Port Klang misses spot on top 10 list by a notch MALAYSIA's Port Klang missed out on a place in the world's top 10 container ports by a whisker last year, climbing one spot to be ranked 11th with its throughput of 4.5 million TEUs.
Myanmar delivers vessel to S'pore firm MYANMAR has delivered to a Singaporean company an offshore oil exploration utility vessel built by the Myanma Shipyards , a state-run enterprise under the Ministry of Transport, official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday.
Kandla port's operations close to normal CARGO at one major Indian port has started to move as a crippling nationwide truckers' strike continued into its second day.
Taiwanese fishing boat sinks in storm THE 17 crew members of a Taiwanese fishing boat were believed drowned after their vessel sank in a severe South Pacific storm, search and rescue authorities said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
SAS seeks new business closer to home SCANDINAVIAN flag carrier SAS and other European carriers being squeezed by bigger players and low-fare rivals face mounting pressure to shore up home markets and find new business closer to home.
HK cargo terminal operator to halve rates
American Airlines scrambles to avoid bankruptcy filing
Jet Airways delays taking delivery of 10 new planes
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Lines profit from war aftermath SSEVERAL shipping companies, including Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines , continue to benefit from the US defence forces' need to move supplies to support the military and rebuilding operations of the Iraq war.
Port Klang misses spot on top 10 list by a notch MALAYSIA's Port Klang missed out on a place in the world's top 10 container ports by a whisker last year, climbing one spot to be ranked 11th with its throughput of 4.5 million TEUs.
Myanmar delivers vessel to S'pore firm MYANMAR has delivered to a Singaporean company an offshore oil exploration utility vessel built by the Myanma Shipyards , a state-run enterprise under the Ministry of Transport, official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday.
Kandla port's operations close to normal CARGO at one major Indian port has started to move as a crippling nationwide truckers' strike continued into its second day.
Taiwanese fishing boat sinks in storm THE 17 crew members of a Taiwanese fishing boat were believed drowned after their vessel sank in a severe South Pacific storm, search and rescue authorities said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
SAS seeks new business closer to home SCANDINAVIAN flag carrier SAS and other European carriers being squeezed by bigger players and low-fare rivals face mounting pressure to shore up home markets and find new business closer to home.
HK cargo terminal operator to halve rates
American Airlines scrambles to avoid bankruptcy filing
Jet Airways delays taking delivery of 10 new planes
LOG Book
Features
Lines profit from war aftermath SSEVERAL shipping companies, including Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines , continue to benefit from the US defence forces' need to move supplies to support the military and rebuilding operations of the Iraq war.
Port Klang misses spot on top 10 list by a notch MALAYSIA's Port Klang missed out on a place in the world's top 10 container ports by a whisker last year, climbing one spot to be ranked 11th with its throughput of 4.5 million TEUs.
Myanmar delivers vessel to S'pore firm MYANMAR has delivered to a Singaporean company an offshore oil exploration utility vessel built by the Myanma Shipyards , a state-run enterprise under the Ministry of Transport, official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday.
Kandla port's operations close to normal CARGO at one major Indian port has started to move as a crippling nationwide truckers' strike continued into its second day.
Taiwanese fishing boat sinks in storm THE 17 crew members of a Taiwanese fishing boat were believed drowned after their vessel sank in a severe South Pacific storm, search and rescue authorities said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
SAS seeks new business closer to home SCANDINAVIAN flag carrier SAS and other European carriers being squeezed by bigger players and low-fare rivals face mounting pressure to shore up home markets and find new business closer to home.
HK cargo terminal operator to halve rates
American Airlines scrambles to avoid bankruptcy filing
Jet Airways delays taking delivery of 10 new planes
LOG Book
Features
Lines profit from war aftermath SSEVERAL shipping companies, including Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines , continue to benefit from the US defence forces' need to move supplies to support the military and rebuilding operations of the Iraq war.
Carnival cashes in on P&O Princess deal Carnival Corp has wasted no time in using its acquisition of P&O Princess, now renamed Carnival plc, to support the raising of fresh funds for the group's investment programme, writes Tony Gray.
Royal Caribbean holds back on orders in face of gloomy outlook CRUISE shipbuilders' increasing despair at the prospects of securing new orders was thrown into sharp relief yesterday, after Royal Caribbean held up not ordering new ships as a viable tactic to bolster cruise companies' financial condition, writes Rajesh Joshi.
EU move for double-hull bunker tanks in new ships THE European Union could introduce mandatory double-walled bunker tanks for all new vessels, including containerships, if it is to follow a plan made by members of the European Parliament.
Boxships will be longer - Probst Containership specialist and Germanischer Lloyd head of approval services East Asia, Jan-Olaf Probst, said he had been warned by colleagues dealing with tanker design "to be careful because something is coming", on hearing of the Piecyk proposal for double skins around bunkers.
Opec lines up oil production curbs to avoid price collapse OPEC ministers are set to curb oil production to underpin crude prices in response to falling demand.
WTO warns on global trade GLOBAL trade in volume terms is forecast to increase by less than 3% in 2003, the World Trade Organisation predicted yesterday, but it warned the estimates were marked by downside risks due to the continued sluggishness of the world economy and the effects of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, writes John Zaracostas.
HMT interest case back to high court? Companies that are pursuing interest payments on Harbor Maintenance Tax refunds make "full-court press."
CP Ships loss widens The carrier reported a loss of $21 million for the first quarter of 2003, up from a loss of $11 million from the same period a year ago, despite increases in cargo volume and revenue.
$1B loss for American Airlines parent Cargo revenue was flat at $134 million despite a 5.8 percent increase in cargo volume.
Cold quarter for CN
Liberia to test mariner's biometric I.D. card
New York, Conn. battle over Sound pilots
Kelang operator upgrades equipment handling
Norfolk Southern earnings off
Fuel charge trimmed by Cargolux
MOL (America) names APL's Craig to head yield management
CP Ships: Q1 losses pave road to plenty CP Ships today reported a US$2 million operating loss for Q1, but insisted that strong volumes 'augur well for the rest of the year', and that supply/demand imbalance is at an end.
PM orders investor-friendly strategy for Thai ports Thailand's Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has instructed the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) to become more investor-friendly, in part by revising privatisation plans and lowering its debt-to-equity ratio.
Strong charter market will cost us, warns liner executive
US ports intensify anti-SARS restrictions on vessel calls
Heated ANZ/WCNA debate leads to direct Adelaide call
Shippers to pay for X-ray vision
GA Asia Med string cuts Kobe for further China call
Brenner rail link to carry two thirds of transalpine freight
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