Breaux bill would cut tax break for U.S.-flag owners, seafarers Senator John Breaux (D. La.)has introduced his "National Security Sealift Enhancement Act of 1999" to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. flag vessels.
Samsung gets $160 million passenger vessel order South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has won a $160 million order to build two 30,000 gt car/passenger ships
FirstWave/Newpark Shipbuilding wins jack-up repair contract Pride Offshore of Houma, Louisiana, has awarded FirstWave/Newpark Shipbuilding a contract by for repair and maintenance of the jack-up drilling rig Pride Colorado.
Bergesen and Møller establish new gas carrier pool Maersk Tankers - a division of A.P. Møller, Denmark - has entered into an agreement with Bergesen d.y. of Norway and Skibsaksjeselskapet Solvang ASA of Norway.
Bankruptcy court approves Hvide statement of disclosure A U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved the disclosure statement filed by Hvide Marine Inc. in relation to its proposed plan of reorganization.
Online marine fuels test results service Marine fuels testing and analysis company Lintec has launched an internet-based fuel analysis service
L'Autorità portuale ha ceduto la società al gruppo di consulenza che punta alla logistica Ernst&Young sbarca a Genova Acquisita la Sistemi e Telematica
Possibile trasloco dei container a Salerno Napoli rischia di perdere Msc
Golden Ocean in profit by 2001 THE extensive financial restructuring at Golden Ocean Group, which has undertaken the world's largest VLCC newbuilding programme, will boost the company's net worth by $340m, it was disclosed yesterday.
Tsakos eyes Hitachi deal for VLCC newbuilding GREECE'S Tsakos Shipping and Trading is believed to be in talks with Hitachi Zosen to acquire its very large crude carrier newbuilding, originally contracted for Golden Ocean, writes Emily Redding.
Mitsui in $230m six-ship deal JAPANESE handymax newbuilding specialist Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding has scooped orders for up to six open hatch handymax size bulk carriers in two separate deals which could eventually be worth over $230m.
Offshore activity helps reduce Navion losses NAVION, Statoil's tanker shipping subsidiary, has reported a 62% reduction in its nine-month net loss, largely as a result of higher offshore loading and floating production activities, writes Rajesh Joshi, Oslo.
Port lobby group fears Brussels ruling on costs EUROPEAN Sea Ports Organisation fears that the European Commission is pressing ahead with plans to set down detailed rules on how ports should cost and charge out their services to customers despite the ports' opposition, said Espo secretary-general Pamela Le Garrec.
Shore firms must take lead in introduction of services PORTS have to invest in shortsea services and encourage the introduction of such services, because shipping is not in a position to take the initiative, believes Mike Garrett, managing director of MDS Transmodal, France/UK.
Oil spill fund slips quietly into oblivion ONE of the great pollution compensation funds is set to end without a bang or a whimper, but in silence.
Move on funding for abandoned seafarers LEADING maritime interests have taken the first co-ordinated moves that could lead to major national or international funding to help abandoned crews, and guaranteed compensation for injury and death to seafarers, writes James Brewer.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
Everyone is architect of his own fortune. The Fiata world congress in Dubai this year indicated that companies will have to continue finding ways of turning challenges into opportunities in the next millenium too.
Maritime
CP Ships optimistic. Canadian Pacific's maritime division looks forward to acceptable results for 1999.
Upgrade to Norsul's South American-Japan service.
Yangming and MOL improve their intra-Asian connections.
CSG goes trans-Pacific, and adds Med ports to its Europe service.
Euroseabridge and Lisco cooperate.
ACL expects its best results of the year in the fourth quarter.
Wilhelmsen feels the impact of the merger with Wallenius.
CMC CGM orders 6500-TEU vessels.
Ports and Terminals
Nolan Gimpel of SSA International talks about some of the obstacles that can arise in taking over a newly privatised port.
Intermodal
Will the Trans-Siberian Route come out of the cold? The coordination committee is laying plans to improve service levels and reliability.
Aviation
Logistics from the carrier. Michael Steen of KLM air logistics describes his logistics strategy.
Emirates boosts service to Europe.
Swisscargo Service Guide for winter: combis replaced by Airbuses.
Virgin: cargo space to the Med, new flights to Chicago and Cape Town.
FedEx takes off for Shenzhen.
UK and Ireland
British Airways Cargo opens perishables centre at Heathrow.
Intermodal 99 (London, December 8-10, 1999) to be bigger than ever.
Africa and East Med
Ashdod to discontinue its cargo operations?
PAL expands South Africa-West Africa service.
Middle East
El Sokhna (Egypt): a new service port on the Red Sea.
1000-ship mark early for the port of Khor Fakkan.
Asia
A major new container terminal is being planned for Shanghai.
Top ten Iata agents for 1998: India and Pakistan.
Americas
US ports to invest several billion dollars for improvements.
DoT selects American carriers for new services to France.
Focus on Brazilian ports: progress in spite of ongoing labour problems.
Brazil's airlines talk of merging. Taca launches new Peruvian airline.
DNV feels the PAIN FINANCIAL pressures in the world of classification have struck Norway's Det Norske Veritas (DNV), hard on the heels of an announcement by Lloyd's Register on big job cuts. DNV is freezing recruitment, cutting back on investment and has even cancelled its staff Millennium Party in a bid to turn around recent losses. Other major societies are putting on a more confident face, claiming their finances are sound.
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