US searching commercial ships for terrorists, illegal weapons THE US has taken its fight against Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation to the high seas, warning shippers to cooperate with maritime searches or risk being sunk.
Passengers evacuated from Penguin ferry
Air and Land Transport
US airports lack space to meet bomb-detector deadline US regulators may not be able to meet a requirement to install bomb-detection machines at airports to screen all checked baggage by the end of 2002 because there is not enough space, a manufacturer told Congress.
BA denies reports of 10,000 job cuts
Swissair faces damages claims from ex-partners
India may raise limit on direct foreign investment in airlines
Delta plans to sell tickets for Korean Air next year
Virgin Blue in talks on alliances
American may return 717s as decision on line nears
US searching commercial ships for terrorists, illegal weapons THE US has taken its fight against Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation to the high seas, warning shippers to cooperate with maritime searches or risk being sunk.
Passengers evacuated from Penguin ferry
Air and Land Transport
US airports lack space to meet bomb-detector deadline US regulators may not be able to meet a requirement to install bomb-detection machines at airports to screen all checked baggage by the end of 2002 because there is not enough space, a manufacturer told Congress.
BA denies reports of 10,000 job cuts
Swissair faces damages claims from ex-partners
India may raise limit on direct foreign investment in airlines
Delta plans to sell tickets for Korean Air next year
Virgin Blue in talks on alliances
American may return 717s as decision on line nears
Kvaerner Philadelphia "not for sale" Kjell Inge Røkke has been telling the Philadelphia press that the Philadelphia yard "is not for sale" and that "there are tremendous opportunities" for it to make money.
Port security under scrutiny in Washington Port security issues were the focus of both House and Senate hearings in Washington, D.C yesterday.
Search on for Bin Laden's fleet ABC News and other sources are reporting that the U.S. Navy is searching for some 23 merchant vessels identified by U.S. and Norwegian intelligence agencies as owned or controlled by al Qaeda
Wärtsilä EnviroEngines for P&O Princess Cruises Wärtsilä Corporation is supplying twelve EnviroEngines for four cruise ships contracted by P&O Princess Cruises.
IMO adds to STCW "White List" The International Maritime Organization has updated its list of countries assessed as properly implementing the revised STCW Convention
Al-Qa'eda terror fleet 'flies FoC flags', claims ITF SHIPS controlled by Osama bin Laden and currently being sought by Nato will probably be found to fly flags of convenience, the International Transport Workers' Federation has claimed, writes David Osler .
UK ports on nuclear threat alert AS A RESULT of the increasing paranoia over the loopholes open to terrorist manipulation in the shipping trade, British ports are to fit special devices to prevent the smuggling of nuclear material, writes Carly Fields.
Angelicoussis reverses strategy with buy-back JOHN Angelicoussis has given up his 12-year struggle to develop Anangel-American into an attractive stock market vehicle and is launching a bid to return the dry cargo and tanker company to his private empire.
OECD set to get way over scrapping liner antitrust exemption A RECOMMENDATION to end antitrust exemptions for joint pricing by container lines looks set to stay in an OECD report that will be finalised in the coming weeks.
DOT endorses Hollings bill The port security measure gets a big boost in Washington.
Virgin's US cargo chief Pusateri to retire Angelo Pusateri has served as president of the unit since its inception in 1984.
Schubert sworn in aboard ship The new Marad chief took the oath in New Orleans aboard a roll-on/roll-off ship that is part of the agency's Ready Reserve Fleet.
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