Ports worldwide step up efforts to be Y2K ready S'pore shipping industry reported no problems on critical Sep 9 date last week
P&O unit clinches deal for Kandla port terminal
Philippine port operator gets US$120m credit facility
Air and Land Transport
Serious B737 rudder problems yet to be fixed Boeing 737 planes still susceptible to rudder malfunctions that may be catastrophic: report
Motor event expected to attract 850,000
VW luxury car, Smart roadster to be on display
Japan's Skymark expects earlier initial public offering
BAA's passenger traffic up 5.8% in Aug
Features
Port bids to be nerve centre The port of Rotterdam is more thanjust a Mainport for receiving and dispatching cargo. It is also a Dataport, where information about cargo is exchanged. Developments in supply chains influence the port, which is slowly taking on the character of an Infoport.
Ports worldwide step up efforts to be Y2K ready S'pore shipping industry reported no problems on critical Sep 9 date last week
P&O unit clinches deal for Kandla port terminal
Philippine port operator gets US$120m credit facility
Air and Land Transport
Serious B737 rudder problems yet to be fixed Boeing 737 planes still susceptible to rudder malfunctions that may be catastrophic: report
Motor event expected to attract 850,000
VW luxury car, Smart roadster to be on display
Japan's Skymark expects earlier initial public offering
BAA's passenger traffic up 5.8% in Aug
Features
Port bids to be nerve centre The port of Rotterdam is more thanjust a Mainport for receiving and dispatching cargo. It is also a Dataport, where information about cargo is exchanged. Developments in supply chains influence the port, which is slowly taking on the character of an Infoport.
Ports worldwide step up efforts to be Y2K ready S'pore shipping industry reported no problems on critical Sep 9 date last week
P&O unit clinches deal for Kandla port terminal
Philippine port operator gets US$120m credit facility
Air and Land Transport
Serious B737 rudder problems yet to be fixed Boeing 737 planes still susceptible to rudder malfunctions that may be catastrophic: report
Motor event expected to attract 850,000
VW luxury car, Smart roadster to be on display
Japan's Skymark expects earlier initial public offering
BAA's passenger traffic up 5.8% in Aug
Features
Port bids to be nerve centre The port of Rotterdam is more thanjust a Mainport for receiving and dispatching cargo. It is also a Dataport, where information about cargo is exchanged. Developments in supply chains influence the port, which is slowly taking on the character of an Infoport.
Elf and TotalFina agree to merge France's two warring oil groups, Elf and TotalFina, yesterday ended their two month battle for control of each other after TotalFina agreed to increase its offer.
Giants meet to hammer out Atlantic structure TOP management from some of the biggest carriers on the North Atlantic will be meeting in London today in a bid to finalise arrangements for a new service structure.
Tax and interest hurt Smit DUTCH salvage, towage and port services group Smit International said its pre tax profit for the half year grew 10% to Fls20.9m ($10m).
Japan coastal market 'will remain tough' THE Japan P&I Club has warned of continued tough competition in the P&I market for Japanese coastal vessels, writes Andrea Felsted.
Elf-Total deal takes market by surprise The announcement, when it finally came, was a surprise, appearing after a week in which Elf vehemently denied the existence of talks with TotalFina, despite heavy hints to the contrary from TotalFina chairman Thierry Desmarest.
Fourth panamax 'snapped up by Troodos' TROODOS is understood to have snapped up at least its fourth aframax tanker this year following speculation that Loucas Haji-Ioannou and Japan's Sanko Steamship have agreed a deal in excess of $19m.
Court boosts Intertanko Intertanko has received a major fillip with the news that the US Supreme Court will hear an appeal challenging tanker regulations imposed by the State of Washington. The Supreme Court will hear Intertanko and the Justice Department, which has joined the case on the side of the tanker owners, argue that the state's laws are pre-empted by federal law and conflict with international agreements, and that they impair the Coast Guard's authority to establish uniform national rules for vessels.
Phillips plans disposal of Ekofisk units ENERGY major Phillips Petroleum will next month present the Norwegian authorities with a decommissioning recommendation on 14 used steel jackets and the tank and surrounding concrete barrier on the North Sea's Ekofisk development.
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