P&O places $2 billion in cruise ship orders As widely predicted, P&O has gone to Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for two of five new cruise ships it has ordered.
P&O launches $2bn newbuilding spree P&O has embarked on a $2bn cruiseship newbuilding spree at shipyards in Europe and Asia and has taken options that could eventually double the value of the order.
ICB Shipping faces break-up The break-up of ICB Shipping is emerging as the most likely outcome of the battle between John Fredriksen and John Angelicoussis for control of the Swedish tanker specialist, Mr Angelicoussis said yesterday.
Scandinavian merger to cost up to 250 jobs BETWEEN 200 and 250 jobs are to be axed through the merger of Sweden's Wallenius Lines with Wilhelmsen Lines of Norway to form the world's largest vehicle shipping company.
Ugland sees global trade rebound JONATHAN Palmer, Ugland International's chief executive yesterday tempered last week's profit warning by publishing new research that pointed to a rebound in global vehicle shipments.
New European group to target working hours THE European Transport Workers Federation, formed last week to group together trade unions from east and west of Europe, believes it will have stronger clout in seeking conditions for its members, federation officials said.
Baltic Exchange losses reduced OPERATING losses for the Baltic Exchange have fallen considerably over the past year.
Governments 'have failed sea transport' GOVERNMENTS have so far failed in their attempts to provide an internationally harmonised and stringently enforced regulatory environment to allow economically healthy and efficient sea transport, a senior Dutch government official admitted yesterday.
Dialogue holds key to quality control CONSTRUCTIVE, across-the-board dialogue is one of the answers to the challenge of self-regulated quality control in shipping, said Georgette Lalis, director of Maritime Transport, from the European Commission's DGVII.
Création d'un réseau dans la citerne alimentaire: Axcial Un réseau de transporteurs citerniers est né il y a quelques jours en France. Baptisé Axcial, il devrait rapidement s'étendre à d'autres pays d'Europe. Son siège commercial est d'ailleurs situé avenue Louise à Bruxelles. L'objectif est de donner à des PME une taille critique suffisante et d'assurer leur perennité grâce à la coopération. Aujourd'hui, ce réseau compte six entreprises françaises, et de nouveaux noms devraient ête annoncés prochainement.
Air France a opté pour Delta Airlines La conclusion d'un accord entre Air France et Delta Airlines vient d'être annoncée à Paris. Mais ce n'est que la première étape vers une "grande alliance globale", cette dernière devant rassembler d'autres partenaires.
Transport routier: les syndicats défendront le compromis La solution de compromis présentée aux patrons et aux chauffeurs par le conciliateur social André De Gieter semble avoir de très grandes chances d'ête acceptée. Le front commun des employeurs (Febetra, SAV et UPTR) a accepté le texte et l'a fait savoir lundi au médiateur. Les syndicats le défendront auprès des leurs adhérents, avons-nous appris.
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