US West Coast ports face shutdown NEPTUNE Orient Lines' container arm APL and other major lines calling at US West Coast ports have warned they may shut down the waterfronts if dockworkers 'slow down' during contract negotiations.
Local shipping personnel to benefit most from MPA's $80m fund
Bimco, Italian Customs sign MOU on anti-drug smuggling
Air and Land Transport
At least 70 killed in mid-air collision over Germany AT least 70 people, including 52 children, died after a Russian passenger plane collided with a cargo jet over southern Germany late on Monday.
US West Coast ports face shutdown NEPTUNE Orient Lines' container arm APL and other major lines calling at US West Coast ports have warned they may shut down the waterfronts if dockworkers 'slow down' during contract negotiations.
Local shipping personnel to benefit most from MPA's $80m fund
Bimco, Italian Customs sign MOU on anti-drug smuggling
Air and Land Transport
At least 70 killed in mid-air collision over Germany AT least 70 people, including 52 children, died after a Russian passenger plane collided with a cargo jet over southern Germany late on Monday.
European court positive about cabotage A Luxembourg road haulage company that complies with the regulations and carries out cabotage in Germany may not be required to register its lorries there or pay the taxes arising from such registration
Bad result Manugistics Manugistics Group announced final results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 31, 2002. Total revenue in the first quarter decreased 19 percent to $74.6 million from $92.4 million for the same period in the prior year.
Davies Turner sees Iranian freight growth Forwarding company Davies Turner claims that prospects for business in Iran are looking better than at any time since the 1970s.
Roadway net income up 41 per cent Roadway Corporation just reported that revenues for its second quarter, which ended June 15, 2002, were $697 million, up 8.6 per cent when compared to revenues of $642 million for the second quarter of 2001.
Holt Group in liquidation The trustee overseeing the Holt Group - 24 subsidiaries, including its largest one, Puerto Rico carrier NPR-Navieras -has asked a U.S. bankruptcy court to order the Philadelphia-based maritime services conglomerate liquidated because of insolvency.
Inspection of DHL/Bashkir crash As many as 47 children are among the 71 people feared dead after the Bashkir Airlines Tupolev 154 and a DHL Worldwide Express Boeing 757 traveling from Bahrain collided.
Another New York order for Austal Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, has signed a contract with Cloud Nine of New York to construct a 41 m (135 ft) dinner cruise monohull
Greek police link gun to Peraticos' killers POLICE hunting the killers of shipowner Costis Peraticos and another 22 victims of Greece's notorious '17 November' terrorist group may at last have one of the gang's operatives in custody after an apparent bombing went wrong in the port of Piraeus at the weekend.
Princess eyes two more ex-Renaissance ships P&O Princess yesterday declined to confirm reports that it has chartered two former Renaissance Cruises ships for use in French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
Frontline subsidiary defaults on $48m loan Auditors have warned there is "substantial doubt" about Frontline subsidiary Golden Ocean's ability to continue as a going concern following its failure to repay a $48m loan.
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.
No deal, but West Coast talks continue West Coast waterfront employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union agreed to extend the current contract on a day-to-day basis. ' Matson shuffles execs | NYK expands in China
Asian shippers agree to THCs The Asian Shippers Group appears ready to accept terminal handling charges if they are included in the basic freight rate.
Important arrêt de la Cour européenne sur le cabotage Une société de transport routier luxembourgeoise, en conformité avec la réglementation, qui effectue du cabotage en Allemagne ne peut être contrainte d’y immatriculer ses camions ou de payer les taxes qui en découlent. C’est ce qu’a arrêté la Cour européenne de Justice dans l’affaire C-115/00, opposant la société Andreas Hoves Internationaler Transport-Service Sarl au ministère allemand des Finances (en l’occurence le Finanzamt à Borken)
Gand veut être accessible en 2017 via une nouvelle écluse maritime à Terneuzen “Pas de maison sans porte, ou pas de port maritime sans un accès maritime digne de ce nom. Notre priorité première est et reste la construction d’une deuxième écluse maritime à Terneuzen”, affirme la communauté portuaire gantoise, qui entend revendiquer un rôle de premier plan dans la politique du port de Gand. L’échevin du port de Gand, Termont, compte sur le lancement des travaux de construction de l’écluse en 2007 et sa mise en service dix ans plus tard. Outre un meilleur accès maritime, Gand entend aussi oeuvrer à son rôle (trop) limité sur la scène containérisée.
BLG Logistics Group Enregistre une forte progression en 2001 BLG Logistics Group (basé à Brême) a publié ses chiffres pour 2001. Ils sont qualifiés d’”assertifs”, le groupe allemand ajoutant qu’il continuera à se développer à un rythme soutenu. “La maxime est: croître ou céder le passage aux autres”, a déclaré Detthold Aden, le CEO de BLG au cours de la présentation. En 2001, le groupe a vu son chiffre d’affaires progresser de 16% à 352,3 mio.d’EUR et, malgré le ralentissement économique, son bénéfice cumulé de 600.000 EUR à 14,1 mio. d’EUR. Aden s’est surtout félicité de ce que la croissance - tant en volumes qu’en chiffre d’affaires - a été au rendez-vous dans tous les secteurs. Aux terminaux du groupe à Brême et Bremerhaven (y compris Eurogate et la participation dans NTB), le volume a atteint 33,6 mio. de t (+7,9%). Il a également annoncé des investissements à Koper (Slovénie) et au Brésil.
Le trafic maritime est la “locomotive” de la CNC En trafic maritime (Naviland European Services) la Compagnie Nouvelle de Conteneurs CNC, filiale à 71% de SNCF Participations, s’attend à une croissance de 10% de son chiffre d’affaires. En trafic continental, la CNC souffre bien sûr des problèmes au tunnel sous la Manche. Au second semestre, la société escompte conforter son rétablissement financier opérationnel.
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