Asia may benefit from EU anti-shipping sentiment Centre of gravity of global shipping may move to Far East if Europe takes unilateral measures, seminar warned
Pipavav port in talks to sell stake to a shipping line
Star's Q1 profit up 13%
Suez Canal's revenues up in March
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BA, 10 airlines to launch Internet travel agency Airline industry acts to slash huge ticketing, distribution costs
Taipei willing to re-open air talks with Manila
Dragonair's cargo volume continues surge
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Remedy when costs blow out This is the final part of our feature on freight rates in the evolution and mechanics of the conference system of pricing
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Asia may benefit from EU anti-shipping sentiment Centre of gravity of global shipping may move to Far East if Europe takes unilateral measures, seminar warned
Pipavav port in talks to sell stake to a shipping line
Star's Q1 profit up 13%
Suez Canal's revenues up in March
Air and Land Transport
BA, 10 airlines to launch Internet travel agency Airline industry acts to slash huge ticketing, distribution costs
Taipei willing to re-open air talks with Manila
Dragonair's cargo volume continues surge
Features
Remedy when costs blow out This is the final part of our feature on freight rates in the evolution and mechanics of the conference system of pricing
Columns
When 'collision' in Arabic means contact between vessels only
Asia may benefit from EU anti-shipping sentiment Centre of gravity of global shipping may move to Far East if Europe takes unilateral measures, seminar warned
Pipavav port in talks to sell stake to a shipping line
Star's Q1 profit up 13%
Suez Canal's revenues up in March
Air and Land Transport
BA, 10 airlines to launch Internet travel agency Airline industry acts to slash huge ticketing, distribution costs
Taipei willing to re-open air talks with Manila
Dragonair's cargo volume continues surge
Features
Remedy when costs blow out This is the final part of our feature on freight rates in the evolution and mechanics of the conference system of pricing
Columns
When 'collision' in Arabic means contact between vessels only
Asia may benefit from EU anti-shipping sentiment Centre of gravity of global shipping may move to Far East if Europe takes unilateral measures, seminar warned
Pipavav port in talks to sell stake to a shipping line
Star's Q1 profit up 13%
Suez Canal's revenues up in March
Air and Land Transport
BA, 10 airlines to launch Internet travel agency Airline industry acts to slash huge ticketing, distribution costs
Taipei willing to re-open air talks with Manila
Dragonair's cargo volume continues surge
Features
Remedy when costs blow out This is the final part of our feature on freight rates in the evolution and mechanics of the conference system of pricing
Columns
When 'collision' in Arabic means contact between vessels only
Festival goes to P&O for $400m P&O is to buy Festival Cruises in a deal worth up to $400m which will add the Greek owned cruise line to the P&O Princess cruising division which is due to be spun off later this year.
Jail term for Maracaibo oil spill master KONSTANTINOS Spiropulos, master of the Nissos Amorgos, has been sentenced in his absence to 16 months in prison by a Venezuelan court over the 1997 oil spill in the Maracaibo Channel.
Lauritzen sells Aalborg in focus on transport DENMARK'S Lauritzen Group has sold Aalborg Industries, one of the world's leading suppliers of marine boilers, to a powerful group of investors which includes three of the company's top executives.
Millenium downgrade sparks new worries THE credit rating of Millenium Seacarriers, the small bulker specialist, has been downgraded and more bad news may follow, writes Tony Gray.
'Clash with Sterling' sealed Harris fate TIM Harris is believed to have resigned from the P&O board after a row over Lord Sterling's retirement plans.
UK hauliers threaten court action BRITAIN'S hauliers may mount a legal challenge to the UK government's controversial fuel duty escalator, despite Chancellor Gordon Brown's decision to suspend the above-inflation tax in his March budget.
Asian tanker demand tipped to increase LONG-haul demand for VLCCs and suezmax tankers could increase substantially in the coming five years as Asian refineries import more sweet crude out of West Africa, says Norwegian shipbroker Lorentzen & Stemoco.
Abandoned Verona sold to Greek owner THE dry cargo ship Verona, which has been stranded since last August in the port of Hamburg, has been sold by public auction to Greek shipowner Georgios Ventouris, writes Sabina Casagrande, Cologne.
Ford va cesser de produire la Fiesta à Dagenham Ford Europe devrait confirmer aujourd'hui de façon officielle ce qui avait déjà été prédit à plusieurs reprises dans des documents internes officieux, à savoir que 1.500 postes supplémentaires vont disparaître dans son usine de Dagenham. Ford va "concrétiser" ces plans en arrêtant la production de la Fiesta à la fin de l'an prochain. Comme déjà annoncé, une des lignes d'assemblage de la Fiesta sera supprimée cet été, ce qui se traduira par la perte de 1.500 emplois. Vu que la production de l'Escort à Halewood sera également arrêtée à la fin de l'année et que l'usine sera transformée pour la production de petites Jaguar, plus aucune voiture Ford ne sera produite au Royaume-Uni. Cela signifiera aussi la fin des exportations vers notamment Zeebrugge. Pour Cobelfret Ferries, ce trafic a porté l'an passé sur 65.580 véhicules.
Le tunnel sous l'Escaut occidental à mi-chemin Les retards encourus dans les travaux de creusement du tunnel sous l'Escaut occidental sont pratiquement rattrapés. La machine de forage avance à une vitesse de 12 m par jour sous l'Escaut occidental entre Terneuzen et la rive nord, où le tunnel débouchera dans l'Ellewoutsdijk.
Anvers: comment freiner l'impact du container sur certains trafics? Si le port d'Anvers maintient sa position de leader en Europe du Nord dans le secteur du conventionnel/breakbulk, il n'en est pas moins évident que ledit secteur est en perte de vitesse. Certes, le premier trimestre de cette année a donné lieu à une très forte reprise, mais qu'il faut relativer car les chiffres en question sont à comparer avec un premier trimestre déplorable en 1999. La récente analyse des causes et effets du recul du conventionnel à laquelle s'est livré le service d'études de l'Entreprise portuaire anversoise et à laquelle nous avons déjà fait allusion dans un article précédent, est des plus intéressantes, dans la mesure où elle doit permettre aux diverses parties concernées de corriger le tir là où cela est nécessaire.
Le CA consolidé d'Air France a progressé de 13,5% Pour l'ensemble de l'exercice 1999/2000, qui s'est clôturé le 31 mars dernier, le groupe Air France a noté un chiffre d'affaires consolidé de 10,3 milliards d'EUR, en progression de 13,5%. Le CA des activités relatives au transport aérien représente 9,1 mia. d'EUR et est en hausse de 15,1%.
Club's ships in legal crossfire THE YA MAWLAYA legal battle has started alarm bells ringing in the P&I world because shipowners could be dragged into the disputes of other club members. As many as 700 ships face the risk of being seized if they visit ports at the mouth of the Mississippi waterway.
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
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