PSA may lose Evergreen to Pelepas port Taiwanese container shipping giant Evergreen Marine Corp may shift its transhipment hub from Singapore to the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP).
Hijacks, ransom demands rising in Malacca Straits
IACS calls for accuracy in separating class-related deficiencies
No shut down at Yemen ports, says govt source
Indon vessel sinks off Pasir Panjang
Air and Land Transport
Qantas proposes profit incentives for staff, may cut jobs QANTAS Airways, Australia's largest carrier, proposed offering an incentive programme for employees linked to earnings in talks with its unions and said it may be forced to cut staff as overseas demand slides.
UK, US hold open skies talks
Asiana selling assets to cope with falling demand
PAL may cancel some flights
US air screening firm will have to run tighter checks
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PSA may lose Evergreen to Pelepas port Taiwanese container shipping giant Evergreen Marine Corp may shift its transhipment hub from Singapore to the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP).
Hijacks, ransom demands rising in Malacca Straits
IACS calls for accuracy in separating class-related deficiencies
No shut down at Yemen ports, says govt source
Indon vessel sinks off Pasir Panjang
Air and Land Transport
Qantas proposes profit incentives for staff, may cut jobs QANTAS Airways, Australia's largest carrier, proposed offering an incentive programme for employees linked to earnings in talks with its unions and said it may be forced to cut staff as overseas demand slides.
UK, US hold open skies talks
Asiana selling assets to cope with falling demand
PAL may cancel some flights
US air screening firm will have to run tighter checks
Log Book
Features
Professional integrity first THE guiding words in Joseph S K Kwok's business philosophy are focus and professionalism.
PSA may lose Evergreen to Pelepas port Taiwanese container shipping giant Evergreen Marine Corp may shift its transhipment hub from Singapore to the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP).
Hijacks, ransom demands rising in Malacca Straits
IACS calls for accuracy in separating class-related deficiencies
No shut down at Yemen ports, says govt source
Indon vessel sinks off Pasir Panjang
Air and Land Transport
Qantas proposes profit incentives for staff, may cut jobs QANTAS Airways, Australia's largest carrier, proposed offering an incentive programme for employees linked to earnings in talks with its unions and said it may be forced to cut staff as overseas demand slides.
UK, US hold open skies talks
Asiana selling assets to cope with falling demand
PAL may cancel some flights
US air screening firm will have to run tighter checks
Log Book
Features
Professional integrity first THE guiding words in Joseph S K Kwok's business philosophy are focus and professionalism.
IMO reacts to September 11 incident At the urging of IMO Secretary General William A. O'Neil, the organization's Legal Committee is to review the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988 (the SUA treaties)
Yukos to buy two chunks of Kvaerner for $100 million Russia's second-largest oil company is to purchase Kvaerner's hydrocarbons and process technology businesses, on a debt free basis, for an aggregate consideration of $100 million.
Keppel completes FPSO conversion Keppel Shipyard, Singapore, has successfully converted a 155,000 dwt tanker into a Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO)
European owners warn of deepening crisis EUROPEAN shipowners have alerted the European Commission to the deepening crisis within some sectors of the shipping industry but have stopped short of calling for financial help. While urg...
South Korean shipbuilders agree to explore ways to curb over-supply A three-day meeting of JEKU, the shipbuilders' forum bringing together yards from Japan, Europe, South Korea and the US, has brought a tentative commitment from South Korean builders to explo...
Rod Riseborough in FEFC hot seat as capacity cuts top agenda ROD Riseborough has been appointed chief executive of the Far Eastern Freight Conference, writes Janet Porter. He takes over at a critical time for the FEFC whose members are considering a...
Bolero moves into payment clearance The London-based company that promotes standardized forms of electronic business communication said it would offer a service for centrally gathering and verifying electronic documents necessary for clearing payment on international trades.
British Airways, KLM revive talks Europe's largest airline revived alliance talks with the Dutch carrier 13 months after breaking off merger negotiations.
Evergreen next to quit Singapore? Evergreen Marine Corp. is reportedly planning to move operations from Singapore in favor of fast-growing Tanjung Pelepas in southern Malaysia.
Essers vend ses parts dans la joint-venture avec TDS Le groupe de transport limbourgeois Essers a décidé de vendre sa participation de 33,3% dans la société de logistique automobile TDS/E à son partenaire canadien, le groupe TDS Logistics Inc (London, Ontario), qui détient les 66,6% restants. Cette décision fait suite à un changement de stratégie dans les deux groupes qui s’étaient alliés en 1997. L’accord prévoit entre autres qu’Essers recevra les bâtiments et terrains de TDS/E à Genk Winterslag et sur le site de l’usine de Ford à Genk. TDS/E sera rebaptisé TDS Automotive.
SNCB: conseil d’administration décisif (?) sur ABX vendredi Le conseil d’administration de la SNCB de vendredi sera en grande partie consacré à ABX. La veille, une réunion de travail devra débroussailler et préparer le conseil. Il va sans dire que la publication du rapport des réviseurs Vam Impe, Delbrouck et PricewaterhouseCoopers continue à faire des vagues, à raison ou non puisque la direction de la SNCB “s’étonne de la présentation fallacieuse et incomplète faite au départ des travaux que les réviseurs ont réalisés”.
Schenker va augmenter ses prix de 3,9% en 2002 “En raison de la forte hausse des coûts, Schenker Deutschland AG a décidé d’augmenter de 3,9% ses prix dans le transport de messagerie à partir du 1er janvier 2002. C’est ce qu’annonce la société, qui est considérée comme la plus grande dans le transport routier allemand, dans un communiqué
L’ECSA cautionne la politique maritime européenne La conférence de presse organisée par l’ECSA (European Community Shipowners’ Association) à l’occasion de la publication du rapport annuel de l’association a été principalement dominée par les événements 11 septembre cette année. Ils ont non seulement accéléré la stagnation économique mais ont en outre donné lieu à une hausse exorbitante des primes d’assurances de guerre auxquelles sont confrontées les armements. Abstraction faite de ces éléments, l’année a été satisfaisante, a déclaré Emanuele Grimaldi, le président de l’ECSA, qui était pour l’occasion flanqué de son secrétaire-général Alfons Guinier. Le secteur maritime se porte bien et la politique européenne est qualifiée de très positive.
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