PSA makes biggest container terminal foray [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is to purchase a majority stake in a Belgian joint venture that will make it the leading terminal operator in the country.
ITF exposes ease of fraud, with purchase of first officer cert [SINGAPORE] The endemic problem of seafarer certificate fraud was highlighted recently when the general secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), bought a first officer's certificate and sea book issued by the Republic of Panama.
NOL to add 16 boxships over next 2 years
India's SCI won't be revamped ahead of sale
Conferences give details of rate hikes for this year
Port shots
Air and Land Transport
TWA picks American Air's bid as highest and best [ST LOUIS] The board of Trans World Airlines Inc selected a sweetened US$742 million (S$1.29 million) offer from AMR Corp's American Airlines as its preferred bid and will recommend it to a federal bankruptcy court.
PSA makes biggest container terminal foray [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is to purchase a majority stake in a Belgian joint venture that will make it the leading terminal operator in the country.
ITF exposes ease of fraud, with purchase of first officer cert [SINGAPORE] The endemic problem of seafarer certificate fraud was highlighted recently when the general secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), bought a first officer's certificate and sea book issued by the Republic of Panama.
NOL to add 16 boxships over next 2 years
India's SCI won't be revamped ahead of sale
Conferences give details of rate hikes for this year
Port shots
Air and Land Transport
TWA picks American Air's bid as highest and best [ST LOUIS] The board of Trans World Airlines Inc selected a sweetened US$742 million (S$1.29 million) offer from AMR Corp's American Airlines as its preferred bid and will recommend it to a federal bankruptcy court.
US air cargo edges up in January Carriers posted a narrow increase in domestic volume despite signs of an economic slowdown.
Delta, Air France to start export joint venture this fall The Justice Department's approval of the deal on Tuesday will enable the two carriers to effectively merge their U.S. sales forces.
CP Ships sees mixed outlook Economic growth in Europe and elsewhere in the world will be tempered by a slowdown in the U.S. and added capacity from new ships in 2001.
Winwood pushing Customs automation Acting Customs Commissioner Charles W. Winwood isn't letting his interim status delay the agency's development of a new automated processing system.
NOL posts record results, plans fleet expansion Chief executive Flemming Jacobs said the company benefited from better rates and volumes in its liner and tanker businesses.
Head of German rail board quits
Nafta trucking deadline passes over US inspection concerns
Yang Ming upgrades Pacific eastbound service
SAS to spin off cargo unit
i2 denies lawsuit allegations
China Shipping, OOCL, Zim plan Asia-Australia service
Portland manager wins engineering award
TMM sees new ports as key to EU trade
New World Alliance adds Le Havre to trans-Atlantic service
PSA acquires majority stake in Belgian port operator
Star to deploy Meyer newbuild on NCL Hawaii itinerary Star Cruises has revised its plans for ship deployment in the Hawaii cruise market by its Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) unit. A $400 million, 91,000-ton newbuilding currently under construction at Meyer Werft will now no longer join Star Cruises as SuperStar Libra. Instead, it will now join NCL's fleet in December 2001 for year- round deployment in Hawaii.
Floating LNG plants are feasible Bouygues Offshore has announced the successful completion of the AZURE R&D project for the development of floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility concepts
J. Ray MCDermott gets spar contract J. Ray McDermott, Inc., a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a turnkey engineer-procure-construct-install contract to provide a spar platform for the Medusa Field Development Project, a deepwater development for Murphy Oil Corp., in the Gulf of Mexico.
HAL picks names for first ships in new series The first two ships of Holland America Line's next series of five new 85,000-ton cruise ships will be named the ms Zuiderdam and ms Oosterdam, respectively.
Seacor to acquire Stirling Shipping Seacor Smit Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Stirling Shipping Company Ltd., a private U.K. company based in Glasgow, Scotland,
Teekay moves into shuttle market Teekay Shipping Corporation has announced the acquisition through a wholly-owned subsidiary of 56% of Ugland Nordic Shipping (UNS) for approximately $123 million.
CLIA members carried 6.9 million passengers last year Nearly 6.9 million North Americans enjoyed cruising in 2000, an increase of 992,000 cruisers -- or 16.8 percent -- over the previous year, according to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).
PSA s’assure le contrôle de HesseNoord Natie à plus de 60% Le dernier round de négociations mené ces dernières semaines a finalement permis de conclure: le groupe PSA Corporation de Singapour s’est assuré d’une forte majorité de contrôle, qu’on peut évaluer à plus de 60%, dans la future entité HesseNoord Natie, qui doit naître de la fusion des deux grands manutentionnaires anversois. Un accord préliminaire en ce sens a été signé hier jeudi à Anvers. Il est entendu que le groupe CMB et des actionnaires de la Noord Natie restent impliqués dans la nouvelle société, mais d’une manière très minoritaire, leur participation se situant entre 20 et 25%. De même, la SNCB reste actionnaire dans cette nouvelle entité, même si les modalités de cette participation doivent encore être discutées. Le fait que cette perspective de fusion et de reprise dans le cadre d’un projet dit “industriel” a mis si longtemps à prendre forme concrète, peut se comprendre, compte tenu de la diversité des intérêts en jeu, de la complexité des problèmes posés et, surtout, de l’importance de l’enjeu, la valeur de ladite entité étant évaluée entre 23,4 milliards de BEF (580 millions d’EUR) et 26,20 mia. de BEF (650 mio. d’EUR). L’accord en question ne deviendra définitif que lorsque les autorités compétentes belges auront donné leur feu vert. Peut-être faudra-t-il attendre aussi celui de la Commission européenne.
Le groupe Alloin reprend les quatre sociétés de Grimal Le groupe français Alloin (Villefranche-sur-Saône, département du Rhône) vient de racheter l’ensemble des opérations du groupe Grimal. Cette acquisition cadre dans la stratégie de créer un réseau de messagerie en national en France. Elle lui permet en effet de se renforcer dans le Sud. Cette acquisition n’est pas la première: Alloin a entre autres déjà procédé au rachat en août dernier de son correspondant dans le Sud-Ouest. De plus, il s’est implanté en Belgique via la société bruxelloise Widem, acquise en juin.
Delwaide: “S’il le faut, nous irons au Conseil d’Etat” Conformément au décret portuaire flamand devenu récemment d’application, un commissaire portuaire régional flamand doit entrer en scène pour veiller à ce que les critères de la politique portuaire définis dans ce document soient respectés et qu’il n’y a plus de distorsion de concurrence entre ports. La fonction fait l’objet d’un recrutement sur base d’un profil bien défini. Là où le bât blesse, c’est au niveau des compétences du commissaire en question qui, à notre avis, prennent un caractère dictarorial, ce qui n’a rien de surprenant, car elles ont manifestement été concoctées dans une optique dirigiste. Il s’avère que les directions des ports d’Anvers, Gand et Zeebrugge ont adressé aux ministres responsables une lettre de protestation en bonne et due forme.
L’OTM proteste contre la clause de révision automatique des prix pour le transport routier L’Organisation belge des Transporteurs Multimodaux (O.T.M.), ainsi que divers représentants de l’industrie ont manifesté leur opposition à la requête introduite par les transports routiers auprès du ministère des Affaires économiques. Le protocole d’accord de septembre 2000 relatif au prix élevé du diesel prévoit notamment l’introduction d’une clause de révision des prix. Les chargeurs n’acceptent pas de ne pas avoir été impliqués dans les discussions. Ils veulent être entendus et il est déjà établi que l’affaire sera portée devant le Conseil à la Concurrence.
Teekay talks to Navion Top aframax owner chats to Navion in wake of UNS deal but talk of wider deal speculative says Bjorn Moller.
P&O Stena plans to replace up to half its fleet Ferry operator may launch newbuilding spree, but only if it wins further exemption from EC competition rules.
Jacobs details NOL tanker talk NOL boss Flemming Jacobs says the company may expand its aframax interests through further newbuildings.
Bulk operator launched New shipping company that plans to focus on the Atlantic handysize market sets sail.
PSA snaps up CMB port operation unit Singapore's port authority is growing its overseas empire once again.
NOL poised for tanker newbuildings Boxship giant Neptune Orient Lines is riding high on last year's freight rate boom and its own cost-cutting exercises.
Austal buoyed by ferry sale Lower interims offset by Euroferrys deal for Australian shipbuilder.
CyberShipping raises $170 It could be a long wait before "greatest shipowning venture on earth" starts buying ships.
Frank Chao debts haunt family Creditors pursue relatives for $6m following Frank Chao's death.
Tankers buy internet war cover A $33m vessel set to load at Iraqi port of Um Qasser is first customer of warsure website.
War cover goes online If you are sending a ship to a dangerous port you can buy war cover over the internet.
Man rescued after jumping from cruiseship A Royal Caribbean passenger spent seven hours in the Atlantic after leaping from Sovereign of the Seas.
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