Cosco's HK box unit profit rises on efficiency It plans to spend US$150m this year to add the equivalent of 90,000 TEUs.
Indon dredger in S'pore for repairs
All remaining oil removed from Baltic Carrier
Air and Land Transport
Mitsubishi, Kawasaki Heavy eye regional jet market JAPAN's two biggest aircraft makers said they plan to increase involvement in regional jet production as they expand their aerospace divisions.
JAL denies talks with Airbus on buying A380
HK airport, Cathay get set for Easter rush
Bouraq resumes regular Davao-Manado service
Thousands evacuated after blaze hits Dutch airport
Features
Tankers blamed for polluting Oman's beaches THIN films of oil lap the white crystal sands of a Gulf beach near the Omani capital of Muscat, where a dozen birds lie motionless in small dark pools.
Cosco's HK box unit profit rises on efficiency It plans to spend US$150m this year to add the equivalent of 90,000 TEUs.
Indon dredger in S'pore for repairs
All remaining oil removed from Baltic Carrier
Air and Land Transport
Mitsubishi, Kawasaki Heavy eye regional jet market JAPAN's two biggest aircraft makers said they plan to increase involvement in regional jet production as they expand their aerospace divisions.
JAL denies talks with Airbus on buying A380
HK airport, Cathay get set for Easter rush
Bouraq resumes regular Davao-Manado service
Thousands evacuated after blaze hits Dutch airport
Features
Tankers blamed for polluting Oman's beaches THIN films of oil lap the white crystal sands of a Gulf beach near the Omani capital of Muscat, where a dozen birds lie motionless in small dark pools.
Cosco's HK box unit profit rises on efficiency It plans to spend US$150m this year to add the equivalent of 90,000 TEUs.
Indon dredger in S'pore for repairs
All remaining oil removed from Baltic Carrier
Air and Land Transport
Mitsubishi, Kawasaki Heavy eye regional jet market JAPAN's two biggest aircraft makers said they plan to increase involvement in regional jet production as they expand their aerospace divisions.
JAL denies talks with Airbus on buying A380
HK airport, Cathay get set for Easter rush
Bouraq resumes regular Davao-Manado service
Thousands evacuated after blaze hits Dutch airport
Features
Tankers blamed for polluting Oman's beaches THIN films of oil lap the white crystal sands of a Gulf beach near the Omani capital of Muscat, where a dozen birds lie motionless in small dark pools.
Rail slump eases in March Carloadings were nearly level with year-earlier data, suggesting that the recent slump is leveling off.
Budget shifts MSP to Defense The DOT will shift $98 million to Defense for the Maritime Security Program, according to budget figures released today.
Customs: $2.3 B not enough The agency says the proposed budget won't cover commercial operations as entries continue to grow.
End to Santos strike Longshoremen at Brazil's largest port are scheduled to return to work on Tuesday after staging the longest strike since port privatization began in 1997.
Budgetary crumb for Title XI The initial Bush Administration Budget Blueprint threatened to zero out the Title XI ship mortgage guarantee appropriation for FY 2002. The actual budget request for the U.S. Maritime Administration, published today, allocates $4 million for the program. It's in there purely to cover administration, however.
'Super-rust' threat A POTENT new form of corrosion, dubbed "super-rust", could threaten a whole generation of ageing products tankers, and possibly also newer double-hulled vessels. Evidence of the...
Japan's oil shippers close ranks JAPANESE oil companies, which hold more than 75% of the nation's market share between them, are moving to consolidate their tanker operations into three major groupings in a bid to cut costs....
Incorrectly loaded cargo overstressed Kristal TESTS carried out in Spain have shown that incorrect loading of a cargo of molasses placed the hull of the Kristal under severe stress and probably contributed to the loss of the 1974-bui...
TDG simplante en Belgique Le groupe britannique TDG, qui nétait pas encore présent en Belgique, a officiellement créé TDG Belgium il y a quelques jours. Cela sest fait après lobtention dun contrat logistique pour le groupe papetier britannique Arjo-Wiggins. Un centre de distribution a été créé à cet effet à Nivelles, au sud de Bruxelles, pour lapprovisionnement des marchés français et, dans une moindre mesure, belge. TDG espère que le contrat sera élargi et que cette activité pourra être étendue à dautres pays.
Seatrans et Nor-Cargo sallient en service conjoint: Sea-Cargo AS Il ny a pas que le domaine des grands trafics containérisés où lon évolue à lheure des concentrations. Le short sea néchappe pas à ces nouvelles tendances comme en témoigne linitiative que viennent dentreprendre le groupe Seatrans et Nor-Cargo AS de Bergen, qui se traduit par la création dune joint-venture sous le nom de Sea-Cargo AS. En dautres mots, il s agit dune intégration de leurs activités en mer du Nord. Seatrans détient 60% de la nouvelle compagnie ainsi créée, contre 40% pour Nor-Cargo.
PSA Singapour ne craint pas la montée de la concurrence Lannée dernière, le manutentionnaire PSA Corp de Singapour a traité un important trafic de 17 mio. de TEU, en Hausse de 7,2% et ce, malgré le fait quun de ses principaux clients, en loccurrence Mærsk Sealand, ait opté pour un autre hub dans le voisinage à savoir Tanjun Pelepas. Dans quelle mesure PSA Singapour ne risque-t-il pas dêtre confronté à des situations similaires, dautres armements ayant également lintention dopter pour un hub dans cette partie du sud-est asiatique pour y concentrer des trafics? PSA Singapour de va-t-il pas devoir compter avec une concurrence de plus en plus vive de la part de ports voisins?
Premier Farnell atterrit au Cargo Village de Liège-Bierset Le Cargo Village de laéroport de Liège-Bierset va accueillir dès septembre prochain une implantation de Premier Farnell Plc, distributeur mondial de composants électroniques et électriques. Le logisticien a signé pour ce faire avec la société Weerts un contrat de location de 24 ans dun entrepôt de 13.000 m2. Le site, qui sera opérationnel dans un an, occupera une centaine de personnes.
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