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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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