Container shipping seen heading for another fall THE world container shipping industry, riding high on a boom last year, is about to be plunged into the depths, a leading expert believes, for the same bad reasons it has before.
Manila turns over 7 suspected pirates to Jakarta
Tackling piracy in South-east Asia
Engine blaze aboard Baltic ferry put out; no one injured
UK pensioner to make QE2 her permanent home
Daimler to boost ship engine sales in Japan
Air and Land Transport
Schiphol confirms interest in Malaysia Airports THE Netherlands' Schiphol group has confirmed its interest in acquiring a stake in Malaysia Airports Holdings, a report said yesterday.
Air India to be sold even if there's just one bid
United dropping plans to acquire US Air
China aviation body to order 400 planes in next five years
Alitalia to secure allies by July 15
Features
Int'l cooperation required to ensure safety in straits IN dedicating a chapter of his book to piracy in South-east Asia between 1985 and 2000, Vivian Forbes says International Maritime Bureau statistics suggest a greater collective effort is required.
Container shipping seen heading for another fall THE world container shipping industry, riding high on a boom last year, is about to be plunged into the depths, a leading expert believes, for the same bad reasons it has before.
Manila turns over 7 suspected pirates to Jakarta
Tackling piracy in South-east Asia
Engine blaze aboard Baltic ferry put out; no one injured
UK pensioner to make QE2 her permanent home
Daimler to boost ship engine sales in Japan
Air and Land Transport
Schiphol confirms interest in Malaysia Airports THE Netherlands' Schiphol group has confirmed its interest in acquiring a stake in Malaysia Airports Holdings, a report said yesterday.
Air India to be sold even if there's just one bid
United dropping plans to acquire US Air
China aviation body to order 400 planes in next five years
Alitalia to secure allies by July 15
Features
Int'l cooperation required to ensure safety in straits IN dedicating a chapter of his book to piracy in South-east Asia between 1985 and 2000, Vivian Forbes says International Maritime Bureau statistics suggest a greater collective effort is required.
Container shipping seen heading for another fall THE world container shipping industry, riding high on a boom last year, is about to be plunged into the depths, a leading expert believes, for the same bad reasons it has before.
Manila turns over 7 suspected pirates to Jakarta
Tackling piracy in South-east Asia
Engine blaze aboard Baltic ferry put out; no one injured
UK pensioner to make QE2 her permanent home
Daimler to boost ship engine sales in Japan
Air and Land Transport
Schiphol confirms interest in Malaysia Airports THE Netherlands' Schiphol group has confirmed its interest in acquiring a stake in Malaysia Airports Holdings, a report said yesterday.
Air India to be sold even if there's just one bid
United dropping plans to acquire US Air
China aviation body to order 400 planes in next five years
Alitalia to secure allies by July 15
Features
Int'l cooperation required to ensure safety in straits IN dedicating a chapter of his book to piracy in South-east Asia between 1985 and 2000, Vivian Forbes says International Maritime Bureau statistics suggest a greater collective effort is required.
$81.3 million Navy contract for Ingalls The U.S. Navy has awarded an additional $81.3 million to Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Northrop Grumman company, for the continuation of work towards the construction of an eighth WASP (LHD 1) Class large-deck multipurpose amphibious assault ship.
Ship managers to class societies: Stop bickering Alan Ward, executive vice-president of the International Ship Managers Association (ISMA),says members of the International Association of Classification Societies should be paying pay more attention to boosting quality standards and dealing with sub-standard shipping, rather than bickering amongst themselves.
Scandlines Sassnitz in fire alert GERMAN-Danish ferry operator Scandlines suffered its second potentially serious incident in two weeks when an engine-room fire struck the Scandlines ferry Sassnitz as she crossed the Baltic Sea. ...
Brussels to approve Hutchison ECT deal THE European Commission will give clearance at its meeting today for Hutchison Whampoa Ltd to acquire a joint controlling stake in Europe Combined Terminals BV along with the Rotterdam port authori...
OSG share sale falls victim to market A $150m sale of shares in Overseas Shipholding Group has become the second major tanker equity deal to be sunk by weak freight and stock markets in the space of two working days. News of th...
Wärtsilä Corp confirms Ciserv deal with Aalborg Wärtsilä Corp has formally taken over Swedish marine service and repair company Ciserv, following up on a letter of intent signed in May with Aalborg Industries. In securing the d...
Golar/Exmar merger talks reach deadlock over price Merger talks between John Fredriksen's Golar LNG and Exmar, two of the world's leading independent operators of liquefied natural gas carriers, have reached an impasse over price. ...
Tower Automotive va sous-assembler des parties de carrosserie pour Volvo Car à Gand La société américaine de production de composants et sous-ensembles automobiles Tower Automotive va créer une usine dans le port de Gand pour la production d’éléments de carrosserie pour Volvo Cars Gent. Une déclaration d’intention a été signée, qui devrait être confirmée dans un mois. C’est ce qui a été annoncé par l’échevin du Port de Gand, Daniël Termont, en marge de la remise d’une distinction à un haut responsable de Volvo Car Corporation (voir l’encadré).
Le fluvial s’insère dans un trafic d’éléments Airbus En France, le recours au mode fluvial pour les trafics du secteur de l’aéronautique et de l’espace devient de plus en plus fréquent. Après les fusées de la gamme Ariane sur la Seine, solution qui a fait ses preuves depuis longtemps, ce sont des éléments d’Airbus qui vont être transportés sur la Loire. Cela, en attendant une option similaire sur la Gironde pour Airbus et peut-être aussi Latécoère-Embraer.
Lufthansa Cargo introduit le service Live/td Avec le lancement de l’ensemble Live/td en date du premier juillet, Lufthansa Cargo a finalisé son programme de produits ‘time definite’. Dans ce contexte td, le nouveau service offre une solution au transport d’animaux. Une première pour l’industrie du fret aérien, car aucune autre compagnie ne transporte des animaux vivants sur base ‘time definite’.
CSG/CMA CGM renoncent pour l’instant au PC de 9.200 TEU et optent pour 7.800 TEU L’industrie du liner a été marquée ces dernières années par d’importantes innovations techniques. On file aujourd’hui à 30/40 noeuds sur les mers, ceci essentiellement dans le cas d’unités short sea. Les porte-containers sont devenus plus grands, on en est à 8.000 TEU et plus rapides soit 25 à 26 noeuds. Dans le premier cas, cela permet d’accélérer les rotations des unités et de transporter plus avec moins de tonnage. Dans le second cas, les économies d’échelle sont considérables et cela permet de faire face à une croissance continue des volumes à transporter.
Nepline targets Andromeda tanker The Malaysian owner is lining up the first of three possible acquisitions as the secondhand aframax market hots up.
Falling market sinks OSG share sale Offer of 5m shares in US tanker company pulled after price dives.
Mosvold chief quits Morton Borge heads for the bank $1.2m the richer after Frontline takeover.
Greek state fined over S&P case Human rights court rules that owner not responsible for ship's pre-auction debts.
Great Eastern confirms interest in rigs The Indian owner is mulling a move for Essar Oil's drilling business.
Tanker scrapping plummets in first half The number of tankers sold to breakers so far in 2001 has dipped from last year, but other sectors are compensating.
Evergreen in Caribbean revamp Taiwanese boxship player rejigs and improves transit times on Caribbean services.
Samsung books Chevron aframax option US oil major is set to ink contract for third 110,000-dwt crude carrier.
Pressure mounts on Hyundai to help sister firm Creditors have agreed to bail out Hyundai Petrochemical, but only if Hyundai Heavy hands over its shares.
Essar offloading supply ships The Indian owner wants to focus on tankers and bulkers, with offshore vessels surplus to requirements.
Wartsila buys marine repair company Ciserv taken over by leading enginebuilder.
Chevron Shipping's Moore calls it a day Thomas R. Moore, president of Chevron Shipping, is to retire after 33 years with the US oil major.
PSA Marine completes SembLog marine buy Takeover set to widen port operator subsidiaries' range of marine services.
ABS in Pacific shake-up US class society reorganises Asia set up with increased focus on China.
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