BA grounds one Concorde after finding cracks Six other jets still flying; cracks pose no danger to passengers: British carrier
Cathay manager up close and personal
SIA to join aviation e-commerce exchange
Airbus to start military transport project by next Mar
Europe, US square up for dogfight
Logistics
Carriers concerned about disclosure in brave new world of e-commerce Shipping lines are afraid that total visibility in the supply chain which many in the logistics industry are aiming for will mean that they will have to share information with potential competitors
BA grounds one Concorde after finding cracks Six other jets still flying; cracks pose no danger to passengers: British carrier
Cathay manager up close and personal
SIA to join aviation e-commerce exchange
Airbus to start military transport project by next Mar
Europe, US square up for dogfight
Logistics
Carriers concerned about disclosure in brave new world of e-commerce Shipping lines are afraid that total visibility in the supply chain which many in the logistics industry are aiming for will mean that they will have to share information with potential competitors
Overnite latest trucker to raise rates General 5.5% increase becomes effective Aug. 1.
Houston, Galveston to discuss ports merger City officials are scheduled to meet this week to discuss details of the plan.
American Airlines Cargo to OK fuel surcharge The carrier will boost its fuel surcharge to $.15 / kilo despite Northwest Airline's decision to rescind its increase.
Three carriers eyeing California air base Developers say they are negotiating with three air carriers for use of the facility.
Aeropolitics grounding multinational deals A foreign company can take over a US firm working on a Star Wars project, but it still can't buy an American airline
Air freight bolsters Frankfurt gains
Italian exec: BA, Lufthansa no good for Alitalia
GeoLogistics promotes three to senior staff
Truckload carrier Simon Transportation posts loss
Uruguay port company to invest $100 million
Antwerp gets nod on $580 million rail line
New Jersey breaks ground on Portway project
Swedish firm expected to sweeten bid for British logistics provider
Airlines form B2B exchange
Hyundai to boost Korea-Australia service as volume rises
Poles say not guilty over Leader L loss POLSKI Rejestr Statkow yesterday denied any responsibility for the loss of the Leader L which sank with the loss of 18 lives last March - despite being forced to admit that her final hull survey had been invalidated by "irregularities" in the performance of one of its surveyors.
Maintenance remains weak safety link LACK of vessel maintenance and poor operational standards have been identified by the Paris memorandum of undertanding on port state control as "the weak link" in the shipping industry's safety chain, writes Brian Reyes.
Emirates A3XX order lifts Airbus Airbus expects to confirm production of its A3XX superjumbo by the end of this year after landing a $1.5bn order for seven jets including two freighters, yesterday, writes Roger Hailey.
Brokers to fight rules body edict AN insurance brokers' leader has warned there will be a vigorous fight - using the courts if necessary - to prevent brokers being 'forced' to join the UK's new General Insurance Standards Council.
Polish report into Leader L loss questions bulkhead strength THE Polish Register of Shipping report into the loss in the Atlantic of the bulk carrier Leader L with 18 of her crew does not offer a conclusive reason for the ship's sinking.
Kwai Chung box traffic soars 13.4% BOX throughput at Hong Kong's Kwai Chung container port surged 13.4% in the first six months of this year to 5.44m teu, new figures from the Hong Kong Port and Maritime Board reveal.
Lübeck deal opens up regions for Hamburg A CO-OPERATION agreement between Hamburg's largest handling group Hamburger Hafen und Lagerhausgesellschaft (HHLA) and Lübeck port operator Lübecker Hafen Gesellschaft (LHG) has paved the way for HHLA to become an operator at both the North and Baltic seas.
Transpacifique: la capacité containers a dépassé le cap des 10 mio. de TEU (+10%) Selon l'organisme World Liner Supply, la capacité des armements containérisés opérant eastbound sur le transpacifique vient pour la première fois de dépasser le cap des 10 mio. de TEU. Dans le courant de ce mois de juillet, il s'agissait de 10.176.000 TEU, soit une progression de 10% par rapport à la situation enregistrée au mois de janvier dernier. Smit Internationale prend une participation de 49% dans URS Le sort en est jeté. Après des mois de négociations, les représentants d'URS (Unie van Reddings- en Sleepdienst) et Smit Internationale se sont mis d'accord sur le contenu à donner à l'alliance prévue entre les deux entreprises. Ainsi, le groupe néerlandais de remorquage et de sauvetage portera de 26 à 49% sa participation dans URS, tandis que les activités dans la zone de l'Escaut occidental seront regroupées sous le dénominateur URS. Brointermed Lines effectue son retour au port d'Anvers L'armement Brointermed Lines Ltd, de Harwich, revient en direct à Anvers avec son service sur la Libye, assuré à une fréquence d'un départ tous les 14 jours. L'armement avait mis un terme à cette desserte il y a un peu plus de 6 mois. C'est grâce à l'intervention de l'agent maritime Durot Shipping, qui représente désormais ce service dans le port scaldien, que ce revirement est intervenu. Ce dernier a pu convaincre l'agent général pour l'Europe, Hugo Trimpy (Gênes), de la nécessité de refaire une escale directe à Anvers compte tenu du potentiel de fret susceptible d'y être attiré. Bayonne veut des lignes avec les ports du Nord Situé à l'embouchure du fleuve Adour, le port français de Bayonne, dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a traité 1,750 million de tonnes de marchandises au cours des cinq premiers mois de l'exercice 2000. Grâce à 312 millions de FRF (47,6 mio. d'EUR) d'investissements, il va renforcer ses capacités. L'un des objectifs du développement prévu est l'ouverture de lignes avec les grands ports de l'Europe du Nord.
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