Lines want PSA to cut handling charges MAJOR PSA Corp customers are more aggressively seeking lower terminal handling charges in the wake of Evergreen's defection to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas .
Penang port to spend RM500m on upgrading
Cosco Shipping's IPO priced at top of offered range
Air and Land Transport
Air France March traffic up 2.7% as rebound gains pace AIR France SA, Europe's No 3 airline, said a recovery in air traffic accelerated last month as more people returned to flying following a slump in demand after the Sept 11 attacks.
US FAA 'inadequately trained safety inspectors'
American Air sued over death of WTC victim
China Eastern Air triples 2001 profit on tax credit
China domestic airlines forced into no-discount pact
Lines want PSA to cut handling charges MAJOR PSA Corp customers are more aggressively seeking lower terminal handling charges in the wake of Evergreen's defection to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas .
Penang port to spend RM500m on upgrading
Cosco Shipping's IPO priced at top of offered range
Air and Land Transport
Air France March traffic up 2.7% as rebound gains pace AIR France SA, Europe's No 3 airline, said a recovery in air traffic accelerated last month as more people returned to flying following a slump in demand after the Sept 11 attacks.
US FAA 'inadequately trained safety inspectors'
American Air sued over death of WTC victim
China Eastern Air triples 2001 profit on tax credit
China domestic airlines forced into no-discount pact
Better margin Deutsche Post, still very dependent on monopoly In 2001 Deutsche Post World Net revenue rose by 2.1 per cent to 33.4 billion euro while profit from operating (Ebitda) increased by 7.3 per cent to some 2.6 billion.
Rail man in Schenker board Aloys Winn (48) has been appointed to the Management Board of Schenker Deutschland AG, Frankfurt am Main, with effect from 1 April 2002.
OOCL and WHL enhancements in China/Middle East service Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and Wan Hai Lines Ltd (WHL) announced a service enhancement in their joint service between China and the Middle East.
Mol with Chile office Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced the establishment of MOL (Chile) Ltda. in Santiago, Chile.
Booz logistics for the churches Tradeteam, an Exel company, announced a major drinks distribution contract with Associated Church Clubs Limited (ACC).
Exel works for Coors UK logistics group Exel announced a new, multi-year contract with Coors Brewing Company that extends an existing 16-year relationship and expands the range of services provided by Exel to Coors.
Christian Salvesen profit warning UK logistics group Christian Salvesen reined in profit expectations for the second time in three months as it blamed a continuing malaise in the engineering and automotive sectors for many of its problems.
Big losses US airlines to stay Analysts estimating the nine largest airlines in the US made a combined net loss of $2.2bn in the first quarter of 2001, an improvement over the fourth quarter, when a slump in air traffic demand led to a total net loss of $3bn.
KLM Cargo introduces fuel surcharge As of May 1, 2002, KLM Cargo will re-introduce a fuel surcharge.
AMFELS delivers semisub Cal Dive International, Inc.has accepted delivery of the Q4000, the first ultra-deepwater, semi-submersible vessel designed to perform construction and well intervention tasks in water as deep as 10,000 feet.
$83 million order for AMFELS Keppel Corporation's Brownsville Texas, unit, AMFELS Inc., has won an $83 million contract to build a new jack-up rig for Mexico's Perforadora Central S.A. de C.V.
New chairman and MD for Ocean Rig Bjarne Skeie yesterday resigned as chairman Ocean Rig ASA, though he remains on the board. At the same time, the company announced a change of managing directors
Homage to the memory of the Queen Mother In common with other sectors of the maritime and financial services industries, the world of insurance paid homage to the memory of the Queen Mother, write James Brewer and Carly Fields.
Iraqi oil squeeze sets off tanker scramble THE tanker market remained on its knees yesterday, as ships booked for the now non-existent Iraqi stems were added to the already bulging pool of open ships in the Persian Gulf.
Unigas Pool regains presence east of Suez with Nile Holdings gas fleet buy THE Unigas Pool, Sloman Neptun, Bernhard Schulte and Othello Shipping, is buying the entire gas fleet of Edinburgh-based Nile Holdings, which operates under the Tarquin name, for an undisclosed sum.
Maritime security push loses direction CARRIER and shipper groups in the US have warned that the drive to tighten maritime security is now adrift and directionless, partly because of turf wars between government departments and political differences in Congress.
Le groupe Danzas satisfait de son exercice 2001 Le groupe Danzas, la branche logistique de Deutsche Post, a vu progresser son bénéfice avant intérêts, impôts et amortissements (EBITA) de 40,7% à 159 mio. d’EUR en 2001. La groupe a renforcé, selon ses dires, sa position de leader sur le marché logistique.
Zeebrugge: CTO candidat pour une concession de 7 ha dans l’avant-port Zeebrugge est avant-tout un port ro-ro. Il s’est même hissé à la première place dans le nord de l’Europe, notamment pour ce qui est du trafic des voitures neuves. Le succès est tel, que les manutentionnaires qui traitent ces trafics souffrent d’un manque crucial de place. Ce n’est pas sans raison qu’il y a trois candidats pour l’ancienne concession du terminal vraquier de la ZBM, d’une superficie d’une cinquantaine d’hectates. Un des manutentionnaires, en l’occurrence CTO (Combined Terminal Operator), s’est ainsi porté candidat pour une nouvelle concession dans l’avant-port.
L’alliance Glass Partners a éclaté Freddy Nicolas, de la société Nicolas-Jacquet (Franière, près de Namur) a repris la totalité des actions de la société de transport de verre plat Glass Partners. Cette joint-venture avait été créée en novembre 1999 par Nicolas et Eric Foulon, de la société Van Hoof à Sambreville (également près de Namur). Les deux actionnaires ont décidé de se séparer, et Freddy Nicolas se retrouve donc seul actionnaire de Glass Partners. C’est ce qu’annonce Truck & Business Online.
North-South Freight Freeways a intégré son réseau international Via une coalition de dix compagnies d’infrastructure ferroviaire nationales et indépendantes aux Pays-Bas, en Allemagne, en Autriche, en Suisse, en Italie et en Scandinavie, un réseau a été mis sur pied devant faciliter le trafic transfrontalier de trains de marchandises exploités par des opérateurs ferroviaires indépendants. Les corridors fret de North-South Freight Freeways relient les ports de la mer du Nord et la Scandinavie avec le sud de l’Europe. L’objectif est d’à terme étendre le réseau en direction de l’Europe de l’Est et de développer un système de facturation et de calcul des prix pour l’ensemble du réseau.
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