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BRIEFS

October 15, 1998

Shipping Times

Shipping News

Logistics firms urged to continue upgrading
Don't' be thrown off course by Asian crisis, says minister at logistics seminar
Taca puts off posting of 1999 rates till mid-Nov
Kvaerner chief executive steps down

Air and Land Transport

Low demand, credit woes delay PAL's int'l services
Postponement of int'l operations will result in deeper losses for carrier
Cathay Pacific close to buying 40% of Philippine carrier: Estrada
Boeing sells 4 stored MD-90 jets to EVA unit
Global agency needed to regulate airlines: BA chief
FedEx pilots to decide on strike vote on Sunday
Air France, pilots close to deal on equity stake
BA may take up 8% of Iberia

Features

Airline working on alliances
After a debilitating pilots' strike in June, the French airline is trying to catch up with the rest of the industry
For Changi Airport, bigger planes, a new lounge

Columns

Iarossi well-placed to lead ABS into new era of maritime safety

Shipping Times

Shipping News

Logistics firms urged to continue upgrading
Don't' be thrown off course by Asian crisis, says minister at logistics seminar
Taca puts off posting of 1999 rates till mid-Nov
Kvaerner chief executive steps down

Air and Land Transport

Low demand, credit woes delay PAL's int'l services
Postponement of int'l operations will result in deeper losses for carrier
Cathay Pacific close to buying 40% of Philippine carrier: Estrada
Boeing sells 4 stored MD-90 jets to EVA unit
Global agency needed to regulate airlines: BA chief
FedEx pilots to decide on strike vote on Sunday
Air France, pilots close to deal on equity stake
BA may take up 8% of Iberia

Features

Airline working on alliances
After a debilitating pilots' strike in June, the French airline is trying to catch up with the rest of the industry
For Changi Airport, bigger planes, a new lounge

Columns

Iarossi well-placed to lead ABS into new era of maritime safety

Shipping Times

Shipping News

Logistics firms urged to continue upgrading
Don't' be thrown off course by Asian crisis, says minister at logistics seminar
Taca puts off posting of 1999 rates till mid-Nov
Kvaerner chief executive steps down

Air and Land Transport

Low demand, credit woes delay PAL's int'l services
Postponement of int'l operations will result in deeper losses for carrier
Cathay Pacific close to buying 40% of Philippine carrier: Estrada
Boeing sells 4 stored MD-90 jets to EVA unit
Global agency needed to regulate airlines: BA chief
FedEx pilots to decide on strike vote on Sunday
Air France, pilots close to deal on equity stake
BA may take up 8% of Iberia

Features

Airline working on alliances
After a debilitating pilots' strike in June, the French airline is trying to catch up with the rest of the industry
For Changi Airport, bigger planes, a new lounge

Columns

Iarossi well-placed to lead ABS into new era of maritime safety

Shipping Times

Shipping News

Logistics firms urged to continue upgrading
Don't' be thrown off course by Asian crisis, says minister at logistics seminar
Taca puts off posting of 1999 rates till mid-Nov
Kvaerner chief executive steps down

Air and Land Transport

Low demand, credit woes delay PAL's int'l services
Postponement of int'l operations will result in deeper losses for carrier
Cathay Pacific close to buying 40% of Philippine carrier: Estrada
Boeing sells 4 stored MD-90 jets to EVA unit
Global agency needed to regulate airlines: BA chief
FedEx pilots to decide on strike vote on Sunday
Air France, pilots close to deal on equity stake
BA may take up 8% of Iberia

Features

Airline working on alliances
After a debilitating pilots' strike in June, the French airline is trying to catch up with the rest of the industry
For Changi Airport, bigger planes, a new lounge

Columns

Iarossi well-placed to lead ABS into new era of maritime safety

	web site

APL resigns from TWRA K Line enhances Japan/Straits & Vietnam Container Service Danzas expands in Malaysia Panalpina expands forwarding activities in Denmark Nippon undeterred by Asian economic crisis Airbus Industrie follows up A300-600ST delivery Expected upgrade for FedEx Thai announces outcome of board meeting

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OCTOBER 14, 1998
Cautious start for KLM-Alitalia alliance Air France near agreement with pilots New terminal Air France Cargo New Agripark in Rotterdam Chiefs of Star Alliance carriers call on Hong Kong New agreement KLM and Eurowings

The Journal of Commerce

Home

Policy shift toward Cuba floated
Absence of 'me-too' contracts under reform will hurt smaller shippers
Russia's banks told: Default on forward pacts
Railroad profits to get back on track after slowdown, say analysts
U.S. House to take on steel dumping
Ship line defections hit South America rate-setting group
Financial crisis as bad as any since WWII - Summers
Truckload hauler Werner Enterprises reports record third quarter income
Germany's railway and workers agree to extend jobs protection plan

Transportation

Railroads agree to user fees
German truckers battle 'eco-tax'
Danzas selects new Malaysian partner
PAL foreign flights stalled pending investors' talks
Survey: US producers to put faith in forwarders
DHL Worldwide, National Express plan British airport expansion
Freightliner profits in second year as private
Logistics parley message: Two firms working together are better than one
Safety first for head of the FRA

Maritime

Howard election could bring more turmoil to docks
FastShip selects French harbor
New immigration procedures to speed turnaround at Dalian
Conference rebuts shippers on charges

The Journal of Commerce

Home

Policy shift toward Cuba floated
Absence of 'me-too' contracts under reform will hurt smaller shippers
Russia's banks told: Default on forward pacts
Railroad profits to get back on track after slowdown, say analysts
U.S. House to take on steel dumping
Ship line defections hit South America rate-setting group
Financial crisis as bad as any since WWII - Summers
Truckload hauler Werner Enterprises reports record third quarter income
Germany's railway and workers agree to extend jobs protection plan

Transportation

Railroads agree to user fees
German truckers battle 'eco-tax'
Danzas selects new Malaysian partner
PAL foreign flights stalled pending investors' talks
Survey: US producers to put faith in forwarders
DHL Worldwide, National Express plan British airport expansion
Freightliner profits in second year as private
Logistics parley message: Two firms working together are better than one
Safety first for head of the FRA

Maritime

Howard election could bring more turmoil to docks
FastShip selects French harbor
New immigration procedures to speed turnaround at Dalian
Conference rebuts shippers on charges

The Journal of Commerce

Home

Policy shift toward Cuba floated
Absence of 'me-too' contracts under reform will hurt smaller shippers
Russia's banks told: Default on forward pacts
Railroad profits to get back on track after slowdown, say analysts
U.S. House to take on steel dumping
Ship line defections hit South America rate-setting group
Financial crisis as bad as any since WWII - Summers
Truckload hauler Werner Enterprises reports record third quarter income
Germany's railway and workers agree to extend jobs protection plan

Transportation

Railroads agree to user fees
German truckers battle 'eco-tax'
Danzas selects new Malaysian partner
PAL foreign flights stalled pending investors' talks
Survey: US producers to put faith in forwarders
DHL Worldwide, National Express plan British airport expansion
Freightliner profits in second year as private
Logistics parley message: Two firms working together are better than one
Safety first for head of the FRA

Maritime

Howard election could bring more turmoil to docks
FastShip selects French harbor
New immigration procedures to speed turnaround at Dalian
Conference rebuts shippers on charges

	web site

Yokohama/Sendai Container Train Service Launched HMM Starts Calling Kwangyang Mid-Year Profits Increase at TMM Jindo Awarded $180 Million Contract Rotterdam Port Authority, ECT Eye Joint Venture

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Estados Unidos liberaliza el transporte marítimo Fomento analiza hoy el impacto del euro en el transporte terrestre Los sectores ferroviario y marítimo llegan a un acuerdo con la Comisión Europea Finanzauto presenta la maquinaria portuaria de Fantuzzi-Reggiane TNT patrocina la logística del textil Binter transporta 130.000 pasajeros en 9 meses Subaru, SsangYong y Daihatsu, en el Salón de Sevilla Cargo International Logistics conecta Azerbaiyán con Estados Unidos "El impacto de la Unión Monetaria en el transporte terrestre".

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Core panel studying e-commerce format Luxury Liner - Superstar Leo at Mumbai Port Customs duty evaluation policy in for major changes A method to artificially Trade deficit widens EC strikes down four export schemes Assocham expresses concern over rising costs of inputs TIDCO keen on developing Tuticorin Port Asia recovery in mid '99 ' IMF Indo-Oman fertiliser project taking shape IMC meet on EEC trade today Meeting with JNPT Chairman tomorrow Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Industry forms action panel to fight power tariff hike

The Link

OCTOBER, 1998

Shipping

Electronic charts: A revolutionary step in maritime navigation
Maersk upgrading Australia-E. Asia service
Chinese shipping firms place panamax orders with Japanese yards
Railways' land bridge offer interests SCI, Maersk
IOL enhances services to Indian Ocean Islands and Africa
First Indian Liferaft Service Centre at Visakhapatnam
Goa shipyards clinch pacts with Portuguese
CP Ships acquires ANZDL
Inauguration of new MIX-Service
UASC takes delivery of 6th A4 series container vessel
Guangzhou Shipyard on its way up
Scan Point
Transpacific shipping lines adjust rates and charges
Kalmar's largest order en route to Turkey
Hapag-Lloyd orders three 4,800-teu vessels
Hoegh Lines ownership to be transferred to Egon Oldendorff
Evergreen plans major expansion of fleet & service network
Advance Container Line commences Calcutta-Singapore shuttle service

Ports

Survey vessel Sanshodhinee delivered to Mumbai Port Trust
'Green' signal for port projects
Rs 3,600-cr expansion plan for NMP
Reliance among 3 shortlisted for Gujarat project
SCAN POINT
MoST seeks more details from 3 cos for Vallarpadam project
MbPT introduces on-line container billing
ISPL consortium to develop Kakinada Port
RITES projects highest growth rate for container cargo traffic
Committee to spell out accounting norms
Ports FDI limit hiked to 100%; expressways link proposed
CONCOR begins operations ex-ICD Moradabad
IOC clears oil terminal project at JNP
Guidelines on marine pollution soon
JNP overtakes Mumbai Port in container-handling
TMB clears 3 port projects
Tuticorin Port sets new record in handling MoP
KPT-Indian Rlys JV for gauge conversion cleared
Rs 850 crore to modernise Vizag Port
Gujarat Adani Port to commission jetty soon
Port of Singapore Authority likely to invest in S Korean port project
Colombo signs MoU to develop Queen Elizabeth quay on BOT
Sixth container crane for Thamesport
Kandla Port shifts to fast track in cargo handling
ICD-Pithampur completes four years with record exports
VRC in US$ at Mumbai Port to be effective from 3/2/98 instead of 10/9/97

Aviation

Jet to induct Boeing 737-800 aircraft
Delta Air Lines announces new strategy for intercontinental travel
Five airlines form 'Oneworld' alliance
Airbus Industrie wins orders for 132 aircraft
Panalpina tops European airfreight market
Cathay Pacific releases new winter schedule
Air-India connects with LA
Aircraft wet leasing policy tightened

Trade

Growth of cashew export may be checked
New package for trading houses
Import duties for agricultural products reduced
Current economic situation and outlook : 1998-99
Strategy for revival of Indian exports

The Link

OCTOBER, 1998

Shipping

Electronic charts: A revolutionary step in maritime navigation
Maersk upgrading Australia-E. Asia service
Chinese shipping firms place panamax orders with Japanese yards
Railways' land bridge offer interests SCI, Maersk
IOL enhances services to Indian Ocean Islands and Africa
First Indian Liferaft Service Centre at Visakhapatnam
Goa shipyards clinch pacts with Portuguese
CP Ships acquires ANZDL
Inauguration of new MIX-Service
UASC takes delivery of 6th A4 series container vessel
Guangzhou Shipyard on its way up
Scan Point
Transpacific shipping lines adjust rates and charges
Kalmar's largest order en route to Turkey
Hapag-Lloyd orders three 4,800-teu vessels
Hoegh Lines ownership to be transferred to Egon Oldendorff
Evergreen plans major expansion of fleet & service network
Advance Container Line commences Calcutta-Singapore shuttle service

Ports

Survey vessel Sanshodhinee delivered to Mumbai Port Trust
'Green' signal for port projects
Rs 3,600-cr expansion plan for NMP
Reliance among 3 shortlisted for Gujarat project
SCAN POINT
MoST seeks more details from 3 cos for Vallarpadam project
MbPT introduces on-line container billing
ISPL consortium to develop Kakinada Port
RITES projects highest growth rate for container cargo traffic
Committee to spell out accounting norms
Ports FDI limit hiked to 100%; expressways link proposed
CONCOR begins operations ex-ICD Moradabad
IOC clears oil terminal project at JNP
Guidelines on marine pollution soon
JNP overtakes Mumbai Port in container-handling
TMB clears 3 port projects
Tuticorin Port sets new record in handling MoP
KPT-Indian Rlys JV for gauge conversion cleared
Rs 850 crore to modernise Vizag Port
Gujarat Adani Port to commission jetty soon
Port of Singapore Authority likely to invest in S Korean port project
Colombo signs MoU to develop Queen Elizabeth quay on BOT
Sixth container crane for Thamesport
Kandla Port shifts to fast track in cargo handling
ICD-Pithampur completes four years with record exports
VRC in US$ at Mumbai Port to be effective from 3/2/98 instead of 10/9/97

Aviation

Jet to induct Boeing 737-800 aircraft
Delta Air Lines announces new strategy for intercontinental travel
Five airlines form 'Oneworld' alliance
Airbus Industrie wins orders for 132 aircraft
Panalpina tops European airfreight market
Cathay Pacific releases new winter schedule
Air-India connects with LA
Aircraft wet leasing policy tightened

Trade

Growth of cashew export may be checked
New package for trading houses
Import duties for agricultural products reduced
Current economic situation and outlook : 1998-99
Strategy for revival of Indian exports

The Link

OCTOBER, 1998

Shipping

Electronic charts: A revolutionary step in maritime navigation
Maersk upgrading Australia-E. Asia service
Chinese shipping firms place panamax orders with Japanese yards
Railways' land bridge offer interests SCI, Maersk
IOL enhances services to Indian Ocean Islands and Africa
First Indian Liferaft Service Centre at Visakhapatnam
Goa shipyards clinch pacts with Portuguese
CP Ships acquires ANZDL
Inauguration of new MIX-Service
UASC takes delivery of 6th A4 series container vessel
Guangzhou Shipyard on its way up
Scan Point
Transpacific shipping lines adjust rates and charges
Kalmar's largest order en route to Turkey
Hapag-Lloyd orders three 4,800-teu vessels
Hoegh Lines ownership to be transferred to Egon Oldendorff
Evergreen plans major expansion of fleet & service network
Advance Container Line commences Calcutta-Singapore shuttle service

Ports

Survey vessel Sanshodhinee delivered to Mumbai Port Trust
'Green' signal for port projects
Rs 3,600-cr expansion plan for NMP
Reliance among 3 shortlisted for Gujarat project
SCAN POINT
MoST seeks more details from 3 cos for Vallarpadam project
MbPT introduces on-line container billing
ISPL consortium to develop Kakinada Port
RITES projects highest growth rate for container cargo traffic
Committee to spell out accounting norms
Ports FDI limit hiked to 100%; expressways link proposed
CONCOR begins operations ex-ICD Moradabad
IOC clears oil terminal project at JNP
Guidelines on marine pollution soon
JNP overtakes Mumbai Port in container-handling
TMB clears 3 port projects
Tuticorin Port sets new record in handling MoP
KPT-Indian Rlys JV for gauge conversion cleared
Rs 850 crore to modernise Vizag Port
Gujarat Adani Port to commission jetty soon
Port of Singapore Authority likely to invest in S Korean port project
Colombo signs MoU to develop Queen Elizabeth quay on BOT
Sixth container crane for Thamesport
Kandla Port shifts to fast track in cargo handling
ICD-Pithampur completes four years with record exports
VRC in US$ at Mumbai Port to be effective from 3/2/98 instead of 10/9/97

Aviation

Jet to induct Boeing 737-800 aircraft
Delta Air Lines announces new strategy for intercontinental travel
Five airlines form 'Oneworld' alliance
Airbus Industrie wins orders for 132 aircraft
Panalpina tops European airfreight market
Cathay Pacific releases new winter schedule
Air-India connects with LA
Aircraft wet leasing policy tightened

Trade

Growth of cashew export may be checked
New package for trading houses
Import duties for agricultural products reduced
Current economic situation and outlook : 1998-99
Strategy for revival of Indian exports

The Link

OCTOBER, 1998

Shipping

Electronic charts: A revolutionary step in maritime navigation
Maersk upgrading Australia-E. Asia service
Chinese shipping firms place panamax orders with Japanese yards
Railways' land bridge offer interests SCI, Maersk
IOL enhances services to Indian Ocean Islands and Africa
First Indian Liferaft Service Centre at Visakhapatnam
Goa shipyards clinch pacts with Portuguese
CP Ships acquires ANZDL
Inauguration of new MIX-Service
UASC takes delivery of 6th A4 series container vessel
Guangzhou Shipyard on its way up
Scan Point
Transpacific shipping lines adjust rates and charges
Kalmar's largest order en route to Turkey
Hapag-Lloyd orders three 4,800-teu vessels
Hoegh Lines ownership to be transferred to Egon Oldendorff
Evergreen plans major expansion of fleet & service network
Advance Container Line commences Calcutta-Singapore shuttle service

Ports

Survey vessel Sanshodhinee delivered to Mumbai Port Trust
'Green' signal for port projects
Rs 3,600-cr expansion plan for NMP
Reliance among 3 shortlisted for Gujarat project
SCAN POINT
MoST seeks more details from 3 cos for Vallarpadam project
MbPT introduces on-line container billing
ISPL consortium to develop Kakinada Port
RITES projects highest growth rate for container cargo traffic
Committee to spell out accounting norms
Ports FDI limit hiked to 100%; expressways link proposed
CONCOR begins operations ex-ICD Moradabad
IOC clears oil terminal project at JNP
Guidelines on marine pollution soon
JNP overtakes Mumbai Port in container-handling
TMB clears 3 port projects
Tuticorin Port sets new record in handling MoP
KPT-Indian Rlys JV for gauge conversion cleared
Rs 850 crore to modernise Vizag Port
Gujarat Adani Port to commission jetty soon
Port of Singapore Authority likely to invest in S Korean port project
Colombo signs MoU to develop Queen Elizabeth quay on BOT
Sixth container crane for Thamesport
Kandla Port shifts to fast track in cargo handling
ICD-Pithampur completes four years with record exports
VRC in US$ at Mumbai Port to be effective from 3/2/98 instead of 10/9/97

Aviation

Jet to induct Boeing 737-800 aircraft
Delta Air Lines announces new strategy for intercontinental travel
Five airlines form 'Oneworld' alliance
Airbus Industrie wins orders for 132 aircraft
Panalpina tops European airfreight market
Cathay Pacific releases new winter schedule
Air-India connects with LA
Aircraft wet leasing policy tightened

Trade

Growth of cashew export may be checked
New package for trading houses
Import duties for agricultural products reduced
Current economic situation and outlook : 1998-99
Strategy for revival of Indian exports

	web site

Tønseth ousted from Kvaerner EUROPE'S largest shipbuilder Kvaerner yesterday sacked its embattled chief executive Erik Tønseth in the wake of recent poor results and a collapse in the group's share price. Bareboat contracts upset for Larsen Niche feeder and gas/chemical carrier operator Knud I Larsen is facing legal action from a group of owners who are refusing to renegotiate bareboat contracts. Ownership dispute hits Bulgarian yard sell-off SLOVENSKE Lodenice, one of the two parties involved in the privatisation of the Bulgarian shipyard Rousse is to take legal action after the Bulgarian government reversed an earlier decision to award it the ownership of the Danube-based shipbuilder. Genetically modified harvest halted Greenpeace activists use a welder's torch to fix a 'danger' sign on a bin containing freshly harvested genetically modified maize during a protest action in Verdes, France. The group stopped the genetically modified crop at a site 200 km from Paris. Kvaerner to refocus on shipbuilding SHIPBUILDING and Kvae-rner's other traditional core businesses could be poised to recoup some of their lost glory in the aftermath of yesterday's abrupt departure of Erik Tønseth from Kvaerner's top job. New Indian port sets 50m tonnes annual target A NEW private port being built at Jamnagar in Gujarat, on India's northwestern coast, will have the facilities to import more than 50m tonnes of cargo, annually when it is ready in the first quarter of the year 2000. Orient master investigated over oil spill The master of the ill-fated passenger ferry-Princess of the Orient who was earlier declared dead by state investigation authorities has been named as a respondent by the Philippine Coast Guard in a complaint filed before the Department of Justice. Oil focus on West Africa The scale of offshore oil finds in the west African region have turned the world spotlight on the continent, encouraging countries seeking investment to improve political, fiscal and exploration regimes.

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OCTOBER 14, 1998
Internal MUA battle blamed for poor productivity INTERNAL dissension in the monopolistic MUA is being blamed for halving productivity at the Port of Sydney, which is starting to affect other ports. Philippines allows separate pilotage fees THE Philippine Ports Authority has allowed pilots to charge separate pilotage fees for docking and undocking of ships in the country's major ports. CSL rebuilding programme gets under way PORT Wellar Dry Dock has laid the keel for the new forebody for the JW McGiffin to mark the start of a rebuilding programme for Canada Steamship Line's Great Lakes fleet. Brisbane receives landbridge boost QUEENSLAND Rail has scrapped handling charges on the delivery of full containers from Brisbane's Multimodal Terminal to destinations outside the Fishermans Islands complex. Kværner's acting ceo to reassess group's strategy KVÆRNER'S acting ceo Christian Bjelland made no commitments this afternoon about the future size and shape of the Kværner Group. Delmas boosts West African services FRENCH liner operator Delmas is significantly boosting its transport capacity to strengthen its position on the Europe-West Africa route. Cherbourg to be European call for FastShip PHILADELPHIA-based FastShip has confirmed Cherbourg as the single European port of call for the new high-speed, trans-Atlantic transport network. CMA-CGM announces improved results CMA-CGM, the French liner operator, has announced greatly improved results for the first half. Melbourne builds new commodity terminal MELBOURNE is to build a A$40m ($25m) multi-bulk commodity terminal. Kværner ceo quits ERIK Tonseth, president and ceo of Anglo-Norwegian construction and shipbuilding group Kværner, has resigned with immediate effect. Loki expands shipping presence NORWEGIAN investment company Loki has increased its shipping business by taking an anchor handling tug/supply vessel on bareboat charter. Color Line to sell UK service COLOR Line, the cruise ferry division of the shipping to airline Color Group, is in talks to sell its service linking Norway and the UK. California spill traced to Liberian tanker US Coast Guard has tracked two oil slicks off San Francisco Bay to a Liberian tanker which was anchored in the bay last month. Positioning crisis worsening says P&O Nedlloyd ASIA'S container repositioning crisis is worsening with growing trade imbalances looming on the horizon.

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Liner: vers une alliance "chinoise"? Curieuse information que celle que vient de publier l'organisme "China News", qui fait allusion à la création d'une vaste alliance entre plusieurs grands armements de Chine et de Taiwan. L'information vaut ce qu'elle vaut, mais elle n'en mérite pas moins réflexion. Les ÖBB veulent transférer leur fret sur l'Italie vers la route Les chemins de fer autrichiens - les ÖBB - étudient actuellement la possibilité de transporter leurs marchandises destinées à l'Italie par la route dès qu'elles arrivent à la frontière italienne. C'est ce qu'a déclaré Anton Hoser, un des administrateurs des Österreichische Bundesbahnen. La raison de ce transfert éventuel est l'absence de capacité suffisante en Italie. Les Gebr. Verstreken investissent à Bucarest Noi Déja présente depuis fin 1992 au terminal ferroviaire de Bucarest, la société de transport belge Gebr.Verstreken, de Nieuwrode, s'est spécialisée dans les transports entre la Belgique et la Roumanie. Au point d'être sur le point d'investir plusieurs dizaines de millions dans la construction de magasins, sur un terrain propre contigu au terminal. Astra Logistics offre au client un paquet informatique personnalisé et à jour La quête d'Astra Logisitics, la filiale logistique du groupe Ahlers, d'une offre d'applications informatiques flexibles, économiques et orientées vers le client a abouti à un web-site interactif. En coopération avec des fournisseurs de hardware et de software (respectivement Xylos et Organi), Astra Logistics a réussi à offrir à chaque client un paquet d'informatique personnalisé, grâce auquel le client obtient l'accès, à titre exclusif, à une partie du web-site d'Astra Logistics. Lié au service de gestion de l'expédition et du stock d'Astra Logistics, ceci garantit des informations mises à jour. L'application Internet permet en plus une accessibilité 'round the clock'.

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Sydney users seek Carr's intervention Users have called on the Premier Bob Carr to intervene in the disputes restricting the flow of cargo through the Sydney's ports. The chairman of the Sydney Port Users Consultative Group, Peter Dexter, said his organisation had written to Mr Carr in response to the "unofficial industrial action" affecting the two container terminals at Botany Bay. Mr Dexter said the decision to write to Mr Carr, other NSW ministers as well as members of the board of the Sydney Ports Corporation was taken at an emergency meeting on Monday. Contracts awarded for Melb bulk facility Following the Victorian government's green light for Grainco's new dry bulk commodity facility in Melbourne, work will start almost immediately on its construction, according to Grainco's ceo Dave Woodall. Mr Woodall said contracts had been awarded for the first stage of the project, going to a joint venture between two Victorian companies – Concrete Constructions and Cortex Resources. Construction will be completed by November next year. He said: "The terminal will store and handle non-hazardous bulk commodities, with the first stage encompassing storage for approximately 52,000 tonnes of grain, oilseeds and pulses in 20 silo structures. "Specialist berths will provide for accelerated ship loading times – with loading and unloading services provided on a 24 hour basis. "The first stage of the terminal will provide for an estimated annual throughput of between 600,000 and 900,000 tonnes of dry bulk sources from Victoria and southern New South Wales. NRTC hints at charges backdown The National Road Transport Commission has hinted for the first time it could water down its proposed revamp of registration charges for heavy vehicles, admitting this week that some of the data used for calculating the revised charges may be outdated or flawed. The draft proposals, which were released in August to a chorus of opposition, have been widely criticised and rejected by the trucking industry and most state governments, as well as the Minister for Transport, Mark Vaile. While the commission's current proposals would involve no change to charges for about 80 per cent of Australia's heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes, operators of Australia's heaviest vehicles -- semi-trailers, B-doubles and roadtrains -- face a charges hike of up to 40 per cent. PBC applauds QR charge decision The decision by Queensland Rail to scrap handling charges on the delivery of full containers from the Brisbane Multimodal Terminal (BMT) to destinations outside the Fisherman Islands complex has been welcomed by Port of Brisbane Corporation chief executive officer Graham Mulligan. With immediate effect, the $25 per 20ft and $30 per 40ft charge will no longer be applied. The announcement came after successful negotiations between the Corporation, rail bodies and commercial operators using the Fisherman Islands facility.

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OCTOBER 14, 1998
Kvaerner CEO Fired Kvaerner ASA ousted chief executive Erik Toenseth on Wednesday following a year-long plummet of the international group's stock price plummet. Kvaerner, hard hit by economic downturns in Asia and weak oil prices, said its overall course was unchanged. But it would accelerate efforts to consider sales of non-core assets and focus on managing the firm rather than expanding. Rumors are running rampant as to who will follow Toenseth in the top spot, with unconfirmed speculation pointing at Kjell Almskog, a head of Swiss/Swedish electrical engineering group ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. UK P&I Club Cuts Supplementary Premium Call The UK P&I (Protection and Indemnity) Club reported it has cut an orginally planned supplementary premium call for 1997 to 25 percent from 40 percent, due to the strength of its reserves.The Club said the latest reduction is equivalent to a saving or rebate of more than 10.5 percent of the total cost to the UK P&I membership and is the fifth cut in six years. Pegasus Adds Three To Fleet Pegasus Shipping last week reportedly boosted its tanker fleet with the purchase of three Japanese-built ships. The ships, which were reported to be bought for $42 million en bloc, are all Panamax size, built between 1981 and 1983. Caterpillar CEO To Retire In 1999 Caterpillar Inc. said its chairman and chief executive Donald Fites will retire early next year, in accordance with the company's retirement policy, after 42 years with the world's largest construction equipment manufacturer. Sea Launch Delays First Mission Delayed by political wranglings, it appears that Sea Launch, the satellite launch venture led by Boeing Co., has delayed its first commercial launch until sometime after March 1999. Sea Launch, which initially had planned its first commercial launch for November 1998, remains on track for its current schedule of two launches in 1999, the spokeswoman said. The program has firm commitments to launch 18 satellites through 2004, including 13 for Hughes. Work on the Sea Launch was halted over the summer by State Department concerns that Boeing had violated U.S. arms control laws by transferring military technology to its commercial partners in Russia and Ukraine. Panama Canal Toll Collections Up The Panama Canal collected $545.7 million in revenue during fiscal 1998, surpassing the previous year's earnings by $52.1 million, the Panama Canal Commission (PCC) reported.

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PORTI

A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%

Pechino

Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%

PORTI

Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan

Uran

Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India

PORTI

Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno

Shanghai

SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan

MARITTIMI

Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo

Ginevra

TRASPORTO MARITTIMO

Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu

Keelung

Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni

CROCIERE

Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre

Miami

Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%

LEGISLAZIONE

Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori

Roma

ASSOCIAZIONI

Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council

Washington

Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines

LEGISLAZIONE

Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping

Washington

Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA

PORTI

Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo

Gioia Tauro

Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70

CANTIERI NAVALI

Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff

Londra/Madrid

Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro

PORTI

Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%

Parigi

Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi

ASSOCIAZIONI

Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping

Londra

Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten

PORTI

A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane

Dubai

Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari

ACCIDENTS

Fatal accident in the port of Genoa

Genoa

A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called

PORTS

In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%

PORTS

Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November

Los Angeles/Long Beach

Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded

INTERMODAL TRANSPORT

Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy

Brussels

The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services

PORTS

Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports

Leghorn

Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total

LOGISTICS

Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good

Milan

The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization

PORTS

An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports

Brussels

Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports

PORTS

Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)

SHIPPING

HMM to return to transatlantic routes

Seoul

New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line

PORTS

CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife

PORTS

Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works

The Spice

SAFETY & SECURITY

EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027

Brussels

Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened

RIVER TRANSPORT

A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon

LEGISLATION

CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles

Brussels

The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach

PORTS

UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines

Geneva

General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste

PORTS

CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port

Abu Dhabi

The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs

COMPANIES

Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital

Limassol/Hamburg

Investment worth 182.8 million euros

PORTS

The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia

The Spice

AZIENDE

La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward

Londra

L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping

OFFSHORE

L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea

Notodden

L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee

TRASPORTO MARITTIMO

Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou

Napoli

Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria

ASSOCIAZIONI

Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”

Roma

Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo

FINANZIAMENTI

Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green

La Spezia

Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno

PORTI

A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%

Genova

Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%

PORTI

Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali

Trieste

Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%

CRONACA

Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina

Genova

La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador

PORTI

Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport

Cagliari

Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro

PORTI

Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi

Bari

Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza

CRONACA

Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia

Sassari

Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan

TRASPORTO INTERMODALE

Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia

Chiasso

Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova

PORTI

Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri

Ancona

La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni

SAILING LIST

Visual Sailing List

	Departure ports
	Arrival ports by:
	-	alphabetical order
	-	country
	-	geographical areas

PORTI

A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%

Barcellona

In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)

OFFSHORE

Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria

Milano

Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari

LEGISLAZIONE

Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale

Roma

Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano

TRASPORTO FERROVIARIO

Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica

Milano

SAFETY & SECURITY

Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica

Roma

Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati

PORTI

Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%

San Pietroburgo

In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)

LOGISTICS

Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci

Kansas City

It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company

OFFSHORE

Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million

Milan

The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned

PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY

Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven

It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech

SAFETY & SECURITY

Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables

Trieste

The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure

PORTS

Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes

Barcelona/The Hague

APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal

COMPANIES

Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix

Helsinki

In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros

PORTS

Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea

The Spice

Necessary to implement works and investments

PORTS

Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper

Coper

The works will be completed by the end of 2027

PORTS

Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month

Hong Kong

In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%

ACCIDENTS

Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait

Fly

One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died

PORTS

Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore

Singapore

Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)

PORTS

Italian Ports:

Ancona

Genoa

Ravenna

Augusta

Salerno

Bari

Savona

Leghorn

Taranto

Naples

Trapani

Carrara

Palermo

Trieste

Venice

Italian Interports: list

World Ports: map


DATABASE

		Shipowners		Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
		Forwarders		Ship Suppliers
		Shipping Agents		Truckers

MEETINGS

MEETINGS

A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday

MEETINGS

Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy

Genoa

It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa

››› Meetings File

PRESS REVIEW

Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development

(Tehran Times)

North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia

››› Press Review File

FORUM

of Shipping
and Logistics

Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti

Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo

Roma, 18 settembre 2024

››› File

COMPANIES

Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello

Melzo

The special livery commemorates his life and career

FINANCING

EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar

London

Funds up to 65 million euros

PORTS

Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand

The Hague

The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted

ASSOCIATIONS

Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI

Rome

Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra

LAW

Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas

Joy Taurus

The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized

CRUISES

In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%

Hanover

In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%

SHIPPING

MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry

Dalian

Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars

INDUSTRY

RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia

Genoa

Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions

ASSOCIATIONS

European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed

Rome

Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta

PORTS

New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro

Joy Taurus

Local Advisory Committee Meeting

PORTI

PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia

Genova

TRASPORTO MARITTIMO

A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL

Taipei

RAILWAY TRANSPORT

InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory

Genoa

The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor

MEETINGS

A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday

Venice

Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues

TRADE

Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues

Geneva

The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%

PORTS

47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg

Hamburg

The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045

MARITIME SERVICES

Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China

Beijing

79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours

AVIATION

MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract

Rome

Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages

ENVIRONMENT

Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port

Marseille

The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant

PORTS

In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%

Ravenna

Cruise passengers down by -46.8%

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