Singapore set to gain from cruise downturn THE downturn in the cruise industry - which in Asia has seen Star Cruises pull out of Japan and Taiwan - may actually be a boon for Singapore according to the manager of the Singapore Cruise Centre .
Grand Alliance to cut Europe-Asia capacity
HK to tighten rules on local vessels' crews
Japan ship orders swell 28% since Jan on Korea overflow
Air and Land Transport
Alliance of American Airlines, BA opposed THE US Justice Department urged transportation officials on Monday to reject a proposed alliance between American Airlines and British Airways unless the two carriers sell some landing and takeoff rights to increase competition between the United States and London.
Airbus to slash 500 jobs in UK, cut hours
Changi sells its 7% holding in Auckland Int'l Airport
HK committed to opening air sector
Thai Airways presidential hopefuls narrowed to 3
Cathay, BA expand cooperation on Asia, Europe routes
Singapore set to gain from cruise downturn THE downturn in the cruise industry - which in Asia has seen Star Cruises pull out of Japan and Taiwan - may actually be a boon for Singapore according to the manager of the Singapore Cruise Centre .
Grand Alliance to cut Europe-Asia capacity
HK to tighten rules on local vessels' crews
Japan ship orders swell 28% since Jan on Korea overflow
Air and Land Transport
Alliance of American Airlines, BA opposed THE US Justice Department urged transportation officials on Monday to reject a proposed alliance between American Airlines and British Airways unless the two carriers sell some landing and takeoff rights to increase competition between the United States and London.
Airbus to slash 500 jobs in UK, cut hours
Changi sells its 7% holding in Auckland Int'l Airport
HK committed to opening air sector
Thai Airways presidential hopefuls narrowed to 3
Cathay, BA expand cooperation on Asia, Europe routes
New World Alliance in fresh wave of cuts THE New World Alliance is considering additional service reductions from both the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades.
OMI in criminal probe over tanker discharge in New York US TANKER owner OMI Corp has admitted being involved in a criminal investigation into illegal discharges from one of its vessels at the the Port of New York and New Jersey.
CSAV and Montemar plan to tap into depressed boxship charter market H ard-pressed containership owners may soon be sending empty ships to South America if plans under consideration by two South American lines come to fruition.
Stelmar 'on track for Q4 predictions' Stelmar Shipping, the tanker company that undertook a successful initial public offering in New York earlier this year, is confident that earnings in the final quarter of the year will be in line with stock market expectations.
A.P. Moller increases stake in ECT Rotterdam terminal The Port of Rotterdam said A.P. Moller has reached an agreement to acquire European Combined Terminals' one-third interest in Maersk Delta Terminal.
Seymour to lead NY/NJ port authority The chairman and chief executive of the New York Power Authority succeeds Neil Levin, who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center Sept. 11.
Web sites could pose legal risk Outdated information could become a target for litigation, according to a London-based maritime liability group.
Accord européen sur le temps de travail dans le transport routier Huit ans après que la Commission européenne a formulé sa proposition, les ministres européens des Transports et le Parlement européen ont trouvé un accord lundi soir à Bruxelles sur la directive relative au temps de travail des chauffeurs dans le transport routier de marchandises. Laccord conclu par les deux parties à lissue dune longue procédure de conciliation est un compromis concocté par la présidence belge de lUE.
SNCF Fret fait naître lespoir dune reprise rapide des services fret via le Chunnel Dans un courrier adressé à la Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) britannique, le patron de SNCF Fret, Françis Rol-Tanguy, a fait savoir que de nouvelles clôtures de sécurité seront installées autour du terminal de fret à Frethun avant la fin de lannée, annonce Lloyds List. Reste à voir si cela signifie que les services fret sous la Manche retrouveront rapidement leur vitesse de croisière. Ainsi, la SNCF et la RFF, le gestionnaire du réseau ferroviaire français, doivent encore déterminer qui prendra en charge les coûts des clôtures, alors que linstallation des systèmes de surveillance et de détection prendra encore un certain temps.
Confern Containerpool Benelux déménage vers le port dAnvers La filiale belge de lentreprise de location de caisses mobiles et semi-remorques Confern Containerpool, a récemment déménagé dOpglabbeek au Limbourg au Zomerweg dans le port dAnvers. Lobjectif était de rapprocher davantage notre siège à lactivité de transport, a déclaré le directeur général Hugo Bertels.
APL logistics tisse sa toile sur le continent européen Ainsi que brièvement évoqué dans une édition précédente APL Logistics, filiale de Neptune Orient Line (NOL) entend développer sa présence sur le continent européen, du nord au sud et dest en ouest. Après avoir acquis au prix de 210 mio. de dollars US lorganisation GATX qui couvre lAmérique du Nord et du Sud, après avoir abordé lAsie et le Moyen-Orient, APL sintéresse de plus en plus à lEurope, où elle est déjà présente au Benelux, au UK, en France et depuis peu en Allemagne après la reprise de lentreprise hambourgeoise Mare Logistik.
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