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Liberia out of IMO Council; Singapore retains seat
Four countries voted out as Bahamas, Malta, Morocco and Turkey come in
Obuchi to urge Asean to fight piracy
Shanghai's Jan-Oct exports up 19.8%

Air and Land Transport

Boeing agrees to pay at least US$4.5m to settle pay case
It also agrees to adjust policies to end gender and racial pay disparities
Boeing will fight El Al's plan to buy Airbus
New Indon flight licences criticised
52% US travellers less likely to fly Mideast airlines: poll
Sydney airport may be sold via public share offer
Swissair not to join Oneworld

Features

'Military' operation sends signal to pirates
Indian success in recovering hijacked ship proves the benefit of co-operation by governments, law-enforcement agencies and the industry, says MARCUS HAND
Maputo port leased to foreign company

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Shiprepair: a look into future

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Shipping News

Liberia out of IMO Council; Singapore retains seat
Four countries voted out as Bahamas, Malta, Morocco and Turkey come in
Obuchi to urge Asean to fight piracy
Shanghai's Jan-Oct exports up 19.8%

Air and Land Transport

Boeing agrees to pay at least US$4.5m to settle pay case
It also agrees to adjust policies to end gender and racial pay disparities
Boeing will fight El Al's plan to buy Airbus
New Indon flight licences criticised
52% US travellers less likely to fly Mideast airlines: poll
Sydney airport may be sold via public share offer
Swissair not to join Oneworld

Features

'Military' operation sends signal to pirates
Indian success in recovering hijacked ship proves the benefit of co-operation by governments, law-enforcement agencies and the industry, says MARCUS HAND
Maputo port leased to foreign company

Columns

Shiprepair: a look into future

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Shipping News

Liberia out of IMO Council; Singapore retains seat
Four countries voted out as Bahamas, Malta, Morocco and Turkey come in
Obuchi to urge Asean to fight piracy
Shanghai's Jan-Oct exports up 19.8%

Air and Land Transport

Boeing agrees to pay at least US$4.5m to settle pay case
It also agrees to adjust policies to end gender and racial pay disparities
Boeing will fight El Al's plan to buy Airbus
New Indon flight licences criticised
52% US travellers less likely to fly Mideast airlines: poll
Sydney airport may be sold via public share offer
Swissair not to join Oneworld

Features

'Military' operation sends signal to pirates
Indian success in recovering hijacked ship proves the benefit of co-operation by governments, law-enforcement agencies and the industry, says MARCUS HAND
Maputo port leased to foreign company

Columns

Shiprepair: a look into future

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Shipping News

Liberia out of IMO Council; Singapore retains seat
Four countries voted out as Bahamas, Malta, Morocco and Turkey come in
Obuchi to urge Asean to fight piracy
Shanghai's Jan-Oct exports up 19.8%

Air and Land Transport

Boeing agrees to pay at least US$4.5m to settle pay case
It also agrees to adjust policies to end gender and racial pay disparities
Boeing will fight El Al's plan to buy Airbus
New Indon flight licences criticised
52% US travellers less likely to fly Mideast airlines: poll
Sydney airport may be sold via public share offer
Swissair not to join Oneworld

Features

'Military' operation sends signal to pirates
Indian success in recovering hijacked ship proves the benefit of co-operation by governments, law-enforcement agencies and the industry, says MARCUS HAND
Maputo port leased to foreign company

Columns

Shiprepair: a look into future

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Emergency bunker surcharge Shipping alliance adds Yantian to service New port on the Red Sea coast International Asset Systems names president MISC begins service at Tanjung Pelepas Chinese airlines flying high US Postal Service and China Post sign deal DHL expands Emery expands in Mexico Qantas profits rise

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999
Lufthansa expects 40 percent less net over 1999 American Airlines, Swissair and Sabena in definitive partnership U.S. Postal Service and China Post enhance business services UPS Logistics Group to build in Fort Worth Auction of Container.nl domain

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NOVEMBER 20, 1999
Trio Adds Yantian to Their Transpacific Port Calls P&O Nedlloyd Reports Operating Profit for Third Quarter Senwa Shipping Agency Starts Logistics Services Box Traffic at Long Beach Soars in October

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999
Newest Coast Guard icebreaker heading for Seattle homeport CSX Corp renames container division Northwest christens A319 Canadian Pacific opens terminals in Philadelphia and Garden State Port of Seattle negotiates project labor pact

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NSICT receives largest vessel m. v. Neptune Alexandrite Dynamic ICD-Dighi allowed DEPB, DEEC clearance 10-year tax holiday may be extended to existing EoUs also this fiscal Texprocil hails quota policy IMC meet with Israel's economic journalists today Imported sugar sales regulated Indo-French Water Week begins today Business jets demand dominatesat Dubai show Anti-dumping duty recommended on Taiwanese acrylic fibre 7 Indo-French pacts to be signed Machine tools industry projects 10 per cent growth Taipei WTC sets up office in Mumbai Konkan Rly offers volume discount for freight traffic Need to expedite VAT regime stressed Goa to set up 10 more industrial estates MbPT railway employees on indefinite strike Special freight hike on washed coal withdrawn

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999
Tanker rates predicted to rise next year with increased oil demand New Red Sea port ready for June St. Croix refinery to come back on stream this weekend Singapore: Arbitrage cargoes said to be due from end of month US again mulls sale from reserves US Gulf prices jump $10 in two days USEC markets: IFO380 reaches $130 in major ports Major USWC markets $10-15 below Singapore Latin American market review: Lenny disrupts operations in the Caribbean

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Dream had fire gear problems NUMEROUS problems with the firefighting system on Norwegian Dream, the cruiseship which collided with a boxship near the Channel in August, were uncovered in two separate safety checks by US authorities last year, Lloyd's List can reveal. The world's biggest cruise ship THE world's biggest cruise ship, the 142,000 gt Voyager of the Seas, entered commercial service yesterday, offering seven-day Caribbean cruises based on Miami, writes David Mott. N&T Argonaut board backs Sohmen offer N&T Argonaut's board is recommending the Sohmen family's offer for the outstanding shares in the Swedish tanker specialist be accepted. The deal, which would create a private shipping empire of 12m dwt, now looks certain to go through. Third quarter turnaround for Cronos San Francisco-headquartered container leasing company Cronos Group returned to profit in the third quarter after a troubled period, writes Janet Porter. Höegh buys 50% of Unicool DRAMATIC changes in the ownership structure of the depressed reefer trades have been unveiled, including the sale of a half-share in Unicool, the market's leading operator. Stricken Lassia to be removed THE American P&I Club has agreed to pay for removing the stricken capesized bulk carrier Lassia from the port of Taranto in a million-dollar operation expected to begin in earnest today. Manual mania is set to drown us in paper To what am I referring? It is one of the latest manuals inflicted by edict from on high on the poor unsuspecting ship's officer. Sky-high hopes for China's new trading future CHINA's accession to the World Trade Organisation, agreed amid euphoria after 13 long years of talks, has all those champions of global free trade licking their lips in anticipation.

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NOVEMBER 20, 1999

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Carriers to use two terminals
Ideal Customs compliance specialist has long list of attributes
Cruise Industry in Martime Section
US unions declare war on trade pact
Suit charges UPS with insurance fraud
Jury convicts Teamster exec on all charges
US opposing WTO anti-dumping actions
No breakthrough in French transport strike
Roadway adds Mexico forms to web

Transportation

WTO pact may help outsiders
Railroads, unions prepare to begin contract talks
House votes to create safety agency
Asia rebound powers air cargo surge
American Backhaulers to be bought

Maritime

6 bidders vie to operate Universal facility
Carrier adds Vladivostock to Pacific service
Malaysia's maritime status is on the rise
Terminal expands at Laem Chabang
Unions' WTO protests will idle ports
Caribbean pace picks up steam as tourists land
Carnival drops Grenada port call to protest tax

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NOVEMBER 20, 1999

Home

Carriers to use two terminals
Ideal Customs compliance specialist has long list of attributes
Cruise Industry in Martime Section
US unions declare war on trade pact
Suit charges UPS with insurance fraud
Jury convicts Teamster exec on all charges
US opposing WTO anti-dumping actions
No breakthrough in French transport strike
Roadway adds Mexico forms to web

Transportation

WTO pact may help outsiders
Railroads, unions prepare to begin contract talks
House votes to create safety agency
Asia rebound powers air cargo surge
American Backhaulers to be bought

Maritime

6 bidders vie to operate Universal facility
Carrier adds Vladivostock to Pacific service
Malaysia's maritime status is on the rise
Terminal expands at Laem Chabang
Unions' WTO protests will idle ports
Caribbean pace picks up steam as tourists land
Carnival drops Grenada port call to protest tax

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NOVEMBER 20, 1999

Home

Carriers to use two terminals
Ideal Customs compliance specialist has long list of attributes
Cruise Industry in Martime Section
US unions declare war on trade pact
Suit charges UPS with insurance fraud
Jury convicts Teamster exec on all charges
US opposing WTO anti-dumping actions
No breakthrough in French transport strike
Roadway adds Mexico forms to web

Transportation

WTO pact may help outsiders
Railroads, unions prepare to begin contract talks
House votes to create safety agency
Asia rebound powers air cargo surge
American Backhaulers to be bought

Maritime

6 bidders vie to operate Universal facility
Carrier adds Vladivostock to Pacific service
Malaysia's maritime status is on the rise
Terminal expands at Laem Chabang
Unions' WTO protests will idle ports
Caribbean pace picks up steam as tourists land
Carnival drops Grenada port call to protest tax

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999
La Cour européenne maintient le monopole des ouvriers portuaires La Cour européenne de Justice a jugé que l'obligation légale d'employer des ouvriers portuaires reconnus pour certaines activités dans une zone portuaire ne va pas à l'encontre de la législation européenne sur la concurrence, bien que cela signifie un surcoût par rapport à l'engagement d'autres catégories de personnel. La Cour confirme ainsi la conclusion tirée par le procureur général il y a quelques mois (voir LL du 04/06/99) dans l'affaire relative à l'engagement d'ouvriers intérimaires par la firme portuaire gantoise SMEG pour l'exécution de travaux réservés, selon la législation belge, à des ouvriers portuaires reconnus. La politique maritime néerlandaise porte ses fruits Les armateurs néerlandais ont tiré profit de la nouvelle politique maritime menée depuis 1996 par les autorités néerlandaises. A l'occasion de l'assemblée générale des membres de la l'association des armateurs néerlandais KVNR (Koninklijke Vereniging van Nederlandse Reders), il a été annoncé hier que la flotte marchande battant pavillon néerlandais a augmenté de 44% au cours des dernières années. APL Logistics franchit les frontières logistiques APL Logistics, qui est le prestataire logistique de General Motors depuis quinze ans, va assurer la prestation de services logistiques des usines GM en Thaïlande et à Singapour. Au cours de la deuxième journée du congrès "Global Automotive Logistics 99", Donald McKay d'APL Logistics a brossé un tableau des processus impliqués. Ces premières expériences dans cette région en plein essor sont vitales, a-t-il dit, car la production automobile devrait y augmenter de 40% au cours des cinq années à venir.

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999
Holland America Hires Fincantieri For Two Ships Minoan Buys Four Ferries Aker Yards Wins Cruise Ship Deal Leif Hoegh To Buy Remaining Stake in Unicool Bergesen Orders Ore Carrier From Daewoo Global Marine to Fund Belfast Shipyard Hong Kong Shipping Sector Set For Y2K

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999

Feature

The case of Deutsche Post AG. The German postal service plans to buy AEI, the US logistics provider. What will the EU Commission think of this billion-dollar deal?

Maritime

"From Road to Sea". a long way. The recent conference on shortsea shipping in Hamburg reveals the problems that beset this sector.
Harald Sommer of Team Lines wants action on the shortsea front, "before roads become parking lots".
P&O Nedlloyd, Columbus Line and Aliança change port rotation in the US Gulf-South America service.
ECL accepts containers for the South American west coast.
Delmas serves Tilbury with its West Africa ro/ro service.
Two Swedish lines join, with Stena Line taking over Scandlines AB.

Forwarding & Logistics

P&O Nedlloyd will run BASF's new RDV in Shanghai.
Circle improves results.
BHP Logistics opens Singapore distribution centre.
Ryder wants to boost profits by focusing on core activities.
Nittsu builds bridge to India.
Lower profit for Logistec.

Intermodal

Worldpoint Logistics takes over Riss Intermodal.
Amtrak in the USA shows more interest in refrigerated transport.

Aviation

Lufthansa & Envirotainer: a cool pair. Innovative solutions of a temperature controlled kind, like those offered by LH Cargo and Envirotainer, are more and more in demand.
Emery expands its Gold Priority product to more countries.
Swisscargo had a lower result in first half 1999 than expected.
Cyprus Air appoints Capital International as German GSA.
IAM is All Nippon Airways' new cargo agent in Ireland.

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999

Feature

The case of Deutsche Post AG. The German postal service plans to buy AEI, the US logistics provider. What will the EU Commission think of this billion-dollar deal?

Maritime

"From Road to Sea". a long way. The recent conference on shortsea shipping in Hamburg reveals the problems that beset this sector.
Harald Sommer of Team Lines wants action on the shortsea front, "before roads become parking lots".
P&O Nedlloyd, Columbus Line and Aliança change port rotation in the US Gulf-South America service.
ECL accepts containers for the South American west coast.
Delmas serves Tilbury with its West Africa ro/ro service.
Two Swedish lines join, with Stena Line taking over Scandlines AB.

Forwarding & Logistics

P&O Nedlloyd will run BASF's new RDV in Shanghai.
Circle improves results.
BHP Logistics opens Singapore distribution centre.
Ryder wants to boost profits by focusing on core activities.
Nittsu builds bridge to India.
Lower profit for Logistec.

Intermodal

Worldpoint Logistics takes over Riss Intermodal.
Amtrak in the USA shows more interest in refrigerated transport.

Aviation

Lufthansa & Envirotainer: a cool pair. Innovative solutions of a temperature controlled kind, like those offered by LH Cargo and Envirotainer, are more and more in demand.
Emery expands its Gold Priority product to more countries.
Swisscargo had a lower result in first half 1999 than expected.
Cyprus Air appoints Capital International as German GSA.
IAM is All Nippon Airways' new cargo agent in Ireland.

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999

Feature

The case of Deutsche Post AG. The German postal service plans to buy AEI, the US logistics provider. What will the EU Commission think of this billion-dollar deal?

Maritime

"From Road to Sea". a long way. The recent conference on shortsea shipping in Hamburg reveals the problems that beset this sector.
Harald Sommer of Team Lines wants action on the shortsea front, "before roads become parking lots".
P&O Nedlloyd, Columbus Line and Aliança change port rotation in the US Gulf-South America service.
ECL accepts containers for the South American west coast.
Delmas serves Tilbury with its West Africa ro/ro service.
Two Swedish lines join, with Stena Line taking over Scandlines AB.

Forwarding & Logistics

P&O Nedlloyd will run BASF's new RDV in Shanghai.
Circle improves results.
BHP Logistics opens Singapore distribution centre.
Ryder wants to boost profits by focusing on core activities.
Nittsu builds bridge to India.
Lower profit for Logistec.

Intermodal

Worldpoint Logistics takes over Riss Intermodal.
Amtrak in the USA shows more interest in refrigerated transport.

Aviation

Lufthansa & Envirotainer: a cool pair. Innovative solutions of a temperature controlled kind, like those offered by LH Cargo and Envirotainer, are more and more in demand.
Emery expands its Gold Priority product to more countries.
Swisscargo had a lower result in first half 1999 than expected.
Cyprus Air appoints Capital International as German GSA.
IAM is All Nippon Airways' new cargo agent in Ireland.

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999

Feature

The case of Deutsche Post AG. The German postal service plans to buy AEI, the US logistics provider. What will the EU Commission think of this billion-dollar deal?

Maritime

"From Road to Sea". a long way. The recent conference on shortsea shipping in Hamburg reveals the problems that beset this sector.
Harald Sommer of Team Lines wants action on the shortsea front, "before roads become parking lots".
P&O Nedlloyd, Columbus Line and Aliança change port rotation in the US Gulf-South America service.
ECL accepts containers for the South American west coast.
Delmas serves Tilbury with its West Africa ro/ro service.
Two Swedish lines join, with Stena Line taking over Scandlines AB.

Forwarding & Logistics

P&O Nedlloyd will run BASF's new RDV in Shanghai.
Circle improves results.
BHP Logistics opens Singapore distribution centre.
Ryder wants to boost profits by focusing on core activities.
Nittsu builds bridge to India.
Lower profit for Logistec.

Intermodal

Worldpoint Logistics takes over Riss Intermodal.
Amtrak in the USA shows more interest in refrigerated transport.

Aviation

Lufthansa & Envirotainer: a cool pair. Innovative solutions of a temperature controlled kind, like those offered by LH Cargo and Envirotainer, are more and more in demand.
Emery expands its Gold Priority product to more countries.
Swisscargo had a lower result in first half 1999 than expected.
Cyprus Air appoints Capital International as German GSA.
IAM is All Nippon Airways' new cargo agent in Ireland.

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NOVEMBER 19, 1999

Feature

The case of Deutsche Post AG. The German postal service plans to buy AEI, the US logistics provider. What will the EU Commission think of this billion-dollar deal?

Maritime

"From Road to Sea". a long way. The recent conference on shortsea shipping in Hamburg reveals the problems that beset this sector.
Harald Sommer of Team Lines wants action on the shortsea front, "before roads become parking lots".
P&O Nedlloyd, Columbus Line and Aliança change port rotation in the US Gulf-South America service.
ECL accepts containers for the South American west coast.
Delmas serves Tilbury with its West Africa ro/ro service.
Two Swedish lines join, with Stena Line taking over Scandlines AB.

Forwarding & Logistics

P&O Nedlloyd will run BASF's new RDV in Shanghai.
Circle improves results.
BHP Logistics opens Singapore distribution centre.
Ryder wants to boost profits by focusing on core activities.
Nittsu builds bridge to India.
Lower profit for Logistec.

Intermodal

Worldpoint Logistics takes over Riss Intermodal.
Amtrak in the USA shows more interest in refrigerated transport.

Aviation

Lufthansa & Envirotainer: a cool pair. Innovative solutions of a temperature controlled kind, like those offered by LH Cargo and Envirotainer, are more and more in demand.
Emery expands its Gold Priority product to more countries.
Swisscargo had a lower result in first half 1999 than expected.
Cyprus Air appoints Capital International as German GSA.
IAM is All Nippon Airways' new cargo agent in Ireland.

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NOVEMBER 17, 1999

Actualité Maritime et Transport

Rapport de la Cour des comptes sur la question portuaire
Les projets sectoriels des transports en Afrique sub-saharienne
A propos de la mise en conformité des vraquiers à la Convention Solas

Actualité Internationale

ROYAUME-UNI : les séquestres en septembre
BELGIQUE : condamnation pour un accord maritime
ALGERIE : exportation de gasoil sans soufre
INDONESIE : ports : baisse de trafic et participations privées
VIET NAM : développement des infrastructures portuaires
JAPON : situation de la construction navale
Marines militaires : Les enseignements du conflit en Adriatique

Actualité Portuaire Européenne

FELIXSTOWE : fréquence d'un service sur les Pays baltes accrue
HAMBOURG : trafic : + 5,5% à la fin septembre
BREME-BREMERHAVEN : manutention : BLG attaqué
ROTTERDAM : ferries rapides sur Dordrecht
ANVERS : révision de la rémunération de l'agent maritime?
DUNKERQUE : NCS en progression

Spécial Conteneurisation

CALAIS : trafic passagers toujours en baisse
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER : la SPFO devient Comilog France
LE HAVRE : 50 embauches "ACH" à Saint-Nazaire
ROUEN : trafic fluvial : croissance de 47 % à fin septembre
CAEN-OUISTREHAM : trafic : + 11,9 % à la fin septembre
CHERBOURG : création d'une Union maritime professionnelle
BREST : réparation navale : bon niveau d'activité
LORIENT : Alstom Leroux Naval : un ferry de 134 m pour la Corse
NANTES/ST-NAZAIRE : Chantiers de l'Atlantique : réduction du temps de travail
BORDEAUX : réhabilitaiton des bassins à flot
MARSEILLE/FOS : SNCM : les syndicats sonnent le branle-bas de combat
NICE : remise en service des NGV
GENES : D'Amico consolide sa position

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NOVEMBER 17, 1999

Actualité Maritime et Transport

Rapport de la Cour des comptes sur la question portuaire
Les projets sectoriels des transports en Afrique sub-saharienne
A propos de la mise en conformité des vraquiers à la Convention Solas

Actualité Internationale

ROYAUME-UNI : les séquestres en septembre
BELGIQUE : condamnation pour un accord maritime
ALGERIE : exportation de gasoil sans soufre
INDONESIE : ports : baisse de trafic et participations privées
VIET NAM : développement des infrastructures portuaires
JAPON : situation de la construction navale
Marines militaires : Les enseignements du conflit en Adriatique

Actualité Portuaire Européenne

FELIXSTOWE : fréquence d'un service sur les Pays baltes accrue
HAMBOURG : trafic : + 5,5% à la fin septembre
BREME-BREMERHAVEN : manutention : BLG attaqué
ROTTERDAM : ferries rapides sur Dordrecht
ANVERS : révision de la rémunération de l'agent maritime?
DUNKERQUE : NCS en progression

Spécial Conteneurisation

CALAIS : trafic passagers toujours en baisse
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER : la SPFO devient Comilog France
LE HAVRE : 50 embauches "ACH" à Saint-Nazaire
ROUEN : trafic fluvial : croissance de 47 % à fin septembre
CAEN-OUISTREHAM : trafic : + 11,9 % à la fin septembre
CHERBOURG : création d'une Union maritime professionnelle
BREST : réparation navale : bon niveau d'activité
LORIENT : Alstom Leroux Naval : un ferry de 134 m pour la Corse
NANTES/ST-NAZAIRE : Chantiers de l'Atlantique : réduction du temps de travail
BORDEAUX : réhabilitaiton des bassins à flot
MARSEILLE/FOS : SNCM : les syndicats sonnent le branle-bas de combat
NICE : remise en service des NGV
GENES : D'Amico consolide sa position

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NOVEMBER 17, 1999

Actualité Maritime et Transport

Rapport de la Cour des comptes sur la question portuaire
Les projets sectoriels des transports en Afrique sub-saharienne
A propos de la mise en conformité des vraquiers à la Convention Solas

Actualité Internationale

ROYAUME-UNI : les séquestres en septembre
BELGIQUE : condamnation pour un accord maritime
ALGERIE : exportation de gasoil sans soufre
INDONESIE : ports : baisse de trafic et participations privées
VIET NAM : développement des infrastructures portuaires
JAPON : situation de la construction navale
Marines militaires : Les enseignements du conflit en Adriatique

Actualité Portuaire Européenne

FELIXSTOWE : fréquence d'un service sur les Pays baltes accrue
HAMBOURG : trafic : + 5,5% à la fin septembre
BREME-BREMERHAVEN : manutention : BLG attaqué
ROTTERDAM : ferries rapides sur Dordrecht
ANVERS : révision de la rémunération de l'agent maritime?
DUNKERQUE : NCS en progression

Spécial Conteneurisation

CALAIS : trafic passagers toujours en baisse
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER : la SPFO devient Comilog France
LE HAVRE : 50 embauches "ACH" à Saint-Nazaire
ROUEN : trafic fluvial : croissance de 47 % à fin septembre
CAEN-OUISTREHAM : trafic : + 11,9 % à la fin septembre
CHERBOURG : création d'une Union maritime professionnelle
BREST : réparation navale : bon niveau d'activité
LORIENT : Alstom Leroux Naval : un ferry de 134 m pour la Corse
NANTES/ST-NAZAIRE : Chantiers de l'Atlantique : réduction du temps de travail
BORDEAUX : réhabilitaiton des bassins à flot
MARSEILLE/FOS : SNCM : les syndicats sonnent le branle-bas de combat
NICE : remise en service des NGV
GENES : D'Amico consolide sa position

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NOVEMBER 17, 1999

Actualité Maritime et Transport

Rapport de la Cour des comptes sur la question portuaire
Les projets sectoriels des transports en Afrique sub-saharienne
A propos de la mise en conformité des vraquiers à la Convention Solas

Actualité Internationale

ROYAUME-UNI : les séquestres en septembre
BELGIQUE : condamnation pour un accord maritime
ALGERIE : exportation de gasoil sans soufre
INDONESIE : ports : baisse de trafic et participations privées
VIET NAM : développement des infrastructures portuaires
JAPON : situation de la construction navale
Marines militaires : Les enseignements du conflit en Adriatique

Actualité Portuaire Européenne

FELIXSTOWE : fréquence d'un service sur les Pays baltes accrue
HAMBOURG : trafic : + 5,5% à la fin septembre
BREME-BREMERHAVEN : manutention : BLG attaqué
ROTTERDAM : ferries rapides sur Dordrecht
ANVERS : révision de la rémunération de l'agent maritime?
DUNKERQUE : NCS en progression

Spécial Conteneurisation

CALAIS : trafic passagers toujours en baisse
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER : la SPFO devient Comilog France
LE HAVRE : 50 embauches "ACH" à Saint-Nazaire
ROUEN : trafic fluvial : croissance de 47 % à fin septembre
CAEN-OUISTREHAM : trafic : + 11,9 % à la fin septembre
CHERBOURG : création d'une Union maritime professionnelle
BREST : réparation navale : bon niveau d'activité
LORIENT : Alstom Leroux Naval : un ferry de 134 m pour la Corse
NANTES/ST-NAZAIRE : Chantiers de l'Atlantique : réduction du temps de travail
BORDEAUX : réhabilitaiton des bassins à flot
MARSEILLE/FOS : SNCM : les syndicats sonnent le branle-bas de combat
NICE : remise en service des NGV
GENES : D'Amico consolide sa position

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Danzas-AEI, if given merger approval from U.S. and European authorities, is poised to become the world's largest air freight forwarder. The deal, rumored for weeks, concluded on Nov. 15 with Deutsche Post offering $1.14 billion in cash for all of AEI. Executives from Swiss-based Danzas will dominate the new company's management team. Renato Chiavi, now Danzas' head of intercontinental business, was picked as Danzas-AEI's new chief executive officer. Guenter Rohrmann, AEI's longtime CEO, is leading the transition effort. The transition effort raises many questions about how to blend the two companies with vastly different structures, management styles and customer approaches. Meanwhile, the European Union continues its investigation into Deutsche Post's buying habits. The farmer's view of economics is that railroads have them lashed to the track with a constrictor knot. The reason says transportation consultant and Alliance for Rail Competition Chairman Terry Whiteside, is "lack of choice. Where there is no competition, prices are higher and service is worse." So Whiteside has taken a personal role in petitioning Congress for change. The chemical industry and the Internet seem like an odd match, but the Internet age has forced the industry to change. Ashland Distribution Co., the largest distributor of chemicals and plastics in North America, has joined hands and taken an equity stake in e-Chemicals, an Internet company that allows chemical buyers to select a product, get a price, place orders and track shipments via its website. "Long gone are the days of faxing back and forth and waiting days or weeks sometimes to get information," said one import manager. Using the Internet to marshal information on the many thousands of chemical products enables distributors to "make a decision right away whether we can use a product or not and move it." Yellow Corp. would like to find a way to spin off the company's biggest unit, Teamsters-represented Yellow Freight, to make way for its nonunion regional carriers to take center stage. Yellow isn't the first to try this. Roadway Express did it in 1996. Consolidated Freightways broke away from its parent a year later. Nonunion trucking companies are growing at a much faster clip, around 15 percent a year, than the 1 to 2 percent growth rate for their unionized counterparts. Yellow Freight is faring better than average. In the most recent quarter, its operating income jumped 30 percent to $26.6 million. Oh, those pesky airplanes, always making noise. Airlines, airports and governmental bodies are gearing up for what could be a big fight in the new millennium. While just weeks away from ridding the skies of all Stage 2 aircraft, airlines and, more importantly, airports are looking at how to quickly usher in new, more stringent noise standards. Airports want aircraft operating closest to the margin phased out of U.S. skies within three years. Airlines take a different view, stating that there is no such thing as marginal aircraft and a Stage 3 plane is a Stage 3 plane. The FAA is trying to balance itself somewhere in the middle of the debate. While the Panama Canal hand-over may be the biggest port story of the year, developments on both ends of the Suez Canal are just as interesting. The developments at Port Said East on the Mediterranean border and the Suez Industrial Port on the Red Sea are meant to boost Africa's place as a major trading bloc and help the growing Egyptian economy. A $1 billion project is slated to give the Suez Canal a sea-air complex along with a free trade zone to rival Panama's plans. Egypt is in the middle of trying to privatize its collection of 41 ports, improve facilities and make the country a more viable trading nation. Ed Emmett says that the National Industrial Transportation League is taking its message - better service from the railroads through more competition - directly to Wall Street. In an interview at NIT League's annual meeting in San Antonio, Emmett said Wall Street has been hearing from the railroad industry for too long that regulatory changes would spell doom for the industry, that increasing competition among carriers would leave the railroads bankrupt. But Emmett plans on informing investment companies otherwise through direct meetings with analysts. It may not be poetry in motion, but inventory in motion can be a beautiful thing. So Seattle-based nPassage, the web-based technology firm formerly known as ITM Corp., would have us believe. nPassage Inc. wants to help shippers ensure that inventory keeps moving, and let them track their freight as it moves through the supply chain. To that end, the company is bent on building a global online community for shippers, consignees, forwarders and carriers. "We're pioneering integration of web technology with the heavy freight shipping industry," said Alan Van Boven, nPassage president and CEO. Unfortunately, pioneers and trailblazers sometimes get lost. That nearly happened to nPassage, and it's not out of the wilderness yet.