UN targets alien invaders carried by global shipping [SINGAPORE] A United Nations (UN) task force met recently in London to launch a new initiative -- the Global Ballast Water Management Programme, or GloBallast -- in a bid to protect the world's oceans from the threat posed by global shipping.
First-half volume at Tg Pelepas hits 48,668 TEUs
China shipping firms carry more cargo
Surging trade boosts cargo at LA, Long Beach
Indonesia No 1 on high seas danger list
Air and Land Transport
Stranded Concorde passengers to complete flight on B737 [MONTREAL] Passengers stranded when a British Airways (BA) Concorde aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Newfoundland, Canada, were awaiting the arrival of another aircraft early yesterday to complete their journey to New York.
Operators of Beijing, Tianjin airports to merge
American Airlines seeks to sue US govt in fatal crash case
United Air pilots target Sept 4 for accord or strike
UN targets alien invaders carried by global shipping [SINGAPORE] A United Nations (UN) task force met recently in London to launch a new initiative -- the Global Ballast Water Management Programme, or GloBallast -- in a bid to protect the world's oceans from the threat posed by global shipping.
First-half volume at Tg Pelepas hits 48,668 TEUs
China shipping firms carry more cargo
Surging trade boosts cargo at LA, Long Beach
Indonesia No 1 on high seas danger list
Air and Land Transport
Stranded Concorde passengers to complete flight on B737 [MONTREAL] Passengers stranded when a British Airways (BA) Concorde aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Newfoundland, Canada, were awaiting the arrival of another aircraft early yesterday to complete their journey to New York.
Operators of Beijing, Tianjin airports to merge
American Airlines seeks to sue US govt in fatal crash case
United Air pilots target Sept 4 for accord or strike
The new containership P&O Nedlloyd Drake The new containership P&O Nedlloyd Drake built by the German shipyard Aker MTW in Wismar, is pictured in the River Elbe yesterday.
Keppel pressure for SemCorp link KEPPEL Hitachi Zosen would like to see a merger with SembCorp Marine to become a single superyard in Singapore "sooner rather than later", and the yards have held "informal discussions", a senior executive from Keppel confirmed yesterday.
New Exel up 0.5% on debut Exel, the newly-merged UK-based logistics group, has debuted with interim pre-tax profits before exceptionals of '90.9m, up by just 0.5% due to one-off hits from disposals.
Interpool in Transamerica buy LEADING international container lessor Interpool has agreed to acquire the North American intermodal division of Transamerica Leasing for $675m in cash. The deal is expected to be closed by the end of the year and Interpool anticipated that it would be accretive to earnings.
North African holiday rush clogs ports of Algeciras and Tangier AN avalanche of North Africans heading home for the summer holidays caused 12-hour delays to overloaded ferry services between the southern Spanish port of Algeciras and the Moroccan port of Tangier yesterday.
Banff boost for DSND Søndenfjeldske DSND Søndenfjeldske, the Oslo-listed offshore services and subsea construction group, has won a partial victory in the London High Court in its long drawn out £17m ($25m) case against seismic and oilfield services group Petroleum Geo-Services.
CT9 set to spark price rises at Kwai Chung HANDLING charges at several of the container terminals at Hong Kong's Kwai Chung port will have to rise to cover the US$1.2bn cost of developing container terminal 9 (CT9).
About 367 would-be immigrants crowd the Kalsit About 367 would-be immigrants crowd the Kalsit, left, as she is towed to the southern Italian port of Crotone after leaving Turkey to stop in Greece, where authorities were told she was carrying Kurds and entrants from Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Senegal.
Thaïlande: Katoen Natie implante un centre logistique pour l'industrie automobile à Rayong Le groupe anversois Katoen Natie grand spécialiste mondial de la logistisque semi-industrielle poursuit sa politique d'implantations en Asie. Il vient de signer un contrat à long terme avec Hemaraj Land Development Plc portant sur l'implantation d'un centre logistique pour les sous-traitants et l'industrie automobile à Rayong où sont concentrés trois producteurs automobiles d'importance. Rayong est situé dans le fond du golfe du Bengale sur le littoral est du pays. L'investissement est de 400 mio. de Bath, soit un peu plus de 400 mio. de BEF. L'installation générera une centaine d'emplois. A cela s'ajouterait un autre investissement dans l'implantation d'un centre de distribution de biens de consommation à Bangkok.
Rentokil a vendu Rouch à SNCF Participations Le groupe britannique Rentokil Initial et SNCF Participations (groupe ferroviaire français) ont signé un protocole d'accord concernant la société française de transport combiné rail/route Rouch Intermodal. Cette dernière, jusqu'alors filiale de Rentokil Initial, doit ainsi entrer dans le giron de la SEGI, filiale de SNCF Participations. Par ailleurs, le groupe britannique cherche un acquéreur pour la société United Savam, une autre de ses filiales françaises.
Les ports du St-Laurent confrontés à d'importants défis Le Saint Laurent a assurément une vocation stratégique importante en tant que voie de communication avec l'hinterland québécois et du Canada, avec les Grands Lacs, avec le Nord-Ouest et le Midwest américain. Le CA total des entreprises opérant dans les secteurs maritimes et portuaires concernés s'établit à 3,1 mia. de dollars. Elles génèrent plus de 26.000 emplois directs et indirects, ceci pour une masse salariale d'un milliard de dollars. Pour les gouvernements du Québec et du Canada les revenus fiscaux et parafiscaux annuels qui découlent de ces activités représentent respectivement 204,6 et 140,7 mio. de dollars.
Anvers: la SNCB prévoit quatre faisceaux pour la desserte du Deurganckdok Dans le cadre des développements attendus à la Rive gauche du port d'Anvers, la SNCB prévoit d'importants travaux d'extension de son réseau et de sa capacité. La question fondamentale encore à trancher est toutefois celle de la liaison avec la Rive droite, la gare de formation d'Anvers-Nord et son Main Hub.
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