NOL tanker unit enters long-haul transport sector AMERICAN Eagle Tankers, the tanker division of Neptune Orient Lines , christened its first supertanker on Friday, signalling its entry into the long-haul oil transportation business amid depressed charter rates.
P&O Princess again backs Royal Caribbean merger
Cosco share sale plan delayed by Sept attacks
Ship sinks in Red Sea, crew missing
War risk charges cut
Air and Land Transport
FAA orders installation of new cockpit doors US airlines were ordered on Friday to install new cockpit doors to prevent intrusion and resist certain gunfire and explosives on more than 6,000 commercial aircraft.
Air travel to fall 10% in 2002
BAA, Fraport passenger data shows demand is recovering
NOL tanker unit enters long-haul transport sector AMERICAN Eagle Tankers, the tanker division of Neptune Orient Lines , christened its first supertanker on Friday, signalling its entry into the long-haul oil transportation business amid depressed charter rates.
P&O Princess again backs Royal Caribbean merger
Cosco share sale plan delayed by Sept attacks
Ship sinks in Red Sea, crew missing
War risk charges cut
Air and Land Transport
FAA orders installation of new cockpit doors US airlines were ordered on Friday to install new cockpit doors to prevent intrusion and resist certain gunfire and explosives on more than 6,000 commercial aircraft.
Air travel to fall 10% in 2002
BAA, Fraport passenger data shows demand is recovering
Sea Marshal escort for LNG ship Armed U.S. Coast Guard members escorted the LNG carrier Polar Eagle into Nikiski, Alaska, Wednesday, as part of the Coast Guard's Sea Marshal program.
Kvaerner takes shipbuilding back into the fold Shipbuilding is no longer a wretched step-child within the Kvaerner Group organizational structure.
BV approves new LNG containment concept Classification society Bureau Veritas has awarded concept approval to CS1, a new membrane containment system developed by Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT) for the transportation by sea of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
Willy is finally freed from rocks by salvors SALVORS have successfully refloated the Cyprus flag chemical tanker Willy, left, from rocks off Plymouth after an 11 day operation hampered by poor weather conditions.
Carnival set to raise bid for P&O Princess Carnival is poised to improve its £3.2bn ($4.6bn) offer for reluctant bid target P&O Princess.
Maersk Sealand ends Indamex monopoly MAERSK SEALAND has started a direct connection between the United States and the Indian subcontinent following the reorganisation of its Europe-Asia and transpacific services.
US security review hints at Coast Guard and Customs merger A broad range of US federal agencies, including the Coast Guard and the Customs Service, could be incorporated into a new border security agency under a draught proposal prepared by the Bush administration's newly created Office of Homeland Security.
Shippers warned to brace for summer strike at West Coast ports As employers and longshoremen prepare for negotiations this spring, the West Coast Waterfront Commission has notified importers and exporters that a two-week dockworker strike is possible beginning July 1.
Holt's restructuring plan near The company, a major terminal operator and owner of Puerto Rican carrier Navieras, has been operating under bankruptcy protection since March.
Blust tapped to lead FMC President Bush has nominated Steven R. Blust to the Federal Maritime Commission to fill the unexpired term of Antony Merck, who resigned Dec. 31.
Senators emphasize need for port security
American Maritime Congress praises bill to ease shipowners' burden
Steel tariffs could spur rise in ocean grain rates
France: le trafic rhénan a légèrement régressé après l’année record 2000 Selon les chiffres de Voies Navigables de France (VNF) et du Service de la Navigation de Strasbourg, le trafic de marchandises sur le Rhin franco-allemand à hauteur des écluses de Gambsheim a représenté un volume global de 24,937 millions de tonnes l’année dernière, ce qui constitue une baisse de 3% par rapport à l’année record 2000. Les ports rhénans français que sont Strasbourg, Colmar et Mulhouse, ont perdu 9% en volume.
P&O Ports continue à plaider pour le partage de la future darse à marée à Anvers “Notre candidature pour le deuxième terminal du versant est de la future darse à marée est toujours d’actualité. L’octroi de cette concession n’est d’ailleurs plus inscrit à l’agenda de l’Entreprise portuaire et ce n’est plus, semble-t-il, une condition essentielle pour PSA, de sorte que l’accord de reprise de Hesse Noord Natie serait finalisé sans cette concession.” C’est ce qu’a déclaré hier au cours d’une réunion de presse Roger Roels, le directeur de P&O Ports pour l’Europe et l’Afrique, qui était assisté de Paul Valkeniers, managing director de l’implantation anversoise. Selon lui, la meilleure solution pour satisfaire tout le monde reste sa proposition initiale, qui consiste à partager ladite darse en réservant le versant ouest pour Hesse Noord Natie et le versant est pour P&O Ports.
GLS distribue les colis et envois d’USPS en Europe General Logistics Systems (GLS), la division colis de l’entreprise postale britannique Consignia, a entamé la mise en oeuvre de l’accord conclu l’automne dernier avec US Postal Service. Ce contrat prévoit que GLS traitera en Europe 1,6 million de colis et envois express par an pour la poste américaine.
La circulation alternante dans le St-Gothard provoque le chaos La décision d’introduire une circulation alternante dans le tunnel du Saint-Gothard pour le trafic fret provoque d’importants retards. Le gouvernement suisse veut à présent résoudre les embouteillages au tunnel en détournant les poids lourds vers des itinéraires alternatifs. Toutefois, ces routes alternatives sont tout à fait inadéquates pour le transport lourd.
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