Singapore marine industry turnover down 11.5% last year FIERCE external competition' from lower cost Chinese and Middle Eastern shipyards pushed Singapore's marine industry turnover down 11.5 per last year.
Cargo ship sinks in Malacca Straits
Banks must face oil spill liability, says ship manager
Air and Land Transport
IATA airlines post US$2.8b profit last year WORLD airlines returned a small profit of US$2.8 billion on international services last year, well under 2 per cent of their overall revenues, the head of the industry's global body IATA reported yesterday.
Qantas says Virgin Blue may not last for long
Virgin signs A380 deal
Australia's Macquarie Bank to start 500m euro airport fund
EC gives green light to Lufthansa-BMI-SAS tie-up
Air France sees demand drop in Paris-Marseille route
Features
Fredriksen's new tanker baby already heavyweight SHIPPING magnate John Fredriksen is Norway's richest man, his tanker company Frontline is the world's biggest, and now his week-old gas transport venture Golar LNG has already dwarfed all competitors.
Singapore marine industry turnover down 11.5% last year FIERCE external competition' from lower cost Chinese and Middle Eastern shipyards pushed Singapore's marine industry turnover down 11.5 per last year.
Cargo ship sinks in Malacca Straits
Banks must face oil spill liability, says ship manager
Air and Land Transport
IATA airlines post US$2.8b profit last year WORLD airlines returned a small profit of US$2.8 billion on international services last year, well under 2 per cent of their overall revenues, the head of the industry's global body IATA reported yesterday.
Qantas says Virgin Blue may not last for long
Virgin signs A380 deal
Australia's Macquarie Bank to start 500m euro airport fund
EC gives green light to Lufthansa-BMI-SAS tie-up
Air France sees demand drop in Paris-Marseille route
Features
Fredriksen's new tanker baby already heavyweight SHIPPING magnate John Fredriksen is Norway's richest man, his tanker company Frontline is the world's biggest, and now his week-old gas transport venture Golar LNG has already dwarfed all competitors.
Singapore marine industry turnover down 11.5% last year FIERCE external competition' from lower cost Chinese and Middle Eastern shipyards pushed Singapore's marine industry turnover down 11.5 per last year.
Cargo ship sinks in Malacca Straits
Banks must face oil spill liability, says ship manager
Air and Land Transport
IATA airlines post US$2.8b profit last year WORLD airlines returned a small profit of US$2.8 billion on international services last year, well under 2 per cent of their overall revenues, the head of the industry's global body IATA reported yesterday.
Qantas says Virgin Blue may not last for long
Virgin signs A380 deal
Australia's Macquarie Bank to start 500m euro airport fund
EC gives green light to Lufthansa-BMI-SAS tie-up
Air France sees demand drop in Paris-Marseille route
Features
Fredriksen's new tanker baby already heavyweight SHIPPING magnate John Fredriksen is Norway's richest man, his tanker company Frontline is the world's biggest, and now his week-old gas transport venture Golar LNG has already dwarfed all competitors.
Carnival puts Hapag Lloyd in sights US CRUISE giant Carnival looks poised for further expansion within the lucrative European cruise market following rumours of an impending swoop on German conglomerate Preussag's cruise division, wr...
Cho Yang crisis deepens as line drops Europe service CHO Yang's desperate struggle to remain an inter-continental carrier has suffered two major setbacks, with the South Korean line finally ending its slot purchase arrangement with former United Alli...
Sprinkler failure puts damper on Norway's trip Norwegian Cruise Line has been ordered to keep the veteran liner Norway in port because of problems with a sprinkler system. The Norway, which was scheduled to leave the port of Miami for a...
'Father of Containerisation' McLean dies LINER shipping pioneer Malcom P McLean, widely recognised as the 'Father of Containerisation', died on Friday from complications related to heart failure. He was 87. Although hi...
UPS crée une division séparée pour l’expédition et l’agence en douane Quelques heures seulement après que les actionnaires de Fritz Companies (San Francisco) aient donné leur feu vert à l’acquisition de leur société par UPS, “Big Brown” a annoncé la création d’une toute nouvelle division séparée. Elle offrira des services de commissionnariat et d’agence en douane et intégrera non seulement Fritz, mais également les autres sociétés d’expédition acquises et existantes. La division aura un chiffre d’affaires initial de 750 mio. de USD (855 mio. d’EUR). Elle sera un élément-clé dans la stratégie à long terme d’UPS, et elle n’est pas sans évoquer les stratégies de Deutsche Post et de FedEx.
Astra Logistics va construire un centre de distribution logistique européen à Gand Astra Logistics veut développer sensiblement ses installations au quai Wiedauw à Gand. La filiale logistique du groupe Ahlers envisage d’investir 350 millions de BEF dans la construction d’un magasin de 20.000 m2. Cette capacité supplémentaire devrait en premier lieu compenser la forte croissance des activités existantes. Le general manager Alfons De Jonghe espère pouvoir obtenir le plus vite possible les licences nécessaires et mettre en service le nouveau “centre de distribution logistique européen” au cours de l’année prochaine. Astra Logistics a en outre vendu ses activités en matière de distribution de produits forestiers et les activités d’agence annexes, qui sont exploitées sous le nom de “De Baerdemaecker”, au manutentionnaire gantois Stukwerkers.
Kühne & Nagel reprend l’américain Usco Le groupe logistique suisse Kühne & Nagel a repris le logisticien américain Usco. Après la collaboration déjà conclue avec Semcorp Logistics, K&N peut à présent se targuer d’être un logisticien mondial. Son partenaire Semcorp Logistics a en outre conclu un accord de collaboration avec Goodpack, fabricant d’IBC (intermediate bulk containers).
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