S'pore, Indon navies step up patrols of piracy hot spots THE Singapore and Indonesia Navies have intensified patrols in territorial and international waters in response to piracy movement fears.
IMO settles issue of earlier phase out of single hull tankers
Concordia to use V-Max design for other tanker types
Bureau Veritas 2000 profit soars 47.5%
Air and Land Transport
Ansett set to fight with Qantas over Impulse AIR New Zealand Ltd's Ansett unit said it may compete with Qantas Airways Ltd to buy unprofitable Impulse Airlines, one of two discount carriers that sparked a price war last year in Australia.
Boeing chief hits out at Seattle business climate
Japanese domestic air travel down
Boeing wins US$1b order for freighter jets
THAI board appointments stir protest
Features
Expansion plans stir up controversy FOR some, it is about getting a good night's sleep, for others it is about expanding a business that fuels local prosperity.
S'pore, Indon navies step up patrols of piracy hot spots THE Singapore and Indonesia Navies have intensified patrols in territorial and international waters in response to piracy movement fears.
IMO settles issue of earlier phase out of single hull tankers
Concordia to use V-Max design for other tanker types
Bureau Veritas 2000 profit soars 47.5%
Air and Land Transport
Ansett set to fight with Qantas over Impulse AIR New Zealand Ltd's Ansett unit said it may compete with Qantas Airways Ltd to buy unprofitable Impulse Airlines, one of two discount carriers that sparked a price war last year in Australia.
Boeing chief hits out at Seattle business climate
Japanese domestic air travel down
Boeing wins US$1b order for freighter jets
THAI board appointments stir protest
Features
Expansion plans stir up controversy FOR some, it is about getting a good night's sleep, for others it is about expanding a business that fuels local prosperity.
S'pore, Indon navies step up patrols of piracy hot spots THE Singapore and Indonesia Navies have intensified patrols in territorial and international waters in response to piracy movement fears.
IMO settles issue of earlier phase out of single hull tankers
Concordia to use V-Max design for other tanker types
Bureau Veritas 2000 profit soars 47.5%
Air and Land Transport
Ansett set to fight with Qantas over Impulse AIR New Zealand Ltd's Ansett unit said it may compete with Qantas Airways Ltd to buy unprofitable Impulse Airlines, one of two discount carriers that sparked a price war last year in Australia.
Boeing chief hits out at Seattle business climate
Japanese domestic air travel down
Boeing wins US$1b order for freighter jets
THAI board appointments stir protest
Features
Expansion plans stir up controversy FOR some, it is about getting a good night's sleep, for others it is about expanding a business that fuels local prosperity.
Lines fail to get eastbound rate hikes Potential overcapacity and the U.S. economic slowdown prevented container lines in the trans-Pacific trade from realizing rate increase goals they announced last fall.
U.S. air cargo volume falls in March The slowdown in the economy continued to take its toll as volume dropped 4% in March, according to the Air Transport Association.
i2 founder steps aside Sanjiv Sidhu will cede the post of chief executive officer to i2 president Greg Brady.
Buying spree boosts Deutsche Post The Germany company said profits jumped nearly 50% in 2000, fueled by global acquisitons.
Houston cargo off in 1Q
Logistics services firm gets Fritz investment
EU blasts Korean shipyards
UPS Capital moves into Europe
Ports in a storm
TMM revenue edges up
WTO rejects US appeal in lamb dispute
Grain piles up as barges wait out Mississippi floods
Bender seeks control of Tampa Bay Shipbuilding If the Tampa Port Authority blesses the deal, Mobile, Ala.-based Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Inc. will take control of Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co. later this month.
Tim Colton opens new maritime consultancy Tim Colton, formerly president of international shipbuilding consultants Colton & Company, has returned to the consultancy biz after three years with Halter Marine.
Ocean Rig private placement oversubscribed Ocean Rig SA, whose Bingo rig contract with Friede Goldman Halter has been a large part of that company's problems, seems to have little trouble in raising money.
Big FPSO contract for ABS ABS has been selected as the preferred classification society for one of the world's largest FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) projects
EC says Korean shipbuilders still pricing below cost Korean shipyards are still distorting the international market by pricing ships below cost, according the European Commission's fourth report on the situation in world shipbuilding
Litton Ingalls gets $196.5 million LHD 8 contract The U.S. Navy has awarded an additional $196.5 million to Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, for the continuation of work towards the construction of an eighth WASP (LHD 1) Class large-deck, multipurpose, amphibious assault ship.
NTSB releases Ecstasy fire findings The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday issued a preliminary report on the July 1998 fire on the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy
Fraud squad swoops on Curnow Ship Management West Country shipmanager Curnow Ship Management, which operates the St Helena passenger and cargoship service to South Africa and the South Atlantic islands, is being investigated by the...
WTO complaint looms for Korea after Brussels finds 'cause for concern' THE European Commission's latest study of South Korean shipyard prices has done little to stave off a complaint to the World Trade Organisation against South Korea because of alleged unfair s...
Glencore Iraq oil row ensnares Frontline FRONTLINE appears to have been caught up in a row involving the United Nations, the US, the UK and France over the diversion of Iraqi crude by Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore International....
ShippingBabes feels heat from Howard Houlder SHIPPINGBABES.COM, the satirical website run from New York by Johnny Kulukundis, has been forced to shut down its gossip page after the threat of legal action from a London shipbroker. The...
Deutsche Post prévoit une hausse sensible des résultats en 2001 Deutsche Post a confirmé hier mercredi avoir réalisé en 2000 une hausse de 49% de son bénéfice net, qui a atteint 1,53 mio. d’EUR, sur un chiffre d’affaires en hausse de 46% à 32,7 mia. d’EUR. pour le premier trimestre, DP dit avoir poursuivi sur sa lancée au premier semestre, tant le chiffre d’affaires que les bénéfices étant en hausse. Par ailleurs, il semble se confirmer que le gouvernement allemand vendra un nouveau paquet d’actions en 2002, devenant ainsi actionnaire minoritaire.
Stef-TFE a dégagé un résultat 2000 “préservé” Le groupe Stef-TFE a connu en 2000 une progression de 7,9 % de son chiffre d’affaires consolidé, dans un environnement perturbé. C’est ce qu’a annoncé le président de l’important transporteur frigorifique français, Francis Lemor, à l’issue du conseil d’administration de la semaine passée. Les résultats seront présentés aux actionnaires le 13 juin.
HesseNoord Natie: deux étapes sur trois franchies dans le processus de reprise par PSA Le 8 mars dernier, les actionnaires de la Noord Natie, de la Hessenatie (groupe CMB) et PSA Corp signaient une lettre d’intention portant sur une prise de participation majoritaire de l’entité à fusionner HesseNoord Natie, participation se situant entre 75 et 80%. On sait que PSA s’engageait à détenir au moins 51%.Lundi dernier, comme initialement prévu, les trois parties se sont retrouvées pour signer l’acte de vente, mais l’importance exacte de la part de PSA n’est toujours pas définie. En fait, il s’agit de la deuxième étape du processus de reprise, une troisième devant la rendre effective dans les faits, ce qui n’interviendrait qu’après le 1er juin prochain.
Brême intègre la gestion portuaire dans une nouvelle entité Brême a décidé de confier la gestion de ses ports à une nouvelle entité. Cette Bremen Ports Management + Services GmbH reprendra les activités de l’actuelle administration portuaire de Brême et de Bremerhaven, à l’exception des services du capitaine du port et un certain nombre d’autres opérations, qui restent de la compétence du sénateur pour l’Economie et le Port.
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