Thamesport set to take on major UK rivals Since buyout by Hutchison Port Holdings last year, its throughput has doubled
Few arrests made despite rise in violent piracy acts
Knud Stubkjaer made AP Moller partner
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Asean airlines launch special pass to woo tourists to region US$90 coupon lets passenger fly to any single Asean destination
Cathay Pacific asks some pilots to take pay cuts
BA senior executives told to fly on millennium eve
Regulations endangering air pacts: Lufthansa
China to split state-run aviation giant into two
Aeroflot still set on Ilyushin jet purchase
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Could Sembawang Shipyard's VLCC conversion set trend?
Thamesport set to take on major UK rivals Since buyout by Hutchison Port Holdings last year, its throughput has doubled
Few arrests made despite rise in violent piracy acts
Knud Stubkjaer made AP Moller partner
Air and Land Transport
Asean airlines launch special pass to woo tourists to region US$90 coupon lets passenger fly to any single Asean destination
Cathay Pacific asks some pilots to take pay cuts
BA senior executives told to fly on millennium eve
Regulations endangering air pacts: Lufthansa
China to split state-run aviation giant into two
Aeroflot still set on Ilyushin jet purchase
Features
Web sites offer virtual cruise Most cruise lines have 'ports of call' on the Internet, filled with details you would typically find in a glossy brochure
Columns
Could Sembawang Shipyard's VLCC conversion set trend?
Thamesport set to take on major UK rivals Since buyout by Hutchison Port Holdings last year, its throughput has doubled
Few arrests made despite rise in violent piracy acts
Knud Stubkjaer made AP Moller partner
Air and Land Transport
Asean airlines launch special pass to woo tourists to region US$90 coupon lets passenger fly to any single Asean destination
Cathay Pacific asks some pilots to take pay cuts
BA senior executives told to fly on millennium eve
Regulations endangering air pacts: Lufthansa
China to split state-run aviation giant into two
Aeroflot still set on Ilyushin jet purchase
Features
Web sites offer virtual cruise Most cruise lines have 'ports of call' on the Internet, filled with details you would typically find in a glossy brochure
Columns
Could Sembawang Shipyard's VLCC conversion set trend?
Thamesport set to take on major UK rivals Since buyout by Hutchison Port Holdings last year, its throughput has doubled
Few arrests made despite rise in violent piracy acts
Knud Stubkjaer made AP Moller partner
Air and Land Transport
Asean airlines launch special pass to woo tourists to region US$90 coupon lets passenger fly to any single Asean destination
Cathay Pacific asks some pilots to take pay cuts
BA senior executives told to fly on millennium eve
Regulations endangering air pacts: Lufthansa
China to split state-run aviation giant into two
Aeroflot still set on Ilyushin jet purchase
Features
Web sites offer virtual cruise Most cruise lines have 'ports of call' on the Internet, filled with details you would typically find in a glossy brochure
Columns
Could Sembawang Shipyard's VLCC conversion set trend?
Ahrenkiel cuts jobs in Cyprus Hamburg's Christian F Ahrenkiel group has made 16 staff in Cyprus redundant as the impact of Bonn's new shipping tax legislation reaches the Mediterranean island's large shipmanagement community, which includes many companies of German origin.
Mate to face court after coaster Uranus runs aground A ship's mate is due to appear in court today after a 2,000 tonne coaster ran aground after hitting rocks off the northeast coast of Northumberland, writes Barry MacSweeney. The 37-year-old crewman was arrested and is set to appear before Selkirk Sheriff Court facing a charge, or charges, under the Merchant Shipping Act.
Analyst hits out over ship debts A LEADING finance analyst has hit back at a warning from maritime recovery consultancy Marine Risk Management that ship lenders should call in their debts immediately in the face of mounting debt pressures on shipowners.
Halter Marine set to embark on cost-cutting exercise IMMEDIATE redundancies and executive pay reductions are on the cards at US offshore vessel design, construction, repair and conversion firm Halter Marine Group following its $1.0m ($0.03 per share) loss on earned contract revenue of $279.2m during third-quarter 1998.
De Ruiter takes helm of Europe shipping safety WILLEM de Ruiter takes over today as Europe's top maritime safety regulator at a critical juncture in the campaign against sub-standard shipping.
New dry bulker deliveries to top 14m dwt OVER 14.7m dwt of dry bulk carriers are scheduled for delivery this year, totalling 239 ships, with a further 9.5m dwt coming on line in the year 2000, and an additional 1.48m dwt thereafter.
Foreign flags 'a threat to US shipping' STRONG joint action by Congress and the Clinton Administration to "level the playing field in the international shipping arena" and strengthen the US maritime industry has been demanded by powerful US Senate majority leader Trent Lott.
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven-based Lloyd Werft has finished hatch-cover repairs to the 47,043 dwt bulker Lily. Managed by Hamburg-Sud subsidiary Columba Shipmanagement and formerly owned by Alianca. She is the seventh Hamburg-Sud vessel to undergo the repairs recently Picture Ralf Witthohn.
Donovan chasing federal role Waterfront employers might have a new challenge on the horizon with the uncompromising deputy secretary of the central New South Wales branch of the Maritime Union of Australia, Jim Donovan, running for a federal position in the union. Mr Donovan confirmed he was standing for one of the three assistant-secretary positions which will be contested by four other members, including federal national organisers, Mick Doleman, Mick O'Leary, Jim Tannock, at the quadrennial elections due later this year. He refuted industry claims he was standing against anyone in particular.
Kien Hung set for Aust service Medium-sized Taiwanese container line Kien Hung Shipping is set to begin an Asia-Australia/New Zealand-West Coast South America service within a matter of months, although details are yet to be finalised. The privately-owned company, controlled by the Hong Kong Chinese Shih family and based in Taipei, has been offering a limited Australia-South America relay service over Singapore since August, introduced to the local market by Adsteam subsidiary Barbican Marine Agencies in the wake of the closure of Barbican Line's southern hemisphere round-the-world service in June. A cautious BMA said last week it had received "no official instructions" that the new direct service was going ahead but confirmed Kien Hung representatives had visited potential customers late last year in light of several trade studies.
Strike may have caused cattle deaths A major power failure which apparently caused the deaths of around 800 cattle aboard the Singapore-flagged livestock carrier, Temburong, while the vessel was en route late last week from Darwin to Amamapare, Irian Jaya, may have been caused by a lightning strike, according to a spokesman for Federal Primary Industries Minister, Mark Vaile. The spokesman said a report received by the minister's office said it was possible that a lightning strike could have caused the ship's main and auxiliary ventilation systems to fail. The specific cause may not be known until a full investigation is completed.
Rail set to prop up construction industry The volume of construction activity in Australia is about to "plunge by 20 per cent" over the next three years according to a new BIS Shrapnel study: 'Engineering Construction in Australia'. The study's principal author, Nigel Hatcher, said that in 1999-2000 the sector will hold up "surprising well given the number of high-profile projects coming to an end" but after that the "decline will be swift". The study forecasts that major private infrastructure investment will start to disappear, and there will be a 0.5 construction decline in 1999-2000, with substantial falls in heavy industry construction, road building and telecommunications, cushioned by increasing activity in railways, electricity and some additional oil, gas and mineral projects.
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