Local marine industry's output plunges 19% Shipbuilding, offshore sectors affected by regional competition
Penang port submits RM100m tourism project
Associated British Ports to sell property worth £650m
Air and Land Transport
Drop Star, join our alliance, Air France urges Thai Air But Thai national carrier confirms it is not leaving Star group, of which it is a founding member
Boeing enters race to build superjumbo
China's WTO entry expected to boost HK air cargo
Qantas' passenger volume up
Abu Dhabi airport's cargo traffic to rise 15%
Boeing's ties with Mitsubishi to expand
Features
Aussies lead in niche market Austal and Incat account for nearly half the global market for fast ferries, estimated at around US$1b a year
Local marine industry's output plunges 19% Shipbuilding, offshore sectors affected by regional competition
Penang port submits RM100m tourism project
Associated British Ports to sell property worth £650m
Air and Land Transport
Drop Star, join our alliance, Air France urges Thai Air But Thai national carrier confirms it is not leaving Star group, of which it is a founding member
Boeing enters race to build superjumbo
China's WTO entry expected to boost HK air cargo
Qantas' passenger volume up
Abu Dhabi airport's cargo traffic to rise 15%
Boeing's ties with Mitsubishi to expand
Features
Aussies lead in niche market Austal and Incat account for nearly half the global market for fast ferries, estimated at around US$1b a year
Local marine industry's output plunges 19% Shipbuilding, offshore sectors affected by regional competition
Penang port submits RM100m tourism project
Associated British Ports to sell property worth £650m
Air and Land Transport
Drop Star, join our alliance, Air France urges Thai Air But Thai national carrier confirms it is not leaving Star group, of which it is a founding member
Boeing enters race to build superjumbo
China's WTO entry expected to boost HK air cargo
Qantas' passenger volume up
Abu Dhabi airport's cargo traffic to rise 15%
Boeing's ties with Mitsubishi to expand
Features
Aussies lead in niche market Austal and Incat account for nearly half the global market for fast ferries, estimated at around US$1b a year
Transpetrol to delist Benor BENOR Tankers has joined the steady flow of shipping firms to exit global stock markets blaming a lack of interest and knowledge of shipping shares.
Belize flag dismisses substandardinspectors IMPROVED reporting systems, a new network of inspectors in principal ports worldwide and an increasingly hard line on non-compliant owners form part of an initiative by the Belize Register that it hopes will make the Central American country's flag more respectable in the eyes of the world.
Teekay poised for breakthrough AFRAMAX specialist Teekay Shipping is poised to make a breakthrough in the quality of its earnings.
Recovery at Team Shipping TEAM Shipping, the Norwegian product and chemical transporter, swung to a first quarter net profit of $0.55m from last year's loss of $0.78m due to reduction in offhire days and an expanded fleet, writes Rajesh Joshi, Oslo.
Liverpool bid to host dock forum SACKED Liverpool dockers are bidding to house the world headquarters of the fledgling International Dockers' Council at their Hope Street base at a summit in Tenerife next month.
Seafrance Monet bought by Navieres Armas The French passenger/ro-ro-ferry Seafrance Monet has been bought by Spanish ferry operator Navieres Armas. The 1974-built vessel had been withdrawn from service after sustaining hull damage in a collision with the quay while berthing at the port of Calais on March 29. The Seafrance Monet is due to leave Dunkirk in tow for a Spanish yard where she will be repaired.
Asian owners oppose regional action MEMBERS of the Asian Shipowner's Forum have come out strongly against unilateral regional regulation after considering the European Commission's proposals for new measures to eradicate substandard shipping.
Ageing ferry a lifeline for Freetown A TIDE of humanity surges down the ramp of the Freetown ferry, a lifeline across the mouth of the Sierra Leone River in a city balanced between war and peace since the start of May.
Vos Logistics décroche un contrat logistique de TotalFina TotalFina Petrochemicals et Vos Logistics ont signé un accord de collaboration suivant lequel la société néerlandaise construira un centre logistique à Feluy. La compagnie pétrolière franco-belge y construira une nouvelle ligne de production pour polypropylène, dont le groupe TotalFina deviendra le deuxième producteur mondial au second semestre de 2001. Vos Logistics interviendra pour les opérations logistiques de ces activités dès la fin de la ligne de production. Le contrat conclu par les deux entreprises porte sur le long terme. Wim Vos, président du conseil d'administration, n'a pas voulu préciser la portée exacte dans le temps, mais a clairement fait entendre qu'il s'agissait en tout cas de plus de cinq ans.
"Le transport routier s'engage pour une mobilité durable" Samedi s'est clôturé le XXVIIe Congrès mondial de l'IRU, qui a réuni à Bruxelles 1.700 délégués de 60 pays. Son thème était la mobilité durable, et le président David Green en a résumé les idées maîtresses. Que faire pour assurer la mobilité des personnes et des biens au-delà de l'an 2000? Il a passé en revue quelques considérations.
Quels sont les avantages et inconvénients des terminaux dédiés? Ce sujet a été traité récemment dans le cadre de la manifestation TOC qui s'est tenue à Rotterdam par Roger Roels, directeur de P&O ports Europe, qui a une longue expérience dans ce domaine, ayant fait la majeure partie de sa carrière chez Sea-Land, ayant suivi de près les implantations d'Algeciras et de Salalah. Aujourd'hui, il représente un opérateur de terminaux dit global.
Lancement officiel de TNT Airways à Liège Airport C'est en présence du ministre Serge Kubla, responsable pour l'Economie, les PME, la Recherche et les Technologies nouvelles de la Région wallonne, notamment chargé du développement des aéroports régionaux, que s'est effectué lundi dernier le lancement officiel de la nouvelle compagnie aérienne belge TNT Airways, basée à Liège Aiport.
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