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Shipping News
- Tankers prime terrorist target in Strait: seminar
THE vulnerability of marine traffic - particularly tankers - to terrorist or pirate attacks in the busy and economically vital Malacca Strait was highlighted at a seminar on sea security in Tokyo last week.
- S Korea's Q1 ship exports down 24%
- Khoo Teng Chye quits PSA; Grace Fu promoted
Air and Land Transport
- New security duties make pilots' balancing act tougher
THE MD-88 passenger jetliner was cruising above 25,000 feet but there was no one at the controls.
- Hainan Airlines aims to acquire US carrier
- China airlines expect record numbers
- Air NZ CEO expects govt to sell its 82% stake: report
- Prosecutor rules out suicide in Milan crash
- DHL starts delivery service in Barbados
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- More than 450 airport workers arrested
HUNDREDS of employees with access to high-security areas of airports have been arrested on charges such as using phony social security numbers, lying about past criminal convictions or being in the United States illegally, government records show.
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- MLOs to launch new joint Australia, North Asia service
- Airbus deal benefits Jinling shipyard with ro-ro vessel
- CargoSmart receives award
- Mumbai port to boost capacity
- License for Xiamen China
- Weber sees Lufthansa returning to sky high times
- Air Tahiti Nui Starts Paris A340-300 Service on May 6
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- Another 350 jobs scrapped at ECT
ECT, Europe's biggest container terminal operator, and part of Hutchison Whampoa, is to scrap another 350 jobs in 2002.
- Swiss Cargo chief to leave
By mutual consent and with immediate effect, Swiss is separating itself from Heinz Kupferschmid, until now Head of the Cargo Division.
- Again UK-US airline talks
UK ministers will come under pressure this week to seek fresh talks with the US aimed at liberalizing air services across the Atlantic.
- UAL in tentative pay deal
United Airlines removed the last hurdle to talks with all its major unions over concessions when the ailing airline reached a tentative pay deal with its largest union.
- 22.5 per cent net raise Kühne & Nagel
Kühne & Nagel, the Swiss-based logistics company, notched up a 22.5 per cent rise in first-quarter net profits, to SFr 38.1 million ($23.5 million).
- China Post extends deadline for DHL, TPG
China Post extended its deadline for express delivery companies like FedEx, UPS, DHL and TPG to comply with new restrictions on their businesses.
- PSA-boss allowed to go
PSA Corporation said its Group President, Khoo Teng Chye, will be leaving PSA on 1 May 2002. More of the management of the troubled Singapore port operator is reshuffled too.
- New World Alliance to leave Rotterdam
The New World Alliance (NWA) decided to leave the port of Rotterdam in Mai 2002 with one of its Asia-Europe services.
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- "K" Line estimates 25 pc higher profit in 2001-02 as box traffic improves
- MOL joins Korea-Vietnam service
- MISC wins LNG contract from Gaz de France
- MISC, Bakri Navigation in shipping venture
- US to raise freight rates on fruits
- Cosco and NYK to partner in logistics services
- ANL, Evergreen & Hanjin to launch new express service linking Australia with N. Asia
- Antwerp to host TOC 2002 Europe from June 11 to 13
- P&O to acquire balance 40 per cent from Stena Line
- P&O Nedlloyd in charter contract with Reederei Blue Star
- Asian feeder group to raise emergency bunker surcharge from May
- "K" Line renames Korean agency
- Rate increase for USSEC
- Transpacific vessel capacity rises again - Evergreen, Lloyd Triestino score largest capacity increase
- Trade Ship Inc. announces SeaLiner C
- GALI debuts ro-ro vessel
- Malaysian logistics industry set for higher growth
- Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, Leif Hoegh to order 4 specialised ro-ro vessels
- Shipping industry keen on ‘PSA stakeholder’ idea
- Hamburg Sud selects Carrier for container refrigeration
- LT, CMA-CGM team up on transpacific
- Draught-deepening project in Suez Canal
- Antwerp Port’s Q1 box traffic up by 11 pc
- PSA studying options to stem desertions
- Inttra signs Elite for portal, PN
- 4 shipbuilding majors to confer on subsidy
- Numaligarh refinery sees hurdles to IWT route for petro-goods
- PDP Int’l receives coveted ISO 9002 Certificate; achieves another milestone
- SCI sell-off process begins
- Lanka invites Indian exporters to set up re-export base
- Tea exports to W. Asia, N. Africa increase
- Shipping Ministry vetting CoPT plan for inclusion in SEZ area
- Kerala move to develop Azhikkal port
- M. L. Meena takes charge as Dy Chairman of Haldia Dock Complex, KoPT
- Oman Air links Mumbai to East Africa via Muscat
- Concor augments equipment at Nagpur Container Terminal
- Forex reserves up by $ 250 million to $ 54,805 million
- Export-focused industrial park near Kochi airport planned
- Govt clears 4 AEZs; total now 24
- India, China softened impact of global recession: MSDW study
- Electrical gear sector lured most FDI in 2000-01: Survey
- Transport subsidy scheme for sugar exporters coming in a fortnight
- Survey sees govt tilt towards core sector investment
- RBI cuts CRR by 50 bps to 5 pc to free Rs 5,000 cr.
- DEA, Customs to start drawback clearance month tomorrow
- Ashok Soota is new CII head
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- OPEC more than 1 million barrels above quota in March
- Avails back to normal in Istanbul
- Modest gains in Arab Gulf ports today
- Singapore firm with improved demand ahead of mid-week holiday
- Fuel oil prices rise in Brazil today
- Chile market report from PMC
- Oil price up Friday, opens soft then regains Monday on Middle East events
- Rotterdam market report from Marine Bunkering
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- Grain vessel enters Columbia River with deceased stowaway onboard
- Sea Star Line buys assets of Navieras
- NASSCO launches last in series of Strategic Sealift ships for U.S. Navy
- Port of Seattle welcomes expanded 2002 cruise season
- Matson plans to increase fuel surcharge to 4.75 percent
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- Allow Direct Loading, KPA Told
- Kenya Urged to Adopt New Clearing System
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- Greenpeace vows to halt nuclear cargo shipments
ENVIRONMENTAL activists yesterday vowed to stop "the most controversial nuclear shipment in history" as two armed British-flagged vessels set sail from Barrow-in-Furness to Japan to pick up a cargo containing enough plutonium to build 50 nuclear bombs.
- Hamburg Süd to order six more containerships
GERMAN north-south liner shipping specialist Hamburg Süd said yesterday that it expects to order a further six 3,800 teu vessels later this year, despite ongoing uncertainty in the container trades.
- PSA Corp president Khoo bows out in wake of Evergreen loss
PSA Corp group president Khoo Teng Chye has resigned just a month after the container terminal giant lost Evergreen Marine to its bitter rival the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia.
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- HHI finalises Samho take-over
- Crippled tanker on way to Hawaii
- Pirates target Maersk box ship
- American Eagle swoops on MTLP
- FMA officials to face bribe trial
- China reassures US on new regs
- Hamburg Süd downbeat on liner ops
- Korea scrambles for energy
- Japan’s surplus falls
- HK shippers protest mandatory move
- Zeebrugge takes a hit
- New World moves service to Antwerp
- Tanker newbuilds cut Czech debt
- Fairplay is free of virus ‘Klez’
- Executives move at PSA Corp
- Asian owners consider crew issues
- Vostochny registers big gains
- Facilities boost Fujairah bunkers
- UAE lawyers tell masters to flee
- Boxes prop up Antwerp
- Crude spill at Saldanha
- IMO ignores ownership transparency
- ASEAN to discuss dredging pool
- Aussie unions threaten flag action
- Hyundai set to take over Samho
- New shipbuilding agreement likely
- Australia to spend $122M on ports
- China cargo volumes rising
- Korea predicts box rebound
- Northern to order new log carriers
- Crew with fake certificates held
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- Hamburg Süd sees ongoing rate pressures from new vessels
The carrier says newly-added capacity will squeeze rates despite improved forecasts.
- Hapag-Lloyd sales, profit gain
Results improved for the container carrier despite weaker demand and a significant decline in rates.
- Talks to end shipyard subsidies
The European Union, Japan, South Korea and Norway have agreed to begin negotiations on a treaty aimed at outlawing government aid to shipbuilders.
- China extends deadline for express carriers
- Danzas AEI proposes fuel charge index
- Airborne volume off but earnings climb
- Swiss cargo boss quits
- Daewoo Gets $155M Stelmar order
- Logistics.com launches upgraded OptiBid
- Last of Navy's new sealift ships launched
- New twist for Charleston box site
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- TNWA concentre le loop CEX sur Anvers
Depuis plusieurs mois, il est question que le groupe The New World Alliance (TNWA) transfère ses services de Rotterdam sur Anvers, ce qui a évidemment provoqué de sérieux remous de l’autre côté du Moerdijk, plus particulièrement chez ECT, qui risquait de perdre un paquet annuel de quelque 450.000 TEU. Inutile de dire que du côté d’ECT on a multiplié les maneuvres et contre-offres afin d’éviter ce transfert. D’après les informations dont nous disposons, une première décision est finalement tombée, qui se traduira par un moindre mal pour Rotterdam. TNWA va concentrer un de ses trois loops nord-européens, le service CEX (China Europe-Express), sur Anvers, au détriment de Rotterdam.
- Duisbourg poursuit son vaste programme d’investissement
Le port intérieur de Duisbourg, le plus grand d’Europe, vient de clôturer une excellente année et poursuit sans relâche sa réorientation stratégique, passant d’un port vraquier traditionnel à un important hub logistique européen. La croissance du chiffre d’affaires de l’an dernier est toutefois entièrement à mettre à l’actif de la gestion terrestre et pas des activités portuaires, qui sont en recul suite à la faible conjoncture économique et à des modifications structurelles. Les investissements ont atteint l’an dernier un record absolu.
- Le port d’Anvers met en service un scanner à containers mobile
L’administration des douanes du district Anvers vient de recevoir son premier scanner à containers mobile pour renforcer les contrôles de containers dans le port. Il s’agit du HCV-Mobile de l’entreprise spécialisée en systèmes de sécurité Heimann Systems. L’achat a coûté à l’autorité belge 4.375.000 EUR. Selon le ministre des Finances Didier Reynders, les fonds nécessaires pour l’achat d’un deuxième scanner ont déjà été libérés.
- La navigation de ligne à l’aube d’oligopoles en raison de la concurrence?
Les grands oligopoles maritimes sont-ils inévitables dans un monde où le libre-échange et la globalisation sont la norme? Chris Bourne, managing director de MOL (Europe), pense que la chute des frets et la forte pression concurrentielle pourraient entraîner à terme des fusions et acquisitions forcées dans la navigation de ligne et annoncer la création de méga groupes. Le transport maritime de containers a été très rentable en 2000 grâce à une faible augmentation de la capacité par rapport à la demande, a-t-il dit à la conférence londonienne. Un an plus tard, la navigation de ligne ne l’était plus du tout en raison de la faible demande et de l’écroulement des frets.
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- Seacor Smit cuts fleet size
Lower offshore marine revenues trimmed the Houston-based firm's first quarter earnings.
- Anangel-American completes share buyback
Angelicoussis family interests now hold 99.44% share of the dry cargo company.
- Paradise orders first newbuildings
Greek owner Constantine Tsakiris is backing the panamax tanker trend as his company grows its fleet.
- Grupo TMM's business strategy pays off
Elimination of unprofitable routes results in steep profit hike from Specialised Maritime division.
- Odfjell warns on tough outlook
Petrochemical carrier seeks logistics future as charter rates tumble 13%.
- Unitor profit evaporates
Ship supplier seeks cost cuts as it awaits Jens Ulltveit-Moe's next move.
- Ship sales boost Sanko
Japanese tramp operator posts profit despite revenue drop.
- Australian unions home in on CSL ship
Battle over foreign crews threatens to halt Canada Steamship Lines bulker.
- Common Progress ship nabbed by UK inspectors
Greek owner's cargoship said to be in "generally poor condition."
- Trico Marine remains in the red
Continued weakness in Gulf of Mexico market was blamed for poor first quarter results.
- Northern Shipping plans expansion
Russian owner wants to boost timber carrier fleet.
- Hapag-Lloyd faces earnings drop
But Michael Behrendt is confident liner group can still beat the market.
- Halim Mazmin rapped over GMV bid
Stock Exchange asks Malaysian owner to clarify buyout moves on ship venture capital fund.
- Small haul for Canada in March
Egypt Navigation Co vessel one of two held after port state control checks.
- MC Shipping buys 'Great Whites'
Maersk offloads vintage Safmarine boxships and takes them back on short-term charter.
- USCG nets deficient 13
Detentions show owners still risk sending substandard ships to the US.
- Wilh Wilhelmsen gearing up for profit
Ambitious Norwegian owner optimistic its car carriers can cash in during 2002.
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