Klang's Northport begins terminal 3 expansion UPPING the challenge to Singapore for regional transhipment volumes, Port Klang's Northport yesterday launched its Container Terminal 3 expansion, which will ultimately boost its annual capacity to 4 million TEUs .
Manager of S'pore Cruise Centre resigns
Star orders ship for Norwegian unit
Vietnam to salvage shipwreck treasure
Air and Land Transport
Air China upbeat about relaunch of Beijing-NY route UNFAZED by the financial turmoil in the US airline industry, Air China officials have predicted that their relaunched direct flights from Beijing to New York will be among their most popular yet.
Klang's Northport begins terminal 3 expansion UPPING the challenge to Singapore for regional transhipment volumes, Port Klang's Northport yesterday launched its Container Terminal 3 expansion, which will ultimately boost its annual capacity to 4 million TEUs .
Manager of S'pore Cruise Centre resigns
Star orders ship for Norwegian unit
Vietnam to salvage shipwreck treasure
Air and Land Transport
Air China upbeat about relaunch of Beijing-NY route UNFAZED by the financial turmoil in the US airline industry, Air China officials have predicted that their relaunched direct flights from Beijing to New York will be among their most popular yet.
Schenker acquires Portuguese joint-venture Schenker AG acquired all the shares of its Portuguese subsidiary company, Biermann-Schenker Transitarios, Lda., with retroactive effect from 1 January 2002 in order to consolidate and expand its position in the Portuguese market.
Chemical leak Dutch rail cargo Parts of the central Dutch town of Amersfoort were evacuated Tuesday after a train carrying the very dangerous chemical acrylonitrile started leaking.
VTG bid on VTG-Lehnkering VTG Vereinigte Tanklager und Transportmittel GmbH, a subsidiary of Hapag-Lloyd AG, has decided to acquire the outstanding shares of VTG-Lehnkering AG, Hamburg/Duisburg, this year on the basis of a squeeze-out procedure.
Union coalition to politicians Canada 1000 trade unionists will rally in Vancouver, Canada, later today in defence of Australian jobs.
Deutsche Post with only 1.5 million euro donation The catastrophic floods in parts of Germany have plunged many people into disaster - amongst them also countless postal employees.
Maersk Sealand opens Pier 400 Maersk Sealand held opening ceremonies for its Pier 400 terminal in Los Angeles, billing the 484-acre facility as the largest proprietary container terminal in the world.
Better result Liverpool port Mersey Docks said in the six months ended 30 June 2002 turnover continued to improve, increasing by 6.6 per cent to 133 million pound.
Star Cruises takes Project America ships It's official: Star Cruises' NCL is taking the Project America hull and materials
Bollinger delivers ATB Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., has delivered DBL101, the first of four double hull, ocean service, oil tank barges to K-Sea Transportation . Bollinger also retrofitted the K-Sea tug TASMAN SEA with a JAK coupler system, creating an ATB unit
Star Cruises cuts deal for two Project America hulls Star Cruises has cut a deal to buy out the two partially-completed Project America vessels from Northrop's Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi, in a move likely to have dire consequences for the Title XI ship finance programme in the US.
German yard early with first MoD ro-ro Hurst Point, the first of a series of ro-ro ships being built for Andrew Weir Shipping, has been delivered ahead of schedule into service for the Ministry of Defence's Strategic Sealift Service.
MarAd stipulates US ships must carry military cargoes THE US Department of Defense has told major defence contractor Raytheon that it must use US-flag ships to carry military cargoes under government contracts, writes John McLaughlin in New York.
Baltic white knight to rescue Strategic THE Baltic Exchange is playing white knight to troubled shipbroking software house Strategic, buying up the company for an undisclosed sum.
KLM Cargo introduit le service fret Liège-Budapest KLM Cargo introduira le 15 septembre prochain trois vols fret vers Budapest, dont deux depuis Liège. Au cours de la prochaine saison d’hiver, qui débutera le 27 octobre, la division fret de la compagnie aérienne néerlandaise pourra en outre profiter de différentes hausses de fréquence et/ou de capacité. En ce qui concerne le transport de passagers, le marché britannique a fait l’objet d’une attention toute particulière.
Modeste bénéfice pour OOCL au premier semestre OOIL, le holding de la famille Tung qui contrôle Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), est parvenu à clôturer le premier semestre hors des chiffres rouges, ce que le CFO Nick Sims qualifie “d’excellente prestation eu égard au contexte”. Le président Tung Chee-chen attribue la baisse du bénéfice aux frets peu élevés suite aux faibles contrats de service de l’année dernière et à la surcapacité générale côté offre.
Kögel jouera la carte de l’innovation à l’IAA Le constructeur de carrosseries et de semi-remorques allemand Kögel présentera divers nouveaux produits à l’IAA de Hanovre. Il s’agit du nouveau Cargo-MAXX plus, de la semi-remorque bâchée Cargo-MAXXTIR, d’une version légère de la semi-remorque réfrigérée EuroCooler et de la nouvelle génération de semi-remorques à bennes basculantes.
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