Bangladeshi govt to amend protectionist port law A five-day boycott of Bangladesh's main container port by foreign-flagged feeder operators protesting a protectionist port law appears to have succeeded with the government saying it will amend the law.
Evergreen faces picketing at US East Coast ports TAIWAN's Evergreen Marine Corp is facing picketing at an extended list of US East Coast ports, as a costly dispute over unionisation drags on.
Arroyo acts to improve maritime safety PHILIPPINE President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced guidelines to ensure public safety in sea travel and ordered the transportation department to speed up investigation of the recent ship collision accident.
Free passage of ship lock at Three Gorges PASSAGE of the permanent ship lock at Three Gorges Project being built at the mid-reaches of the Yangtze will be free of charge, said Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, on Monday.
Kayaks, canoes exempted from licensing SINGAPORE's kayakers and canoeists are finally free of annual port charges, after being 'exempted' from licensing regulations.
Air and Land Transport
Sub-regional airlines expect 16% annual growth AIRLINE officials of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar meeting yesterday in central Danang city expect that growth of air transportation could reach 14-16 per cent annually within the sub-region until 2010.
Asiana planning to resume some flights
Chinese air passenger traffic slumps 80% on Sars outbreak
April traffic in Europe down 4.7%
Revising ownership limits on US airlines
CAL crash: plane had fatigue cracks, corrosion
Features
Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board NEPTUNE Orient Lines has announced the appointment of two prominent businessmen to its board: NatSteel president Ang Kong Hua and the country managing director of Accenture Singapore, Willie Cheng.
Bangladeshi govt to amend protectionist port law A five-day boycott of Bangladesh's main container port by foreign-flagged feeder operators protesting a protectionist port law appears to have succeeded with the government saying it will amend the law.
Evergreen faces picketing at US East Coast ports TAIWAN's Evergreen Marine Corp is facing picketing at an extended list of US East Coast ports, as a costly dispute over unionisation drags on.
Arroyo acts to improve maritime safety PHILIPPINE President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced guidelines to ensure public safety in sea travel and ordered the transportation department to speed up investigation of the recent ship collision accident.
Free passage of ship lock at Three Gorges PASSAGE of the permanent ship lock at Three Gorges Project being built at the mid-reaches of the Yangtze will be free of charge, said Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, on Monday.
Kayaks, canoes exempted from licensing SINGAPORE's kayakers and canoeists are finally free of annual port charges, after being 'exempted' from licensing regulations.
Air and Land Transport
Sub-regional airlines expect 16% annual growth AIRLINE officials of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar meeting yesterday in central Danang city expect that growth of air transportation could reach 14-16 per cent annually within the sub-region until 2010.
Asiana planning to resume some flights
Chinese air passenger traffic slumps 80% on Sars outbreak
April traffic in Europe down 4.7%
Revising ownership limits on US airlines
CAL crash: plane had fatigue cracks, corrosion
Features
Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board NEPTUNE Orient Lines has announced the appointment of two prominent businessmen to its board: NatSteel president Ang Kong Hua and the country managing director of Accenture Singapore, Willie Cheng.
Bangladeshi govt to amend protectionist port law A five-day boycott of Bangladesh's main container port by foreign-flagged feeder operators protesting a protectionist port law appears to have succeeded with the government saying it will amend the law.
Evergreen faces picketing at US East Coast ports TAIWAN's Evergreen Marine Corp is facing picketing at an extended list of US East Coast ports, as a costly dispute over unionisation drags on.
Arroyo acts to improve maritime safety PHILIPPINE President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced guidelines to ensure public safety in sea travel and ordered the transportation department to speed up investigation of the recent ship collision accident.
Free passage of ship lock at Three Gorges PASSAGE of the permanent ship lock at Three Gorges Project being built at the mid-reaches of the Yangtze will be free of charge, said Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, on Monday.
Kayaks, canoes exempted from licensing SINGAPORE's kayakers and canoeists are finally free of annual port charges, after being 'exempted' from licensing regulations.
Air and Land Transport
Sub-regional airlines expect 16% annual growth AIRLINE officials of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar meeting yesterday in central Danang city expect that growth of air transportation could reach 14-16 per cent annually within the sub-region until 2010.
Asiana planning to resume some flights
Chinese air passenger traffic slumps 80% on Sars outbreak
April traffic in Europe down 4.7%
Revising ownership limits on US airlines
CAL crash: plane had fatigue cracks, corrosion
Features
Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board NEPTUNE Orient Lines has announced the appointment of two prominent businessmen to its board: NatSteel president Ang Kong Hua and the country managing director of Accenture Singapore, Willie Cheng.
Bangladeshi govt to amend protectionist port law A five-day boycott of Bangladesh's main container port by foreign-flagged feeder operators protesting a protectionist port law appears to have succeeded with the government saying it will amend the law.
Evergreen faces picketing at US East Coast ports TAIWAN's Evergreen Marine Corp is facing picketing at an extended list of US East Coast ports, as a costly dispute over unionisation drags on.
Arroyo acts to improve maritime safety PHILIPPINE President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced guidelines to ensure public safety in sea travel and ordered the transportation department to speed up investigation of the recent ship collision accident.
Free passage of ship lock at Three Gorges PASSAGE of the permanent ship lock at Three Gorges Project being built at the mid-reaches of the Yangtze will be free of charge, said Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, on Monday.
Kayaks, canoes exempted from licensing SINGAPORE's kayakers and canoeists are finally free of annual port charges, after being 'exempted' from licensing regulations.
Air and Land Transport
Sub-regional airlines expect 16% annual growth AIRLINE officials of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar meeting yesterday in central Danang city expect that growth of air transportation could reach 14-16 per cent annually within the sub-region until 2010.
Asiana planning to resume some flights
Chinese air passenger traffic slumps 80% on Sars outbreak
April traffic in Europe down 4.7%
Revising ownership limits on US airlines
CAL crash: plane had fatigue cracks, corrosion
Features
Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board NEPTUNE Orient Lines has announced the appointment of two prominent businessmen to its board: NatSteel president Ang Kong Hua and the country managing director of Accenture Singapore, Willie Cheng.
DNV flying squads battle substandard ships Dedicated "Flying Squads" with experienced surveyors are one element in a Five Point Plan established by classification society DNV to step up the efforts to remove substandard shipping.
Red ink at Stolt Offshore Big losses from EPIC projects
USCG and Washington State ink pollution accord Reducing duplication of efforts
Oslo blasts Madrid in new tanker spat A diplomatic row has erupted following the exclusion of two Norwegian tankers from Spain's 200-mile exclusive economic zone.
Legal rows rage on four years after Sea-Land sale THREE giants of the maritime and transport industries are still locked in legal disputes that erupted following the sale of US container line Sea-Land nearly four years ago.
Maersk Sealand seeks to buy Sech terminal CONTAINER giant Maersk Sealand is negotiating the acquisition of the Sech box terminal in Genoa.
France stops US proposal on suspected WMD ships FRANCE has blocked US proposals that would have allowed the boarding of merchant vessels suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction.
West Coast terminals want to skirt truck idling, chassis laws: Teamsters Marine terminal operators will attempt to use a planned discussion agreement to circumvent state laws that protect harbor truckers, the union charged in comments filed with the Federal Maritime Commission.
FedEx to trim up to 14,000 jobs FedEx Express, the largest operating unit of FedEx Corp., will cut up to 14,000 jobs through voluntary early retirement and severance in an effort to cut long-term costs.
A thousand lorries await entry to chaotic NSICT At least 1,000 trucks have waited more than a day to enter Nhava Sheva as a lack of terminal space and inadequate handling equipment delays cargo.
Lines see costs rise as Customs detain illegal Asian cargo A number of major carriers face an equipment shortage in Asia because more than 50 containers suspected of containing smuggled rubber wood have been detained by Customs in Selangor, Malaysia.
Israel THC battle re-ignited as EMTA issues charge notice
Toll's Tranz Rail takeover offer sparks NZ flurry
Kien Hung boosts Hamburg Sud's ECSA market share
Korean ministry bids for port funds to combat looming congestion
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