Pricing becoming a losing battle for local shipyards AFTER years of rumours and speculation the much anticipated merger of Singapore's two shipbuilding and repair 'big boys' - SembCorp Marine and Keppel Hitachi Zosen - may finally be reaching fruition after an announcement yesterday that the two are in talks.
M'sian govt urged to give ports subsidies
A P Moller lowers profit forecast for shipping activities
IMO to review conventions on security
Northrop wins Pentagon approval to buy Newport News
Transas Marine wins simulator deal
Rotterdam port experiments with old containers
Bookings improve but still down: Carnival
Air and Land Transport
US airports struggle as disaster cover is cancelled AIRPORTS across the United States are struggling to protect themselves financially after seeing their insurance coverage for war and acts of terrorism cancelled in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.
JAL, ANA eye fuel hedging as prices fall to 2-year low
Portugal going ahead with 1.9b euro new airport
New jet financing deals boost Air Canada's liquidity
Logistics
Work begins on Hong Kong airport's first logistics centre WORK has officially begun on the Tradeport Hong Kong logistics centre with ground-breaking on the HK$500 million project at Chek Lap Kok airport.
Pricing becoming a losing battle for local shipyards AFTER years of rumours and speculation the much anticipated merger of Singapore's two shipbuilding and repair 'big boys' - SembCorp Marine and Keppel Hitachi Zosen - may finally be reaching fruition after an announcement yesterday that the two are in talks.
M'sian govt urged to give ports subsidies
A P Moller lowers profit forecast for shipping activities
IMO to review conventions on security
Northrop wins Pentagon approval to buy Newport News
Transas Marine wins simulator deal
Rotterdam port experiments with old containers
Bookings improve but still down: Carnival
Air and Land Transport
US airports struggle as disaster cover is cancelled AIRPORTS across the United States are struggling to protect themselves financially after seeing their insurance coverage for war and acts of terrorism cancelled in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.
JAL, ANA eye fuel hedging as prices fall to 2-year low
Portugal going ahead with 1.9b euro new airport
New jet financing deals boost Air Canada's liquidity
Logistics
Work begins on Hong Kong airport's first logistics centre WORK has officially begun on the Tradeport Hong Kong logistics centre with ground-breaking on the HK$500 million project at Chek Lap Kok airport.
Pricing becoming a losing battle for local shipyards AFTER years of rumours and speculation the much anticipated merger of Singapore's two shipbuilding and repair 'big boys' - SembCorp Marine and Keppel Hitachi Zosen - may finally be reaching fruition after an announcement yesterday that the two are in talks.
M'sian govt urged to give ports subsidies
A P Moller lowers profit forecast for shipping activities
IMO to review conventions on security
Northrop wins Pentagon approval to buy Newport News
Transas Marine wins simulator deal
Rotterdam port experiments with old containers
Bookings improve but still down: Carnival
Air and Land Transport
US airports struggle as disaster cover is cancelled AIRPORTS across the United States are struggling to protect themselves financially after seeing their insurance coverage for war and acts of terrorism cancelled in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.
JAL, ANA eye fuel hedging as prices fall to 2-year low
Portugal going ahead with 1.9b euro new airport
New jet financing deals boost Air Canada's liquidity
Logistics
Work begins on Hong Kong airport's first logistics centre WORK has officially begun on the Tradeport Hong Kong logistics centre with ground-breaking on the HK$500 million project at Chek Lap Kok airport.
DOJ files suit to block GD acquisition of NNS The way now appears open for Northrop Grumman to acquire Newport News.
Singapore yards talk merger The managements of Keppel Corporation and SembCorp Industries say they are holding discussions on the rationalization of the Singapore shipyard industry and the possibility of other collaborations between the two groups.
FOE buys an Aker H-3 accommodation unit Fred Olsen Energy has entered into an agreement with Transocean Sedco Forex to purchase Rig 82 (ex- Polymariner, ex- Allegeheny) for $5.6 million.
Revised delivery date for second Ocean Rig unit Operations of Ocean Rig's second rig, Eirik Raude, . are now estimated to commence in second quarter 2002
Liberia's Urey funded sanction busting - UN LIBERIA'S commissioner of maritime affairs Benoni Urey and the bureau he runs are "little more than a cash-extraction operation and a cover from which to fund and organise opaque off-bu...
Brussels on verge of landmark Atlantic liner shipping verdict A verdict from the European Commission that should provide a legal framework for the whole liner shipping industry will be issued any day now. The ruling on a revised version of the Trans-A...
GT Nexus lands P&G ocean contract Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble has chosen the multi-carrier Web portal to manage and track all of its ocean shipments.
Geodis pourrait acquérir 15% du Sernam pour 1 euro symbolique Il y a deux ans, Geodis devait entrer dans le capital du service messagerie des chemins de fer français, le Sernam, à hauteur de 60%. Aujourd’hui, il est question de 15% seulement et Geodis ne paierait pour cela qu’un euro symbolique. Derrière cette chute, il y a notamment le fait que le Sernam est resté très déficitaire depuis l’accord initial. Actuellement, la SNCF envisage de le recapitaliser à hauteur de 270 millions d’EUR (1,77 milliard de FRF).
Durant estime la décision de la SNCB sur ABX inopportune La ministre fédérale de la Mobilité Isabelle Durant estime que dans les conditions actuelles, il est peu opportun que le conseil d’administration de la SNCB se penche sur le dossier ABX vendredi prochain et prenne une décision concernant la nouvelle structure et le conseil d’administration de la filiale logistique de la compagnie ferroviaire belge (voir LL du 23/10). Elle s’inquiète en outre de la rentabilité des investissements dans ABX, notamment au niveau de l’afflux vers le transport ferroviaire.
La VeGHO va jouer un rôle phare au sein de la Communauté portuaire de Gand Les deux associations portuaires gantoises ont pris une nouvelle forme mardi soir. L’association des intérêts maritimes de Gand (VGZ,Vereniging Gentse Zeevaartbelangen), créée en 1904 et présidée depuis juin par l’administrateur délégué de Sidmar, Paul Matthijs - a fait place à la nouvelle VeGHO, l’Association des Entreprises liées à la Région portuaire gantoise (vereniging van Gentse havengebonden ondernemingen), qui sera dorénavant l’interlocuteur unique du secteur privé dans le port. La Communauté portuaire de Gand (GHG,Gentse Havengemeenschap), qui n’existe que depuis 1984, garde son nom, mais opérera principalement à l’avenir comme une plate-forme de concertation entre les entreprises, les autorités et les syndicats. La représentation du secteur privé au sein de la GHG aura exclusivement lieu via VeGHO, dont proviendra aussi le président - le directeur commercial de Watco, Marc Devogele - et la moitié des membres du conseil d’administration et qui doit jouer un “rôle phare” dans la définition des points de vue et stratégies. La réforme a surtout pour but d’optimiser le travail de promotion et de lobbying du port de Gand.
La moitié des entreprises express sont des firmes individuelles; 1/3 travaille avec des sous-traitants Une enquête de STV (Stichting Technologie Vlaanderen)-Innovatie & Arbeid sur toutes les entreprises express en Flandre et à Bruxelles a mis en évidence quelques faits marquants. Ainsi, plus de la moitié des entreprises express sont des firmes individuelles, 36% d’entre elles n’emploient pas de courriers et plus de la moitié des employés travaillent pour une des quatre grandes entreprises express DHL, UPS, TNT et/ou FedEx. Au niveau de l’avantage concurrentiel, la plupart des entreprises avancent la fiabilité des services, le tarif ne jouant pratiquement pas de rôle. Nous présenterons dans cet article les résultats les plus marquants de cette enquête. Demain, nous approfondirons les tendances dans le secteur de l’express.
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