China Merchants takes stake in Fujian port A Chinese government-backed firm with a Singapore venture is expanding its mainland port operations by taking a 49 per cent stake in berth 3 at the Zhangzhou Economic Development Zone in south-eastern Fujian province.
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No link between crash and cracks: Air France
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Engine failure may be cause of crash [NEW YORK] The streams of flames trailing Air France Flight 4590 that crashed outside Paris likely point to a serious engine problem, aviation experts said Tuesday.
Insurers face US$350m claims
Air travel to grow 4.8% yearly: Boeing
Sale buys 11 Airbus jets worth US$500m
Bedtime comfort for Virgin passengers
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Concorde reinvented jet set FROM within the body of this grand, graceful bird -- slender and delicate, with a nose like a fine silver needle -- you gaze down at the curvature of the Earth. The ride is a magic carpet, one great leap and then sleek smoothness. A little Beluga caviar, perhaps? Some Cristal with your Mach 2? Next time you drag your suitcase down the crowded aisle of a standard jetliner and marvel as a badly dressed fellow traveller tries to shove a stuffed horse into the overhead compartment, consider the Concorde: airborne proof that the rich really are different.
China Merchants takes stake in Fujian port A Chinese government-backed firm with a Singapore venture is expanding its mainland port operations by taking a 49 per cent stake in berth 3 at the Zhangzhou Economic Development Zone in south-eastern Fujian province.
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No link between crash and cracks: Air France
Air and Land Transport
Engine failure may be cause of crash [NEW YORK] The streams of flames trailing Air France Flight 4590 that crashed outside Paris likely point to a serious engine problem, aviation experts said Tuesday.
Insurers face US$350m claims
Air travel to grow 4.8% yearly: Boeing
Sale buys 11 Airbus jets worth US$500m
Bedtime comfort for Virgin passengers
Features
Concorde reinvented jet set FROM within the body of this grand, graceful bird -- slender and delicate, with a nose like a fine silver needle -- you gaze down at the curvature of the Earth. The ride is a magic carpet, one great leap and then sleek smoothness. A little Beluga caviar, perhaps? Some Cristal with your Mach 2? Next time you drag your suitcase down the crowded aisle of a standard jetliner and marvel as a badly dressed fellow traveller tries to shove a stuffed horse into the overhead compartment, consider the Concorde: airborne proof that the rich really are different.
China Merchants takes stake in Fujian port A Chinese government-backed firm with a Singapore venture is expanding its mainland port operations by taking a 49 per cent stake in berth 3 at the Zhangzhou Economic Development Zone in south-eastern Fujian province.
Portnet.com, iPlanet sign accord
No link between crash and cracks: Air France
Air and Land Transport
Engine failure may be cause of crash [NEW YORK] The streams of flames trailing Air France Flight 4590 that crashed outside Paris likely point to a serious engine problem, aviation experts said Tuesday.
Insurers face US$350m claims
Air travel to grow 4.8% yearly: Boeing
Sale buys 11 Airbus jets worth US$500m
Bedtime comfort for Virgin passengers
Features
Concorde reinvented jet set FROM within the body of this grand, graceful bird -- slender and delicate, with a nose like a fine silver needle -- you gaze down at the curvature of the Earth. The ride is a magic carpet, one great leap and then sleek smoothness. A little Beluga caviar, perhaps? Some Cristal with your Mach 2? Next time you drag your suitcase down the crowded aisle of a standard jetliner and marvel as a badly dressed fellow traveller tries to shove a stuffed horse into the overhead compartment, consider the Concorde: airborne proof that the rich really are different.
LA, Long Beach act to keep containers moving Demurrage fees would kick in sooner under revised tariff schedule.
Galveston-Houston port merger vote slated for Feb. The combination was unanimously recommended by Galveston's City Council.
Fed Ex Ground plans to add fuel surcharge The 1.25% charge begins Aug. 1.
Fuel, currency spurring Asian freight rate hikes The first of what should be a series of rate increases is taking shape in the air and on the seas in Asia.
Employers move to fill NY-NJ longshore jobs The new hires are the most since 1979, with more to come.
Hanjin to boost capacity on China-US service The carrier is also shuffling its port rotation to handle cargo gains.
A new game card that rocks Finally there's the Hercules 3D Prophet GeForce 256 from Guillemot Corp., a video card that stands out for sheer speed and ability to process 3D like no other.
Concorde tragedy to raise aviation rates AVIATION underwriting rates look set to be pushed dramatically higher in the wake of the Concorde tragedy.
Morris cautions class on profits CLASSIFICATION society activity on a for-profit basis creates a fundamental conflict of interest, often with disastrous consequences, the chairman of an international inquiry into shipping safety has charged.
GE takes 26% of Rodriquez in float move GE Capital Equity, the finance arm of General Electric group of US, has taken a 26% stake in Messina-based specialist fast ferry shipbuilder Rodriquez Cantieri Navali as part of a move to float the Italian company in 2002.
Spanish owner orders Aquastrada monohull with option RODRIQUEZ shipyard has won a E47m ($45m) order from an undisclosed Spanish owner to build a 120 m long Acquastrada monohull fast ferry to be delivered in June next year, writes Giovanni Paci. The order includes an option for a second fast ferry which will be declared shortly.
Deutschland cruise to continue "WORDS fail me. We are still in shock," shipowner Peter Deilmann said yesterday, a day after 100 of his cruise passengers and 13 other people lost their lives in the Paris crash of an Air France Concorde.
Schleswig-Holstein ports body says no duty-frees killed tourism and shipping THE federation of Schleswig-Holstein's ports, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schleswig-Holsteiner H'fen, has claimed that the abolition of duty-free sales has had a significant impact on northern Germany's shipping industry, writes Birgit Strietzel, Cologne.
Korean bank to act as prices watchdog SOUTH Korea has initiated a pair of self-monitoring mechanisms for ship prices in response to European pressure for price rises and greater transparency from the South Korean shipbuilding industry.
Samsung lands first LNG ships export order SAMSUNG Heavy Industries has secured its first ever export order for liquefied natural gas carriers after BP Amoco finalised orders for up to five ships at the South Korean shipbuilder.
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