S'pore-flagged ship fined US$2m in plea bargain [SINGAPORE] The managers of the Singapore-flagged Neptune Dorado are to pay a US$2 million (S$3.46 million) fine as part of a settlement it reached with the US government over a host of safety and environmental violations.
Global ship orders forecast to rise 40%
M-E bunker charges down
Air and Land Transport
Time for Airbus to come of age [LONDON] The official launch of the A380 superjumbo airliner on Tuesday is a remarkable tribute to how far the European Airbus programme has come in 30 years. Defying sceptics and the inadequacies of its own unwieldy structure, the venture has grown into a global industry leader, capturing 55 per cent of all new aircraft orders last year. But its latest project is, politically and industrially, its most audacious yet.
Cathay pilots strike compromise deal
Watchdog to oppose bids by Qantas, Ansett for Hazelton
New Bangkok airport to be completed on schedule
Korea Aerospace lenders to take stake in firm, say executives
Lufthansa's Nov traffic up 8.3% due to CityLine unit
Features
Trade storm a-brewing [PARIS] AIRBUS Industrie's project to build the world's largest passenger jet took off on Tuesday into the unfriendly skies of a looming trans-Atlantic trade storm.
Logistics
Peak season game MATTEL Inc had big plans this holiday season for the Diva Starz, but America's children had plans of their own. They were not willing to wait to get their hands on the cute interactive doll. When demand unexpectedly surged in September, Mattel scrapped its carefully crafted logistics plan. Instead of shipping them by sea from Asia to a Southern California distribution centre, Mattel cut more than a week out of the transit time by shifting to air freight.
S'pore-flagged ship fined US$2m in plea bargain [SINGAPORE] The managers of the Singapore-flagged Neptune Dorado are to pay a US$2 million (S$3.46 million) fine as part of a settlement it reached with the US government over a host of safety and environmental violations.
Global ship orders forecast to rise 40%
M-E bunker charges down
Air and Land Transport
Time for Airbus to come of age [LONDON] The official launch of the A380 superjumbo airliner on Tuesday is a remarkable tribute to how far the European Airbus programme has come in 30 years. Defying sceptics and the inadequacies of its own unwieldy structure, the venture has grown into a global industry leader, capturing 55 per cent of all new aircraft orders last year. But its latest project is, politically and industrially, its most audacious yet.
Cathay pilots strike compromise deal
Watchdog to oppose bids by Qantas, Ansett for Hazelton
New Bangkok airport to be completed on schedule
Korea Aerospace lenders to take stake in firm, say executives
Lufthansa's Nov traffic up 8.3% due to CityLine unit
Features
Trade storm a-brewing [PARIS] AIRBUS Industrie's project to build the world's largest passenger jet took off on Tuesday into the unfriendly skies of a looming trans-Atlantic trade storm.
Logistics
Peak season game MATTEL Inc had big plans this holiday season for the Diva Starz, but America's children had plans of their own. They were not willing to wait to get their hands on the cute interactive doll. When demand unexpectedly surged in September, Mattel scrapped its carefully crafted logistics plan. Instead of shipping them by sea from Asia to a Southern California distribution centre, Mattel cut more than a week out of the transit time by shifting to air freight.
S'pore-flagged ship fined US$2m in plea bargain [SINGAPORE] The managers of the Singapore-flagged Neptune Dorado are to pay a US$2 million (S$3.46 million) fine as part of a settlement it reached with the US government over a host of safety and environmental violations.
Global ship orders forecast to rise 40%
M-E bunker charges down
Air and Land Transport
Time for Airbus to come of age [LONDON] The official launch of the A380 superjumbo airliner on Tuesday is a remarkable tribute to how far the European Airbus programme has come in 30 years. Defying sceptics and the inadequacies of its own unwieldy structure, the venture has grown into a global industry leader, capturing 55 per cent of all new aircraft orders last year. But its latest project is, politically and industrially, its most audacious yet.
Cathay pilots strike compromise deal
Watchdog to oppose bids by Qantas, Ansett for Hazelton
New Bangkok airport to be completed on schedule
Korea Aerospace lenders to take stake in firm, say executives
Lufthansa's Nov traffic up 8.3% due to CityLine unit
Features
Trade storm a-brewing [PARIS] AIRBUS Industrie's project to build the world's largest passenger jet took off on Tuesday into the unfriendly skies of a looming trans-Atlantic trade storm.
Logistics
Peak season game MATTEL Inc had big plans this holiday season for the Diva Starz, but America's children had plans of their own. They were not willing to wait to get their hands on the cute interactive doll. When demand unexpectedly surged in September, Mattel scrapped its carefully crafted logistics plan. Instead of shipping them by sea from Asia to a Southern California distribution centre, Mattel cut more than a week out of the transit time by shifting to air freight.
S'pore-flagged ship fined US$2m in plea bargain [SINGAPORE] The managers of the Singapore-flagged Neptune Dorado are to pay a US$2 million (S$3.46 million) fine as part of a settlement it reached with the US government over a host of safety and environmental violations.
Global ship orders forecast to rise 40%
M-E bunker charges down
Air and Land Transport
Time for Airbus to come of age [LONDON] The official launch of the A380 superjumbo airliner on Tuesday is a remarkable tribute to how far the European Airbus programme has come in 30 years. Defying sceptics and the inadequacies of its own unwieldy structure, the venture has grown into a global industry leader, capturing 55 per cent of all new aircraft orders last year. But its latest project is, politically and industrially, its most audacious yet.
Cathay pilots strike compromise deal
Watchdog to oppose bids by Qantas, Ansett for Hazelton
New Bangkok airport to be completed on schedule
Korea Aerospace lenders to take stake in firm, say executives
Lufthansa's Nov traffic up 8.3% due to CityLine unit
Features
Trade storm a-brewing [PARIS] AIRBUS Industrie's project to build the world's largest passenger jet took off on Tuesday into the unfriendly skies of a looming trans-Atlantic trade storm.
Logistics
Peak season game MATTEL Inc had big plans this holiday season for the Diva Starz, but America's children had plans of their own. They were not willing to wait to get their hands on the cute interactive doll. When demand unexpectedly surged in September, Mattel scrapped its carefully crafted logistics plan. Instead of shipping them by sea from Asia to a Southern California distribution centre, Mattel cut more than a week out of the transit time by shifting to air freight.
New transport group to fight West Coast gridlock The West Coast Waterfront Coalition of shippers, intermediaries, and terminal operators sees technology as the key to speeding port transit, but convincing longshoremen to embrace new systems will be crucial.
FedEx earnings up 13% in 2Q Growing volumes and tighter cost controls helped the express provider's net income rise 13%.
West Coast port traffic slips in November
GAO slams proposed United-USAirways merger
Ayers Maritime form strategic partnership in Sierra Leone
HMI approved for NASDAQ listing
Clinton expected to approve $29.9M for Title XI shipbuilding loans
Deringer to close exam stations
Rhein to leave NOL's board
Maher named 'Person of the Year' by NY-NJ forwarders association
Vancouver turns to trucking ass'n. to resolve driver dispute
Guilty pleas in Neptune Dorado case The owner and operator of the oil tanker T/V Neptune Dorado pled guilty yesterday in San Francisco federal court to felony criminal charges. They were sentenced to pay criminal and civil penalties of more than $2.5 million
Hvide gets Nasdaq listing Hvide Marine Inc's application for listing on the Nasdaq National Market has been approved
Polembros submits to US probation deal GREECE'S Polembros group has agreed to pay $2.5m in penalties as well as reform its fleet under the watchful eye of the United States Coast Guard in order to settle charges stemming from the detention of the tanker Neptune Dorado in September.
Pan-European yard giant in the offing Plans to create a pan-European shipbuilding giant that would emulate collaboration in the aerospace industry are under discussion it was disclosed yesterday.
Slater fights on for fleet PAUL Slater's battle to regain control of the fleet of six product tankers wrested from him by Bankgesellschaft Berlin looks set to resume legal hostilities in the New Year.
Caribbean warns on banana regime BANANA producers in the Caribbean have warned that their trade could be devastated by the European Union's planned new import regime, writes James Brewer.
Shipowners hit by OECD data quiz OCEAN carriers, their customers and conferences have been asked for a huge amount of trade and commercial data by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development which is studying the whole question of antitrust immunity for the liner industry.
A M$3.3m (US$870,000) light beacon A M$3.3m (US$870,000) light beacon donated by the Japanese-funded Malacca Strait Council is constructed in the Strait of Malacca. The beacon can be seen from 15 nautical miles compared with just 12 nautical miles for the old beacon, left. It is one of 10 new beacons for the extended Traffic Separation Scheme in these busy waters.
Assistera-t-on à une concentration des trafics de Mærsk Sealand à la Rive gauche? “Plusieurs raisons nous ont incité à revenir à Anvers avec une escale directe dans le cadre d’un service sur le Far East. D’abord il y a eu la conséquence de la fusion avec Sealand, c’est-à-dire une forte croissance de nos volumes. Ensuite, il y a les raisons commerciales, Anvers ayant progressivement pris de l’importance, mais notre part de marché y est encore faible et nous avons l’intention de modifier cette situation”. C’est ce que nous a déclaré Palle Weidlich, managing director de Mærsk Sealand pour le Benelux, lors de la réception donnée au Noordzeeterminal (Noord Natie) à l’occasion de la première escale directe du service AE 2 de l’armement et qu’effectuait le PC “Sealand Champion” de 4.200 TEU.
La présidence française de l’UE veut des accords concrets sur la création de l’EASA La présidence française de l’UE veut que les ministres des Transports des quinze Etats membres de l’Union européenne concluent lors de leur réunion d’aujourd’hui et demain des accords concrets sur la création d’une Agence européenne pour la Sécurité dans la Navigation aérienne (EASA). La Commission européenne a présenté des propositions à ce sujet en juin dernier, qui ont été favorablement accueillies par la plupart des Etats membres. L’agence doit prendre la relève des Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), un partenariat optionnel d’autorités aériennes de différents pays, également dans l’ancien bloc de l’Est.
Les Pays-Bas misent sur la navigation intérieure pour le transport de marchandises La politique prônée par les autorités dans le domaine du transport de marchandises par la voie d’eau n’est pas suffisamment étayée et n’offre pas assez de garanties quant à sa réalisation. C’est ce que déclare le “Bureau central de la navigation rhénane et intérieure” (CBRB - Centraal Bureau voor de Rijn- en Binnenvaart) en réaction au Plan national de Mobilité et de Transport 2001-2020 du gouvernement néerlandais.
Les Etats généraux du fret ferroviaire appuient une régulation des transports de marchandises La Conseil supérieur (français) du service public ferroviaire a récemment tenu ses premiers Etats généraux à Paris: selon son président Jean-Jacques Filleul, ils marqueront un tournant dans les politiques européenne et française des transports. Et la pérennisation de la manifestation a reçu l’accord de principe de la ministre belge des Transports Isabelle Durant qui présidera au second semestre 2001 les deuxièmes Etats généraux du fret ferroviaire.
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