Taca awaits EU verdict on charges MEMBERS of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (Taca) expect to hear within the next few days whether they face hefty fines for breaking EU competition law.
Le Havre cranes are withdrawn LE HAVRE has withdrawn from service five gantry cranes of similar type to the one which failed during loading operations at a container terminal on Wednesday evening.
Raising the profile of railway traffic IT was not long ago that raising the prospect for the containerisation of China's railways would bring nervous laughs from Chinese shipping lines and dismissive comments from overseas executives.
Economic sanctions spell trouble for India THE fall of the rupee against the dollar, due to the imposition of US sanctions, could spell trouble for India, the world's third largest shipbreaking nation.
OMI revenue up as rejig goes ahead NEW York-based OMI Corp, which is in the midst of a substantial reordering of its operations, has announced net income of $2.3m for the first quarter of the year, compared with $15.3m in the corresponding 1997 period.
Car carrier 'Aquarius Leader' makes her big bow NYK's latest car carrier newbuilding Aquarius Leader is seen above on her maiden voyage yesterday at Bremerhaven.
Tick-boxes, fatigue and the Philosopher's Stone I FEEL it incumbent upon me to sound a cautionary note about the tick-box as evidence of something having been done properly. I say 'incumbent' because there are many seafarers, particularly masters, who will feel they cannot voice their private misgivings for fear of being accused of heresy. Let me make my standpoint clear at the outset; I also use the adjective 'cautionary', because I am not hostile to tick-boxes for their own sake. I have used them myself as aides memoire when I thought they would prove not merely useful, but vital at a critical and probably distracting moment. Their danger lies in the culture that has created them and culture, being a dynamic abstract, will inevitably breed unintended offshoots, offshoots which may, I fear, wreck the high standards of which the tick-box is a manifestation.
MC Shipping acquisitions boost fleet MC Shipping president Guy Morel pledged to continue the company's acquisition spree in the year ahead, following the purchase of eight small gas carriers in the first quarter of this year.
Record spend-up in Queensland Queensland's reputation as a big spender on transport infrastructure continued last week, with the state government allocating a record $2.1 billion to transport in the 1998-99 state budget. The 15 per cent increase in transport spending comprises a 8.6 per cent increase for the state's roads, 9.9 per cent for rail and a jump of 192 per cent for transport infrastructure.
Maritime disputes in courts again Supreme courts in New South Wales and Victoria will today and tomorrow hear further matters relating to the dispute between Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia. Mr Justice Beach refused to hear an MUA appeal to his finding that the union was in contempt in relation to an earlier ruling on picketing at the port of Melbourne.
WA builders looking to Malaysia Western Australian Deputy Premier Hendy Cowan is looking into possibilities for cooperations between WA shipbuilding companies and the boat building industry in Sarawak east Malaysia. Along with shipbuilding, food production, education and alternative energy sources were identified as having potential for increased trade between the two areas.
Raise the bar, Sharp tells Intertanko Former federal minister for Transport John Sharp has called for increased self-regulation of the international tanker industry as a means of reducing the risk of future incidents resulting in pollution of the maritime environment. Mr Sharp said Intertanko should set standards that require compliance for membership. If a shipowner does not meet the standards, they could not be a member.
Columbus resorts to legal action Columbus Line was taking legal action against the international Longshore and Warehouse Union over the weekend in an attempt to discharge its containership the Columbus Canada at Los Angeles. Doug Webster, a spokesman for Columbus Line in the US told DCN the company's attorneys were preparing papers for legal action but details of the specifics of their suit would not be available until filing.
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