New vessel to help boost safety in Malacca Straits NAVIGATIONAL safety in the congested Malacca Straits received a boost yesterday with the handover of a new buoy tender vessel to Malaysia's maritime authority.
Oil spill from collision largely dispersed: MPA
Anti-terror units to be deployed in 4 US ports soon
Will Maersk stay at Kaohsiung or move to Shanghai?
Captain pleads guilty to dumping oil off Alaska
Air and Land Transport
SIA denies reports of interest in Ansett's licence SINGAPORE Airlines has dismissed press reports in Hong Kong and Australia that it may bid for the operating licence of failed Ansett Holdings Ltd and some of its other assets.
Northwest to defer delivery of 6 aircraft
Japan to sell shares in 3 int'l airports: report
Aussie air traffic controllers call off planned strike
New vessel to help boost safety in Malacca Straits NAVIGATIONAL safety in the congested Malacca Straits received a boost yesterday with the handover of a new buoy tender vessel to Malaysia's maritime authority.
Oil spill from collision largely dispersed: MPA
Anti-terror units to be deployed in 4 US ports soon
Will Maersk stay at Kaohsiung or move to Shanghai?
Captain pleads guilty to dumping oil off Alaska
Air and Land Transport
SIA denies reports of interest in Ansett's licence SINGAPORE Airlines has dismissed press reports in Hong Kong and Australia that it may bid for the operating licence of failed Ansett Holdings Ltd and some of its other assets.
Northwest to defer delivery of 6 aircraft
Japan to sell shares in 3 int'l airports: report
Aussie air traffic controllers call off planned strike
Taca bunker charge to remain The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (Taca) will keep its current Tariff Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) unchanged till at least August 15.
1,000 new containers Otal's disposal The Bollore Group, owners of the specialist West African shipping line OT Africa Line (Otal), has added 1,000 brand new containers to the pool of units at Otal's disposal.
EU specifications new digital tachograph road haulage The Commission adopted today the technical specifications of the digital tachograph, which will record driving times and rest periods of professional drivers.
ITF: more actions from workers If the decision is taken to go ahead with this ill-planned and unwanted legislation, a date for action will be set.
Star Cruises in talks with Meyer Star Cruises is reportedly in talks about ordering two ships worth some $450 million.
MarAd seeks Title XI change The U.S. Maritime Administration has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to changes in the Title XI regulations aimed at making closings easier.
First Wave books order from Crest unit First Wave/Newpark Shipbuilding announced today that it was recently awarded a major contract by Sasaran Perdana Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Crest Petroleum Bhd,
Clean Sound boots spill response capability Clean Sound Cooperative, Inc. is today putting into service its latest oil spill response acquisition, the barge IBIS.
LISCR pledges security cooperation with U.S. LISCR, the U.S. company that manages the Liberian Registry, has pledged its cooperation to improve security measures for ships visiting U.S. ports.
KVH adds Inmarsat ISP role Satcom equipment vendor KVH Industries is now an Inmarsat Service Provider, too.
Schubert demands US flag revival UNITED States maritime administrator William Schubert yesterday urged a sweeping overhaul of tax laws covering merchant shipping in a bid to rebuild the US flag fleet and tighten domestic security.
Dubai terminal ends dream for man who would be Kaiser THE dreams of Kaiser Helman - the man behind the much-hyped Imperium Cruises - to establish a United Arab Emirates-based cruise operation were close to collapse yesterday after the government refused to sign an agreement to allow the company to base itself at the Dubai Cruise Terminal.
Cyprus cash drives on Christopher probe CYPRUS' Council of Ministers has approved a E 300,000 ($284,000) contribution to the proposed mission into the Atlantic to find and photograph the wreck of the ill-fated capesize Christopher.
French commandos open fire on 'cocaine' ship FRENCH navy commandos yesterday boarded and took control of a merchant vessel believed to be carrying a cargo of cocaine from the Caribbean, writes Andrew Spurrier.
Bonner: Plan for Homeland cabinet post will be good for Customs, trade The Customs Commissioner said that including the agency in a new cabinet-level homeland-security department will be good for trade while improving supply-chain security.
More jitters over West Coast talks Mass market retailers implored Congress not to stand idly by while port labor negotiations drag on.
Trans-Pacific carriers say soaring bunker surcharges business as usual Exporters want trans-Pacific carriers to justify increases of as much as 180% set to take effect later this summer.
AP Møller sinterroge sur le concept des terminaux dédiés Le groupe AP Møller est résolument axé et partisan de la globalisation. Selon Peter Søndergaard, vice-président dAPM Terminal, qui occupait la tribune dune des sessions de TOC 2002, le marché semble apprécier les opérateurs qui opèrent dans ce contexte global. Les plus grands opérateurs croissent dailleurs considérablement plus vite que la moyenne mondiale.
TPG lance des activités de logistique automobile en Chine Le groupe logistique néerlandais TPG a officiellement lancé sa joint-venture avec Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group (SAIC). Cette coopération, qui seffectue sous le nom Anji-TNT Automotive Logistics Co, est axée sur des services logistiques pour le secteur automobile en Chine. TPG et SAIC détiennent chacun 50% de la joint-venture, qui dispose dun capital social de 30 millions dUSD. La cérémonie douverture a eu lieu à Shanghai mercredi dernier.
La poste britannique en pleine crise Ainsi que le laissaient entendre certaines indiscrétions ces derniers jours, la poste britannique a accusé en 2001 une perte record de 1,1 milliard de GBP (1,7 mia. dEUR). Cette perte est due en grande partie aux importants coûts de restructuration. Comme prévu, Consignia a annoncé une nouvelle série de suppressions demplois (environ 17.000, à ajouter aux 15.000 déjà annoncées). Enfin, le couperet est tombé quant au nom de lentreprise postale britannique: le nom de Consignia sera remplacé par Royal Mail Group dici la fin de lannée. Il y a quinze mois seulement, un demi-million de GBP avaient été dépensés pour imposer le nouveau nom.
LItalie et lAutriche saffrontent sur le transit alpin Il y a de très fortes chances que la controverse entre lItalie et lAutriche sur le trafic de transit à travers les Alpes jettera de lombre sur le Conseil des Ministres européens des Transports de lundi à Luxembourg. La question est de savoir jusquoù lItalie - qui peut compter sur le soutien de plusieurs autres Etats-membres ayant de grands intérêts dans le transport dans cette région - poussera la polémique. Les deux pays risquent de safftonter durement, car Rome estime que léconomie du pays subit un dommage énorme à cause de lentêtement écologique de Vienne.
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