Security threats in Malacca Strait: cooperation urged SHIPPING industry stakeholders, led by insurance underwriters, should initiate a cooperative fight against security threats in the waters around Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Petroships chairman Allan Chan.
Supertanker explosion: conflicting views on cause
Union solidarity threatens lines
Dockworkers, port employers blame each other
ITF targets FOC ships at Busan port
Security alert at Philippine ports after bomb attack
Air and Land Transport
FAA gives airlines 6 years to fix Boeing 737 rudders OWNERS of Boeing 737 planes, the world's most commonly used aircraft, have six years to install new rudder systems at a cost of US$364 million, US aviation regulators said.
US Senate expected to clear guns for pilots proposal
US Airways to cut more jobs
UPS mechanics get as much as 40% pay rise
Taking stock of Linate's 'absurd' crash one year on
Security threats in Malacca Strait: cooperation urged SHIPPING industry stakeholders, led by insurance underwriters, should initiate a cooperative fight against security threats in the waters around Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Petroships chairman Allan Chan.
Supertanker explosion: conflicting views on cause
Union solidarity threatens lines
Dockworkers, port employers blame each other
ITF targets FOC ships at Busan port
Security alert at Philippine ports after bomb attack
Air and Land Transport
FAA gives airlines 6 years to fix Boeing 737 rudders OWNERS of Boeing 737 planes, the world's most commonly used aircraft, have six years to install new rudder systems at a cost of US$364 million, US aviation regulators said.
US Senate expected to clear guns for pilots proposal
US Airways to cut more jobs
UPS mechanics get as much as 40% pay rise
Taking stock of Linate's 'absurd' crash one year on
Bush intervenes in ports conflict President George Bush intervened in the dock dispute crippling commerce on the West Coast of the US, after talks broke down on Sunday night between management and unions.
Davies Turner opens Dartford hub The latest expansion to Davies Turner's UK freight network is now in operation at Dartford.
Farm Frites in new Rotterdam cold store Kloosterboer is building an automated cold store centre at Rotterdam's Distripark Maasvlakte with capacity for 65,000 pallets. It is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands and the first in a European port complex.
Atlas Air up 18 per cent Shares of Atlas Air, long depressed amid a demand slump, jumped as much as 18 per cent Monday as investors cheered the air-cargo carrier for its business gains thanks to the shutdown of the West Coast ports.
Tanker terror threat Governments are failing to act on fears that oil tankers and other ships loaded with explosive cargo could be used in suicide attacks, according to John Burnett in Amsterdam, whose book 'Dangerous Waters, Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas' was published last week.
China Airlines to order 10 Boeing, 12 Airbus China Airlines, Taiwan's largest carrier, plans to sign a letter of intent this month to buy 10 Boeing Co 747-400 jetliners and 12 Airbus SAS A330-300s to replace ageing aircraft.
Huge write-down American Airlines American Airlines announce a non-cash $ 990 million goodwill write-down, based on an impairment analysis of its recent acquisitions.
U.S. Navy joins blast tanker investigation The U.S. Naval Criiminal Investigative Service team is joining the probe into the explosion aboard a French tanker in Yemen
Maersk Sealand suspends six transpacific services as other lines take evasive action MAERSK Sealand has suspended six transpacific services while LauritzenCool, NYK Star Reefers, Chiquita Brands and Dole are among a number of reefership operators diverting vessels to the Mexican port of Ensenada as the US west coast stoppage continues.
Bush will invoke Taft-Hartley law says senior aide LABOUR unions have denounced US President George W Bush's decision to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act as "an attack on American workers", but the move appears to have won bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, writes Rajesh Joshi.
NOL baffles market with plan to sell tanker arm LOSS making Neptune Orient Lines is considering selling American Eagle Tankers, the only profitable part of its operation.
Limburg owners to release report but no quick answers to bomb theories BELGIUM'S CMB, owner of the 299,364 dwt VLCC, Limburg, said it was hoping to release an initial report yesterday evening on the circumstances of the explosion which blew a hole in the side of the vessel on Sunday.
ABX Logistics réalisera en 2002 de meilleurs résultats que prévu “Malgré une conjoncture affaiblie, nous prévoyons que cette année le chiffre d’affaires sera supérieur aux prévisions, et nous échappons à la baisse de 5 à 7% que connaissent d’autres groupes”. C’est ce qu’a annoncé Etienne Schouppe, le CEO d’ABX Logistics, en marge de l’inauguration du nouveau centre régional de Vilvorde. Le CA devrait atteindre cette année environ 3 mia. d’EUR. Il a ajouté qu’EBITDA sera légèremennt inférieur et l’EBIT légèremennt supérieur aux budgets. Aux clients, il s’est adressé en rappelant le rôle que joue une organisation logistique internationale et intégrée comme ABX Logistics en faveur d’une économie nationale belge résolument orientée sur l’international.
CMA CGM a bien résisté à la baisse des frets Le groupe de transport français CMA CGM a rapporté un bénéfice net de 1,97 mio. d’EUR pour le premier semestre de 2002. Il s’agit d’une chute sensible par rapport au résultat du premier semestre de 2001 mais d’un résultat plus que satisfaisant à la lumière de l’implosion des frets, qui a provoqué des pertes chez pratiquement tous les armements est-ouest. Le groupe français reste optimiste quant au résultat annuel, qui devrait même dépasser le résultat de 2001.
Burger restructure pour mieux préparer les développements à venir “Nous sommes effectivement engagés dans un programme de restructuration, ce qui est normal après toutes les acquisitions auxquelles le groupe a procédé ces dernières années. Cela implique des rationalisations, surtout au niveau des services de soutien comme l’informatique, l’administration, la documentation, etc. Cette restructuration a un prix, mais il y aura un minimum de pertes d’emplois (entre 40 et 50 sur 800) et l’opération ne compromet en rien l’avenir du groupe, qui est toujours financièrement très sain.” Par ces propos, C.H. van den Boer, président du Royal Burger Group, qui était de passage lundi dernier à Anvers, entend couper court aux rumeurs non-fondées qui circulent sur le marché et selon lesquelles le groupe serait en difficulté.
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