IMO acts on lack of stowaway accord CONCERNED over the lack of international agreement on the escalating problem of stowaways and human smuggling, the International Maritime Organisation has moved to include the issue in an existing maritime convention.
Security, plight of refugees top concerns
MPA helps locate crew of sunken tanker
Paint thinners likely cause of blast aboard bulker
Kuwait seizes M'sian ship busting UN sanctions
Antitrust concerns raised
Air and Land Transport
Sept 11 cost Chinese airlines 1.1b yuan: report CHINESE airlines have suffered an estimated 1.09 billion yuan in lost revenues and higher insurance costs since the hijack attacks in the United States, an analyst at the aviation regulator said.
BAA wins nod for Heathrow's Terminal 5
Lufthansa may lay off up to 4,000 staff
Analysts downplay Thai Airways chief's warnings
Auckland Airport's profit up 15.4% in first 4 months
IMO acts on lack of stowaway accord CONCERNED over the lack of international agreement on the escalating problem of stowaways and human smuggling, the International Maritime Organisation has moved to include the issue in an existing maritime convention.
Security, plight of refugees top concerns
MPA helps locate crew of sunken tanker
Paint thinners likely cause of blast aboard bulker
Kuwait seizes M'sian ship busting UN sanctions
Antitrust concerns raised
Air and Land Transport
Sept 11 cost Chinese airlines 1.1b yuan: report CHINESE airlines have suffered an estimated 1.09 billion yuan in lost revenues and higher insurance costs since the hijack attacks in the United States, an analyst at the aviation regulator said.
BAA wins nod for Heathrow's Terminal 5
Lufthansa may lay off up to 4,000 staff
Analysts downplay Thai Airways chief's warnings
Auckland Airport's profit up 15.4% in first 4 months
Wärtsilä may buy John Crane-Lips Smiths Group and Wärtsilä Corporation announce that they are in exclusive discussions regarding a possible sale by Smiths Group of John Crane-Lips to Wärtsilä.
Titan joins MRA The directors of Seattle-based Marine Response Alliance LLC (MRA) announced today that Titan Maritime LLC (Titan) has joined the alliance as a full and equal member, effective immediately
Rhine on red alert as acid-laden barge blazes A BLAZE on board a Stolt-Nielsen barge laden with nitric acid yesterday caused Europe's most important inland waterway to be closed for 12 hours, writes David Osler. The Rhine was reop...
Capacity crunch for energy insurance SECTIONS of the energy insurance market are heading for wipeout as capacity plunges. As the famine in cover intensifies, lack of insurance support could pull the rug from big physical projec...
P&O Nedlloyd stung by Yasuda cargo claim P&O NEDLLOYD has been forced to back down over a contested insurance claim and grant more time to pursue the case after being accused of "odious" behaviour towards a company that ha...
Korea ship exports boom South Korean shipyards said exports of ships in the first nine months of the year jumped 30% over the year-ago period, earning $7.29 billion.
KLM Cargo eliminates fuel surcharge The airline's freight unit said it will eliminate its 10 cents per kilo fuel surcharge, effective Dec. 1.
Lufthansa braces for layoffs after union talks break down Europe's second largest airline will eliminate as many as 4,000 jobs ahead of an expected loss of $350 million for the year.
E. Schouppe: “La SNCB doit pouvoir offrir une gamme complète de services logistiques” "Anvers reste pour la SNCB le port du fret par excellence. C’est notre secteur le plus important, un secteur dont nous avons besoin, mais dont le rôle est parfois mal compris." C’est ce qu’a déclaré Etienne Schouppe, l'administrateur délégué de la SNCB, mardi dernier à Anvers lors de la manifestation organisée à l’occasion du départ à la retraite de Rüdiger Herzog, le directeur général de la firme RKE (Rijn-en Kanaalvaart, Internationale Expéditie), qui fait partie du groupe ABX Logistics.
CF Airfreight explique les nouvelles règles et procédures de sécurité La sécurité du transport aérien est au centre des préoccupations depuis le 11 septembre dernier. La Federal Aviation Authority américaine (FAA) a élaboré de nouvelles directives aéronautiques, mais elles ne sont pas toujours claires pour tout le monde. De nombreux chargeurs de fret aérien ne s'y retrouvent plus. Le prestataire américain de services logistiques CF Airfreight a pris le problème à coeur et va organiser une série de workshops sur la sécurité dans le transport aérien pour ses clients.
Victrol va lancer un programme d'expansion ambitieux L'entreprise de soutage anversoise Victrol se trouve à la veille d'un vaste programme d'expansion portant non seulement sur la construction d'un nouveau complexe de bureaux et de magasins dans la zone portuaire, mais également sur un nouveau navire de soutage à double coque d'une capacité de pas moins de 7.000 tonnes.
Birkart Globistics vend son réseau allemand de diverses à Viktoria Transport Les entreprises allemandes Birkart Globistics et Viktoria Transport ont conclu un accord de collaboration par lequel les deux logisticiens renforcent leurs activités de base. Ainsi, Birkart va laisser son réseau de diverses dans la région de Afschaffenburg à Viktoria pour se concentrer sur ses autres business units, à savoir: transport international, logistique, activités de fret aérien et maritime, logistique de textile, e-business, logistique de bourse et expédition de déménagement. Viktoria, de son côté, pourra développer son trafic terrestre dans la région Rhin-Main.
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