French vessel stuck on reef in S'pore Strait being salvaged SALVORS are on board a stricken French container ship which ran aground on a reef in the Singapore Strait just before midnight last Tuesday.
M'sia considers deepening P Klang for mega ships
Air and Land Transport
US airline service worsens for another year [NEW YORK] The experiences of US airline customers declined in quality for another year, despite customer service plans implemented by the airlines, according to an annual university study released on Monday.
American Air told to collect US$45.5m fine from pilots
SIA turns to students for help
Air NZ's credit ratings placed on negative watch
Swissair chalks up huge losses of 2.9b francs, the worst in its history
Qantas jet hit by tractor in Melbourne
ANA jet makes emergency landing
Features
Corruption, substandard tanker fleet of Ecuador exposed WHEN the small tanker Jessica went aground in the highly environmentally sensitive Galapagos Islands, the immediate cause of the casualty was quickly identified as navigational error by the ship's master.
French vessel stuck on reef in S'pore Strait being salvaged SALVORS are on board a stricken French container ship which ran aground on a reef in the Singapore Strait just before midnight last Tuesday.
M'sia considers deepening P Klang for mega ships
Air and Land Transport
US airline service worsens for another year [NEW YORK] The experiences of US airline customers declined in quality for another year, despite customer service plans implemented by the airlines, according to an annual university study released on Monday.
American Air told to collect US$45.5m fine from pilots
SIA turns to students for help
Air NZ's credit ratings placed on negative watch
Swissair chalks up huge losses of 2.9b francs, the worst in its history
Qantas jet hit by tractor in Melbourne
ANA jet makes emergency landing
Features
Corruption, substandard tanker fleet of Ecuador exposed WHEN the small tanker Jessica went aground in the highly environmentally sensitive Galapagos Islands, the immediate cause of the casualty was quickly identified as navigational error by the ship's master.
French vessel stuck on reef in S'pore Strait being salvaged SALVORS are on board a stricken French container ship which ran aground on a reef in the Singapore Strait just before midnight last Tuesday.
M'sia considers deepening P Klang for mega ships
Air and Land Transport
US airline service worsens for another year [NEW YORK] The experiences of US airline customers declined in quality for another year, despite customer service plans implemented by the airlines, according to an annual university study released on Monday.
American Air told to collect US$45.5m fine from pilots
SIA turns to students for help
Air NZ's credit ratings placed on negative watch
Swissair chalks up huge losses of 2.9b francs, the worst in its history
Qantas jet hit by tractor in Melbourne
ANA jet makes emergency landing
Features
Corruption, substandard tanker fleet of Ecuador exposed WHEN the small tanker Jessica went aground in the highly environmentally sensitive Galapagos Islands, the immediate cause of the casualty was quickly identified as navigational error by the ship's master.
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New bill to change NY pilotage The new measure introduced in the New York legislature would require docking pilots to hold state pilotage licenses.
Con-way enters air forwarding business The less-than-truckload motor carrier plans to enter the airfreight forwarding business in May.
SAirGroup to sell cargo, forwarding assets The parent of Swissair, will sell off cargo assets amid the worst loss in its 70-year history.
Zim joins carriers' NY exodus
IANA publishes directory on CD-ROM
Customs issues accept/reject policy on entry summaries
Canmar, Senator restructure Canada-Med service
Mexican truckers: January border opening too late
Houston ILA debuts dedicated worker program
LeHavre sets port upgrade
FMC's tariff database down for two weeks
EGL wins military logistics contract
FedEx launches priority service in the Dominican Republic
BAX Global names Carr to head supply-chain management
MarineNet drops fees
GT Nexus lands Itochu account for its shipper software
Sterling offers to go Dutch P&O chairman Lord Sterling has given a strong hint that he backs proposals to use Nedlloyd's stock market listing to float P&O Nedlloyd. Nedlloyd chairman Leo Berndsen has bee...
Corsica Ferries claims victory in French U-turn Corsica Ferries has made a surprise last-minute U-turn by dropping out of the competition for the ferry concession between the French mainland and the island of Corsica. Its decision, annou...
Montanari in twin-skin tankers deal with Tamoil Oil tanker and gas carrier operator Navigazione Montanari has sealed a three-year distribution contract worth in excess of $110m with Tamoil of Libya. The deal involves the permanent deploy...
Problems plague Baltic ferry TT Line's 34,000 gt Baltic ferry Nils Holgersson has had to abort her second trial run because difficulties with the vessel's pod propulsion system have continued. ...
Nouvelle menace sur le fret ferroviaire via la France: préavis de grève pour le 4 avril Lorsque les syndicats de cheminots ont lancé un mot d’ordre de grève pour le jeudi 29 mars 2001, les responsables de la SNCF (chemins de fer français) ont décidé, par anticipation, de commencer à refuser la prise en charge de certains trafics dès le lundi 26 mars. Parallèlement, les mêmes responsables annonçaient la suspension de l’intégralité du trafic fret jusqu’au mercredi 4 avril à 24h00. Les clients du fret ferroviaire sont donc purement et simplement face au vide. De surcroît, un nouveau mot d’ordre de grève a été lancé pour le jeudi 4 avril 2001.
Les services containérisés de RKE transférés à IFB es services opérationnels de la division de containers de RKE (navigation rhénane et fluviale, expédition internationale) ont été officiellement intégrés à la société-soeur IFB (Inter Ferry Boats), tous deux appartenant au groupe SNCB, avant-hier. “Pour RKE, cela se traduira par un allégement des coûts opérationnels, pour IFB par des effets de synergies puisque l’entreprise peut désormais proposer tant l’alternative fluviale que ferroviaire sur les terminaux d’hinterland multimodaux”, explique Rutger Herzog, le general manager de RKE.
Wilhelmshaven préféré à Cuxhaven comme port à containers en eau profonde Le sort en est jeté. Au grand désenchantement de Cuxhaven, Wilhelmshaven a été choisi pour l’implantation du nouveau terminal à containers en eau profonde que l’Allemagne veut construire d’ici la fin de cette décennie. Le projet a été présenté à la presse à Hambourg à la fin de la semaine dernière.
Eletson adds two at Hyundai Greece's Eletson has ordered two more aframaxes in Korea.
BP Marine, HMS in US Gulf bunkering joint venture BP's area of bunker delivery expands to Port Arthur and Lake Charles.
US Coast Guard moves to boost shipping standards Initiative may offer future reduced US port fees.
Market poised for bulker scrap bonanza First quarter demolition figures are way down on last year's, but brokers are upbeat on likely volumes for 2001.
IHC Caland on course Dutch shipbuilding group predicts profit will be at least $66m.
LISCO trims fleet The Lithuanian owner has disposed of two elderly bulkers, with two more up for grabs this week.
US security firm pushes for tanker coverage Long-term outlook for VLCC market is seen bullish.
Romanian yard aims at big growth Mangalia aims to hike turnover by a third despite troubles of Daewoo group.
German ship charterers to merge New company will have a fleet of 16 ships.
Reefer rethink hits LASCO The Latvian owner made a loss in 2000 as it re-valued its reefer fleet, but underlying profits were up.
Sembcorp buys into local offshore yard Singapore's Sembcorp Marine investing in additional offshore expertise.
Brostrom takes stake in newbuilding The Swedish owner has confirmed its joint ownership with Donsotank of a products tanker on order in China.
Grounded French boxship unloads fuel Cargo discharging operation is expected to take up to a week.
Marine Transport appoints new vice-president Rockwell Smith is responsible for MTC's fleet operations.
Shipping executives admit fraud Two plead guilty to conspiracy over US military and aid cargoes.
Kansai KK stock rockets on theme park link Potential extra passenger numbers sends Japanese ferry company's share price skywards.
MOL predicts bumper year Company president Kunio Suzuki says continued growth still possible.
SembCorp eyes Shanghai repair yard The Singapore repair group is looking to take a stake in a second Chinese repair yard.
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