Electronic box security to become industry standard THERE is no urgent container security threat but the push to apply electronic security will soon make it a de facto industry standard as the technology becomes cheaper, according to a senior data services executive.
Europe's biggest waterway junction opens in Germany EUROPE's largest waterway junction has opened in this eastern German city after six years under construction, with a giant canal bridge as its centrepiece linking east and west.
PTP's phase 2 expansion on track MALAYSIA's Port of Tanjung Pelepas is on track with its second phase expansion, which will boost its annual handling capacity to about 6 million TEUs by mid-2004.
Two ships sink off China TWO cargo ships have sunk in separate incidents in a strait off China's northeast coast, leaving 44 people missing, a state newspaper reported.
Air and Land Transport
Air NZ says new plan will save NZ$245m a year AIR New Zealand unveiled yesterday a wide ranging strategic plan it said would help it compete in the cut-throat world of aviation, increase savings and reduce staff levels.
Delta seen posting 10th straight loss in Q3
Thailand raises overseas ownership limit in airlines
AirAsia leases 2 more aircraft
BA buys four slots at Heathrow from United
Sydney Airport lifts jet fuel supply restrictions
Strait Talk
ITF fights battles with clever choice of words WHEN a union activist, without a by-your-leave from anybody, hops aboard a ship flying the flag of country operating an open register and proceeds to tell the crew the contract they signed of their own free will is exploitative and that they should be paid more, the chances are an International Transport Workers' Federation press release will appear shortly afterwards.
Electronic box security to become industry standard THERE is no urgent container security threat but the push to apply electronic security will soon make it a de facto industry standard as the technology becomes cheaper, according to a senior data services executive.
Europe's biggest waterway junction opens in Germany EUROPE's largest waterway junction has opened in this eastern German city after six years under construction, with a giant canal bridge as its centrepiece linking east and west.
PTP's phase 2 expansion on track MALAYSIA's Port of Tanjung Pelepas is on track with its second phase expansion, which will boost its annual handling capacity to about 6 million TEUs by mid-2004.
Two ships sink off China TWO cargo ships have sunk in separate incidents in a strait off China's northeast coast, leaving 44 people missing, a state newspaper reported.
Air and Land Transport
Air NZ says new plan will save NZ$245m a year AIR New Zealand unveiled yesterday a wide ranging strategic plan it said would help it compete in the cut-throat world of aviation, increase savings and reduce staff levels.
Delta seen posting 10th straight loss in Q3
Thailand raises overseas ownership limit in airlines
AirAsia leases 2 more aircraft
BA buys four slots at Heathrow from United
Sydney Airport lifts jet fuel supply restrictions
Strait Talk
ITF fights battles with clever choice of words WHEN a union activist, without a by-your-leave from anybody, hops aboard a ship flying the flag of country operating an open register and proceeds to tell the crew the contract they signed of their own free will is exploitative and that they should be paid more, the chances are an International Transport Workers' Federation press release will appear shortly afterwards.
Electronic box security to become industry standard THERE is no urgent container security threat but the push to apply electronic security will soon make it a de facto industry standard as the technology becomes cheaper, according to a senior data services executive.
Europe's biggest waterway junction opens in Germany EUROPE's largest waterway junction has opened in this eastern German city after six years under construction, with a giant canal bridge as its centrepiece linking east and west.
PTP's phase 2 expansion on track MALAYSIA's Port of Tanjung Pelepas is on track with its second phase expansion, which will boost its annual handling capacity to about 6 million TEUs by mid-2004.
Two ships sink off China TWO cargo ships have sunk in separate incidents in a strait off China's northeast coast, leaving 44 people missing, a state newspaper reported.
Air and Land Transport
Air NZ says new plan will save NZ$245m a year AIR New Zealand unveiled yesterday a wide ranging strategic plan it said would help it compete in the cut-throat world of aviation, increase savings and reduce staff levels.
Delta seen posting 10th straight loss in Q3
Thailand raises overseas ownership limit in airlines
AirAsia leases 2 more aircraft
BA buys four slots at Heathrow from United
Sydney Airport lifts jet fuel supply restrictions
Strait Talk
ITF fights battles with clever choice of words WHEN a union activist, without a by-your-leave from anybody, hops aboard a ship flying the flag of country operating an open register and proceeds to tell the crew the contract they signed of their own free will is exploitative and that they should be paid more, the chances are an International Transport Workers' Federation press release will appear shortly afterwards.
Suez: Gas oil still stable, good demand Surprisingly, gas oil prices in Egypt have remained remarkably steady for the past three weeks or so despite massive gains ($60 or more) in competing ports in the Mediterranean in the same period.
Crude market sea-saws, eyeing US data Oil prices were trading in mostly slightly negative territory during the morning and early afternoon today, but have turned around to trade sharply up again. Looking ahead to weekly data, US crude stocks are seen up, heating oil down.
Saudi Arabia: IFO blends now offered in Jeddah
Buyers watching and waiting in Fujairah
Istanbul: Thin demand as buyers hold back
Taiwan plays catch-up
Strong buying activity as numbers slip in Hong Kong
Next OPEC chief defends cut, says high price is temporary
Violence halts Bolivia's $6bn LNG plans A $6bn plan to export liquefied natural gas from Bolivia to the US west coast and Mexico has been put on hold by the Bolivian president following violence close to the country's capital that left more than 20 people dead.
Lunardi accused of 'politically motivated' port appointments ROME'S Transport Minister was accused yesterday of improper intervention in the appointment of a series of port authority presidents.
Frump calls for major changes in maritime safety policing A COMPLETE shake-up of maritime safety policing rules that would abolish the traditional roles of classification societies and flag states is proposed by an award-winning writer who investigated one of the worst tragedies in US shipping history.
UN advice may scupper PSSA opposition A LAST ditch bid to block the designation of western European waters as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area was badly holed last night, when the UN's Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea Office said the proposal did not conflict with the UN Convention on Law of the Sea.
Grim warning for Caribbean business ONE of Jamaica's most senior maritime officials has attacked global container lines for abusing their "enormous negotiating power" in the Caribbean, compelling port operators and stevedores to accept terms and conditions to their huge disadvantage
Ghost ship comments anger Able UK ABLE UK managing director Peter Stephenson has hit out at EU environment commissioner Margot Wallstrom over her comments regarding the 'ghost ships'
Chad joins oil exporters THE African state of Chad has became the continent's latest oil exporter with the commissioning last week of a $3.2Bn pipeline leading to a port in Cameroon
Charred Elegance moves to Durban FIRE-fighters from South Africa's National Port Authority are dampening down hot spots on the containership Sea Elegance prior to its transfer to Durban port
Robertson-Sylvester steps up at CSA THE Caribbean Shipping Association has elected a new president, Seaboard Freight and Shipping chief executive in Jamaica, Corah Ann Robertson-Sylvester
Trinidad gears up for export boom TRINIDAD'S National Energy Corp is preparing to export more than 16M tonnes of petrochemical and steel products from its marine terminals by the end of 2004
Rate rush prompts regulator investigation The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to investigate a series of rapid rate rises in the East Asia/Australia trades following numerous complaints from shippers and their representatives.
Busan gears up for the next generation mega-ships Busan Port's Shinsundae Container Terminal is to dredge its approach channel and berths to accommodate 12,000TEU box ships and will build a fifth berth by 2007.
Truck crash raises LA City calls for extended port hours
Toll extends again after Tranz Rail bid falls short
BCT and ICTSI call for tenders in Gdynia expansion plans
Delhi decides against rail privatisation
More effective action needed to involve Asia in regulations, believes MASA
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