S'pore fully complies with STCW 95 deadline today AN early start ensured Singapore met today's international deadline for compliance with heightened seafarer training standards, but vessels which do not will be detained here, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
Keppel Smit Towage wins Shell contract
Air and Land Transport
Sydney Airport sale a 'public policy disaster' THE privatisation of Sydney Airport is turning into a public policy disaster run by a 'monopolistic price gouger', the part owner of domestic airline Virgin Blue said yesterday.
JetBlue asks Airbus to build bigger A320 jet
Delta Air, United extend interline e-ticketing
Fiji's Air Pacific workers ordered back to work
Dragonair airliner returns to HK safely
Log Book
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Owners must take due care in hiring crew WHILE shipowners are fully aware that they are required by law to employ suitably qualified, competent and experienced seafarers to man their ships, most however delegate the recruitment of their crew to their manning agents without sufficient supervision.
S'pore fully complies with STCW 95 deadline today AN early start ensured Singapore met today's international deadline for compliance with heightened seafarer training standards, but vessels which do not will be detained here, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
Keppel Smit Towage wins Shell contract
Air and Land Transport
Sydney Airport sale a 'public policy disaster' THE privatisation of Sydney Airport is turning into a public policy disaster run by a 'monopolistic price gouger', the part owner of domestic airline Virgin Blue said yesterday.
JetBlue asks Airbus to build bigger A320 jet
Delta Air, United extend interline e-ticketing
Fiji's Air Pacific workers ordered back to work
Dragonair airliner returns to HK safely
Log Book
Features
Owners must take due care in hiring crew WHILE shipowners are fully aware that they are required by law to employ suitably qualified, competent and experienced seafarers to man their ships, most however delegate the recruitment of their crew to their manning agents without sufficient supervision.
S'pore fully complies with STCW 95 deadline today AN early start ensured Singapore met today's international deadline for compliance with heightened seafarer training standards, but vessels which do not will be detained here, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
Keppel Smit Towage wins Shell contract
Air and Land Transport
Sydney Airport sale a 'public policy disaster' THE privatisation of Sydney Airport is turning into a public policy disaster run by a 'monopolistic price gouger', the part owner of domestic airline Virgin Blue said yesterday.
JetBlue asks Airbus to build bigger A320 jet
Delta Air, United extend interline e-ticketing
Fiji's Air Pacific workers ordered back to work
Dragonair airliner returns to HK safely
Log Book
Features
Owners must take due care in hiring crew WHILE shipowners are fully aware that they are required by law to employ suitably qualified, competent and experienced seafarers to man their ships, most however delegate the recruitment of their crew to their manning agents without sufficient supervision.
Lufthansa: 25 per cent higher profit 2002 Lufthansa's shares rose 6 per cent to 12.66 euro after the company raised its operating profit outlook for 2002 from 400 till 500 million euro.
Atlas Air posts narrower loss Atlas Air second-quarter net loss narrowed from a year earlier, and the air-cargo carrier said it was optimistic about revenue prospects heading into the peak flying season.
RBG fraud shows need for paperless trading Four executives at New Jersey-based metal companies Allied Deals Inc., Hampton Lane Inc. and SAI Commodity Inc, conducted the fraud through London based RBG Resources, now under Serious Fraud Office investigation.
Operating profit Deutsche Post down 6 per cent In the first half of 2002, profit from operating activities (Ebita) of Deutsche Post fell by approximately six per cent year-on-year to 1.3 billion euro. Deutsche Post World Net will file a complaint with the European Court of Justice.
Singapore port recovering PSA and Jurong Port operations showed good results for the six months to June 2002. The two ports handled 8.26 million Teu, up 9.7 per cent on the period to June 2001, but 4.4 per cent shy of 2000.
NCL to pay $1.5 million in pollution case Norwegian Cruise Line has reached an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Department to pay a fine of $1 million, be placed on probation, and maintain a comprehensive environmental compliance plan.
GD to operate sub base dry dock Electric Boat has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $61.1 million to maintain and operate the Shippingport drydock at the Naval Submarine Base New London.
$171 million award for LPD 21 advance procurement Northrop Grumman is being awarded a $171,050,850 modification to previously awarded letter contract for long-lead time materials for the LPD 21
CP Ships buys four CP Ships Limited has exercised options to purchase for approximately $180 million four ice- strengthened containerships
Foschi saves Genoa football club "HALLELUJAH!" reads the front page of the Secolo XIX, Genoa's most influential newspaper. Genoa football club has been saved at the eleventh hour, writes Justin Stares.
Europe and Japan clash with Bush on terror law Japan, the European Commission and other maritime allies have detailed to Washington their concerns about maritime security legislation before US lawmakers.
Brussels to lobby US on CSI Brussels is taking its fears about Washington's bilateral stance on maritime container security straight to the heart of influential US policy-makers, writes Roger Hailey.
Møller in talks on Shanghai berths AP Møller's container terminal division is well advanced in talks to take over four new berths in the rapidly expanding port of Shanghai.
Hanjin president bows out HANJIN Shipping president and chief executive Kim Chan-gil has resigned for medical reasons, writes Matthew Flynn in Hong Kong.
Lloyd's List Focus- Maritime security under the spotlight LLOYD'S List has made the whole maritime security issue one of its highest priorities, and you will find below a number of the articles that tackle this crucial issue.
UPS: Volume up from intra-Asia hub United Parcel Service said that volume has risen 20 percent from countries directly linked to its new intra-Asia hub in the Philippines.
Deutsche Post cuts 2002 estimate The German mail and logistics giant said lower volumes and softer rates led it to revise 2002 revenue downward by nearly $1 billion.
New China NVO proposal Two trade groups have proposed that the U.S. and China consider reciprocal licensing requirements for non-vessel-operating common carriers.
CSCL va adapter son service Europe-Far East à l’échelle de huit PC de 5.450 TEU Au début de l’année, l’armement China Shipping Container Line (CSCL) annonçait son intention de mettre son loop européen à l’échelle de PC de 5.450 TEU. Le processus d’adaptation devait se faire en deux phases. La première consistait à remplacer des unités de 2.500 à 2.700 TEU par des unités de 4.000/4.500 TEU. La seconde impliquait un remplacement par des unités plus grandes. L’armement a cependant décidé de précipiter les choses et d’aller d’emblée vers la génération supérieure de PC.
Deutsche Post annonce un programme de redressement en cinq points Klaus Zumwinkel, le CEO de Deutsche Post World Net (DP), a annoncé un plan de redressement en cinq points, destiné à restaurer la confiance de la bourse. L’opérateur postal allemand a en effet annoncé que le bénéfice net pour le premier semestre s’est effondré à 155 mio. d’EUR (contre plus de 1 mia. d’EUR il y a un an), essentiellement du au provisionnement de 850 mio. d’EUR pour faire face à l’obligation, imposée par la Commission européenne, de rembourser 850 mio. d’aides d’Etat illicites. Le chiffre d’affaires, quant à lui, a augmenté de 15% à 19,4 mia. d’EUR, en grande partie grâce à l’intégration des chiffres de DHL dans ceux de DP, depuis que ce dernier détient 76% des parts du transporteur express.
Norbert Dentressangle a vu son CA progresser de 8,3% au premier semestre 2002 Le groupe français de transport routier et de logistique Norbert Dentressangle a annoncé que son chiffre d’affaires consolidé pour le premier semestre de 2002 s’est établi à 521 mio. d’EUR, en progression de 8,3 % par rapport au CA de 482 mio. d’EUR au 1er semestre 2001. Cette hausse s’est principalement manifestée dans la logistique, le chiffre d’affaires de la branche “transport” n’évoluant guère par rapport à il y a un an.
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
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