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MITSUI OSK Lines to invest less in container service Hong Kong joins tripartite shippers' group Logistics company launches new Web site COSCO cuts errors with new agent procedures Asian shippers' groups unite against conferences American trade conference dies British Airways warns of rising cost, falling revenues Emery lands NEC Technologies Asia services contract Emirates wins $6m reservation system bid for African Airline

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JULY 16, 1999
Workers 'reporting sick' en masse at EBS Loss of time due to gridlock does not rise Delta flies nonstop New York-Dublin NEC Technologies selects Emery Worldwide DHL names Guinasso as CEO Norasia returns to Felixstowe

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Rough Seas Ahead of Japan's Ship Industry: MOT Report 'K' Line to Shift Sales Function to Its Subsidiary ILWU, PMA Agree on Three-Year Contract Container Volume Climbs 5% in June at Long Beach

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JULY 16, 1999
Francia apoya el proyecto aragonés de reabrir el paso de Canfranc Nueva plataforma de Nacex.S en Villena La UE fija criterios sobre las comisiones recibidas por las agencias de viajes SAirGroup compra el 42 por ciento de la línea aérea Portugalia Los sistemas inteligentes en coches puede incrementar la seguridad vial NS Reizigers, Verenigd Streekvervoer y Cariane Multimodal quieren comprar IGO plus La UE busca expertos para el control de contaminantes en vehículos a motor

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JULY 16, 1999
Excise Rebates and Bonds for Exports - By Mr T.N.C. Rajagopalan Major Ports post higher cargo traffic in first quarter Lead scrap imports may be allowed Incentives under annual advance licence scheme Fish export nets WB Rs 500 crore Banks told to ensure timely export credit sanctions Updated Indo-US trade directory to be released in August Govt-industry meet slated for today on lowering import tariffs Demand for Indian naphtha Fiscal incentives package cleared for units in north-eastern region Rubber Board not directly involved in export talks DHL introduces 'Europe First' for Indian exporters Exporters still denied yarn stage duty refund: SRTEPC Govt may fix floor import price for pens Sugar production may be record 17mt: ISMA No move to curb edible oil imports Input-output norms announced for 58 new items US consuming more seafood

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JULY 16, 1999
Oil dumping case looks weak as heavyweights voice opposition EU website to watch cargo ships' every move O.W. Bunker & Trading of Denmark achieves agent status for Copetrole US Gulf markets: better demand and IFO's reaching $100 US Pacific: Delays in San Francisco, cheap bunkers expected to rise US East Coast: Still in the 90s Latin American market report

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JULY 16, 1999
Another headache for Liberia A report in today's Lloyd's List says that the U.K. has issued an expulsion order for Gerald Cooper, Liberia's Permanent Representative at IMO Offer for Skaugen extended Italy's Navigazione Montanari (NM) is extending its all-cash offer to I.M. Skaugen ASA shareholders until July 30, 1999. More on Govan sale Kvaerner yesterday confrmed it has signed a Heads of Agreement with Marconi Electronic Systems Limited for the sale of its Govan Shipyard in Scotland

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Peace deal on west coast PEACE has been declared on the US west coast after nearly two months of tortuous negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union. Europe and China mull pact Brussels has started negotiations with Beijing on a bilateral maritime transport agreement. Beijing renews invasion threat MILITARY speedboats flying the Taiwan flag patrol the waters around Taiwan's front-line defence outpost Jinmen Island -'as tensions continued to rise between the two historic enemies. London rethink on expulsion of Liberian envoy BRITAIN is to reconsider its decision to expel Gerald Cooper, Liberia's permanent representative at the International Maritime Organisation, according to well-placed sources. US acts on copyright for hull designs INTERIM regulations to implement registration for a new scheme under which original vessel hull designs will be protected by the US government have been promulgated by the US Copyright Office.

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JULY 16, 1999
UK likely to reverse Cooper expulsion order Docenave president quits GEC Marconi agrees '2.25M for Govan Color ferry runs aground avoiding boxship New setback for Montevideo tender Alianca and Libra launch southern route to Europe Singapore owner fined for China oil spill Cosco seeks exemption from FMC P&O Ports awarded Kandla terminal contract Stay at sea for Y2K, says V Ships Rotterdam users have new Central Europe link Genoa and Tirrenia buy into Stazione Marittima Pakhoed sells Pernis terminal Halla gets breathing space NYK re-groups Asia regional offices MOL consolidates training facilities New box terminal for Shimizu Record monthly figures for Santos

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New Commerce Dept. rules focus on who is the 'exporter'
British company is latest to mix cars, containers
West Coast dockworkers ending their slowdown in wake of tentative settlement
Brazil's President Cardoso announces cabinet reshuffling
EU and China to start talks on maritime agreement
Saudi Arabia makes new market offers in bid to join WTO
March cargo volume rose 4.5% in Asia-Pacific, 7.5% in North America
695 high schoolers face retaking of SAT exams after FedEx loses the tests

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Changes urged in railroad loan program; 'last resort' provision blasted
China-Russia 'East by West Corridor' expected by year-end
S. America package-express market gears up for expansion
Atlas Air in service pact with China Airlines
Coffee, tea or formaldehyde?
Germany's railroad agrees to operate trains for mail delivery

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US-China talks sought to avoid shipping restrictions
Santos' Libra faces suspension order over debt
P&O Ports to operate western India terminal
Alexander and Baldwin's Couch, 60, to take early retirement on Sept. 30
Indian port traffic surges in first quarter
S. American coastal services test local demand

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New Commerce Dept. rules focus on who is the 'exporter'
British company is latest to mix cars, containers
West Coast dockworkers ending their slowdown in wake of tentative settlement
Brazil's President Cardoso announces cabinet reshuffling
EU and China to start talks on maritime agreement
Saudi Arabia makes new market offers in bid to join WTO
March cargo volume rose 4.5% in Asia-Pacific, 7.5% in North America
695 high schoolers face retaking of SAT exams after FedEx loses the tests

Transportation

Changes urged in railroad loan program; 'last resort' provision blasted
China-Russia 'East by West Corridor' expected by year-end
S. America package-express market gears up for expansion
Atlas Air in service pact with China Airlines
Coffee, tea or formaldehyde?
Germany's railroad agrees to operate trains for mail delivery

Maritime

US-China talks sought to avoid shipping restrictions
Santos' Libra faces suspension order over debt
P&O Ports to operate western India terminal
Alexander and Baldwin's Couch, 60, to take early retirement on Sept. 30
Indian port traffic surges in first quarter
S. American coastal services test local demand

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Home

New Commerce Dept. rules focus on who is the 'exporter'
British company is latest to mix cars, containers
West Coast dockworkers ending their slowdown in wake of tentative settlement
Brazil's President Cardoso announces cabinet reshuffling
EU and China to start talks on maritime agreement
Saudi Arabia makes new market offers in bid to join WTO
March cargo volume rose 4.5% in Asia-Pacific, 7.5% in North America
695 high schoolers face retaking of SAT exams after FedEx loses the tests

Transportation

Changes urged in railroad loan program; 'last resort' provision blasted
China-Russia 'East by West Corridor' expected by year-end
S. America package-express market gears up for expansion
Atlas Air in service pact with China Airlines
Coffee, tea or formaldehyde?
Germany's railroad agrees to operate trains for mail delivery

Maritime

US-China talks sought to avoid shipping restrictions
Santos' Libra faces suspension order over debt
P&O Ports to operate western India terminal
Alexander and Baldwin's Couch, 60, to take early retirement on Sept. 30
Indian port traffic surges in first quarter
S. American coastal services test local demand

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The Teamsters' four-day unfair labor practice strike against Overnite Transportation Co., Richmond, Va., the nation's fifth-largest stand-alone LTL carrier and biggest nonunion LTL carrier, ended with shippers voting to stay with Overnite. The company reported freight levels at 97.2 percent of what they were in the comparable week a year ago. The company postponed a regularly scheduled bargaining session with the union as retaliation in the five-year-old battle by the Teamsters to gain a contract with Overnite. Amtrak may be predominantly an intercity people mover but increasingly its operations are affecting trucking—so much so that truck drivers who violate highway-rail grade-crossing warning signs could end up in jail and motor carriers may be charged higher fuel taxes to help expand intercity rail passenger service. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., is expected to advance a grade-crossing safety agenda. His wife and son escaped injury when an Amtrak train on which they were riding hit a truck and derailed. Webvan Group Inc., Foster City, Calif., has formed an alliance with the San Francisco-based construction firm Bechtel Corp. to build automated warehousing and distribution facilities in 26 markets over the next two years. Webvan said it expects the Bechtel deal will total $1 billion in capital expenditures. Webvan is the brainchild of its CEO, Louis Borders, who founded the company last year. Its investors include Softbank Corp., Knight Ridder Co., CBS, Inc. and the venture capital firms of Benchmark Capital and Sequoia Capital. Borders also founded the Borders Books chain. The billion-dollar investment is warranted, because, said Chris Mannella, Webvan's vice president of marketing: "If you look at the total grocery, drug and home meal replacement markets, it's a $600 billion business." Teamsters' rank-and-file members in the car-haul industry have overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract with 17 companies that union President James. P. "Jimmy" Hoffa says establishes a "new pattern" for the union. Analysts credit Hoffa for delivering for his members in his first national contract negotiations while at the same time recognizing realities in the car-haul business. Hoffa also has moved to place a Texas local into trusteeship, in a move designed to show government overseers he is serious about ridding the union of corruption. Contract negotiations between the International Longshore & Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association again underscore how few options shippers and steamship lines have on the West Coast. The Port of Vancouver is hardly an option with container traffic up 44 percent there in May, straining capacity. Mexico is an option but the ports of Manzanillo and Ensenada, while modernizing, would be swamped with any large-scale diversion from this country. The United Transportation Union is casting a skeptical eye on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's latest round of layoffs affecting 1,000 union positions. In a letter to BNSF President Matt Rose, in response to Rose's own letter to employees explaining the downsizing, UTU Vice Chairman John Fitzgerald said BNSF was covering up for the fact that UP was "eating their lunch." BNSF concedes that although UP has won back business it lost during its meltdown, BNSF actually has improved service and is, in effect, doing more with less. The maintenance company responsible for loading the ill-fated ValuJet aircraft with live oxygen containers was charged with 110 counts of third-degree murder and an equal number of counts of manslaughter in a precedent-setting case for the aviation industry. Now-defunct SabreTech and three of its employees, charged separately in the case, were the only parties to take the fall for the fiery crash that took the lives of 110 people. The May 1996 crash in the Florida Everglades was caused by live oxygen generators improperly and illegally loaded into the cargo hold of the DC-9. The indictment is the first of its kind and should prompt renewed attention to hazmat training and government oversight. Manugistics, the Rockville, Md.-based supply-chain company, appears to be back from the financially dead. After laying off about 30 percent of its work force and installing Gregory Owens as its new CEO and president, Manugistics "feels like a different organization," according to one company director. But its dicey financial days are not over yet. Licensing revenue fell to around $13.1 million in the first quarter from $17.5 million in the year-ago quarter. Some large customers, including Pillsbury, are sticking with Manugistics.