Sinport suing Italian operator over alleged unfair practices [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's Italian port venture, PSA Sinport, is suing Italian port operator Sapir over what it claims to be unfair and discriminatory practices. Sapir, one of 23 terminal operators at the east-coast Italian port of Ravenna, recently invited bidders to take a 30 per cent stake in the new Ravenna TCR container terminal.
Ships will have to carry black boxes
UK detains badly corroded Vismark Gloria
Ship sales
Air and Land Transport
Big spat seen brewing over Europe funding for A3XX [WASHINGTON] The United States warned on Friday that plans by Germany, Britain and France to help finance A3XX, a new Airbus superjumbo jet, could lead to a major new trade spat.
US carriers complete fewer flights on-time in October
EU nod for revised Italy plan to split airport traffic
Five commercial carriers eyeing Iraq
US airlines expect 39m travellers over festive period
Returning Concorde to the air
SAirGroup suspends talks with Alitalia
Features
Keeping Daewoo Shipbuilding above water DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's lenders swapped debts worth 1.17 trillion won (S$1.7 billion) for equity, aiming to keep the world's second-largest shipbuilder in business until buyers are found.
Sinport suing Italian operator over alleged unfair practices [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's Italian port venture, PSA Sinport, is suing Italian port operator Sapir over what it claims to be unfair and discriminatory practices. Sapir, one of 23 terminal operators at the east-coast Italian port of Ravenna, recently invited bidders to take a 30 per cent stake in the new Ravenna TCR container terminal.
Ships will have to carry black boxes
UK detains badly corroded Vismark Gloria
Ship sales
Air and Land Transport
Big spat seen brewing over Europe funding for A3XX [WASHINGTON] The United States warned on Friday that plans by Germany, Britain and France to help finance A3XX, a new Airbus superjumbo jet, could lead to a major new trade spat.
US carriers complete fewer flights on-time in October
EU nod for revised Italy plan to split airport traffic
Five commercial carriers eyeing Iraq
US airlines expect 39m travellers over festive period
Returning Concorde to the air
SAirGroup suspends talks with Alitalia
Features
Keeping Daewoo Shipbuilding above water DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's lenders swapped debts worth 1.17 trillion won (S$1.7 billion) for equity, aiming to keep the world's second-largest shipbuilder in business until buyers are found.
Sinport suing Italian operator over alleged unfair practices [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's Italian port venture, PSA Sinport, is suing Italian port operator Sapir over what it claims to be unfair and discriminatory practices. Sapir, one of 23 terminal operators at the east-coast Italian port of Ravenna, recently invited bidders to take a 30 per cent stake in the new Ravenna TCR container terminal.
Ships will have to carry black boxes
UK detains badly corroded Vismark Gloria
Ship sales
Air and Land Transport
Big spat seen brewing over Europe funding for A3XX [WASHINGTON] The United States warned on Friday that plans by Germany, Britain and France to help finance A3XX, a new Airbus superjumbo jet, could lead to a major new trade spat.
US carriers complete fewer flights on-time in October
EU nod for revised Italy plan to split airport traffic
Five commercial carriers eyeing Iraq
US airlines expect 39m travellers over festive period
Returning Concorde to the air
SAirGroup suspends talks with Alitalia
Features
Keeping Daewoo Shipbuilding above water DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's lenders swapped debts worth 1.17 trillion won (S$1.7 billion) for equity, aiming to keep the world's second-largest shipbuilder in business until buyers are found.
Smokeless diesels for Carnival Spirit In a working partnership between Carnival Corporation and W'rtsil' Corporation, the new 86,000-ton cruise ship Carnival Spirit will be fitted with what is claimed will be the cruise industry's first smokeless diesel engines.
Distrigas exercises option to buy 49% of LNG-vessel Belgium's Distrigas (a subsidiary of Tractebel) has exercised an option to buy a 49% share in the first of two LNG-vessels contracted at Daewoo earlier this year by Bergesen
U.K. proposes new patrol vessel series Britain's Ministry of Defense has invited U.K. shipbuilders, ship repairers and marine service providers to tender for the potential supply of a force of patrol vessels for the Royal Navy using novel and money-saving procurement methods.
Navy contracts Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $25,904,092 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00024-00-C-2104 for advanced planning, design, documentation, engineering services, procurement, ship checks, fabrication and preliminary shipyard work to prepare and ready for the alterations, repairs, maintenance and routine work on future aircraft carrier availability on USS Enterprise. Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $15,780,109 firm-fixed-price performance fee contract for the Extended Docking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA) of USS Normandy.
Supertug gets new Far East role GREECE's Tsavliris Salvage Group is poised to send the Nikolay Chiker on permanent salvage station, probably in the Far East according to company executives.
Court kiss of life for Global Ocean BANKRUPT Global Ocean Carriers is set to bounce back from Chapter 11 as early as New Year's Day, after a US court quashed a junk bond creditor's attempts to liquidate the company.
FastShip top job for Rankin CHRISTOPHER Rankin, the former chief executive of P&O Nedlloyd North America, has been appointed chief operating officer of FastShip, the company planning to operate a highspeed container service across the Atlantic.
PZB given green light to sell ferry terminals THE Polish government has given its consent to the plans of Polska Zegluga Baltycka (Polish Baltic Lines PZB) to sell its two ferry terminals in Swinoujscie and Gdansk.
Copenhagen seals link with Malmö THE board of Port of Copenhagen gave its approval for the establishment of Copenhagen Malmö Port from January, thus clearing the way for a new port organisation.
Transfennica takeover bid collapses FINNISH liner shipping group Finnlines' proposed E67m ($58.7) takeover of Helsinki-based ro-ro operator Transfennica has collapsed, after the group "could not meet" certain conditions imposed by the Finnish Competition Authority.
New CAS: keep talking and stop squawking SORROWS always seem to come in battalions.
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