PSA adding capacity at its Dalian terminals [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is increasing capacity at its flagship overseas project, the Dalian container terminals in China, in the wake of sterling successes that have brought about increasing business demands.
MSC gets A$1m state aid for moving office to Fremantle
Air and Land Transport
Lufthansa, FedEx may order A380 superjumbo [PARIS] European planemaker Airbus Industrie appeared close to winning new orders for its A380 superjumbo after Lufthansa AG said it needed the plane for its fleet and a newspaper reported that FedEx Corp was on the verge of ordering up to 10 cargo versions.
Ansett to give report on safety measures this week
NTSB writing final report on 1999 EgyptAir crash
Air France chief named head of European airlines group
BA traffic up 5.7% in Dec
Log Book
Features
Well ahead of the pack AFTER years of operating the OOCL.com website, the Hongkong container line has recently rolled out CargoSmart, a fully functioning shipper application.
PSA adding capacity at its Dalian terminals [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is increasing capacity at its flagship overseas project, the Dalian container terminals in China, in the wake of sterling successes that have brought about increasing business demands.
MSC gets A$1m state aid for moving office to Fremantle
Air and Land Transport
Lufthansa, FedEx may order A380 superjumbo [PARIS] European planemaker Airbus Industrie appeared close to winning new orders for its A380 superjumbo after Lufthansa AG said it needed the plane for its fleet and a newspaper reported that FedEx Corp was on the verge of ordering up to 10 cargo versions.
Ansett to give report on safety measures this week
NTSB writing final report on 1999 EgyptAir crash
Air France chief named head of European airlines group
BA traffic up 5.7% in Dec
Log Book
Features
Well ahead of the pack AFTER years of operating the OOCL.com website, the Hongkong container line has recently rolled out CargoSmart, a fully functioning shipper application.
PSA adding capacity at its Dalian terminals [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is increasing capacity at its flagship overseas project, the Dalian container terminals in China, in the wake of sterling successes that have brought about increasing business demands.
MSC gets A$1m state aid for moving office to Fremantle
Air and Land Transport
Lufthansa, FedEx may order A380 superjumbo [PARIS] European planemaker Airbus Industrie appeared close to winning new orders for its A380 superjumbo after Lufthansa AG said it needed the plane for its fleet and a newspaper reported that FedEx Corp was on the verge of ordering up to 10 cargo versions.
Ansett to give report on safety measures this week
NTSB writing final report on 1999 EgyptAir crash
Air France chief named head of European airlines group
BA traffic up 5.7% in Dec
Log Book
Features
Well ahead of the pack AFTER years of operating the OOCL.com website, the Hongkong container line has recently rolled out CargoSmart, a fully functioning shipper application.
U.S. air cargo volume up 2.62% in November The sluggish economy slowed overall growth that totaled 6.9% for the first 11 months of the year, according to the Air Transport Association, whose members carry 95% of U.S. cargo and passengers.
Economy hits U.S. rail traffic in 2000 While carload traffic slumped, intermodal traffic, spurred by strong imports, was consistently strong throughout the year, with a 3.5% gain in December.
Malaysia's Kelang tops 3 million TEUs The port ended the year with a new record for containers, ranking it 14th in the world.
Former House transport leader Shuster resigns The past chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will retire, citing health and family reasons.
CSO finalizes Aker Maritime Deepwater take-over Coflexip Stena Offshore has finalized acquisition of Aker Maritime ASA's Houston-headquartered Deepwater Division, for $513 million plus the assumption of net debt of $112 million.
Greece prepares to sell Hellenic Shipyards Greece is launching an international tender to sell Hellenic Shipyards., Skaramanga, the largest shipyard in Greece.
Call for reform of liability insurance THE chairman of France's second biggest insurance company has called for reform of tanker owners' liability insurance, condemning the existing shipowner mutual system maintained by the P&I clubs as an "unbelievable perversion".
P&O fast ferry makes her debut THE European Ambassador, P&O Irish Sea's new conventional 25,206 tonne fast ferry, will enter service from Liverpool today.
Reinsurers tightening grip REINSURERS are set to fuel more rate rises for customers of direct insurers, by tightening their grip on speciality markets such as marine, aviation, and energy.
Mark VII signs deal for new platform on web THE internet strategy of Mark VII Transportation, a third party logistics subsidiary of the Exel Group, has taken a large step forward, writes Tony Gray.
Shipowners reject uncaring claim Danish shipowners have hit back at a union's claims that owners are uncaring about their crews and say they have initiatives which prove their point.
Toilet break lands master in deep water A toilet break and the absence of a lookout resulted in the collision of two general cargoships in the English Channel last week, a court was told on Friday.
Meerhout: le transbordement de containers dépasse le cap des 100.000 TEU Le transbordement de containers au terminal fluvial WCT situé le long du canal Albert à Meerhout a progressé de plus de 33,5% par rapport à 1999. L’année 1999 avait été clôturée avec un transbordement de 80.776 TEU. A l’issue de l’année 2000, un transbordement total de 107.818 TEU a pu être enregistré.
HesseNoordnatie/PSA: décision en février? La presse d’information générale vient de découvrir ce que nous annoncions dans notre édition du 8 décembre dernier, à savoir que c’est le groupe PSA de Singapour qui a de fortes chances de prendre une participation majoritaire dans la future entité fusionnée HesseNoordnatie. Si le groupe singapourien a été retenu, c’est pour la bonne raison que son offre était supérieure à celle de son concurrent immédiat Eurogate. Le groupe AP Møller/Mærsk avait été éliminé très tôt, son offre ayant été jugée dérisoire. De même que les trois groupes financiers n’ont pas été retenus, car ne s’inscrivant pas tout à fait dans le contexte du “plan industriel” envisagé, bien que l’un d’eux aurait encore fait une approche de dernière minute.
Finnair Cargo est une SA autonome La division fret de Finnair a été autonomisée en une SA distincte. C’est ce qu’annonce le journal interne du groupe Okay. Le directeur général de Finnair Cargo Oy, Mikko Kuntola, nous a déclaré que l’entreprise de transport de fret pourra être plus indépendante grâce à son autonomisation.
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