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PSA to develop e-com system for Seattle port
[SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation has made another breakthrough in exporting its IT expertise with a deal to develop and run an e-commerce system for the US Port of Seattle.
Call to build smaller frigates for S China Sea region
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Aussie airline safety watchdog comes under official scrutiny
[SYDNEY] Australia's aviation watchdog came under the scrutiny of another government agency amid charges that it had been lax in enforcing safety at the country's largest airlines.
Changi airport's passenger, cargo volumes jump
Atlas Air may buy 15 Airbus A380 freighters
China to regulate water transport
Delta returns to court over pilots' job action
TWA purchase plan brings American's chief exec into spotlight

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PSA to develop e-com system for Seattle port
[SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation has made another breakthrough in exporting its IT expertise with a deal to develop and run an e-commerce system for the US Port of Seattle.
Call to build smaller frigates for S China Sea region
Ship sales

Air and Land Transport

Aussie airline safety watchdog comes under official scrutiny
[SYDNEY] Australia's aviation watchdog came under the scrutiny of another government agency amid charges that it had been lax in enforcing safety at the country's largest airlines.
Changi airport's passenger, cargo volumes jump
Atlas Air may buy 15 Airbus A380 freighters
China to regulate water transport
Delta returns to court over pilots' job action
TWA purchase plan brings American's chief exec into spotlight

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Two airlines, freight forwarder rejoin Cargo 2000 Korean Air, Alitalia and the Panalpina Group are climbing aboard Cargo 2000 again a year after they withdrew from the organization created by airlines and forwarders to improve the quality of international air cargo service. Customs to publish list of companies filing anti-dumping complaints The department will publish the list of complaints on the Web (www.customs.ustreas.gov) Jan. 18. NY-NJ Port Authority acquires land for Howland Hook terminal expansion Development of the 124-acre site has the potential to double capacity and employment at the terminal. Walkout strands two bulk ships at Los Angeles Export Terminal Oceanbulk Line launches US Gulf-South America service Port of Seattle may implement Portnet software Matson to pay $3 million fine for falsification of logbooks EU clears UAL-USAir deal St. Lawrence Seaway Development names associate administrator United Alliance expands all-water service Lewis, 28-year Seaway veteran, dies NY-NJ Port Authority names Myron Ronis deputy director British Midland sells airport business ahead of trans-Atlantic debut

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Port of Antwerp hits new high Subic inks agreement with Hiroshima Vietnam details major port developments Spinetta lands top AEA role MARC and Hitachi in logistics alliance Mercury rises as Coleman burns with desire

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JANUARY 13, 2001
Approval Brussels for US Airline merger Millions of dollars contract Boston Scientific and DHL ECT in larger terminal in Duisburg Growth PSA Singapore 7 percent in 2000 TMM Lines opens offices in Korea and HK Evergreen joint venture in South Korea

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Pinto favours LNG transport by Indian vessels Transworld Group sponsors cricket tournament to mark its Silver Jubilee SCI seeks clearance to buy long-range oil tankers India to benefit as US relaxes curbs on computer exports Dumping duty mooted on theophylline, caffeine from European Union origin Govt to probe white cement 'dumping' by Iran, UAE India signs 5 pacts with Indonesia ECGC deal with COFACE India, Botswana initial trade pact Garments exports post 7 per cent rise Indo-German trade rises to Rs 18,000 cr Kandla Port declared 'Goods Booking Station' - Haulage charges for Port users off Interest subsidy scheme for inland water transport scrapped TWA towed into American hangars Airbus to become a company by next month New team to drive A 380 programme EVA to buy 2 Airbus, lease 6 more India, Luxembourg Sign Air Pact Coffee output may touch 2.9 lakh t India, UK show interest to develop SSIs Buying agents form association; submit 3-point agenda to govt Govt unshackles tea sales to benefit industry Garment exporters seek Rs 700 cr. in duty drawback 1999-2000 indl growth rate scaled down to improve GDP FDI in airlines may be raised to 49 pc MMTC workers observe protest strike Export Import Workshop's 9th batch programme from Jan. 27

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JANUARY 12, 2001
Matson in pollution plea bargain The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California yesterday announced that San Francisco-based Matson Navigation Company was charged with making false statements to the Coast Guard about the discharge of oil waste into the Pacific and had filed plea agreements to pay $3 million in fines. CSO management changes Coflexip Stena Offshore announced today that the executive committee of the CSO Group is being modified to reflect the recent acquisition of Aker Maritime's Deepwater Division.

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Europe faces waterfront war THE International Transport Workers' Federation has warned of "war on the waterfront in Europe" if the European Commission does not change key proposals in its increasingly controversial forthcoming directive on access to ports services. Salvors plan to transfer cargo from damaged Castor SALVORS are now hopeful of undertaking a ship-to-ship transfer of the cargo aboard the damaged product tanker Castor within the next couple of days. Bank takes stake in Nomadic CHRISTIANIA Bank og Kreditkasse has emerged with a 7% stake in struggling Oslo-listed reefer operator Nomadic Shipping after the company formalised the issue of $3m in fresh equity to the bank. EWS sell-off still on says Wisconsin REPORTS that Wisconsin Central has abandoned efforts to sell its 42.5% stake in EWS, the UK's largest rail freight operator, have been strongly denied by the US group, writes Tony Gray. ABS president fights to defend stricken Castor ROBERT Somerville's New Year did not get off to a great start. Turkey to rethink Varyak plea for Straits passage A panel of Turkish shipping experts is to reconsider a request to allow a Ukrainian aircraft carrier to be towed from the Black Sea through the Turkish Straits. Owner blasts detention AN elderly Norwegian chemical carrier has been detained in a French port for alleged "serious deficiencies". But the shipowner has blasted the French authorities for a "gross over-reaction" in the shadows of the Erika and the Ievoli Sun. An Iraqi oil station near the Iraqi AN Iraqi oil station near the Iraqi-Kuwait border lies untouched after it was destroyed by intensive bombing during the Gulf War. Most of the estimated 2m population of Basra depend on government supplies for their survival under the oil-fpor-food deal with the United Nations. Next Wednesday is the tenth anniversary of the start of Operation Desert Storm which ousted Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.

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JANUARY 13, 2001
Protest launched over detained ship Six stowaways jailed for 18 months Caribs Aframaxes lose out Matson fined $3M over false records Lota port expansion talks called China eases office curbs for Taiwan New snag hits 'Superslow Ferries' Court reinstates ousted stevedore ABS hits back at Castor slur Fagioli takes control of Finaval Novocherkassk still afloat Baltic ferry link to be revived Iran to take less Canadian wheat PSA, Seattle in e-com tie-up Jurong to boost box capacity Masa threatened by rail plan FMC's Chao wins Bush cabinet post MaritimeDirect says can turn profit

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JANUARY 13, 2001
Star Shipping lance un service breakbulk vers l’Asie du Sud-Est L’armement Star Shipping, une émanation de Grieg Shipping AS et de la famille Westfal-Larsen, fréquente régulièrement le port d’Anvers depuis de nombreuses années avec ses bulkers “open hatch” équipés de portiques. Ces navires amènent d’importantes quantités de produits forestiers et de fret containérisé en provenance de la côte pacifique de l’Amérique du Nord et du Golfe US. Il vient de décider de développer ses activités à Anvers en lançant un nouveau service régulier à destination du Sud-Est asiatique. Les promesses de Reynders n’impressionnent pas les douaniers anversois Les actions de la douane de ces derniers jours ont surtout mis en évidence le manque de personnel au sein de ces services, ce à quoi le ministre Reynders a répondu en promettant de recruter à court terme 195 assistants douaniers en plus des 1.500 fonctionnaires statutaires à engager. Mais la douane poursuit ses actions, étant donné que la difficulté qu’il y a à garder ce personnel, constitue le noeud du problème. Les fonctionnaires trouvent des emplois mieux rémunérés dans le secteur privé ou demandent à être mutés plus près de chez eux. Ou comment l’excellent conjoncture se retourne contre la douane... DFDS définit sa stratégie de croissance pour ses filiales armement Après la vente de la division de transport terrestre DFDS Dan Transport en septembre et de DFDS Travel en décembre dernier, DFDS veut désormais se concentrer sur ses activités dans le domaine du transport maritime. Les moyens financiers générés par le retrait de ces deux secteurs serviront (outre une réduction de la dette) à soutenir la croissance des deux filiales armement, qui ont l’Europe du Nord pour principal terrain d’action: DFDS Tor Line et DFDS Seaways. Cela se traduira pour les deux compagnies par l’acquisition de nouveaux navires, l’ouverture de nouvelles routes et des reprises ou alliances avec d’autres opérateurs. Cette stratégie a été confirmée jeudi dernier par le conseil d’administration du groupe de transport danois. Durant veut faire passer le fret ferroviaire d’anvers par la ligne 12 “A l’heure actuelle, le trafic entre Rotterdam et Anvers est relativement limité et nous ne courons aucun risque de saturation sur la ligne 12 existante. Du fait de la mise en service du train à grande vitesse, cette ligne devrait en effet absorber nettement moins de trafic voyageurs”, a répondu Isabelle Durant, la ministre fédérale de la Mobilité et des Transports, à une question du sénateur CVP Ludwig Caluwé, qui se demandait si l’absence de la ligne fret 11 dans le plan de transport résultait d’un oubli ou d’une erreur. Dans une réaction téléphonique, Robert Restiau, l’administrateur délégué de l’AGHA, a estimé au sujet du plan de transport de Durant que “ce gouvernement fait beaucoup de bruit, mais traduit rarement son discours dans la pratique”.

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SK Shipping tanker sinks off Korea Three crew dead as product tanker sinks after explosion. Samsung cruise plans on hold The Korean yard's attempts to enter the cruise market look to have been frustrated.