Too many rules putting heavy pressure on ship officers Mistakes are being made in the effort to keep up with changes in legislation: Martech '98 speaker
Intertanko pleased with MPA discussions
Hoegh leaves North America-Asia service
Steel output cuts bad news for bulker owners
Fesco and Contship link up on US-Australia trades
Port shots
Air and Land Transport
Another major airline grouping to be unveiled today Partners include Cathay, Qantas, BA and American Airlines: report
Lufthansa orders 42 jets for US$2.3b
Cathay sees more traffic but lower yields still
EU limits on airline alliances may raise fares
New Thai carrier takes off
Sri Lankan airline suspends flights to Jaffna after rebel threat
SAS sells 21 planes, to lease them back
Columns
Will Asia's shippers be forced to pay for fines imposed by EC?
Too many rules putting heavy pressure on ship officers Mistakes are being made in the effort to keep up with changes in legislation: Martech '98 speaker
Intertanko pleased with MPA discussions
Hoegh leaves North America-Asia service
Steel output cuts bad news for bulker owners
Fesco and Contship link up on US-Australia trades
Port shots
Air and Land Transport
Another major airline grouping to be unveiled today Partners include Cathay, Qantas, BA and American Airlines: report
Lufthansa orders 42 jets for US$2.3b
Cathay sees more traffic but lower yields still
EU limits on airline alliances may raise fares
New Thai carrier takes off
Sri Lankan airline suspends flights to Jaffna after rebel threat
SAS sells 21 planes, to lease them back
Columns
Will Asia's shippers be forced to pay for fines imposed by EC?
Too many rules putting heavy pressure on ship officers Mistakes are being made in the effort to keep up with changes in legislation: Martech '98 speaker
Intertanko pleased with MPA discussions
Hoegh leaves North America-Asia service
Steel output cuts bad news for bulker owners
Fesco and Contship link up on US-Australia trades
Port shots
Air and Land Transport
Another major airline grouping to be unveiled today Partners include Cathay, Qantas, BA and American Airlines: report
Lufthansa orders 42 jets for US$2.3b
Cathay sees more traffic but lower yields still
EU limits on airline alliances may raise fares
New Thai carrier takes off
Sri Lankan airline suspends flights to Jaffna after rebel threat
SAS sells 21 planes, to lease them back
Columns
Will Asia's shippers be forced to pay for fines imposed by EC?
Intertanko in Singapore talks INTERTANKO, the independent tanker owners' association, and Singapore port officials have agreed to co-operate on future safety and navigation initiatives in the Strait of Singapore.
39 killed in Manila Bay ferry disaster AT least 39 people were killed and more than 100 were still missing last night after a large inter-island passenger ferry sank in stormy seas near the mouth of Manila Bay on Friday evening.
Patrick peace a union culture shock The first wave of 700 former workers at Patrick Stevedores started collecting their redundancy cheques last week, the final formality in Australia's most bitter and perplexing industrial dispute this century.
Settlement could have dramatic impact in medium term New work by analysts following the stock of Patrick parent Lang Corp says that the industrial settlement at the stevedoring company could have a potentially dramatic impact on Patrick's performance in the medium term - provided that the implementation phase of the labour deal works.
Canadian Stevedoring bought by BCR Group Canadian Stevedoring Co Ltd, operator of Centerm, one of the Port of Vancouver's premier container handling facilities, has been sold to the government-owned British Columbia Railway group of companies.
Keppel workers now face wage freeze WORKERS and management at the Keppel and Hitachi shipyards in Singapore face a 12 month wage freeze next year.
Togetherness pays off in Singapore No-one likes to say it too loudly, but things seem to be looking up at Singapore's shipyards.
Marine plan gets go ahead IT has been a long time coming, but the first national development plan ever drawn up for the marine sector in the history of this nation has, at last, been published. Ireland has been an independent nation since the 1920s but the neglect of the marine sphere has been appalling.
MUA: All aboard at ANL/CGM AUSTRALIAN ratings will continue to be employed aboard ANL Ltd's vessels after the company is sold to Compagnie General Maritime, according to the national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, John Coombs. Mr Coombs returned to Australia last week after talks with CGM executives in Paris. He said he has received undertakings to that effect and expected these to be confirmed shortly in writing. Mr Coombs said this was one of the significant differences between the P&O bid for ANL and the CGM approach. He said that while P&O has just moved to end the employment of British and New Zealand seafarers aboard its containerships, CGM vessels were manned by French nationals and the company maintained a good rapport with the unions representing them.
Land transport policy unVailed THE Coalition has pledged to provide $20 million towards a National Highway bridge upgrade program to enable the allowable loads carried by trucks with 'road friendly suspensions' to be increased from 42.5 to 45.5 tonnes. Transport Minister Mark Vaile, announcing the Coalition's transport policy in Wagga Wagga on Friday, said that the new funding initiatives were designed to increase the efficiency and safety of all modes of transport. He said the $20 million to be spent on strengthening National Highway bridges would represent a basis for negotiations with the states and local governments concerning their share of the total cost of funding all necessary bridgeworks. "I will negotiate share funding arrangements with the States and local government at the next meeting of the Australian Transport Council," Mr Vaile said.
NRTC charges plan a 'dead dog' AN ELECTION-minded federal government appears to have turned its back on six years of work by the National Road Transport Commission by vigorously opposing the commission's revised heavy vehicle registration charges proposals. In what is considered a major blow to the NRTC, a spokesman for Transport Minister Mark Vaile said on Friday the government would join its state counterparts in opposing the NRTC's proposed second charges determination. "This is just a notional kind of ambit sort of suggestion (by the NRTC) about what might be required but, it's up to the states to ultimately levy these charges and they don't support it either," the spokesman said.
Questions over WA access bill THE Western Australian opposition is calling on the state government to amend its third party rail access legislation, claiming that the Bill in its present form will restrict open competition. Opposition Transport spokeswoman Alannah MacTiernan said the opposition supported the principle behind the Bill to encourage greater competition, but wanted to amend aspects of it which she believed would fail to win the approval of the National Competition Council. Ms MacTiernan claimed the government was unlikely to be concerned by the "anti-competitive" tone of the Government Railways (Access) Bill being debated by the WA parliament.
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