End directorship limit for shipping firms, KL urged [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian Shipowners' Association (MASA) has proposed to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) that a restriction on directorship be waived for shipping companies.
Indian shipping tonnage dips despite bigger fleet
China returns oil tanker to owner, arrests 20 seamen
Air and Land Transport
MAS, Cathay to boost KL-HK services by 30% MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) and Cathay Pacific Airways signed a code-share agreement yesterday which will boost their services between Hongkong and Kuala Lumpur by 30 per cent before the end of the year.
Virgin Blue may offer fares lower than A$99
US to set safety rules for flight attendants
TWA crash: Boeing settles 52 lawsuits
Atlantic Coast Airlines to buy up to 30 Bombardier aircraft
Passengers caught in the middle of quarrel between United, pilots
Features
Savannah takes on Charleston [CHARLESTON, South Carolina] THE Cooper River shimmers in the stifling heat, a reflection of the rising rivalry between South Carolina's major port here and its smaller competitor in Savannah, in Georgia state. A month ago, Savannah nabbed from Charleston a portion of its Asian container business from Maersk Sealand, the world's largest shipping line.
End directorship limit for shipping firms, KL urged [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian Shipowners' Association (MASA) has proposed to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) that a restriction on directorship be waived for shipping companies.
Indian shipping tonnage dips despite bigger fleet
China returns oil tanker to owner, arrests 20 seamen
Air and Land Transport
MAS, Cathay to boost KL-HK services by 30% MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) and Cathay Pacific Airways signed a code-share agreement yesterday which will boost their services between Hongkong and Kuala Lumpur by 30 per cent before the end of the year.
Virgin Blue may offer fares lower than A$99
US to set safety rules for flight attendants
TWA crash: Boeing settles 52 lawsuits
Atlantic Coast Airlines to buy up to 30 Bombardier aircraft
Passengers caught in the middle of quarrel between United, pilots
Features
Savannah takes on Charleston [CHARLESTON, South Carolina] THE Cooper River shimmers in the stifling heat, a reflection of the rising rivalry between South Carolina's major port here and its smaller competitor in Savannah, in Georgia state. A month ago, Savannah nabbed from Charleston a portion of its Asian container business from Maersk Sealand, the world's largest shipping line.
End directorship limit for shipping firms, KL urged [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian Shipowners' Association (MASA) has proposed to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) that a restriction on directorship be waived for shipping companies.
Indian shipping tonnage dips despite bigger fleet
China returns oil tanker to owner, arrests 20 seamen
Air and Land Transport
MAS, Cathay to boost KL-HK services by 30% MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) and Cathay Pacific Airways signed a code-share agreement yesterday which will boost their services between Hongkong and Kuala Lumpur by 30 per cent before the end of the year.
Virgin Blue may offer fares lower than A$99
US to set safety rules for flight attendants
TWA crash: Boeing settles 52 lawsuits
Atlantic Coast Airlines to buy up to 30 Bombardier aircraft
Passengers caught in the middle of quarrel between United, pilots
Features
Savannah takes on Charleston [CHARLESTON, South Carolina] THE Cooper River shimmers in the stifling heat, a reflection of the rising rivalry between South Carolina's major port here and its smaller competitor in Savannah, in Georgia state. A month ago, Savannah nabbed from Charleston a portion of its Asian container business from Maersk Sealand, the world's largest shipping line.
Spinosa tops McWilliams to win ILWU presidency The former West Coast longshoreman will lead the 60,000-strong union.
Evergreen reshuffle to boost Lloyd Triestino's Asia-Europe service The carrier will charter five new post-Panamax container ships and switch three newly-built vessels to the Italian line to improve transit times in the Asia-Europe trade.
Rotterdam volume up 4.3% in first half of year The world's biggest seaport moved 157.8 million metric tons as a surge in bulk offset a modest rise in container traffic.
Shippers, carriers told: E-biz practices are key The hallmarks of the new economy can reduce costs and expand markets, one consultant says.
FedEx upgrades online logistics service
Network Shiping names Phoenician agent for Central America service
Rising tanker rates boost OSG income Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. today reported that income from vessel operations in the second quarter of 2000 increased to $25.7 million versus $13.1 million in the same quarter of 1999.
Pacific Carriers makes $5.6 million on newbuilding sale to OMI As tanker prospects brighten and newbuilding prices firm, there's a growing tendency for owners to take a profit by selling newbuildings even before delivery.
H&W might still build Tikoo's giant cruise liner Ravi Tikoo thinks the time is now ripe to build his 160,000 gt, 3,000 passenger Ultimate Dream at Northern Ireland's Harland & Wolff.
LMZ pushes on with China tanker orders LMZ Transoil is pushing ahead with its tanker-building programme in spite of a potential hiccup in its project to construct a pair of large aframaxes in China.
Clinton steps out to create unified policy on the oceans US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton confronted the forces of nature this week as he signed a law setting up a commission to decide how best to protect the nation's oceans and coastal resources.
Lloyd's 'winning London battle' LLOYD'S is winning the balance of power in the London insurance market, experts at ratings agency Standard & Poor's have judged.
Frontline set to absorb Golden Ocean VLCCs GOLDEN Ocean's fleet of modern VLCCs is set to be consolidated within the Frontline group by the end of next month following a favourable court decision for the John Fredriksen company.
Rinave retaliates on 'rustbucket' accusation PORTUGUESE classification society Registro Internacional Naval has hit out at alleged inaccuracies in the Paris memorandum which named one of its vessels 'rustbucket of the month', writes David Osler.
Southampton denies MP's claims over Dibden project SOUTHAMPTON City Council yesterday rejected accusations of "arrogant interference" and favouritism over its handling of a controversial proposal by Associated British Ports to build a huge new container facility in Dibden Bay.
ITF blockades Oslo ferry in wages dispute INTERNATIONAL Transport Workers Federation activists have blockaded the Color Line ro-ro ship Sea Trader in Oslo harbour since Monday, claiming its German manager ADG Shipmanagement owes significant sums in outstanding wage payments.
OSG results buoyed by rising tanker market BUOYED by rising tanker markets through the first half of this year, Overseas Shipbuilding Group posted net earnings of $11m for the second quarter and $16m for the first six months, up from $8.4m and $11.5m in the corresponding 1999 periods.
Le port de Rotterdam se dirige vers un record pour fêter le millénaire Comparé au premier semestre de 1999, le transbordement de marchandises dans le port de Rotterdam a progressé de 4,3% à 157,8 millions de tonnes durant les six premiers mois de l'année. Cette augmentation s'explique principalement par la croissance explosive du transbordement de vracs secs et liquides. La manutention de minerais, ferraille et "autres vracs liquides" a progressé de près de 30% et le trafic "d'autres vracs secs" de pratiquement 15%.
Le Havre et son "Port 2000": quelle sera la portée réelle de l'appel d'offres? Le port du Havre va donc réaliser son projet de "Port 2.000", à savoir un nouvel avant-port gagné sur l'estuaire de la Seine, dont la première phase consistera à construire quatre postes à marée, soit 1.400 m de quai en eau profonde, ainsi qu'évoqué dans une édition précédente. La progression des trafics justifie la mise en place d'une capacité supplémentaire en terminaux à containers à marée, outils qui seront appelés à traiter les nouvelles générations de grands PC de 5.000 à 7.000 TEU et peut être plus par la suite. Les manutentionnaires locaux disent manquer de capacité et se trouvent de ce fait logés à la même enseigne que leurs collègues anversois.
Antwerp Rapid Transit Team reprend IPTS Le premier août dernier, l'expéditeur anversois ART (Deurne), a repris les activités et le personnel d'IPTS et notamment la succursale de la Zwarthuisstraat, qui était dirigée par Leo Giveron. "Cela nous permettra de proposer un éventail d'activités plus complémentaires à nos clients", nous a déclaré l'administrateur délégué Marc Huybrechts.
La CE met Deutsche Post sur le gril La Commission européenne a engagé une procédure formelle à l'encontre de Deutsche Post, qui abuserait de sa position dominante en Allemagne pour empêcher ses concurrents d'accéder au marché des ventes par correspondance. La CE veut également que DP s'explique sur les tarifs exorbitants appliqués dans le secteur encore réservé de l'affranchissement des lettres.
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