Aussie ferry builder wins A$37.5m S'pore order [SINGAPORE] Australian fast-ferry maker, Wavemaster International Pty Ltd, has concluded a deal -- estimated to be worth up to A$37.5 million (S$36.75 million) -- with a local ferry operator for as many as 10 high speed passenger ferries.
AP Moller nearly doubles half-year earnings
Research Down Under aims to cut noise, vibration in high-speed patrol craft
Shipper seeks $196m
Air and Land Transport
Fire, explosion ruled out as cause of crash [MANAMA, Bahrain] Gulf Air said investigators have ruled out an explosion or a fire as the cause of the crash of Flight GF072, which came down off Bahrain last Wednesday, killing all 143 people on board.
China airlines' hopes of profits dashed by high fuel prices
Northwest eyes freight alliance with Air China
Skymark seeks Asian partners to launch int'l flights
Aussie ferry builder wins A$37.5m S'pore order [SINGAPORE] Australian fast-ferry maker, Wavemaster International Pty Ltd, has concluded a deal -- estimated to be worth up to A$37.5 million (S$36.75 million) -- with a local ferry operator for as many as 10 high speed passenger ferries.
AP Moller nearly doubles half-year earnings
Research Down Under aims to cut noise, vibration in high-speed patrol craft
Shipper seeks $196m
Air and Land Transport
Fire, explosion ruled out as cause of crash [MANAMA, Bahrain] Gulf Air said investigators have ruled out an explosion or a fire as the cause of the crash of Flight GF072, which came down off Bahrain last Wednesday, killing all 143 people on board.
China airlines' hopes of profits dashed by high fuel prices
Northwest eyes freight alliance with Air China
Skymark seeks Asian partners to launch int'l flights
Aussie ferry builder wins A$37.5m S'pore order [SINGAPORE] Australian fast-ferry maker, Wavemaster International Pty Ltd, has concluded a deal -- estimated to be worth up to A$37.5 million (S$36.75 million) -- with a local ferry operator for as many as 10 high speed passenger ferries.
AP Moller nearly doubles half-year earnings
Research Down Under aims to cut noise, vibration in high-speed patrol craft
Shipper seeks $196m
Air and Land Transport
Fire, explosion ruled out as cause of crash [MANAMA, Bahrain] Gulf Air said investigators have ruled out an explosion or a fire as the cause of the crash of Flight GF072, which came down off Bahrain last Wednesday, killing all 143 people on board.
China airlines' hopes of profits dashed by high fuel prices
Northwest eyes freight alliance with Air China
Skymark seeks Asian partners to launch int'l flights
Grain shipments surge through Port of Houston A deal with grain merchant Louis Dreyfus to operate its public elevator helps the port achieve a 71% boost in business during the first half of the year.
EU poised to file charge against Korea shipyards The price dispute over dumping has intensified in spite of negotiations.
Hapag-Lloyd deploys new 4,900-TEU ship in trans-Atlantic service The Singapore Express is the fifth of seven such ships to be deployed.
Free-trade zone in China will add port facilities Qingdao already boasts 40 countries involved in 700 projects.
Nehru port to launch round-the-clock hours The trade unions at India's largest port agree to increased productivity.
Three little words that Washington loves to ignore Don't expect presidential campaign rhetoric to include national transportation policy.
EU poised to file trade complaint against Korean shipbuilders
Refrigerated warehouse opens at Port of Corpus Christi
Maine shipyard workers vote to strike
China moderizing postal network
Japanese transport official's car bombed; airport opponents suspected
Classified U.S. papers retrieved from Gulf Air crash site
Train, loaded with corn, derails, killing 1
Customs nets millions from cash smugglers
Court says forwarder not liable for damaged cargo
PSA Corp. to introduce online system at Chinese port
Strike at BIW The largest labor union at Bath Iron Works is on strike this morning.
Carnival to buy rest of Costa Carnival Corporation has signed an agreement to purchase the remaining 50% interest in Costa Crociere from Britain's Airtours plc.
Carnival cancels two cruises for Azipod preventative maintenance Carnival Cruise Lines, will cancel two seven-day voyages of its cruise ship Elation departing Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 2000, to perform preventative maintenance on the ship's two Azipod propulsion units.
Fredriksen homes in on Osprey NORWEGIAN tanker tycoon John Fredriksen has spent S$6.69m (US$3.88m) a on further 2.3% stake in Singapore-listed Osprey Maritime, bringing him just 0.24% of short of a mandatory takeover bid.
Carnival takes control of Costa MIAMI-based cruise industry leader Carnival Corporation is to pay '350m ($525m) to UK travel firm Airtours for the remaining 50% stake in Genoa-based Costa Crociere.
Swan Reefer chief in cash call warning for second half OSLO-listed Swan Reefer, the world's biggest pure owner of reeferships, has warned that a tough reefer market will force it to raise cash in the second half of this year.
Crew cuts plan trims Adsteam profitability TOWAGE and US barge operator Adsteam Marine has reported a 4.7% increase in net profit after tax and abnormals to $17.9m for the year to June 2000, on revenues which rose from $120m to $198.5m.
Cotesworth coup as Webb joins P&I division RICHARD Webb, one of the top underwriters in shipowners' protection and indemnity, has joined Cotesworth P&I division, signalling a higher profile for the Lloyd's-backed fixed premium facility.
July orders spree for Japanese shipyards JULY was a bumper month for Japanese shipyards with 29 export orders adding another 1.54m gt to the country's backlog, writes Matthew Flynn, Tokyo.
Australian owners switch strategy THE Australian Shipowners' Association appears to have conceded that the raft of shipping reforms foreseen by the industry in its numerous reports to government are not going to happen.
Strike shuts US Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron WORKERS at leading US Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Portland, Maine have taken strike action after rejecting the company's improved new contract offer as wholly inadequate.
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