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February 5, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • MPA to restrict use of line-towed barges
    From June 1, 2000, their use is prohibited in western sector of port at night
  • Leader of Asian piracy syndicate not a S'porean
  • S'pore ship detained in Sydney
  • M'sia will not impose fee on users of Malacca Straits
Air and Land Transport
  • Swissair ordered to check wiring on MD-11 fleet
    US aviation agency wants inspection of aircraft to be completed by mid-April
  • Ansett to code-share with ANA, lease jets from SIA
  • Air Canada turns in 4th-qtr loss
  • Aeroflot chief revamps management
  • GM disappointed by Jan sales
Features
  • Asia urged to combine forces
    Region has the will but needs a more concerted approach if it wants to win the fight against piracy
Columns
  • Shortfall in fuel does not entitle charterer to cancel charterparty

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • MPA to restrict use of line-towed barges
    From June 1, 2000, their use is prohibited in western sector of port at night
  • Leader of Asian piracy syndicate not a S'porean
  • S'pore ship detained in Sydney
  • M'sia will not impose fee on users of Malacca Straits
Air and Land Transport
  • Swissair ordered to check wiring on MD-11 fleet
    US aviation agency wants inspection of aircraft to be completed by mid-April
  • Ansett to code-share with ANA, lease jets from SIA
  • Air Canada turns in 4th-qtr loss
  • Aeroflot chief revamps management
  • GM disappointed by Jan sales
Features
  • Asia urged to combine forces
    Region has the will but needs a more concerted approach if it wants to win the fight against piracy
Columns
  • Shortfall in fuel does not entitle charterer to cancel charterparty

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • MPA to restrict use of line-towed barges
    From June 1, 2000, their use is prohibited in western sector of port at night
  • Leader of Asian piracy syndicate not a S'porean
  • S'pore ship detained in Sydney
  • M'sia will not impose fee on users of Malacca Straits
Air and Land Transport
  • Swissair ordered to check wiring on MD-11 fleet
    US aviation agency wants inspection of aircraft to be completed by mid-April
  • Ansett to code-share with ANA, lease jets from SIA
  • Air Canada turns in 4th-qtr loss
  • Aeroflot chief revamps management
  • GM disappointed by Jan sales
Features
  • Asia urged to combine forces
    Region has the will but needs a more concerted approach if it wants to win the fight against piracy
Columns
  • Shortfall in fuel does not entitle charterer to cancel charterparty

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • MPA to restrict use of line-towed barges
    From June 1, 2000, their use is prohibited in western sector of port at night
  • Leader of Asian piracy syndicate not a S'porean
  • S'pore ship detained in Sydney
  • M'sia will not impose fee on users of Malacca Straits
Air and Land Transport
  • Swissair ordered to check wiring on MD-11 fleet
    US aviation agency wants inspection of aircraft to be completed by mid-April
  • Ansett to code-share with ANA, lease jets from SIA
  • Air Canada turns in 4th-qtr loss
  • Aeroflot chief revamps management
  • GM disappointed by Jan sales
Features
  • Asia urged to combine forces
    Region has the will but needs a more concerted approach if it wants to win the fight against piracy
Columns
  • Shortfall in fuel does not entitle charterer to cancel charterparty

Sched Netweb site
  • Hutchison becomes world's largest port operator
  • Future bright for Hong Kong
  • Japan top of China's trade list
  • Japan rejects customs revamp
  • Shipping companies look to balanced trade
  • Canada Maritime adds tracking facility to web site
  • HAFFA offers help to members hit by airport opening
  • India despondent over freight rates after poor 1998 results
  • New London-New York flight scheduled for Continental
  • Hellmann open Scottish office

Cargowebweb site
FEBRUARY 4, 1999
  • Reorganisation Intercontainer complete
  • Dangers of El Al plane's cargo kept quiet
  • $200 million contract CSC and U.S. Postal Service
  • Brussels starts legal proceedings against Open Skies treaties
  • Paccar earnings surge 21 percent

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • US looks to ease ban on fruit imports
  • Jackson offers his own bill on Africa trade
  • Deregulation approaches; shippers try to find niche
  • FedEx pilots approve labor agreement
  • Polish Ocean Line says rumors of Chapter 11 are false
  • CP Rail looking to sell its Winnipeg welding operation
  • North Korea can't pay, so China halves crude oil sales
  • Mercury Air Group continues merger discussions
  • Frozen Food Express gets $20 million in new contracts
  • Tank truck hauler MTL Inc. is folding its two main units under a new name
  • UniCapital forms rail lending group
Transportation
  • Service performance varies at reporting railroads
  • STB closes option of filing US tariffs on FMC's system
  • STB raises filing fees in rail, truck cases
  • KCS' operating income fell, WC rose 40%
  • Innovation to be kernel of meeting
Maritime
  • Stevedores at odds over subsidies in Hamburg, Bremen-Bremerhaven
  • Russia may need foreign ships if river fleet keeps shrinking
  • Malaysia's Bintulu adds equipment, studies expansion of LNG facilities
  • POL refutes bankruptcy rumors
  • Clarification
  • Global lines knock China box plan
  • US port roundup

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • US looks to ease ban on fruit imports
  • Jackson offers his own bill on Africa trade
  • Deregulation approaches; shippers try to find niche
  • FedEx pilots approve labor agreement
  • Polish Ocean Line says rumors of Chapter 11 are false
  • CP Rail looking to sell its Winnipeg welding operation
  • North Korea can't pay, so China halves crude oil sales
  • Mercury Air Group continues merger discussions
  • Frozen Food Express gets $20 million in new contracts
  • Tank truck hauler MTL Inc. is folding its two main units under a new name
  • UniCapital forms rail lending group
Transportation
  • Service performance varies at reporting railroads
  • STB closes option of filing US tariffs on FMC's system
  • STB raises filing fees in rail, truck cases
  • KCS' operating income fell, WC rose 40%
  • Innovation to be kernel of meeting
Maritime
  • Stevedores at odds over subsidies in Hamburg, Bremen-Bremerhaven
  • Russia may need foreign ships if river fleet keeps shrinking
  • Malaysia's Bintulu adds equipment, studies expansion of LNG facilities
  • POL refutes bankruptcy rumors
  • Clarification
  • Global lines knock China box plan
  • US port roundup

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • US looks to ease ban on fruit imports
  • Jackson offers his own bill on Africa trade
  • Deregulation approaches; shippers try to find niche
  • FedEx pilots approve labor agreement
  • Polish Ocean Line says rumors of Chapter 11 are false
  • CP Rail looking to sell its Winnipeg welding operation
  • North Korea can't pay, so China halves crude oil sales
  • Mercury Air Group continues merger discussions
  • Frozen Food Express gets $20 million in new contracts
  • Tank truck hauler MTL Inc. is folding its two main units under a new name
  • UniCapital forms rail lending group
Transportation
  • Service performance varies at reporting railroads
  • STB closes option of filing US tariffs on FMC's system
  • STB raises filing fees in rail, truck cases
  • KCS' operating income fell, WC rose 40%
  • Innovation to be kernel of meeting
Maritime
  • Stevedores at odds over subsidies in Hamburg, Bremen-Bremerhaven
  • Russia may need foreign ships if river fleet keeps shrinking
  • Malaysia's Bintulu adds equipment, studies expansion of LNG facilities
  • POL refutes bankruptcy rumors
  • Clarification
  • Global lines knock China box plan
  • US port roundup

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • MSC Set to Revamp Asia/Australia Service
  • UP to Revise Free Time Provision
  • Air Exports from Japan for 1998 Dip 3.2%
  • EU Watchdog Opens Probe into KLM/Martinair Deal
  • Air Canada Suffers Net Loss of C$16 Million

urgente online pressweb site
  • El transporte aumenta las emisiones de CO2 en la Unión Europea
  • La compra de AOM hace fuerte a SAirGroup en Francia
  • TNT ampl'a con SATA su presencia en Portugal
  • Monitores cardíacos en los aviones de British Airways
  • Iberia firma un acuerdo con la aerolínea polaca LOT
  • "La auditoría logística"
  • Subaru comercializa en España el "outback"
  • Goodyear firma una alianza con Sumimoto

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Zim upgrades India-Europe direct service
  • IMC seminar on National Road Transport policy
  • P&O Nedlloyd given ISO 9002 certification
  • Farm export policy draft stalled
  • Panalpina World Transport (I) to expand operations in South India
  • Electronics units seek zero import duty on IT
  • Thirteen companies allowed to issue bonds to fund core projects
  • Plastic scrap import ban lifted
  • Pune-Gulf cargo flights from February 7
  • IETF '99 major expo for S Korea
  • Road, rail transport accords with France
  • KVSS draws 734 applications
  • Ennore may be declared as Major Port
  • Naphtha prices lowered
  • IFC resumes lending to private firms in India with $ 35 million loan
  • Cotton import duty ruled out
  • TN to improve three arterial roads
  • Garment exports up 4 per cent
  • Plan paper feels user agencies should fund new port facilities
  • China a major market waiting to be tapped
  • Excise panel for 3-tier duty structure

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 4, 1999
  • Lithuania can get all the oil they need oil if they pay more, says LUKoil
  • South Africa: Business as usual from mid-February

Il Sole 24 Ore On Lineweb site
  • L'armatore Navarma-Moby lines chiede l'intervento Ue
    Onorato all'attacco di Tirrenia: «Ha un regime fiscale distorsivo»
  • Nei due scali pugliesi un 1998 positivo anche per i passeggeri
    Per Bari e Brindisi traffico merci in crescita
  • E Moby acquista due ferry
  • Dal porto di Salerno no all'accorpamento con l'Autorità di Napoli

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Bank wins $20m in damages after fraud by shipowners
    BERLINER Bank has won more than $20m in damages from five London Greek shipowners after a seven-week fraud trial in the High Court.
  • Clarkson's exclusive link with Sasebo
    Leading shipbroker H. Clarkson is taking on the international marketing of Japan's Sasebo Heavy Industries on an exclusive basis, it was disclosed last night.
  • Cammell Laird is still hungry
    Cammell Laird's hunger for acquisitions shows no signs of abating as profits for the UK's largest shiprepair and conversion group continue to power ahead.
  • Freight mover shines in gloom
    AN economic downturn in the second half of 1998 failed to dampen UK-based parcels and logistics operator Nightfreight, which saw full year profits rise 16% to '3.5m ($5.7m).
  • Ferry licence system in firing line
    Greece's methods of awarding domestic ferry operating licences looks certain to come under renewed fire in the coming days after two rival companies have signalled they intend to compete for the chance to establish a toehold in the trade between Piraeus and the Dodecanese islands.
  • Pressure on boxship charter rates set to ease in second half
    A DOWNWARD trend in containership charter hire, caused by oversupply, could experience some relief during the second half of this year.
  • Seven bid for Argentina port plan
    Seven international consortia have prequalified for the construction of the controversial megaport of Buenos Aires, which has a notional price tag of $450m.
  • Festival Cruises' new ship Mistral
    THIS is Festival Cruises' new ship Mistral which has just been floated out from dry dock to go into her final stage of construction, writes David Mott.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 4, 1999
  • IMB reveals pirate mastermind
    THE International Maritime Bureau has released details of the arrest of the mastermind in an international pirate syndicate.
  • Casjens denies Hapag liner division sale
    GUNTHER Casjens, head of Hapag Lloyd's liner shipping division said today that the division would not be sold despite Preussag's focus on tourism.
  • Berliner Bank wins fraud case
    BERLINER Bank has won its High Court action against several shipowners, following a sophisticated shipping fraud involving five Romanian newbuildings in the early 1990s.
  • ICB in bareboat deal as profit slides
    ICB SHIPPING has sold a 158,000 dwt suezmax tanker to undisclosed buyers under a bareboat charter back deal.
  • Safmarine sale fears hit shares
    SAFREN shares tumbled on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange yesterday for the second day running amid fears over its planned sale of Safmarine.
  • New Jersey fights to keep Sea-Land terminal
    NEW Jersey's governor has asked officials to study further cost reductions to persuade Sea-Land and Mærsk to build a new terminal in New York and New Jersey.
  • Malta Freeport strike ends
    MALTA'S second largest trade union yesterday agreed to end a two-day strike at the Freeport.
  • US LNG owner seeks to re-flag in Marshalls
    WILMINGTON Trust Co has asked the Maritime Administration for permission to transfer two US-flag lng ships to the Marshall Islands registry.
  • India blocks lng venture
    INDIA'S Surface Transport Ministry has demanded a higher stake for the Shipping Corporation of India in an lng joint venture with Mitsui OSK Lines and Enron Corporation. transport.
  • Steel war hots up
    THE WTO has agreed to investigate US anti-dumping laws amid a wave of US steelmakers seeking bankruptcy protection.
  • Australian stevedores given deadline
    STEVEDORES in Australia have been given a 90-day deadline by the transport minister to complete redundancy deals or face losing government funding.
  • Pan United to sell stake in Chinese firm
    SINGAPORE shipyard-company Pan United Corp has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Xinlong Cast Iron is to sell its stake in a Chinese pipe company.
  • Incat under fire
    AUSTRALIAN fast-ferry manufacturer Incat has hit a wave of political turbulence over links with the government in its home state of Tasmania.
  • ISF backs Syndarma over smoke-screen allegations
    SPECULATION that Syndarma has been interfering with attempts to resolve the 'Visa No 5' controversy have been refuted by the International Shipping Federation (ISF).
  • Indian ports press for more power
    CHAIRMEN of India's eleven major ports have pressed for more power, demanding the freedom to fix tariffs for both cargo and port related charges.
  • Storm warning for UK waters
    SEAFARERS working in UK waters can expect the remainder of the winter to be unusually stormy, according to climate physicist Mark Saunders.
  • Pequot wins fast ferry order
    PEQUOT River Shipworks in Connecticut, owned by the Pequot Indian tribe, is to build a fast ferry for Bahamas Fast Ferries Service of Nassau.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Le Rhin d'Acier pourrait être opérationnel en six mois
    Le bruit des avions qui atterrissent à Maastricht, un ballast impeccable, des rails rouillés, bien sûr... Puis, sur une centaine de mètres à peine, à la frontière entre les Pays-Bas et l'Allemagne, l'assiette du Rhin d'Acier est quelque peu envahie par les herbes. Ensuite, du côté allemand, de nouveau un ballast impeccable. De l'avis de tous les experts, pour une ligne soi-disant désaffectée depuis 1991, le Rhin d'Acier se porte bien et peut théoriquement être rouvert immédiatement pour une exploitation réduite. Il serait toutefois souhaitable de rembourrer ci et là le ballast et surtout d'adapter la signalisation. L'affaire de quelques mois... Telle est la principale conclusion qu'on peut tirer d'une très intéressante visite in situ, à l'initiative de la Commission Infrastructures de la Chambre et de son président André Schellens, à laquelle avait été invité le ministre fédéral des Transports Michel Daerden.
  • Paccar a battu tous ses records en 1998
    Le groupe américain Paccar, qui possède les marques DAF et Foden en Europe et Peterbilt et Kenworth aux Etats-Unis, a annoncé des résultats record pour l'année 1998. Il a été aidé en cela par le fait que le marché du camion a atteint un niveau très élevé des deux côtés de l'Atlantique. Dans le passé, les deux marchés étaient anticycliques, mais cela fait six ans qu'ils sont tous deux en hausse. Pour 1999, Paccar s'attend à une baisse modérée, tant en Europe qu'en Amérique du Nord.
  • CMA développe un troisième grand service EastMed/Japon/Chine
    L'armement CMA continue à lancer de nouvelles initiatives. Il vient en effet de démarrer l'exploitation d'un troisième grand service intéressant l'Est méditerranéen, le Japon et la Chine, auquel il a affecté neuf porte-containers de 1.750 à 1.800 TEU.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • SCT starts reefer van ops
    Melbourne-based transport group Specialized Container Transport has made moves to shore up its revenue base, with the start-up last week of its first refrigerated van operation on the east-west rail corridor.
    The refrigerated van service, which is initially running once a week as part of SCT's thrice-weekly train between Melbourne and Perth, is unique to Australia and represents the company's first move into refrigerated rail operations.
    The company said it hoped to grab a share of the interstate transport of perishable products through the introduction of the purpose-built and temperature-controlled rail vans. It claims to already have a 30 per cent share of the dry freight market on the corridor.
  • NR sale 'on track' despite delays
    The federal government has indicated that National Rail could still be sold by the end of this year, despite the apparent stalling of the protracted privatisation process as a result of the looming NSW state election.
    The government's Office of Asset Sales, which is acting on behalf of all three NR shareholders, is understood to have delayed the appointment of advisers for the NR divestment until after the NSW election on 27 March.
    A spokesman for the OAS conceded yesterday that the looming NSW election could hold up the long-awaited NR privatisation process, but said the sale could still be finalised by the end of the year.
  • Patrick cleared to sue MUA
    The Australian Industrial Relations Commission yesterday issued stevedore Patrick with a certificate allowing it to proceed against the Maritime Union of Australia in the civil courts.
    The certificate was granted in terms of section 166A of the Workplace Relations Act after union members failed to start work on the bulk carrier Kapitan Betkhar at Newcastle's Eastern Basin Distribution Centre.
    On Wednesday, Commissioner Wilks issued orders under section 127 of the Act, ordering officers and members of the union to start work on the vessel which is caught up in the dispute over whether members of the Transport Workers Union have the right to work on the wharf.
  • Cairncross awaits 'market interest'
    In line with expectations, Monday's meeting of Keppel Cairncross Shipyard Limited's creditors decided to retain the voluntary administrators appointed by the company's board and to form a creditors' committee to simplify the liaison process with the administrators on the future of the Brisbane ship repair yard.
    The board's decision to appoint Rick Dennis and Angus Blackwood of professional services firm, Ernst & Young, as voluntary administrators came after chairman Loh Wing Siew said there was little prospect of improvement in the company's recent ability to attract additional business.
  • Japan trade THCs on the way
    The substantial reduction of freight rates in the Australia to Japan trade over the past 12 months has forced the Australia Northbound Shipping Conference to impose terminal handling charges in Japan. The rates are believed to have fallen by as much as 20 per cent.
    An industry source confirmed the drop in rates and said lines were no longer in a position to absorb rising terminal handling costs at a time of falling freight rates.
    The Australia Northbound Shipping Conference discussed the imposition of the charges with the Australian Peak Shippers Association as required by the relevant legislation, the Trade Practices Act. The APSA opposed the move.
    APSA executive director Frank Beaufort told DCN yesterday that as far he was concerned the conference did not provide convincing arguments to justify its move.
    However, he admitted that rates have fallen.

International Transport Journalweb site
Tabletalk
  • "Agents have to conquer new fields of activity" Fonasba president Edouard de Clebsattel expresses his view on the future role and possibilities of shipping agents.
Maritime
  • TMM and CP Ships establish Americana Ships. TMM and CP Ships have now finalised their new container shipping partnership which they announced three months ago.
  • Lykes Lines upgrades its trans-Atlantic service.
  • Israeli carrier Zim now offers a second Pacific service.
  • Hapag-Lloyd again reports higher turnover and profit.
  • The role of the World Trade Organisation WTO is changing.
  • SCL acquires Roadwing from the Rennies group.
Ports and Terminals
  • The Rotterdam Municipal Port Management is dealing with the millennium problem.
  • Malta Freeport inaugurates Terminal Two and is on course for another record in 1999.
  • Advanced Strategies for Port & Terminal Management will be held in Kent in March.
  • Klaipeda opens a new terminal.
  • Long Beach is planning a new container terminal.
Forwarding
  • FedEx and Caliber join forces in European countries.
  • Stinnes wants to buy the remaining BTL shares.
  • CNF reported a record result for financial 1998.
Aviation
  • Arrow Line expands its schedule.
  • Air Canada introduces flights to Sky Harbor, the airport of Phoenix AZ.
  • Martinair now flies to Shannon/Ireland.
  • Northwest Airlines will soon open a route to Oslo/Norway.
  • BAX Global slithers into the loss zone.
  • Eagle USA has reported a satisfactory financial year.
  • Lufthansa: strong basis for a leap forward. Showing good transport figures, the Lufthansa group aims for stable long-term results through diversification.
  • Swisscargo's X-Presso is developing strongly.
  • New customers for Mercury.

International Transport Journalweb site
Tabletalk
  • "Agents have to conquer new fields of activity" Fonasba president Edouard de Clebsattel expresses his view on the future role and possibilities of shipping agents.
Maritime
  • TMM and CP Ships establish Americana Ships. TMM and CP Ships have now finalised their new container shipping partnership which they announced three months ago.
  • Lykes Lines upgrades its trans-Atlantic service.
  • Israeli carrier Zim now offers a second Pacific service.
  • Hapag-Lloyd again reports higher turnover and profit.
  • The role of the World Trade Organisation WTO is changing.
  • SCL acquires Roadwing from the Rennies group.
Ports and Terminals
  • The Rotterdam Municipal Port Management is dealing with the millennium problem.
  • Malta Freeport inaugurates Terminal Two and is on course for another record in 1999.
  • Advanced Strategies for Port & Terminal Management will be held in Kent in March.
  • Klaipeda opens a new terminal.
  • Long Beach is planning a new container terminal.
Forwarding
  • FedEx and Caliber join forces in European countries.
  • Stinnes wants to buy the remaining BTL shares.
  • CNF reported a record result for financial 1998.
Aviation
  • Arrow Line expands its schedule.
  • Air Canada introduces flights to Sky Harbor, the airport of Phoenix AZ.
  • Martinair now flies to Shannon/Ireland.
  • Northwest Airlines will soon open a route to Oslo/Norway.
  • BAX Global slithers into the loss zone.
  • Eagle USA has reported a satisfactory financial year.
  • Lufthansa: strong basis for a leap forward. Showing good transport figures, the Lufthansa group aims for stable long-term results through diversification.
  • Swisscargo's X-Presso is developing strongly.
  • New customers for Mercury.

International Transport Journalweb site
Tabletalk
  • "Agents have to conquer new fields of activity" Fonasba president Edouard de Clebsattel expresses his view on the future role and possibilities of shipping agents.
Maritime
  • TMM and CP Ships establish Americana Ships. TMM and CP Ships have now finalised their new container shipping partnership which they announced three months ago.
  • Lykes Lines upgrades its trans-Atlantic service.
  • Israeli carrier Zim now offers a second Pacific service.
  • Hapag-Lloyd again reports higher turnover and profit.
  • The role of the World Trade Organisation WTO is changing.
  • SCL acquires Roadwing from the Rennies group.
Ports and Terminals
  • The Rotterdam Municipal Port Management is dealing with the millennium problem.
  • Malta Freeport inaugurates Terminal Two and is on course for another record in 1999.
  • Advanced Strategies for Port & Terminal Management will be held in Kent in March.
  • Klaipeda opens a new terminal.
  • Long Beach is planning a new container terminal.
Forwarding
  • FedEx and Caliber join forces in European countries.
  • Stinnes wants to buy the remaining BTL shares.
  • CNF reported a record result for financial 1998.
Aviation
  • Arrow Line expands its schedule.
  • Air Canada introduces flights to Sky Harbor, the airport of Phoenix AZ.
  • Martinair now flies to Shannon/Ireland.
  • Northwest Airlines will soon open a route to Oslo/Norway.
  • BAX Global slithers into the loss zone.
  • Eagle USA has reported a satisfactory financial year.
  • Lufthansa: strong basis for a leap forward. Showing good transport figures, the Lufthansa group aims for stable long-term results through diversification.
  • Swisscargo's X-Presso is developing strongly.
  • New customers for Mercury.

International Transport Journalweb site
Tabletalk
  • "Agents have to conquer new fields of activity" Fonasba president Edouard de Clebsattel expresses his view on the future role and possibilities of shipping agents.
Maritime
  • TMM and CP Ships establish Americana Ships. TMM and CP Ships have now finalised their new container shipping partnership which they announced three months ago.
  • Lykes Lines upgrades its trans-Atlantic service.
  • Israeli carrier Zim now offers a second Pacific service.
  • Hapag-Lloyd again reports higher turnover and profit.
  • The role of the World Trade Organisation WTO is changing.
  • SCL acquires Roadwing from the Rennies group.
Ports and Terminals
  • The Rotterdam Municipal Port Management is dealing with the millennium problem.
  • Malta Freeport inaugurates Terminal Two and is on course for another record in 1999.
  • Advanced Strategies for Port & Terminal Management will be held in Kent in March.
  • Klaipeda opens a new terminal.
  • Long Beach is planning a new container terminal.
Forwarding
  • FedEx and Caliber join forces in European countries.
  • Stinnes wants to buy the remaining BTL shares.
  • CNF reported a record result for financial 1998.
Aviation
  • Arrow Line expands its schedule.
  • Air Canada introduces flights to Sky Harbor, the airport of Phoenix AZ.
  • Martinair now flies to Shannon/Ireland.
  • Northwest Airlines will soon open a route to Oslo/Norway.
  • BAX Global slithers into the loss zone.
  • Eagle USA has reported a satisfactory financial year.
  • Lufthansa: strong basis for a leap forward. Showing good transport figures, the Lufthansa group aims for stable long-term results through diversification.
  • Swisscargo's X-Presso is developing strongly.
  • New customers for Mercury.

International Transport Journalweb site
Tabletalk
  • "Agents have to conquer new fields of activity" Fonasba president Edouard de Clebsattel expresses his view on the future role and possibilities of shipping agents.
Maritime
  • TMM and CP Ships establish Americana Ships. TMM and CP Ships have now finalised their new container shipping partnership which they announced three months ago.
  • Lykes Lines upgrades its trans-Atlantic service.
  • Israeli carrier Zim now offers a second Pacific service.
  • Hapag-Lloyd again reports higher turnover and profit.
  • The role of the World Trade Organisation WTO is changing.
  • SCL acquires Roadwing from the Rennies group.
Ports and Terminals
  • The Rotterdam Municipal Port Management is dealing with the millennium problem.
  • Malta Freeport inaugurates Terminal Two and is on course for another record in 1999.
  • Advanced Strategies for Port & Terminal Management will be held in Kent in March.
  • Klaipeda opens a new terminal.
  • Long Beach is planning a new container terminal.
Forwarding
  • FedEx and Caliber join forces in European countries.
  • Stinnes wants to buy the remaining BTL shares.
  • CNF reported a record result for financial 1998.
Aviation
  • Arrow Line expands its schedule.
  • Air Canada introduces flights to Sky Harbor, the airport of Phoenix AZ.
  • Martinair now flies to Shannon/Ireland.
  • Northwest Airlines will soon open a route to Oslo/Norway.
  • BAX Global slithers into the loss zone.
  • Eagle USA has reported a satisfactory financial year.
  • Lufthansa: strong basis for a leap forward. Showing good transport figures, the Lufthansa group aims for stable long-term results through diversification.
  • Swisscargo's X-Presso is developing strongly.
  • New customers for Mercury.

TradeWindsweb site
  • Vardinoyannis' meteoric rise to top
    THE VARDINOYANNIS FAMILY is well known in shipping for operating an extensive fleet of tankers and products carriers. But the family s influence goes much further, covering oil, banking, property, media interests, hotels, charity work and control of a famous football team. The vast fortune now held by the family has been put together in a relatively short time and its lifestyle today is a world away from its origins in a small village in southern Crete.
  • Ship scam exposed in court
  • Fredriksen will appeal
  • Dry cargo exception
  • Japan sees Chinese red
  • London reshuffle ahead
  • Little fish in a big pond
  • A tough week ahead

Traffic Worldweb site
  • Mike Jenkins was careful to warn his audience at the International Warehouse Logistics Association convention that they might not like everything he had to say. And he wrapped up his speech with a plea not to shoot the messenger. But the members applauded their chief executive officer, even after he pointedly warned that unless warehouse operators adapt to provide value-added services, they'll be passed by. It was a message of "tough love," said one attendee.
  • Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf has ensnared the Federal Highway Administration, its Office of Motor Carriers and at least four OMC officials in an influence-peddling scandal. The Department of Transportation's inspector general confirmed that OMC officials shirked their official responsibilities in favor of buddying up to truckers and improperly lobbying Congress in opposition to Wolf's desire to shift OMC from FHWA to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. OMC Associate Administrator George Reagle and three other OMC officials have been reassigned by FHWA Administrator Kenneth Wykle.
  • At Toyota North America, inventory management is a matter of hours, not days. That's why the automaker that pioneered just-in-time inventory and lean manufacturing systems decided it was time to speed delivery of parts to its dealers. Last year Toyota's Parts Distribution Center in Mansfield, Mass., asked Exel Logistics North America, a Toyota supplier since 1986, to create a solution that would ensure next-day delivery to its 110 dealerships in the Northeast, an achievement that cut standard delivery times in half.
  • ABF Freight System soon will announce a formal partnership in Mexico with MultiPack, an established small parcel carrier unofficially known as the "UPS of Mexico." ABF officials say MultiPack is an excellent fit for this nation's fourth-largest LTL carrier because of its technological reach and commitment to quality. U.S. carriers increasingly are looking toward Mexico to build market share in that fast-growing north-south border traffic.
  • New commercial life is sprouting in the Arctic as mining, oil exploration and tourism unlock the economic potential of this vast region. Maritime trade is a beneficiary as more vessels ply polar waters. The challenge for shipping interests is how to regulate these hostile waters without imposing crippling costs on the companies that operate there. Progress is being made on several fronts. The International Maritime Organization is developing a nonmandatory Polar Code that will set standards for pollution control and safe navigation. A harmonized code for polar-class vessels is also in the works.
  • A sudden jump in rail fatalities, along with complaints by customers trying to get competitive pricing for business, has called the question, who's minding the store at Conrail? The question seems even more important given the fact that the railroad recently announced that its closing date will be June 1, three months later than initially hoped for. It could mean three more months of service and safety issues for Conrail customers. However, Conrail officials insist that the snafus are isolated and that there's no reason to worry.
  • Will Costa Rica be as lucrative a market for the United Parcel Service as its name promises? UPS certainly hopes so. The Atlanta-based carrier is following its customers to what it calls its "last frontier" - Latin America. UPS announced that it would begin offering dedicated round-trip service, five days a week, between Miami and San Jose, Costa Rica. It expects the new dedicated service to significantly improve transit times and provide earlier delivery and later pickup times. The service comes in response to the company's 16 percent growth rate in Latin America last year and is one of a number of steps UPS has taken in the past year to expand its presence in the region.
  • Manugistics, once the undisputed king of the supply-chain software vendors, has taken a serious beating. Its stock price has plummeted, its management is in flux and its competitors - chief among them archrival i2 Technologies - are riding high. Manugistics saw its stock price fall from a high of about $66 last April to a little over $9 last week. Both Legg Mason and BT Alex. Brown downgraded the company late last month after it broke off merger talks, announced plans to cut its work force by 30 percent and launched a search for a new CEO. However, the supply-chain software race isn't over yet, and Manugistics still has some advantages.
  • The Port of Montreal notched its 19th consecutive year in the black in 1998 as increasing container and liquid bulk traffic more than compensated for a fall in grain shipments. Dominic Taddeo, port president and CEO, reported a 1.2 percent increase in traffic over 1997, to 21 million tons of freight, the highest since 1990. The strong performance will enable the port to invest more than C$180 million in the expansion and improvement of its facilities during the next five years.

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PORTS
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
SHIPPING
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
CRUISES
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
PORTS
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
COMPETITION
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
ENVIRONMENT
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
COMPANIES
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
PORTS
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INDUSTRY
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
COMPETITION
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
PORTS
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
SHIPYARDS
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
ENVIRONMENT
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
LOGISTICS
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
SHIPPING
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
PORTS
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
SHIPPING
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
SHIPPING
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
PORTS
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
SHIPPING
Danaos reports a new drop in quarterly revenue generated by fleet of container carriers
Athens
Coustas : With the Trump administration, which has promised new duties, a future reduction in container traffic is possible
PORTS
In the first ten months of 2024, the traffic of goods in Russian ports decreased by -3.2%
St. Petersburg
The dry goods amounted to 370.8 million tonnes (-3.5%), those liquids at 372.2 million tonnes (-2.9%)
PORTS
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
SHIPYARDS
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
SHIPPING
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
STUDIES AND RESEARCH
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
COMPANIES
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
PORTS
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
EDUCATION
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
MEETINGS
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
MOURNING
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
NEWS
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
NEWS
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
SHIPPING
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
SHIPPING
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
PORTS
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
PORTS
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
PORTS
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
PORTS
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
LOGISTICS
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
COMPANIES
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
COMPANIES
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
PORTS
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
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PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
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FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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COMPANIES
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
PORTS
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
PORTS
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
COMPANIES
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
PORTS
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
SHIPYARDS
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
SHIPPING
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
COMPANIES
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
PORTS
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
PORTS
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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