• P&O unit may pull out of US$1b Indian port project
  Chairman upset at obstruction from local residents, says Hindu party leader
• Sydney's Adsteam to buy agency business of Burns Philp
• Indian to sell 14m shares in container company
• M'sia braces for slowdown in cargo handling at ports
• Kvaerner wins US$63m contract

• Boeing to offer long-range version of 747-400 Jumbo
  Move is to fight Airbus competition; Qantas shows interest
• Bidders chosen for HK airport body's HQ
• Aerofloat to buy 200 planes by 2105
• BA hopes to win on remaining claim brought by US Airways
• Amerijet gets FAA nod to resume flights after suspension
• Plane missing over Panama with 10 people
• Nissan, Ford to produce mini-vans in China: report
• Log Book

• US carmakers on green parade
  After being upstaged by Toyota's Prius car at the Tokyo Show, US automakers are out to make amends at Detroit

• Owner flayed for over reliance on class society

• APL starts India Service at Nhava Sheva
• NOL christens 5,000-TEU ship
• MISC receives new ship
• China Shipping gets Japan agent
• 'K' Line chairman dies
• EU exemptions for liner transportation 'not unjustified'
• FedEx signs deal with Ogden for CLK ground handling
• PAL suffers big losses
• Spain rules out Iberia stake sale

• Hyundai opts out of K Line agreement
• Pacific big for Global
• BIMCO ships on safe path
• Dawn of the very large containership
• FEFC carriers revise rates
• Korean carriers target foreign earnings
• APL strengthens intra-Asia service
• P&O may renew ANL bid as unions talk to owners
• Labour problems plague Chittagong
• ATI seeks rate hike
• Investment invited at LCP

• Concern for listing bulker 'Oak' in path of force 10 storm
  A STRICKEN dry bulk carrier, the 1981-built, 21,951 dwt Oak, with a crew of 13 on board - was stabilised following a counter-balancing operation which reduced the vessel's list to six degrees.
• Bankruptcy fears rise in South Korea
  KIM Dae-jung, the South Korean president-elect, has warned his country that more business failures are on the cards for 1998.
• Blyth gets go-ahead for last phase of '7m port revamp
  A PORT on the northeast coast of the UK has been given the go-ahead to complete a multi-million-pound harbour expansion plan in the heart of an unemployment blackspot.
• Israel sea trade dips after seven years' growth
  ISRAEL saw a drop in its total volume of seaborne trade in 1996, after a period of seven years in which it averaged double digit growth, according to the latest annual study from the University of Haifa's Wydra Institute of Shipping and Aviation Research.
• Traffic record at Rotterdam
  GROWTH in container, coal, oil products, ores/ scrap and ro-ro traffic volumes combined to power the port of Rotterdam's year-end figures to an historical record of 307.3m tonnes.
• El-Yam in deal over layoffs
  EL-YAM, the Israeli shipping company, has reached an agreement that will enable it to lay off 95% of the Israeli ratings and officers employed on its ships. The cost of the agreement is estimated at '1m ($1.68m).
• Bordeaux in talks on UK ro-ro link
  DISCUSSIONS are underway for a new ro-ro service between the Port of Bordeaux and the UK, Bordeaux port officials have announced.
• Passengers using Dover on course to top 20m
  THE port of Dover seems set for a record year in 1997, beating even the pre-Channel Tunnel days, with the likelihood of topping the 20m passenger mark for the first time.

• Amerijet resumes limited cargo operations
• Hong Kong-China span to ease congestion
• Coast Guard: Ship afloat, salvageable
• The personal-computer revolution: What to expect in '98 and beyond
• High-speed rail project under scrutiny by new Seoul government
• UP: Recovery effort slowed due to holiday vacations
• Study: LA port leads nation in spending for development
• Events
• January
• Halter Marine: what's next