Telle est la conclusion tirée par le VEV et le Centre pour la politique industrielle (CIB) de la KUL sur base de l’enquête Promodi menée auprès de chargeurs au sujet de leurs besoins de transport et de leur perception de la qualité des différents modes de transport.
- CP Ships se maintient dans les chiffres noirs
A l’issue des neuf premiers mois de l’exercice en cours, CP Ships présentait toujours des résultats positifs, mais nettement plus faibles par rapport à l’année précédente. Le revenu opérationnel a baissé de 56 à 48 millions d’USD, tandis que le revenu net a chuté de plus de la moitié, de 48 à 22 mio. d’USD. Néanmoins, comparé à d’autres grands armements, le groupe CP Ships s’en tire encore bien.
- La CCNR esquisse l’avenir du fluvial à l’horizon 2015-2020
En vue de la tâche qui attend la navigation fluviale dans le contexte d’une croissance du transport annoncée pour les dix à quinze prochaines années, une adaptation de la structure de la flotte est nécessaire, selon la Commission Centrale pour la Navigation du Rhin (CCNR). Elle a par conséquent chargé un groupe de travail international d’élaborer un concept directeur pour les bateaux du futur. Le rapport final de ce groupe de travail présente une analyse des facteurs agissant sur la navigation intérieure et formule un certain nombre de recommandations.
- Les syndicats de la Police maritime menacent d’organiser une grève du zèle
Cinq syndicats qui représentent le personnel de la Police maritime (SPN) menacent d’appeler leurs membres dans ce service à organiser des actions du 12 au 30 novembre. L’issue de la rencontre du comité de négociation devant se réunir le 6 novembre prochain sera probablement décisive pour l’organisation éventuelle des actions déjà annoncées. Mais selon un porte-parole des syndicats, il peu probable que le ministre des Affaires intérieures Antoine Duquesne répondra d’ici là d’une manière satisfaisante à leurs revendications.
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- Azov Shipping sell-off back on
Tribunal overturns Ukrainian property fund's ban on privatisation of shipowner.
- Durban box backlog to be cleared next week
Port operator Transnet trying to return to normal after delays caused by strike and bad weather.
- Profits shaping up at Wilhelmsen
Car carrier and liner operations drive earnings at Norwegian group in first nine months.
- Shipbuilders want new OECD agreement
Big name yards express concerns about newbuilding order slowdown.
- Malaysia snubs US container security drive
Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik says US customs officers will not be allowed to screen boxes at ports.
- BP gets new shipping chief
Bob Malone to shift into top slot as Linda Adamany moves up.
- Singapore showcases maritime security
Naval ships are escorting high value ships such as tankers, container vessels and cruise ships.
- Cosco Investment sells property stakes
Chinese shipping giant is clearing the decks at its Singapore shipping arm with two disposals.
- Numbers up at ASRY
Bahrain repair yard achieves strong growth in financial performance so far this year.
- MOL joins OOCL's Sino-Japan service
Japanese liner company is looking to enhance its intra-Asia business with slot chartering agreement.
- Syria bans Ionia's Blanc
Greek-owned tanker falls foul of Middle East politics with alleged Israel port visit.
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