Need to review safety regimes of cruise ships [SINGAPORE] The hard-hitting Bahamas Maritime Authority report into the fire and sinking of the Sun Vista cruise ship last year, has highlighted the possible need for changes to safety and inspection regimes for large passenger ships.
Bahamas report unfair: SembCorp
Int'l alert for missing ship in Malacca Strait
Air and Land Transport
Air France move opens prospect of future sell-off [PARIS] The French government is seeking bankers to advise on possible partnership options for Air France, the national carrier in which the state retains a 56 per cent stake.
Airbus planning Concorde successor
THAI, Lufthansa plan joint venture
Japan's plan for overseas flights at Haneda sparks domestic row
Need to review safety regimes of cruise ships [SINGAPORE] The hard-hitting Bahamas Maritime Authority report into the fire and sinking of the Sun Vista cruise ship last year, has highlighted the possible need for changes to safety and inspection regimes for large passenger ships.
Bahamas report unfair: SembCorp
Int'l alert for missing ship in Malacca Strait
Air and Land Transport
Air France move opens prospect of future sell-off [PARIS] The French government is seeking bankers to advise on possible partnership options for Air France, the national carrier in which the state retains a 56 per cent stake.
Airbus planning Concorde successor
THAI, Lufthansa plan joint venture
Japan's plan for overseas flights at Haneda sparks domestic row
Bollinger in deal with Incat Australia Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, La. has signed an agreement with Incat Australia to market and build high speed craft to Incat Australia's designs in the U.S.
Aker Maritime to acquire 17.8% shareholding in Kværner Aker Maritime says that, after consulting the European Commission, has it will now acquire just 17.8 per cent of Kværner's shares
Sulzer slow speed orders strengthen Wärtsilä Corporation has reported a healthy increase in orders for Sulzer RTA-series low-speed engines to be built in its Trieste factory in Italy
Major FPSO vessel conversion for Tunisian contract Brøvig ASA has via Aberdeen-based Brøvig RDS placed construction orders worth a total of $22 million for the conversion of the tanker Northia into a Floating Production Storage and Offload (FPSO) vessel.
More orders for Warnow Kvaerner Warnow in Rostock, Germany, has won two newbuilding contracts worth a total of about $70 million from Oskar Wehr KG (GmbH & Co.), of Hambur
Cammell lifeline fails to save jobs Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird is to make more than a quarter of its workforce redundant, despite winning work on three P&O ferries and reaching an agreement on the Costa Classica.
EC probe ends as Aker cuts stake in Kvaerner THE European Commission has dropped its in-depth investigation into Aker Maritime's proposed control of Kvaerner, after the Norwegian oil-field services firm decided to cut the stake it will hold to 17.8% from a planned 26.7%.
MC Shipping joins buy back brigade MC Shipping, which ran up losses of $26m in the first nine months of the year, has become the latest high yield company to offer to buy back its bonds.
Pasha orders second car carrier from Halter yard PASHA Hawaii Transport Lines has ordered a second Jones Act car and truck carrier from Mississippi shipbuilder Halter Marine. The vessel will be a sistership to the 13,000 dwt vessel already under construction at Halter's Pascagoula yard and due for delivery in the spring of 2002, writes John McLaughlin.
French revive Newhaven ferry link THE French local authorities, who last week concluded a preliminary agreement for the purchase of the British port of Newhaven from Sea Containers, say that they hope to follow up the acquisition with the launch of a new ferry service between Dieppe and Newhaven in February next year.
Scandlines employees keen on Stena role DANISH employees of Scandlines, the Danish-German ferry company, are keen to see the Stena group playing an active role in the future of Scandlines now that negotiations to sell it have broken down.
Icebreaker fleet 'enough for Arctic traffic to flow' THE new chief of Russia's Maritime Service, Vyacheslav Ruksha, says he favours repair and maintenance of Russia's existing icebreaker fleet as the most cost-effective way of boosting traffic and cargo volumes in Arctic waters.
VLCC owners given rates warning for next year TANKER owners have been issued a warning by oil analysts to prepare for freight rates for very large crude carriers plummeting below W100 in 2001.
La PA de NY/NJ devrait investir 38 mia. de dollars d’ici 2040 Assiste-t-on à un démembrement de la haute direction de la Port Authority of New York and New Jersey? A quelques heures d’intervalle deux éminentes personnalités ont annoncé leur départ. Le premier à s’annoncer fut Robert Boyle, executive director, qui a demandé de pouvoir partir dès qu’un remplaçant aura été désigné. Il a évoqué des raisons familiales pour justifier sa décision. C’est ensuite Lillian Borrone, assistant executive director qui a communiqué son départ, car soucieuse de passer plus de temps en famille... Or cette annonce survient quelques jours après son retour d’une tournée en Europe au cours de laquelle elle fit une intervention remarquée à la manifestation Intermodal qui s’est tenue à Gênes dernièrement.
Le centre TIR de Bruxelles va devenir un Centre de Distribution Urbaine Le port de Bruxelles va devenir, plus encore que par le passé, une plate-forme de logistique axée sur la distribution urbaine et l’approvisionnement des commerces de la capitale. Dans ce contexte, il semble acquis que les poids lourds seront interdits dans le centre-ville. Un décision quant à la limite pondérale des camions de distribution qui y seront admis (3,5 ou 12 tonnes?), par contre, ne devrait pas être prise dans l’immédiat. Dans ce contexte, il a été décidé que le centre TIR à l’avenue du Port va être transformé en un Centre de Distribution Urbaine. Les bâtiments existants seront réservés aux PME logistiques, tandis que l’extension du centre, sur 9 ha acquis à la SNCB, seront réservés à deux ou trois entreprises de taille plus importante.
Herman De Croo plaide pour une infrastructure ferroviaire privée Herman De Croo, président de la Chambre des représentants et ministre d’Etat, a été l’un des intervenants les plus remarqués au dîner de l’UEA. Non seulement parce que son intervention a été la plus animée, mais surtout en raison du contenu. Il a ainsi plaidé avec un certain libéralisme fondamental pour le développement de l’infrastructure ferroviaire avec des fonds privés et exhorté les expéditeurs anversois à intervenir efficacement dans le dossier du second accès ferroviaire au port d’Anvers et de la liaison ferroviaire du Liefkenshoek. Quelques sourcils se sont froncés dans l’assistance, rien de plus naturel, car n’était-ce pas le même De Croo qui demandait en 1995 d’”oublier le Rhin d’Acier” et qui refusait l’aménagement d’un pertuis ferroviaire dans le tunnel du Liefkenshoek...?
Fidelity unloads Frontline stake World's biggest investment group may also sell other shipping stock.
Ferguson pulls out of ro-pax deal The Scottish shipbuilder says it will not be building a $29m ferry for Northlink.
IACS slams door on PRS Fears for future of Polish Register grow as expulsion over Leader L confirmed.
Tug of war hots up in Florida Rival tug operators Hvide Marine and Tugz International are squaring up over competition restrictions in Port Everglades.
IOS boosts fleet International Offshore Services, the Farstad and P&O joint venture, has clinched a $25m deal for three supply ships.
Aker scales down Kvaerner share deal Norway's Aker Maritime is buying fewer shares in Kvaerner than planned, avoiding an EC competition inquiry.
Gard welcomes Solitaire ruling Long running dispute with Allseas upholds principle that FD&D insurance is discretionary.
Fredriksen buys further Osprey shares John Fredriksen has picked up an additional slice of shares in the Singapore shipowner.
Frontline pays $5m for own shares Low share price encourages Norwegian tanker owner to keep buying.
Damaged OBO to lighter fuel off New York The Panamanian-flagged Highland Faith is to discharge its gasoline cargo off New York, after taking a pounding in heavy seas.
LISCO plans share buy-back As privatisation hangs in the balance, Lithuanian Shipping Company is looking to boost its share price.
Pasha Hawaii opts for second PCTC US yard Halter Marine wins a second PCTC order from Van Ommeren-Pasha joint venture.
Storms hit Atlantic shipping Two ships were forced to take shelter as bad weather hits Canada's east coast.
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