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Pirates attack ship just outside S'pore waters
[SINGAPORE] The spectre of piracy moved alarmingly close to home last Sunday when pirates attacked and attempted to hijack a ship lying at anchor just outside Singapore port waters.
Oil spill from damaged tanker under control
IMO agains warns Europe against unilateral action

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Boeing may also end up with super jumbo: Iata chief
[SINGAPORE] It will just be a matter of time before US aircraft manufacturer Boeing decides to build a superjumbo like the planned A3XX of its rival Airbus Industrie, airline supremo Pierre Jeanniot said yesterday. "The world needs larger aircraft and not more smaller ones as it is difficult and costly for major hub airports to build more plane space and runways," Pierre Jeanniot, director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (Iata), said here yesterday.
Cathay's passenger traffic hits record 1.09m
Two die after stowing in plane undercarriage
Asian car sales forecast to stagnate
Aviation industry urged to speed up deregulation
Virgin eyes major share of London to Lagos route
American Air pilots to appeal against US$45.5m penalty
Aeroflot signs MOU with Iraq

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Players extol Net's potential
AN the Internet solve shipping's imbalance problems? Chances are, it can, but the industry's reluctance to share information is seriously impeding its potential, according to speakers at the Container Shipping II Executive Summit recently held in Singapore.

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Shipping News

Pirates attack ship just outside S'pore waters
[SINGAPORE] The spectre of piracy moved alarmingly close to home last Sunday when pirates attacked and attempted to hijack a ship lying at anchor just outside Singapore port waters.
Oil spill from damaged tanker under control
IMO agains warns Europe against unilateral action

Air and Land Transport

Boeing may also end up with super jumbo: Iata chief
[SINGAPORE] It will just be a matter of time before US aircraft manufacturer Boeing decides to build a superjumbo like the planned A3XX of its rival Airbus Industrie, airline supremo Pierre Jeanniot said yesterday. "The world needs larger aircraft and not more smaller ones as it is difficult and costly for major hub airports to build more plane space and runways," Pierre Jeanniot, director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (Iata), said here yesterday.
Cathay's passenger traffic hits record 1.09m
Two die after stowing in plane undercarriage
Asian car sales forecast to stagnate
Aviation industry urged to speed up deregulation
Virgin eyes major share of London to Lagos route
American Air pilots to appeal against US$45.5m penalty
Aeroflot signs MOU with Iraq

Features

Players extol Net's potential
AN the Internet solve shipping's imbalance problems? Chances are, it can, but the industry's reluctance to share information is seriously impeding its potential, according to speakers at the Container Shipping II Executive Summit recently held in Singapore.

web site

Shipping News

Pirates attack ship just outside S'pore waters
[SINGAPORE] The spectre of piracy moved alarmingly close to home last Sunday when pirates attacked and attempted to hijack a ship lying at anchor just outside Singapore port waters.
Oil spill from damaged tanker under control
IMO agains warns Europe against unilateral action

Air and Land Transport

Boeing may also end up with super jumbo: Iata chief
[SINGAPORE] It will just be a matter of time before US aircraft manufacturer Boeing decides to build a superjumbo like the planned A3XX of its rival Airbus Industrie, airline supremo Pierre Jeanniot said yesterday. "The world needs larger aircraft and not more smaller ones as it is difficult and costly for major hub airports to build more plane space and runways," Pierre Jeanniot, director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (Iata), said here yesterday.
Cathay's passenger traffic hits record 1.09m
Two die after stowing in plane undercarriage
Asian car sales forecast to stagnate
Aviation industry urged to speed up deregulation
Virgin eyes major share of London to Lagos route
American Air pilots to appeal against US$45.5m penalty
Aeroflot signs MOU with Iraq

Features

Players extol Net's potential
AN the Internet solve shipping's imbalance problems? Chances are, it can, but the industry's reluctance to share information is seriously impeding its potential, according to speakers at the Container Shipping II Executive Summit recently held in Singapore.

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E-logistics not top priority with execs: Study The survey of 250 senior-level logistics and supply chain professionals found that creating and implementing an e-business strategy didn't even finish in the top five. More fed help needed for port security: Nagle The president of the AAPA said the pending Port and Maritime Security Act of 2000 places most of the responsibility for solving seaport crime on ports by instituting security guidelines and limited loan guarantees for security infrastructure. Globalization, not regionalization More free trade agreements are on the way. But are they really welcomed. Gulfship returns to New Orleans Customs plans Commissioner's symposium

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China completes rail electrification project Bureau Veritas posts profits MPA takes initiative in bunker improvement FedEx hails China's PNTR passage FAG spots opening down under Panalpina charter for European freight

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
US regulation stricter on rail mergers North Sea ferry services gear up KLM Cargo Services no deal for Worldwide Flight Services No terminal charges for Indonesian importers UPS in Top for Women's Business Enterprise Joint venture of SOL and SOS

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Petronet extends LNG tankers delivery time Indexpo 2001 to be springboard to Gulf markets Export Import Workshop completes 8 batches CII seeks deletion of flawed tax holiday provision for FTZ units RBI allows coffee exports to Russia under ruppe repayment account Chile indetifies areas for trade boost with India 6-8 pc growth in cashew exports anticipated KCCI: Declare Mangalore as free economic zone Ficci indetifies areas for trade boost with Russia Anti-dumping duty on EPDM from Korea Textile exports to EU may rise by Rs 700 cr. Indo-French group on IT to focus on B2B tie-ups Export incentives may cost Govt Rs 20,000 crore Good show by Dredging Corpn India, Russia sign 11 agreements Decision on petro price rollback tomorrow GAIL acquires 24 pc stake in Gujarat Pipavav LNG Plan for FDI in plantations sector shelved 6.7 pc growth in air freight volumes seen

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
European Transport Council agrees on timetable for phasing out single hull oil tankers by 2015 Chimbusco introduces 380cst as it prepares for post-WTO bunker market Brazilian price indications Norway oil output to rise next year Posted prices for Dammam and Jeddah Crude dips on decent stock build MPA continues efforts to control and improve the Singapore bunker industry with CP77 Mexican price indications Price indications for Argentina Singapore opens steady to soft St Petersburg price indications SIBCON 2000: Great e-spectations E-bunkering recognised by Maritime Asia Awards 2000

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
Dataworks in unique broker Internet venture with Network Chartering Wallenius Wilhelmsen upgrades in Vlissingen Kent Line improves North America/Caribbean loop Kien Hung now weekly to North/South America Four carriers jointly in the Caribbean Electronic market place for one's health EWL upgrades Central America network TMM signs contract with Alstrom DC Air to take flight Halifax Port Authority (HPA) and Haltern Halifax pushes third terminal «Mini direct connections» between Taiwan and China Freight Australia and Specialized Container Transport Salalah in the black Seven new rubber-tired gantry cranes for DPA Quryat and Riyadh get railroad link New roads for Morocco Modern railroads for Nigeria Belgian loan for Zambia Boom and bother in Alsace

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
Farstad orders AHTS's Norway's Farstad Supply AS has signed contracts for two AHTS's, plus one option Kværner offer expires In a brief announcement, Kværner said that its conditions had not been met by the end of its offer period for Aker Maritime. Another Aker Maritime deepwater spar order Aker Maritime has been awarded a contract for delivery of a spar floating production platform hull and mooring for the Boomvang field in the Gulf of Mexico Bouguyes invests in Italian fab yard partner Bouygues Offshore has made an indirect 20% equity investment in Italy's Rosetti Marino SpA

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
Port of Seattle takes back third runway permit request Hyundai alters Pacific Northwest service effective September 25 Port Seattle inks 14 percent increase in container cargo handling in August Corps renew effort to dredge river after denial by Oregon and Washington Port of Portland receives award from national port association

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
EU Expands Deutsche Post Probe TPG Wins E-Commerce Contract Fine Air Files for Bankruptcy WSC Open for Business Junk Goes Electronic Roadway Net Up 12.4 Percent

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Nile Bridge Faces Collapse - Experts Dar Dock Overhaul to Cost $4 million Uganda Railways Cannot Insure Its Ships Before Repairs

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Papoutsis in Greek ship safety purge IN a purge of Greece's Merchant Ship Inspectorate, shipping minister Christos Papoutsis has ousted the body's top brass and ordered an independent investigation into its record, which has been battered by criticism in the wake of last week's Express Samina ferry tragedy in the Aegean Sea. Metrostar kills off Frontline bid rumours GREECE'S Metrostar group has laid to rest speculation that it could be in talks with acquisitive Norwegian shipowner John Fredriksen over a possible takeover of its fleet by Frontline, writes Nigel Lowry. Slater warns over tanker share sale PAUL Slater's First International Group has warned potential buyers of shares in two of its holding companies being marketed by receivers that they should not expect to benefit from any deal. Oslo budget keeps sea pay refund scheme NORWAY'S shipowners heaved a sigh of relief at the draft 2001 budget presented by Labour Party prime minister Jens Stoltenberg's government yesterday, but slammed politicians nonetheless for the "deteriorating operating conditions" confronting Norwegian business at large. More legal protection sought for masters A GROWING number of cases where shipmasters have been subjected to criminal charges has led the Nautical Institute, along with the International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations, to call for fairer treatment for ships' officers in the courts. Sleipner tragedy judge may call for criminal charges THE judicial commission investigating last autumn's Sleipner tragedy might recommend criminal charges to establish "gross neglect" against the Norwegian Maritime Directorate and shipowner Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap, Lloyd's List learns. Mississippi box leases AFTER months of deliberation, the Port of New Orleans this week awarded terminal leases for its new Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal to P&O Ports of Louisiana and Ceres Gulf. Le Havre era ends THE main gantry crane of Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre has been dismantled.

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
Singapore steps up piracy patrols Oil reaches Singapore waters Korea threatens tit-for-tat action Hellespont to take up ULCC option Jumbo 'shocker' for pirates US trucker strike call North Sea Afras set to surge China in coal-to-oil move Suezmax bull-run gains pace Bolero to launch Festival in Spain BP denies safety climb-down NSC to be wound up Dismantled engine foils hijackers Maersk Sealand 'sweeps up' Brazil Keith closes Florida ports CESA set to act against Korea Eastbound trans-Pac rates stalled Don't leave your mark in San Francisco Sugar ships delayed in Mombasa CMB sells Wah Kwong stake Frontline 'open minded' on Metrofin Grounded bulker sinks Oil majors reject US reserve stock India shocked at shipping results Straits spill salvage continues Kværner admits defeat in Aker bid Las Palmas job cuts loom

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Geopost vise 10% du marché européen du colis Créée en juin 1999, la société holding des filiales “Colis & Logistique” du groupe La Poste (France) vient d’adopter la dénomination GeoPost. Les excellents résultats actuels permettent d’afficher des ambitions non négligeables. Notamment détenir 10% du marché européen colis/logistique pour l’horizon 2002. Ford contre la grève en Espagne avec un pont aérien L’Europe est toujours touchée par des barrages de transporteurs routiers. Bien que les actions ont été suspendues en Grèce et au Luxembourg en raison d’un accord avec le gouvernement et que les Hongrois ont décidé d’arrêter leurs actions pour les mêmes raisons, la Sicile et l’Espagne sont toujours paralysées. Les barrages aux postes frontières avec la France ont entraîné l’arrêt de la ligne de production du Transit à Genk hier matin. Elle a toutefois pu être relancée hier dans l’après-midi, après la mise en place d’un pont aérien par Ford. Chao a repris le contrôle de la compagnie Wah Kwong Le groupe CMB a revendu sa participation de 54% dans la compagnie Wah Kwong Shipping Holdingd Ltd (Bermudes) à G. Chao, dont le père était le fondateur, qui en retrouve ainsi le contrôle total. Dans le fait de la CMB, cette opération se traduit par une plus value qui approcherait le milliard de BEF. Autover Distribution construit un EDC à Bastogne L’important producteur verrier français Saint-Gobain a entamé il y a quelques jours la construction d’un centre européen de distribution à Bastogne pour sa filiale Autover Distribution. Celle-ci est active dans le vitrage automobile pour le marché de remplacement (“after market”). Elle gérera la plate-forme logistique, qui distribuera les vitrages dans la plupart des pays d’Europe. Ces activités sont actuellement organisées à partir d’Etten-Leur, aux Pays-Bas, mais elles seront transférées vers Bastogne, entre autres parce que cette implantation offre encore des perspectives d’extension.

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OCTOBER 4, 2000
*Maritime Contract News* Express Samina Crewmembers Jailed Pending Trial Coal Carrier Sinks Off Sardinian Coast Singapore Strait Is Relieved Of Oil Slick From Damaged Tanker Minoan Shares Bounce Back Search Continues For Missing Trawler Crew

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USCG caves in over Polembros tanker Coast Guard to allow Adam Polemis' Neptune Dorado to discharge but vessel then banned from US until repaired. Second lightering operation on Natuna Sea Transfer of cargo from Tanker Pacific aframax continues as oil reaches Singapore waters. Hellespont goes back to the future Basil Papachristidis' Hellespont has modelled its high-spec VLCC and ULCC newbuildings on its own veteran Japanese-built ships, and is paying a premium for the pleasure. Shipowner Hellespont mulls move into oil trading The tanker player is considering owning the oil cargoes its ships transport. Ballast tank secret revealed by Hellespont After ten years of tests, shipowner Hellespont has unveiled a technique which it says reduces corrosion in ballast tanks and will save millions in re-coating costs. Earnings boost for Hyundai Productivity improvements and stable Won set to benefit the world's largest shipbuilder. Power failure hits Veendam Holland America Line's cruise ship is hit by an electrical power fault. Farstad Supply orders two tugs Norway's Farstad Supply has signed up for anchor handling supply vessels from two Norwegian yards.