Capacity control helps APL ride the storm AGGRESSIVE capacity management over the past year has kept Neptune Orient Lines' APL container fleet growth under control despite an earlier newbuild buying spree.
PSA Corp makes bid for Puerto Rico port
HK terminals under fire over handling charges
No sign of slowdown at US West Coast ports
Air and Land Transport
Airport security little better since Sept 11: journalist A year on from the Sept 11 attacks on the United States, airport security around the world is little better than it was then, a leading aviation expert said on Tuesday.
Capacity control helps APL ride the storm AGGRESSIVE capacity management over the past year has kept Neptune Orient Lines' APL container fleet growth under control despite an earlier newbuild buying spree.
PSA Corp makes bid for Puerto Rico port
HK terminals under fire over handling charges
No sign of slowdown at US West Coast ports
Air and Land Transport
Airport security little better since Sept 11: journalist A year on from the Sept 11 attacks on the United States, airport security around the world is little better than it was then, a leading aviation expert said on Tuesday.
Consolidated Freightways exit Consolidated Freightways, the third-largest less-than-truckload carrier in the US, is discontinuing operations today and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
New web site Lykes Lykes Lines has launched a redesigned website which makes it even easier for customers to do business with the shipping line.
KLM cargo traffic up In August 2002, cargo traffic of KLM was 6 percent higher than in August 2001.
Atlantic flights cut for September 11 US airlines are planning to cut more than 3,200 flights from their domestic schedules on September 11, a stark indication of the public's reluctance to fly on the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Exel acquires Power Logistics Exel is acquiring Power Logistics and Power Europe, two divisions of Power Packaging Inc., a privately held provider of logistics and packaging services.
West Coast keeps going but strike threat stays LONGSHOREMEN on the US West Coast kept cargoes flowing through terminals yesterday but their union kept tension alive by refusing to rule out industrial action, writes Rajesh Joshi.
Japan green tax punches black hole in coal trades THE dry bulk market faces a potentially devastating blow following Japan's disclosure that it is planning to tax coal imports to encourage the use of cleaner fuels, such as natural gas.
US military takes another ship as war prospects rise THE US Military Sealift Command has chartered another general cargoship capable of carrying tanks to the Middle East.
Europe to press U.S. on box security Stakeholders in Europe's port traffic will launch a lobbying blitz Thursday during a visit by U.S. officials to ensure Washington's maritime security plans don't slow the transport of goods across the Atlantic.
KLM cargo improves Strong growth on Asia/Pacific and African routes underscored the global air freight industry's rebound from the slump in traffic following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Union rips CF 'mismanagement' The failure of the 73-year old long-haul motor carrier will put 15,000 Teamsters out of work.
Europe-côte est de lAmérique du Sud: un fort déséquilibre qui va perdurer Le trafic entre lEurope et la côte est de lAmérique du Sud aura connu ces dernières années des évolutions assez diverses. Après une période de redistribution des cartes entre acteurs opérant sur cette route, cest-à-dire une recomposition des groupes, ces derniers ont, dans lensemble, des bons exercices 2000 et 2001. En ce qui concerne lexercice en cours, cest une tout autre affaire et les perspectives pour les mois qui viennent et même lexercice 2003 ne sont guère brillantes.
Le PE veut une approche plus sévère des nuisances sonores que la CE Le Parlement européen veut aller plus loin dans la lutte contre les nuisances sonores causées par les avions que la proposition de la Commission européenne relative à un règlement européen de classification du bruit des appareils civils subsoniques en vue de calculer les taxes sur le bruit. Ainsi, le Parlement a adopté, lors du vote du rapport de son rapporteur Hans Blokland en la matière, un certain nombre damendements de la proposition de la Commission sur lapplication de ce type de taxes pour les appareils trop bruyants.
Karel Vinck sélectionne ses futurs directeurs Le nouveau patron de la SNCB Karel Vinck a établi une liste provisoire des diverses fonctions de direction. Un joli scoop pour nos collègues du Soir.
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