Go-slow action cripples Chennai port A labour dispute has brought India's second largest container port to its knees costing the industry - including local trade and shipping lines - an estimated US$1 million a day.
M'sia steps up patrolsin fight against piracy
Keppel's Philippine towage unit bags charter deals
Hopes dim of finding shipwreck survivors
Air and Land Transport
Thai Airways expects Jan-Mar loss to be bigger THAI Airways International pcl said the loss in three months to March exceeded the loss in the previous quarter because the weakness of the baht forced it to book a foreign exchange loss.
Korean Air's loss much bigger than forecast
Weaker won pushes Asiana into the red
Three parties emerging in bid for Sydney airport
Virgin Blue applies for NZ rights
Vietnam Air to invest US$1b in aircraft
Features
Hardship worsens piracy TWO small fishing boats draw a rope across the path of a freighter, letting the big ship's motion pull them forward and swing them alongside.
Go-slow action cripples Chennai port A labour dispute has brought India's second largest container port to its knees costing the industry - including local trade and shipping lines - an estimated US$1 million a day.
M'sia steps up patrolsin fight against piracy
Keppel's Philippine towage unit bags charter deals
Hopes dim of finding shipwreck survivors
Air and Land Transport
Thai Airways expects Jan-Mar loss to be bigger THAI Airways International pcl said the loss in three months to March exceeded the loss in the previous quarter because the weakness of the baht forced it to book a foreign exchange loss.
Korean Air's loss much bigger than forecast
Weaker won pushes Asiana into the red
Three parties emerging in bid for Sydney airport
Virgin Blue applies for NZ rights
Vietnam Air to invest US$1b in aircraft
Features
Hardship worsens piracy TWO small fishing boats draw a rope across the path of a freighter, letting the big ship's motion pull them forward and swing them alongside.
Go-slow action cripples Chennai port A labour dispute has brought India's second largest container port to its knees costing the industry - including local trade and shipping lines - an estimated US$1 million a day.
M'sia steps up patrolsin fight against piracy
Keppel's Philippine towage unit bags charter deals
Hopes dim of finding shipwreck survivors
Air and Land Transport
Thai Airways expects Jan-Mar loss to be bigger THAI Airways International pcl said the loss in three months to March exceeded the loss in the previous quarter because the weakness of the baht forced it to book a foreign exchange loss.
Korean Air's loss much bigger than forecast
Weaker won pushes Asiana into the red
Three parties emerging in bid for Sydney airport
Virgin Blue applies for NZ rights
Vietnam Air to invest US$1b in aircraft
Features
Hardship worsens piracy TWO small fishing boats draw a rope across the path of a freighter, letting the big ship's motion pull them forward and swing them alongside.
Banks joins trade firm Former U.S. Customs Deputy Commissioner Samuel H. Banks will oversee the development of Customs' automation modernization project.
Atlas Air lays off 105 The carrier is cutting crew member jobs in response to weakening demand for its aircraft.
DOT OKs DHL as forwarder The agency rejected challenges by United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp., a move that is sure to intensify global competition among the three express giants.
Japan's business ethics improve Shareholders are pushing for change in Japan's shoddy business practices.
OMI buys two and sells one OMI Corporation is to acquire two vessels that are currently on long term time charter. In an unrelated transaction, it will sell another vessel.
Somebody is buying shuttle tankers OMI is selling the 2000-built LOIRE, a Suezmax tanker with advanced design capabilities that make it especially attractive to shuttle operations.
FGH gets approval for BLM sale Friede Goldman Halter, Inc. says Judge Edward Gaines has approved the previously announced sale of Brissonneau & Lotz Marine (BLM)
Shell orders two more LNG carriers Shell International Gas Limited (Shell) announced the order of a further two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers; one from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and one from Daewoo
Bergesen makes $12 million on newbuilding resale Norway's Bergesen has entered into a preliminary agreement to sell the tanker Berge Kyoto (296.000 dwt, built 2001) to foreign interests for $83 million.
Ice and floods hit barge line earnings American Commercial Lines LLC (ACL) reported a first-quarter operating loss of $10.4 million,
Liberia flag 'funding guerilla campaign' LIBERIA is illegally using money from its shipping register to fund guerilla efforts to overthrow the government of neighbouring Sierra Leone, International Registries Inc has alleged in a writ. ...
O'Neil opens campaign for two-year term as IMO secretary-general WILLIAM O'Neil has delivered what is in effect a manifesto for his bid to win the election next month for a further two-year term as secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisati...
OOCL puts CargoSmart web portal up for sale CARGOSMART is being put up for sale by Orient Overseas Container Line which developed the internet portal but is now willing to become a minority shareholder. The Hong Kong carrier has set...
Les chargeurs veulent effacer la frontière entre Anvers et Rotterdam “La congestion et les problèmes de handling nuisent à l’attractivité de nos ports et donc à leur position sur la carte logistique de l’Europe. Les longues tergiversations sur l’aménagement d’une seconde Maasvlakte, le Rhin d’Acier et l’amélioration de la navigation sur l’Escaut occidental de et vers Anvers créent à la longue un climat d’incertitude n’incitant pas les entreprises à venir s’implanter, car elles finissent par se demander si le delta Rhin-Escaut restera à plus long terme la région idéale pour leur centre de distribution. C’est jouer avec le feu. Le secteur néerlandais et flamand des chargeurs est dépendant dans une large mesure du fonctionnement optimal de nos ports. Freiner ce fonctionnement revient à freiner le développement de ce secteur et par conséquent notre économie, prospérité et bien-être”. Cet appel à une meilleure harmonisation des politiques néerlandaise et belgo-flamande en termes de ports et de mobilité a été lancé hier par D. van den Broek Humphreij, directeur général de l’Organisation des chargeurs néerlandais EVO, qui a ainsi donné le ton de la conférence organisée par l’EVO en collaboration avec la fédération des employeurs néerlandais VNO-NCW et son pendant flamand VEV à La Haye. La suite du débat a débouché sur un large consensus pour concilier concurrence et collaboration, même s’il a souvent été difficile de déterminer précisément où devait se trouver la limite entre les deux.
“Pas question d’aides publiques illicites” L’Association des chantiers navals sud-coréens dément bénéficier d’aides publiques pour la construction navale qui soient contraires aux règles de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC).
Nexia (ex-Exel Froid France) abat ses cartes Suite à une opération du type dit RES (Reprise de l’entreprise par les salariés) et ayant obtenu l’adhésion de 85% du personnel, la société Exel Froid France est devenue Nexia. L’équipe des principaux dirigeants, qui sont aussi actionnaires, vient d’abattre ses cartes. Pour le moment, le marché français sera couvert en direct car les moyens sont en place pour cela. S’agissant de l’Europe, la stratégie consiste à nouer des accords. Analyse des atouts du nouvel ensemble.
UPS et FedEx perdent la lutte contre DHL Le DoT, le Department of Transport américain, ne voit aucune raison de déposer une plainte officielle concernant la structure de propriété de DHL Airways, ni de supprimer sa licence de navigation aérienne ou de retirer la licence d’expéditeur de DHL Worldwide Express. Ainsi, le ministère ne tient pas du tout compte des plaintes d’UPS et de FedEx, qui avaient reçu le soutien de l’organisation américaine du transport routier ATA, le syndicat AFL-CIO et le syndicat du transport routier Teaster.
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