Antwerp port faces lawsuit over expansion plan THE expansion of Belgium's biggest port, in which PSA is soon to take a majority operating stake, is embroiled in a legal tussle as local residents challenge the impending destruction of their village.
Ikan Tanda scuttled off S African coast
Northrop stops work on US$400m cruise ship order
US Coast Guard on alert after arrest of suspected terrorist
Air and Land Transport
SIA, United and 3 others to increase flights to Melbourne SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd, UAL Corp's United Airlines and three other international carriers will increase services to Melbourne after the collapse of Ansett Holdings Ltd, formerly Australia's No 2 airline.
Antwerp port faces lawsuit over expansion plan THE expansion of Belgium's biggest port, in which PSA is soon to take a majority operating stake, is embroiled in a legal tussle as local residents challenge the impending destruction of their village.
Ikan Tanda scuttled off S African coast
Northrop stops work on US$400m cruise ship order
US Coast Guard on alert after arrest of suspected terrorist
Air and Land Transport
SIA, United and 3 others to increase flights to Melbourne SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd, UAL Corp's United Airlines and three other international carriers will increase services to Melbourne after the collapse of Ansett Holdings Ltd, formerly Australia's No 2 airline.
Mass immigration bead hope Channel freight traffic Freight traffic between France and the UK was disrupted early yesterday morning when up to 300 would-be illegal immigrants broke into a railway yard near the Channel Tunnel in the hope of reaching ...
Shock as Wrede quits Hapag-Lloyd BERND Wrede, the 58-year-old chief executive of German liner company Hapag-Lloyd and a well-known figure in the shipping industry, is to leave the company at the end of the year, when his present c...
Swiss bank throws $300m lifeline to Silversea Cruises CENTRE Solutions bank of Switzerland has agreed to extend a $300m financing deal to Silversea Cruises, ensuring the survival of the ultra-luxury cruise operator. At the same time, the four-...
Oil tanker set ablaze in Tamil Tiger suicide attack A TAMIL Tiger suicide boat struck an oil tanker off the northern tip of Sri Lanka yesterday, reports Reuters. "One suicide boat hit the tanker and it is on fire," said military...
Gard raises premiums ManagerS of Gard, which with 94.8m gt entered is the second largest P&I club, have decided on a 25% general increase in premiums for the 2002 policy year. They have also opted for an un...
Wrede to exit Hapag-Lloyd Bernd Wrede will step down as chief of the Hamburg-based logistics and shipping conglomerate at the end of the year.
Bailout boosts Airborne earnings While third-quarter revenue slipped at the air freight carrier, net income was spurred by government compensation to cover the after-effects of the Sept. 11 hijackings.
HK sets airport cargo, logistics plans Chek Lap Kok airport will be developed to meet its design capacity of 9 million tons of cargo annually by 2020.
Norfolk Southern logistics unit opens Web site
Defense claims faster deliveries
First Euro client for G-Log
War charge for Pakistan reduced
Korea outlines port plans
Cosco Singapore acquires shipbuilder
Deadline for latest Swissair crisis
EU drops jet noise plan
Valuship sets Europe-US forest products service
Coast Guard alerts ports after suspected terrorist nabbed in Italy
Hong-Kong reporte ses prochaines expansions en terminaux à containers à 2010 La chute des trafics containérisés qui se poursuit à Hong-Kong, plus précisément aux terminaux à containers de Kwai Chung depuis le mois de mai dernier, qui a d’ailleurs pris une plus grande ampleur en septembre, incite les autorités responsables à revoir les projets de futures expansions. Elles seraient d’avis qu’il ne faudrait pas de capacité supplémentaire avant 2010. En d’autres termes, le projet de terminal 10, dont on annonçait en 1998 la réalisation en 2005 est reporté de 5 ans.
Mærsk Sealand s’intéresse à nouveau aux voitures Lorsque Mærsk Line mit en service les premiers PC de la nouvelle génération de 8.000 TEU, unités qui présentent une énorme capacité reefer, ses responsables firent allusion à l’extraordinaire flexibilité de ces PC qui pouvaient également s’intéresser au transport de voitures neuves placées dans des containers. Bref, on annonçait le PC “multi-marchés”.
Chevallier reprend certains actifs du groupe Synchrony Prestataire français de transport-logistique, le Groupe Chevallier, siège à Grigny (69 Rhône), vient de reprendre une partie des actifs de Synchrony, siège à Gleize (69 Rhône). L’opération de reprise porte sur quatre implantations : Bordeaux (33 Gironde), Roubaix (59 Nord), Taverny (95 Val-d’Oise) et Villefranche-sur-Saône (69 Rhône). En chiffre d’affaires, l’ensemble représente pour Chevallier un apport d’environ 15,24 millions d’EUR (100 millions de FRF).
Afro Liner donne une nouvelle dimension à sa desserte de la COA Afro Liner, entreprise maritime qui a déjà une longue expérience de la desserte de l’Afrique de l’Ouest au départ d’Europe du Nord, donne une nouvelle impulsion à ses activités en adaptant ses services en fonction d’une formule mixte et partant, opte pour du tonnage multipurpose affrété, ce qui lui permet d’aborder les containers dans de plus larges proportions.
Heidmar goes to Venezuela Heidenreich Marine Caracas will take care of business in Central and South America.
Grimaldi group raises ACL stake French shipping group CMA-CGM sold its 10% share to the Italian group.
Silversea Cruises remains optimistic The luxury cruise line backed by strong banks is in no danger of sinking.
Royal Olympic chiefs take a pay cut Difficult trading conditions lead to directors slashing remuneration by 25%.
Canadian authorities assisting "container boy" Canadian citizen Rizk Amid Farid found in a Hansa Mare container is held in Italy under a new terrorism law.
ABS launches new data system The E-CIS programme allows easy access to ship inspection reports at any time.
FBI issues second terrorist attack warning Vice President Dick Cheney is taken to a secret location in the event of an attack on President Bush.
Arcadia breaks time charter deal Skaugen wins compensation for early termination of five year aframax deal.
ITF voices concerns over Liberia Establishment of an escrow account for shipping revenues may not be enough to solve the problems.
Kvaerner confirms rescue package Debt freeze and massive new share issue point the way forward for Norwegian giant.
RCL lays out contingency plan The company shares have jumped 17% in response to the better-than-expected earnings per share.
Ex-Hyundai employee forces new ship arrest A former manager for the Korean giant is trying to bring fresh pressure to recoup monies.
Essar plays it safe Indian owner protects earnings from uncertainty of war in Afghanistan with $25m worth of time charters.
Tamil Tigers hit tanker An oil tanker has been set on fire in a suicide attack by terrorists off the northern tip of Sri Lanka.
NSCSA replaces CEO The National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia has a new man at the helm.
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