Canadian yards and unions present blueprint for national shipbuilding policy Efforts to rebuild Canada's shipbuilding industry continue. An alliance of shipbuilding unions and shipyards has now completed a joint strategy paper.
Progress on SeaAmerica cruise ship plan David W. Turner, chairman and CEO of SeaAmerica Cruise Lines, Inc., reports more progress with the company's plan to build three 1,000 passenger, 42,000 gt U.s.-flag cruise ships.
ABS guidance note on air pollution ABS has issued comprehensive guidelines to help shipowners and operators meet the requirements of the new MARPOL 73/78 Air Pollution Annex VI
Major crude spill in Sydney Harbour SHELL Australia and Italian shipping company Fratelli D'Amato have taken the blame for a hugely embarrassing and potentially costly oil spill in Sydney Harbour.
Gloomy outlook for tanker freight rates DESPERATE tanker owners who hoped for a rebound from present depressed tanker freight rates later this year could be bitterly disappointed, shipping analysts have warned.
Maersk seeks UK tax change pledge THE Maersk Company has been working quietly to ensure that established shipowners are not disadvantaged by any UK tax changes.
Stocks sagged A Japanese investor wipes his head in the summer heat as he looks at stock prices outside a securities company in the business district of Tokyo. Stocks sagged yesterday as hopes waned for any immediate US-Japan joint action to bolster a weakened dollar clouding prospects for Japan's exporters.
Fred Olsen drilling rig hit by new problems FRESH problems have surfaced on the Borgland Dolphin, the Fred Olsen Energy semi-submersible drilling rig under conversion at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
Don't point - it's rude! Don't point - it's rude! Pride of place off Cowes this week has been the mega-yacht Katana, providing hotel services for her owner media mogul Ted Turner. Built by Blohm + Voss in 1991, the four decker, which has more curved glass in her than the Palm House at Kew, is registered in Kingston, Jamaica, and flies the St Vincent & Grenadines flag, which can just be distinguished to port of what at first sight appeared to be a gigantic Japanese ensign, but clearly has some role associated with sponsorship.
Tristar crew's ordeal over FIVE Pakistani seafarers stuck in the US since the collapse of Tristar Shipping Lines in May last year have finally been repatriated, thanks to the intervention of the Seamen's Church Institute in New York.
Danzas headway in battle for ASG SWISS forwarder Danzas has claimed two important victories in its battle to gain control of ASG, the Swedish logistics operator.
ASG met fin à tous ses accords de collaboration Hier, quelque quarante entreprises ayant toutes conlu d'une manière ou d'une autre un accord de partenariat avec le groupe logistique suédois ASG, ont reçu une lettre par laquelle ce dernier annonce qu'il met fin à ses contrats en date du 30 août. A partir du 2 septembre, ASG fera appel au réseau de partenariat de Deutsche Post/Danzas. Les partenaires avec lesquels ASG avait signé un contrat d'exclusivité avaient déjà annoncé qu'ils utiliseraient la clause de rupture si ASG rompait prématurément ses accords. Les contrats conclus ont un délai de préavis allant de six mois à cinq ans. Apparemment, la maison-mère Deutsche Post n'est pas en manque de ressources...
Le transbordement à Rotterdam en baisse de 3,7% Ni le projet du nouveau terminal à containers à Flessingue, ni les plans pour une installation similaire à Amsterdam ne sont considérés à Rotterdam comme une réelle menace. Le grand port néerlandais ne formulera des objections que si cette capacité additionnelle devait conduire à une érosion des tarifs, a affirmé le directeur général Willem Scholten de l'Entreprise portuaire communale de Rotterdam lors de la présentation des résultats semestriels.
Lynx Line: premier départ Le jeune armement Lynx Line qui assure désormais un service régulier conventionnel lo/lo-ro/ro entre l'Europe et la côte ouest de l'Amérique du Sud vient d'effectuer son premier départ d'Anvers avec le m/v "Guyane", une unité de 16.000 t.dw gréée et affrétée auprès de Marfret.
Geodis au premier semestre: chiffre d'affaires en hausse de 8,8% Au premier semestre 1999, le chiffre d'affaires consolidé du groupe de transport et de logistique Geodis s'est élevé à 9.639,6 mio. de FRF (soit 1.469,6 mio. d'EUR), en hausse de 8,8% à structure et taux de change comparables (mais de 6,7% en variation apparente). La part de la messagerie, toujours la principale activité du groupe devant la logistique (18,1%), le transport routier (idem), l'overseas (15,6%) et les "autres" (4,7%), est de 43,5%, contre 47,5% à la fin du premier semestre de 1998.
Samsung Wins Containership Job Samsung Heavy Industries Co. reportedly won a $240 million order from Germany's Hamburg Sud to build six 3,400-TEU containerships.
Hyundai To Get $400M Order Hyundai Heavy Industries is reportedly close to signing a $400 million order with a Nigerian company for two 138,000 cu.-m. LNG carriers.
Samsung Wins Containership Job Samsung Heavy Industries Co. reportedly won a $240 million order from Germany's Hamburg Sud to build six 3,400-TEU containerships.
Hyundai To Get $400M Order Hyundai Heavy Industries is reportedly close to signing a $400 million order with a Nigerian company for two 138,000 cu.-m. LNG carriers.
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