• Sun Cruises sets sights on 50% of cruise market
  S'pore's first locally owned cruise firm poised to challenge Star Cruises as biggest in Asia
• Tougher laws needed against rogue ships
• EU launches attacks on appalling ship conditions
• Owners warned not to ignore safety
• Risk of overcapacity looms as boxship newbuildings surge
• Hongkong container terminal expenses delaying agreement
• Rates on Japan, Australia trade to be restored

• Limelight moves from military to civil jets
  Airbus clinches deal from Egyptair two A340-600 with option for two more
• Liability of carrier's agent not founded in Warsaw Convention
• Airbus MD job pose dilemma
• Air traffic controllers in India stepping up strike
• VW, EU reach accord in dispute over subsidy
• Tata to make small cars
• UK Channel Tunnel Rail link sees mid-1998 float
• M'sia, China sign air services MOU

• Many grounded, but a few fly
  India's airline market has seen many flops, but a few, led by Jet Airways,have shown how success can be achieved

• Hambourg et Bremerhaven vont-ils coopérer en matière de trafics de containers?
• Sabena commande 34 Airbus
• CMB et Rennies se retirent de Saga
• L'Allemagne annonce une taxation routière sur base des distances parcourues dès '98

• US dockers plan wave of strikes
• APL expands intra-Asia service
• Farrell buys three ships
• Welgrow launches new service
• India relaxes import rules
• US railroads see more cargo
• Yeltsin visits Harbin to boost China-Russia trade
• International DHL website becomes local
• UPS adds Penang to network
• Rolls-Royce starts next phase in engine development
• FAT grows in dwindling market

• BA to launch low-cost carrier
• KLM also wants low-cost subsidiary
• Cargo airport planned in Central Europe
• Intelligent road surface splits on illegal parker
• Hold-up at Schiphol
• Captains against use of foreigners

• Kvaerner Govan to axe 100 more jobs
  CLYDESIDE shipbuilder Kvaerner Govan yesterday accompanied a decision to shed another 100 jobs with a commitment to spend at least '7m ($11.8m) improving the loss-making yard's facilities.
• EU blamed for delaying inland transport progress
  EUROPEAN Commission opposition to joint pricing on freight trains operated by shipping lines is hindering the development of efficient inland transport services, a senior liner shipping executive claimed yesterday.
• Keppel still bullish as currency falls
  LISTED Keppel Philippine Holdings remains bullish about its prospects in 1998 despite a 22% drop in its third quarter profits. The group, which controls the three largest shipyards in the Philippines, is among the few local companies expected to benefit from the currency crisis which has battered the economy since the middle of this year.
• Third quarter earnings fall at MC Shipping
  AN increase in vessel operating costs dented third quarter earnings at Monaco-based MC Shipping, despite an increase in revenues.
• Minister backs British fleet revival
  ALL industrial sectors connected with shipping must help to save the British Merchant Marine from further decline, shipping minister Glenda Jackson has warned.
• Disney terminal plan for San Francisco
  WALT Disney Company has been holding private talks with the Port of San Francisco about building a cruiseship terminal, hotel and entertainment complex at Piers 30-32, south of the city's Ferry Building.
• IMO measures will influence law
  DELEGATES to the biennial session of the International Maritime Organisation's supreme governing body today start reviewing the reports and recommendations of the Maritime Safety and the Marine Environment Protection committees.
• Seamen fail in Canada refuge plea
  FOUR Filipino seamen who claim they witnessed the murder of three Romanian stowaways cannot remain in Canada as refugees, Reuters reports.

• ICTSI hit by currency turmoil
  INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), Manila's largest port operator, has been hit by the regional currency turmoil.
• Japan looks to reduce pilotage fees
  PILOTAGE charges at Japanese ports could be cut by an average five per cent next year.
• NYK to start semi-liner service to Australia
  NIPPON Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will start a monthly semi-liner conventional cargo service between Japan and Western Australia on January 1.
• German ports deny merger talks
  HAMBURG and Bremen based port operators HHLA and BLG have denied earlier reports about a possible merger of the two companies.
• Nunn heads for IUMI
  THE International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has appointed Tony Nunn as its special liaison officer with the IMO.
• Five Croation shipbuilders to merge
  FIVE Croatian shipbuilders are to be brought together to form a centralised government-controlled holding company, according to the director of the Croatian Register of Shipping.
• Lykes "invades" Europe
  LYKES Lines is to establish its own organisation in key European markets to replace its agency arrangements.
• Fearnleys forecasts bullish tanker market
  FEARNLEY'S, the Norwegian broker, has forecast a strong tanker freight market over the next two years.
• Azeri oil to be loaded at Novorossiisk
  OIL from fields in the Caspian Sea region of Azerbaijan will be sent via pipeline to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk from December.
• SCI and Zim boost sub-continent service
  THE joint Shipping Corp of India/Zim Line operation has strengthened its Europe-Indian sub-continent container service with a fifth ship.
• Frontline extends ICB bid
  FRONTLINE has extended its bid for ICB Shipping by one week to November 21.
• BHP in Darwin landbridge bid
  AUSTRALIA'S second largest company, BHP, has joined a domestic consortium to bid for the nation's proposed north-south landbridge.
• Rhein to head restructured APL
  TIM Rhein has been appointed president and ceo of APL, following the acquisition of the Oakland-based liner company by Neptune Orient Lines.
• OSG posts loss despite gain from Celebrity sale
  NEW York-based Overseas Shipholding Group has reported a loss of $4.4m from continuing operations for the quarter ending September 30.
• Katoen/Seaport 'to invest in Marseilles/Fos'
  ANTWERP-based stevedore Katoen Natie is to invest in the Marseilles/Fos petro-chemical complex.
• Trasmed reports nine-month loss
  SPANISH ferry company Trasmediterránea has reported a consolidated loss of Ptas514m ($3.5m) for the nine months to September 30.

• U.S., Canadian and Mexican truckers clamp down on crime
• Rail problems fail to lift barge rates
• Logistics makes strange bedfellows
• United chief raps US aviation policy
• Air cargo hits record
• IMO addresses deficient ships
• UPS, pilots to return to bargaining table Jan. 12
• India-US service planned
• Europe puts off selling air slots
• Boat maker finds cruise ships the way to go
• Bogus delivery man cops laptop
• Brussels hurting itself in antitrust effort against TACA, ship exec says
• October heavy-truck sales sped, hitting a nearly 3-year high
• Groups call for independent counsel in Shuster ethics case
• Company merges its way into global logistics arena
• Newfoundland sells Marystown yard to Friede Goldman
• APL moving full speed ahead to expand in intra-Asian waters
• What to get for the computer nerd who has everything this Christmas
• Shippers slam service deficiencies
• Void at the top creates chaos for Teamsters negotiations
• L.A., Long Beach ports prepare for intranet link

• Government to disclose maritime vision
  The federal government is expected to disclose details of its vision for Australia’s maritime industry next Monday.
  Details of the way forward for the industry will be unveiled at a meeting between maritime unions and the Federal Minister for Workplace Relations, Peter Reith, in Canberra.
  The meeting was originally to have been held today, but has been postponed until Monday in order to accommodate the schedules of the assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Greg Combet and the national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, John Coombs.
  Mr Coombs told DCN yesterday the Minister has advised that he has formulated his views on the reform of the maritime industry and "felt it was only fair to let us know."
  "I don’t think I will be accompanying myself with champagne," Mr Coombs added.
• P&O Ports to undergo major restructuring
  P&O Ports Ltd is to undergo "a fairly major restructuring" within the next few weeks.
  This was confirmed yesterday by the managing director of P&O Australia Ltd, Richard Hein.
  However, Mr Hein discounted claims that the administration of the division would move to London or that its managing director, Richard Setchell, would move overseas.
  "There is no suggestion of this whatsoever," he said with reference to the London claim.
  Mr Hein said the business, particularly its international section, has grown dramatically in recent years, hence the need for the restructuring.
• NPC gears up for world lead
  The Newcastle Port Corporation is preparing for the role of one of the world’s largest and most efficient coal loading and storage ports.
  To complement work underway in the port by private companies such as Port Waratah Coal Services, the Corporation is working on new ship handling procedures and is drawing up dredging plans.
  Writing in the latest edition of the Corporation’s newsletter, its chief executive officer, Glen Oakley, said the port authority is continuing to review ship handling operational guidelines in order to service the vessel requirements of the expanding Kooragang terminal.
  "The harbour master and pilots have already trialed and implemented new guidelines which have had a significant impact on throughput," Dr Oakley said.
  "They are to be congratulated for their ongoing successes in this area.
  "Planning for channel deepening and berth configuration at Kooragang is well underway and efficiency studies have been undertaken to further enhance performance of the coal vessel movement system."