P&O Nedlloyd seeks base ANGLO-Dutch container shipping giant P&O Nedlloyd has announced its wish to develop its own box handling terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Boxships order will go ahead P&O Nedlloyd confirmed yesterday an order for five containerships of 5,000 teu capacity, to be built in German yards and scheduled for delivery by the end of 2000.
Joint venture highlights new cruise market trend THE joint venture agreement between shipmanagement firm V Ships and Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, to build and operate a new $200m luxury cruise vessel, marks a strategic step ahead in the luxury cruise market for both groups.
Tanker Navigation secures Oslo listing THE Oslo Stock Exchange has approved the listing of another shipping company, Tanker Navigation, writes Tony Gray.
Stevedores set for Antwerp alliances ANTWERP'S fiercely competitive stevedoring community looks set for a year of mergers and alliances.
UK MPs back new rail authority plan THE UK's House of Commons Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee has backed plans for a Strategic Rail Authority to oversee the country's rail system, it was announced yesterday.
Austal lands new order for Chambon cat AUSTAL Ships has secured a second catamaran order from Marseilles-based Compagnie Chambon group, signalling a further upgrading of French Caribbean high-speed ferry services.
Inmarsat may move head office out of UK INTERNATIONAL satellite organisation Inmarsat may move its headquarters from the UK unless the government responds quickly to its request for details of transitional arrangements when Inmarsat's privatisation is approved, writes Sandra Speares.
Seafrance slashes losses SEAFRANCE, the French ferry operator, has announced reduced losses for 1997 of Ffr11m ($1.8m), a significant improvement on the previous year's figure of Ffr110m.
Profits surge for P&O Nedlloyd P&O Nedlloyd has announced a 1997 pre-tax profit before interest and merger costs of $73m, compared with $19m as separate companies.
Three now dead in Bangkok blast ONE more crewmember has been confirmed killed in yesterday's engineroom explosion and fire aboard the Amer Prabha near Bangkok.
Kværner wins P&O Nedlloyd contract KVÆRNER Warnow Werft has won a contract to build three large container vessels for P&O Nedlloyd.
Philippine ports seek storage hike THE Philippine Ports Authority is planning to implement a 50 per cent increase in storage services in all ports nationwide.
Box growth flat at big Japanese ports GROWTH in international container cargo handled by Japan's big five ports was flat last year, according to statistics compiled by Shipping and Trade News of Tokyo.
Evergreen signs up with LA EVERGREEN has signed a 32-year contract renewing its container terminal lease with the Port of Los Angeles.
Canadian grain terminal project falls through PLANS to build a high throughput grain and agricultural products terminal in Delta, British Columbia, have fallen through.
Strikes spread as miners fight loss of rights STRIKES by more than 2,000 miners in the southern NSW coalfields yesterday signalled the beginning of a national campaign of rolling stoppages.
Patrick warns employees of company collapse AUSTRALIAN stevedoring company Patrick has warned all employees that continuing industrial action is dragging the company towards collapse.
Crew subsidies acceptable, says Brazilian minister CREW subsidies are morally acceptable because Brazilian costs are higher than those of competitors, according to the Brazilian transport minister.
Norden doubles profit COPENHAGEN-based bulker and product tanker company DS Norden has reported a 122 per cent leap in pre-tax profit.
IHI profits fall despite sales increase JAPANESE shipbuilder Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries will post a four per cent fall in profits despite a four per cent increase in sales.
Livanos adds tankers to Greek flag CERES Hellenic, the Greek owner, has named its two latest suezmax additions.
Tamil Nadu examines Cuddalore Port development INDIA'S Tamil Nadu government is examining the use of private funds to convert the south-west port of Cuddalore to an all weather port.
Kien Hung to start Latin feeder service TAIWANESE carrier Kien Hung is to start a weekly fixed-day shuttle service between Montevideo in Uruguay and Paranagua in Brazil.
Japan plans to ease Kobe pilotage rules JAPAN'S Ministry of Transport is proposing to relax compulsory pilotage at the port of Kobe.
Foc registers make seafarers 'displaced persons' FOC shipping has come in for criticism from Prof Tony Lane, director of the UK's Seafarers' International Research Centre.
"La liberté de cabotage ne changera rien au marché européen" La libéralisation du cabotage routier en Europe, c'est pour dans 97 jours. "Doit-on en avoir peur ou en tirer parti?". Tel était la question posée lors d'un des débats à la SITL à Paris. La conclusion unanime a été que la question, en fait, ne se posera pas: le cabotage restera un phénomène marginal, qui ne changera en presque rien les conditions du marché européen du transport. La création de filiales locales sera plus adéquate pour aborder des marchés nationaux. Un intervenant ira même plus loin: "Les hommes politiques qui voient dans le cabotage la possibilité de réduire les trajets à vide doivent arrêter de se voiler la face. Il est temps d'enlever les fausses barbes!".
Un transitaire marseillais choisit Anvers pour se positionner en international D'ici un mois, une nouvelle entreprise d'expédition verra le jour sur la place d'Anvers, à savoir la société HBI Belgium s.a. (capital 750.000 BEF entièrement souscrit), qui établira ses bureaux au Rijnkaai 37. Ce qui est particulier dans cette naissance, c'est qu'il s'agit d'un commissionnaire en transport/transitaire de Marseille, qui a décidé de s'implanter dans la zone portuaire anversoise animé du souci de se positionner sur la scène internationale. Il le fait dans le cadre d'une joint-venture avec un expéditeur anversois, la firme Contraco, qui y participe à raison de 30%.
UE: les négociations sur le transit suisse et l'Eurovignette dans l'impasse La Suisse a promis à l'UE qu'elle allait réduire les délais d'attente à la frontière entre l'Allemange et la Suisse près de Bâle et à la frontière entre l'Italie et la Suisse près de Chiasso à trente minutes une fois l'accord de transit entré en vigueur.
Patrick puts workers off-pay The waterfront situation deteriorated again yesterday when Patrick said that the Workplace Relations Act prohibited if from paying wages to its waterfront workers until overtime bans were lifted. The stevedore also disclosed a dramatic slump in productivity, with crane movements at Port Botany allegedly dropping as low as 10 movements per hour.
Engineers tie up Brambles over shares A dispute between Brambles Shipping and the Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers over the allocation of the share windfall resulting from the AMP de-mutualisation has erupted again, stranding two Brambles ships in Melbourne and Hobart indefinitely. In a bid to cut the stoppage short, Brambles Shipping has applied to the Australia Industrial Relations Commission for a hearing under section 127 of the Workplace Relations act.
All casual crew for Wellington The shake-up in New Zealand's stevedoring industry continues with a vessel in the port of Wellington being worked by an all casual workforce for the first time. The NZ Waterfront Workers Union's Trevor Hanson said, "Eighteen of our members who lost their jobs with Wellington Stevedores have been re-hired by Gisborne Stevedores and are working the vessel. They have been employed on a job by job basis."
Wharfies, farmers get warm and fuzzy Western Australian wharfies pitted their respective multiskills on the state's rural community this week when they tried their hands at sheepshearing, pasture management and general farm handy work. The scheme was part of a Maritime Union of Australia campaign to forge a stronger empathy between the union and the state's Pastoralists and Grazier's Association.
POAL escapes power shock Ports of Auckland chairman Sir Richard Carter has written to shareholders to advise that the port's prompt response to the city's electricity crisis will minimise the financial impact on the company. He said power was still not fully restored to the central business district, so the magnitude of lost revenue and costs could not yet be determined.
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