Prestige drives home need to deal with refuge issue THE Prestige disaster should convince the international community once and for all of the urgent need to deal with the issue of places of refuge, according to the president of the International Salvage Union .
Piracy in Asia costs US$25b a year; threat is growing
HK container traffic up 4.9% in Jan-Sept
Ship explosion kills 1
US drill reveals huge economic cost of terrorist activity at ports
Air and Land Transport
Business continues as usual worldwide: United UNITED Airlines said yesterday that its reorganisation in the United States will not affect its ability to continue operations in Singapore, the US or the rest of the world.
China's account of air crash raises security questions
Asian carriers may face price battle
Abacus expands roles of main executives
Boeing, Virgin Blue to build flight training centre
Prestige drives home need to deal with refuge issue THE Prestige disaster should convince the international community once and for all of the urgent need to deal with the issue of places of refuge, according to the president of the International Salvage Union .
Piracy in Asia costs US$25b a year; threat is growing
HK container traffic up 4.9% in Jan-Sept
Ship explosion kills 1
US drill reveals huge economic cost of terrorist activity at ports
Air and Land Transport
Business continues as usual worldwide: United UNITED Airlines said yesterday that its reorganisation in the United States will not affect its ability to continue operations in Singapore, the US or the rest of the world.
China's account of air crash raises security questions
Asian carriers may face price battle
Abacus expands roles of main executives
Boeing, Virgin Blue to build flight training centre
EU companies happy with US respite Industry is making grateful use of the sixty-day period of grace before the United States starts to take firm action against container transport that fails to comply with the 24-hour rules.
China Air cites strong cargo demand China Airlines, Taiwan's largest air carrier, Tuesday raised its pretax profit forecast for 2002 by 31 per cent to NT$2.91 billion (US$1=NT$34.854), citing strong cargo business in the third quarter.
CSX-boss snow to become minister President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate John W. Snow, chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Corporation, to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Qantas, Air NZ fantasy for high alliance benefits Qantas Airways Ltd's proposed alliance with Air New Zealand may benefit Australia and New Zealand's economies by more than NZ$2.4 billion (S$2.1 billion), according to a report commissioned by the two airlines.
United's creditors line up United's top 20 unsecured creditors are collectively owed more than $3.62 billion.
PSA at 17 million Teu in Singapore PSA Corporation has almost topped its 2001 container throughput in Singapore one month before the end of the year, placing it on track to get close to its 17 million Teu goal in 2002. PSA handled 15.37 million Teu in the 11 months to Nov 30.
Chavez plays game of risk to end tanker stranglehold CRISIS-TORN Venezuela slipped further into chaos yesterday as pro-Chavez supporters took control of tugs owned by international operators in an effort to get petroleum and cargo flowing in the world's fifth largest oil producer.
UK under fire for secrecy over tonnage tax owners SECRECY surrounding the identity of shipowners benefiting financially from the UK's tonnage tax has been and branded as scandalous by critics of the scheme.
Global piracy bill hits $25bn PIRACY is costing the global economy $25bn, with the criminal gangs involved now as well organised as al-Qa'eda, according to an Australian academic.
Tanker rates hit two-year high Supertanker daily rates have soared to levels not seen since 2000 as a shortage of tonnage for charter coincides with the United Nations' decision to extend Iraq's oil-for-food program.
Hong Kong to deploy U.S. box security U.S. Customs inspectors will be posted to the world's busiest box hub "within the next few months," a Hong Kong government official said.
Replacement for MSP near: Schubert The head of the U.S. Maritime Administration said he is confident that a replacement for the Maritime Security Program is likely to be approved though it's unclear when that will take place.
Gand réduit ses tarifs en 2003 L’Entreprise portuaire de Gand (GAB) va changer de cap l’an prochain sur le plan tarifaire. Non seulement la GAB renonce pour 2003 à l’indexation annuelle traditionnelle des droits portuaires, mais elle va plus loin en réduisant les droits perçus sur les navires et les cargaisons. Les droits d’amarrage (“dock dues” - sur le navire) sont ramenés au niveau de 1994. Par rapport au niveau qui aurait été atteint en cas d’indexation, la diminution s’élève à environ 6,5%. Les droits de cargaison (“cargo dues” - sur la marchandise) reviendront au niveau de 2000, soit environ 5% de moins que s’il y avait eu indexation. Par ces mesures, l’administration portuaire entend adresser un message fort aux utilisateurs portuaires actuels et potentiels et appuyer la baisse des tarifs de pilotage décrétée par la Région flamande.
Brointermed Lines dessert désormais l’Algérie L’armement Brointermed Lines, qui exploite depuis 1986 un service régulier mixte conventionnel/breakbulk/containers d’Europe du Nord vers l’Afrique du Nord, plus précisément la Libye, a décidé de donner une nouvelle dimension à son opération en y ajoutant une desserte séparée de l’Algérie. Le premier départ d’Europe du Nord aura lieu le 22 décembre avec le m/v “Nordkap”.
IRU: les négociations sur le système TIR en Russie ne donnent rien En Russie, les négociations au sommet avec le directeur-général de l’IRU Martin Marmy concernant les problèmes avec le système TIR dans le pays n’ont rien donné la semaine dernière. C’est ce que nous a déclaré un porte-parole de l’organisation internationale de transport routier à Genève. L’IRU aurait dès lors décidé de ne plus délivrer de carnets TIR à l’association de transport routier russe ASMAP.
“Le succès en transport combiné est possible, il faut saisir les opportunités” Le succès du transport combiné ne dépendra pas seulement des mesures prises par les autorités politiques ou de l’amélioration de la qualité. Aujourd’hui déjà, il existe des opportunités pour faire un usage accru du transport combiné et du rail en particulier, mais il faut les saisir. C’est le message que nous avons ressorti du débat organisé hier matin dans le cadre de la bourse professionnelle Intermodal 2002 à Rotterdam, sous le thème “Intermodal Transport and Logistics – Objectives, Strategy and Reality”. Un débat qui n’a pas vraiment produit autant d’étincelles qu’on pouvait attendre.
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