IMO to require ships to be fitted with black boxes [SINGAPORE] Ships will soon be required to carry airline-style "black boxes" as the first phase of mandatory regulations are set to be adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) next week in London.
Mitsui OSK posts interim net gain of 7.6b yen
Steep peso fall hits KepPhil Marine's profits
FSRUs viable, says Rina
Air and Land Transport
Lockheed, Boeing may split US$300b jet order [EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California] Defence giants Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co may split a US$300 billion (S$527 billion) jet fighter contract now slated for a winner-take-all Pentagon award, officials said yesterday.
Boeing says it beat Airbus in passenger poll
American Airlines' worker dies after emergency landing
IMO to require ships to be fitted with black boxes [SINGAPORE] Ships will soon be required to carry airline-style "black boxes" as the first phase of mandatory regulations are set to be adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) next week in London.
Mitsui OSK posts interim net gain of 7.6b yen
Steep peso fall hits KepPhil Marine's profits
FSRUs viable, says Rina
Air and Land Transport
Lockheed, Boeing may split US$300b jet order [EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California] Defence giants Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co may split a US$300 billion (S$527 billion) jet fighter contract now slated for a winner-take-all Pentagon award, officials said yesterday.
Boeing says it beat Airbus in passenger poll
American Airlines' worker dies after emergency landing
IMO to require ships to be fitted with black boxes [SINGAPORE] Ships will soon be required to carry airline-style "black boxes" as the first phase of mandatory regulations are set to be adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) next week in London.
Mitsui OSK posts interim net gain of 7.6b yen
Steep peso fall hits KepPhil Marine's profits
FSRUs viable, says Rina
Air and Land Transport
Lockheed, Boeing may split US$300b jet order [EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California] Defence giants Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co may split a US$300 billion (S$527 billion) jet fighter contract now slated for a winner-take-all Pentagon award, officials said yesterday.
Boeing says it beat Airbus in passenger poll
American Airlines' worker dies after emergency landing
UPS wins rights to six China flights The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday afternoon that it has selected United Parcel Service as the fourth U.S. carrier entitled to serve the lucrative U.S.-China market.
Striking truckers return to work at Montreal port The monthlong action by container-hauling truckers at the Port of Montreal faded Monday after 250 owner-operators out of 900 original protesters voted to return.
From flight simulators to football, these games make the grade It's time to play and JoC's Mike Berman reviews several popular ones for holiday giving (and getting).
FedEx Trade Networks takes a stake in NextLinx
Ships to slow down near LA-Long Beach in bid to curb pollutions
FedEx to ship giant Pandas to US
IMPSA Int'l awarded Port of New Orleans gantry crane contract
Heavy turnout expected for Dec. Customs reform meeting
BA subsidiary attracts heavy interest
Survey: China world's second biggest shipping nation
Canadian Pacific boosts rates
Shippers slam STB's proposed rail merger rules
Airlines may boost Indonesian cargo services as demand surges
Marinette wins $84.5 million buoy tender contract The Manitowoc Company, Inc. said yesterday that it had finalized its agreement to purchase Marinette Marine Corporation. At the same time, Manitowoc announced that Marinette had secured a contract worth $84.5 million from the U.S. Coast Guard
J. Ray McDermott picked for BP topsides fabrication J. Ray McDermott, S.A., a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. , has signed a letter of intent to fabricate the topsides for four major BP deepwater projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
Conversion of CSO Constructor starts Britain's Cammell Laird Tyneside has started conversion of Coflexip Stena Offshore's vessel the CSO Constructor.
Brattvaag hits Gulf goldmine AKER Brattvaag, a division of Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge R'kke's private Aker Yards group, has struck a goldmine worth NKr1.5bn ($161m), representing seven newbuildings for Aberdeen-based Gulf Offshore.
IMO and Brussels heading on black box collision course The International Maritime Organisation and the European Union appear headed for another confrontation, this time over ships' 'black box' voyage data recorders.
Tanker prospects outstanding bank Conditions in the tanker market will be "outstanding" for at least the next three years, according to a major investment bank.
E-Loss Book finds its niche ANOTHER time-honoured service from Lloyd's is to go electronic - but the market is keeping its hallowed quill pen sharpened and at the ready.
Maritrans quits shuttle project JUST three months after announcing that it was developing new shuttle tanker technology with oil major Conoco, Maritrans Inc says it is withdrawing from the project.
Horrocks predicts reform for IACS THE International Association of Classification Societies is facing fundamental reform and a supervisory agency according to the International Chamber of Shipping.
OOCL: un 6e service Europe-Far East touchera vraisemblablement le port scaldien en 2001 “Un sixième loop sera lancé entre l’Europe et le Far East en 2001 et il y a une chance réelle que ce service fasse une escale directe à Anvers”. C’est ce qu’a déclaré lors d’une réception donnée vendredi dernier à la clientèle belge Eddy Rombouts, managing director de OOCL (Benelux) NV, l’agence dédiée de l’armement à Anvers, qui intervient également pour Rotterdam et dont c’est le dixième anniversaire. Au stade actuel de ce projet les discussions sont toujours en cours entre membres de Grand Alliance pour déterminer le secteur géographique que couvrira ce sixième service en Asie, soit l’Asie du sud-est/sous-continent indien, soit la Chine. De même la capacité des PC qui y seront alignés n’a pas encore été déterminée. Pour l’instant il y a différents points de vue. Mais les chances d’Anvers sont très réelles, nous a-t-on dit.
L’aéroport de Charleroi signerait un accord de coopération avec le Groupe GTM A l’image de ce qu’a fait l’aéroport de Liège en mars 1999 avec Aéroports de Paris, l’aéroport de Charleroi-Bruxelles-Sud est sur le point de signer un accord de coopération avec “un grand groupe étranger”. C’est ce qu’a annoncé incidemment Serge Kubla, ministre de l’Economie de la Région wallonne, lors d’une conférence de presse à l’aéroport carolorégien. Le nom de ce groupe n’est pas sorti de sa bouche, mais il s’agirait du groupe français GTM.
Frans Maas acquiert Kombitrans Spedition en Allemagne Le grope néerlandais de transport routier, d’expédition et de logistique Koninklijke Frans Maas Groep va acquérir la société allemande Kombitrans Spedition GmbH à Hambourg. Cette entreprise, qui réalise un chiffre d’affaires de 8 mio. d’EUR par an avec 35 collaborateurs, sera reprise au 1er janvier 2001.
L’UIC et la CCFE rappellent le rôle du rail dans la réduction des émissions de CO2 Alors que les “choses sérieuses” commençaient à la conférence mondiale de La Haye pour chercher des remèdes à la croissance des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, dans le prolongement de la Convention de l’ONU de 1992 et du Protocole de Kyoto de 1997 concernant une réduction de 8% de ces fameuses émissions, l’Union internationale des chemins de fer UIC et la Communauté des Chemins de fer européens CCFE rappellent qu’une des solutions réside dans le transfert de transports de la route vers le rail.
Osprey Maritime shares suspended Shares in the Singapore listed energy transportation company have been suspended pending an announcement.
Sohmen to be next ITOPF chairman World-Wide Shipping chairman has received the backing of his peers to head up the marine pollution advisory body.
Klaus Olendorff orders in Germany Shipowner Klaus Oldendorff is returning to a German shipyard after a 10-year absence to take advantage of the weak Euro.
Ugland and Mowinckel team up on tankers Norwegian owners Ugland Nordic Shipping and J Ludwig Mowinckel are stepping into Navion's shoes at Samsung.
Fredriksen in buying mood again But not tankers this time. The Norwegian shipowner is buying footballers.
MISC and master charged over reef grounding Malaysian International Shipping Corporation stands accused of causing environmental harm over the Bunga Teratai Satu grounding.
Tough times for Easy Line Crisis for Danish ferry operator as its only service is axed.
Buoyant interims fail to lift Mitsui OSK Japan's second largest ship operator is downbeat on prospects for the rest of the year despite healthy interim profits.
Hot market boosts Solstad's profits Norwegian shipowner Solstad Offshore has seen an action packed third quarter.
Namura Shipbuilding creeps into the black The medium-sized shipbuilder appears to have turned a corner and looks to build on early profits.
Naikai Zosen in the money Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation has already beaten last year's full-year earnings.
Earnings down at Kuribayashi Steamship Japanese coastal carrier Kuribayashi Steamship Co has seen its profits fall in the first half.
Awilco wins time-charter Norwegian shipowner Awilco has hooked up one of its Suezmax tankers on period charter.
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