S'pore's ship-based port costs among world's lowest SINGAPORE's ship-based port costs for container lines are among the lowest in the world, according to a survey conducted by Shipping Australia.
Firm can do study on Kra Canal project if it pays up
Somalis demand ransom for ship
Air and Land Transport
US Airways files for bankruptcy protection THE US Airways Group on Sunday filed for bankruptcy protection, the first such filing by a major US carrier since the Sept 11 attacks triggered a financial crisis in the airline industry.
Delta pilot refuses to fly Israeli minister
No-frills airlines, holiday season, boon to BAA
Analysts raise their forecast for Cathay's 2002 net profit
UPS, FedEx want US to reopen DHL probe
Features
Spain builds biggest floating dock A FLOATING dock almost the size of the Empire State Building, the biggest of its kind in the world, is ready to sail from the southern Spanish port of Algeciras bound for Monaco.
S'pore's ship-based port costs among world's lowest SINGAPORE's ship-based port costs for container lines are among the lowest in the world, according to a survey conducted by Shipping Australia.
Firm can do study on Kra Canal project if it pays up
Somalis demand ransom for ship
Air and Land Transport
US Airways files for bankruptcy protection THE US Airways Group on Sunday filed for bankruptcy protection, the first such filing by a major US carrier since the Sept 11 attacks triggered a financial crisis in the airline industry.
Delta pilot refuses to fly Israeli minister
No-frills airlines, holiday season, boon to BAA
Analysts raise their forecast for Cathay's 2002 net profit
UPS, FedEx want US to reopen DHL probe
Features
Spain builds biggest floating dock A FLOATING dock almost the size of the Empire State Building, the biggest of its kind in the world, is ready to sail from the southern Spanish port of Algeciras bound for Monaco.
S'pore's ship-based port costs among world's lowest SINGAPORE's ship-based port costs for container lines are among the lowest in the world, according to a survey conducted by Shipping Australia.
Firm can do study on Kra Canal project if it pays up
Somalis demand ransom for ship
Air and Land Transport
US Airways files for bankruptcy protection THE US Airways Group on Sunday filed for bankruptcy protection, the first such filing by a major US carrier since the Sept 11 attacks triggered a financial crisis in the airline industry.
Delta pilot refuses to fly Israeli minister
No-frills airlines, holiday season, boon to BAA
Analysts raise their forecast for Cathay's 2002 net profit
UPS, FedEx want US to reopen DHL probe
Features
Spain builds biggest floating dock A FLOATING dock almost the size of the Empire State Building, the biggest of its kind in the world, is ready to sail from the southern Spanish port of Algeciras bound for Monaco.
1.7 per cent fall in Rotterdam throughput The decline in throughput in the port of Rotterdam remained limited to 1.7 per cent in the first six months of 2002.
Asian airlines leading in recovery Asian airlines have got the jump on their US competitors, with profits resuming an upward trajectory and grounded planes returning to service to meet increasing demand.
Hyundai auto-carrier to Wilhelmsen Hyundai Merchant Marine signed a $1.5 billion deal last Saturday to sell its auto-carrier unit to a venture led by Norway's Wilhelmsen.
New ceo Schneider National The board of directors of Schneider National elected Christopher B. Lofgren, 43, as president and chief executive officer, and has appointed him to the board of directors.
Vopak result a bit disappointing The shares of Vopak were down 1.5 per cent to 11 euro this morning on the Euronext in Amsterdam,after the Rotterdam-based tank storage company released half year results.
US Airways beaten by Bin Laden and bad economy US Airways Group filed for bankruptcy-court protection, the first big airline to do so since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
US hunts terror threat into foreign waters THE Bush administration is actively pursuing agreements with dozens of countries to allow US Navy vessels to pursue and board suspect ships in those nations' sovereign waters.
Britain set to approve American customs at ports BRITAIN expects to conclude negotiations with the US about stationing American customs officers in UK ports by the end of the month.
What's-in-the-box policy is 'the big one' says Horrocks EFFORTS to tighten maritime security by requiring 24-hour advance notice of the contents of US-bound containers before loading at a foreign port will have a major impact on carriers, leading industry executives said yesterday, writes John McLaughlin .
AP Møller faces domestic fury over $400m US Navy contract AP Møller was at the centre of a political row in Denmark yesterday over the signing of a contract with the US Navy last week, writes Janet Porter.
West Coast port talks to resume Port employers on Monday called for mediation in their stalled contract talks with dockworkers.
Rotterdam boxes end drought Total cargo fell slightly at the world's biggest port in the first half of the year but that the loss was ameliorated by container traffic that reversed a two-year decline.
British air freight strengthens BAA, the world's largest airports operator, said cargo through its seven United Kingdom hubs broke a two-year slump, more evidence that global air trade is recovering from its post-Sept. 11 funk.
US Airways demande le concordat US Airways a demandé la protection du ‘Chapter 11’. Elle est la première compagnie aérienne à avoir introduit une demande en ce sens après les événements dramatiques du 11 septembre 2001. Entre-temps, la compagnie poursuit la mise en œuvre du plan de restructuration lancé en mai dernier. La fine fleur des instances financières serait toutefois disposée à prêter main forte à US Airways.
Vopak clôture le premier semestre sur un bénéfice en recul Vopak, qui se focalise sur la logistique de vracs liquides et l’entreposage citernier, a enregistré au premier semestre un bénéfice net de 45,5 millions d’EUR. Il s’agit là - à périmètre constant et tenant compte de la scission de la distribution chimique dans Univar - d’une baisse de près de 31% par rapport au premier semestre 2001. Le résultat d’exploitation a chuté de 11,2% à 103,3 mio. d’EUR, pour un chiffre d’affaires en recul de 1,9% à 403,1 mio. d’EUR. L’Europe et l’Amérique du Nord ont déçu, l’Asie et l’Amérique latine ont noté une forte croissance, mais n’ont pas pesé assez lourd pour inverser la tendance générale. Dans aucune région, Vopak n’a toutefois enregistré de perte d’exploitation.
Zeebrugge en très légère progression (+0,3%) au premier semestre Le port de Zeebrugge a renoué avec la croissance au cours du premier semestre. La progression du trafic est restée certes très modérée, mais la prestation n’en est pas moins jugée bonne comparée aux résultats de certains autres ports de la rangée du Nord. Le trafic maritime global a atteint à la fin juin un volume total de 16,48 millions de tonnes, en hausse de 0,3% par rapport au premier semestre de l’année précédente. Les éléments moteurs de cette performance sont les containers (+12,3%) et les vracs liquides (+10,1%).
Rotterdam renoue avec la croissance dans le trafic containérisé Les autorités portuaires de Rotterdam viennent de rapporter un trafic total de plus de 159 mio. de tonnes à l’issue des six premiers mois de l’année, une perte de 1,7% par rapport aux 162 mio. de tonnes enregistrées durant la même période en 2001. Selon le directeur-général Scholten, Rotterdam se réjouit surtout du revirement dans le secteur des containers, où le port mosan avait été le seul grand port européen à perdre du terrain ces deux dernières années. Pour l’ensemble de l’année, Rotterdam table sur un volume similaire à celui de 2001.
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