MSC to stay at PSA's existing Belgian terminal MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company has abandoned its joint venture plan with PSA Corp's Belgium port subsidiary Hesse Noord Natie to take over part of Antwerp's controversial Left Bank development.
PSA's Dalian terminal sets vessel productivity record
Limburg attack proves costly for Yemen
West Coast talks to resume on pension issue
Blast aboard Hanjin ship kills crewman
Air and Land Transport
US rejects regulation of Internet airfares THE US government said on Tuesday it had no plans to regulate the advertisement and sale of airline tickets on the Internet, and also proposed easing restrictions on how carriers do business with the huge computer reservation systems used by travel agents.
Boeing offers engineers wage hikes of 4%
China Southern Air's passenger traffic up 19%
Virgin's Branson pushing for access to US airspace
United flight attendants, pilots agree on cost-cutting
PAL's Q2 loss narrows
KLM's Buzz to fly 7 routes from new base
Exel to use $23m hub for supply chain mgt business
MSC to stay at PSA's existing Belgian terminal MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company has abandoned its joint venture plan with PSA Corp's Belgium port subsidiary Hesse Noord Natie to take over part of Antwerp's controversial Left Bank development.
PSA's Dalian terminal sets vessel productivity record
Limburg attack proves costly for Yemen
West Coast talks to resume on pension issue
Blast aboard Hanjin ship kills crewman
Air and Land Transport
US rejects regulation of Internet airfares THE US government said on Tuesday it had no plans to regulate the advertisement and sale of airline tickets on the Internet, and also proposed easing restrictions on how carriers do business with the huge computer reservation systems used by travel agents.
Boeing offers engineers wage hikes of 4%
China Southern Air's passenger traffic up 19%
Virgin's Branson pushing for access to US airspace
United flight attendants, pilots agree on cost-cutting
PAL's Q2 loss narrows
KLM's Buzz to fly 7 routes from new base
Exel to use $23m hub for supply chain mgt business
Taiwan against direct China charters Taiwan's cabinet decided against allowing direct charter flights between Taipei and Shanghai, saying the security and social costs would outweigh any economic benefits.
American pilots will 'not hurt' The pilots' union at American Airlines said t is looking at "a range of compensation issues" in contract talks with the world's largest carrier that may help speed an agreement, but will not hurt the financially strapped airline.
UPS, pilots start negotiating Negotiators for United Parcel Service Inc. and the Independent Pilots Association began contract talks that will include assistance from a mediator.
Philippine cargo volume drops 4.7% Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports recorded a 4.70 per cent drop for the first seven months of the year, owing to the reduction in the volume of both domestic and foreign trading, the Philippine Ports Authority said.
EC: shipbuilding faces downturn and market distortion The serious difficulties in world shipbuilding are increasing, as evidenced by a slump in orders for new vessels in the major shipbuilding regions in the first six months of 2002, says the European Commission in its sixth report on the situation of the world shipbuilding market.
Shenzhen prices artificially high A recent research report from the Hong Kong think tank CLSA Emerging Markets suggests that artificial pricing at Shenzhen's container terminals is aimed at supporting high Hong Kong terminal handling charges, currently the highest in the world.
Collapse of CSN deal halts global ambition of Corus Corus blamed the deal's failure, which leaves the status quo in dry bulk shipping intact, on the faltering global economy and nervous financial markets.
Oil fund payouts end tanker sagas LONG-running legal disputes arising from the Nakhodkaand Aegean Sea oil spills have now been globally settled, the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds has announced, writes Sandra Speares.
Inmarsat set to secure '1bn price tag INMARSAT is expected to be valued at £1bn ($1.5bn) when its proposed sale to private equity interests is finalised, writes Neville Smith.
European ports stay vigilant after scare EUROPEAN ports remained on heightened security alert after last weekend's truck bomb scare, particularly in the Baltic region, writes David Osler.
West Coast dock talks resume The ILWU and PMA are focused on two key issues: establishing a neutral system of arbitration for waterfront disputes and achieving a large increase in pension benefits for dockworkers. Both parties appear anxious to reach a settlement.
Security bill awaits action in Congress The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 requires the Department of Transportation to tell Congress how much it will need to secure critical port infrastructure, and make a proposal for how the money will be raised.
FedEx chief outlines economic-stimulus plan
US sets deadlines in Hong Kong air rights case
China imposes steel tariffs
Industry urges Britain to boost container port capacity
Van Ommeren sells US-flag vessel
Upturn in air cargo traffic encourages Indian forwarders
Protesters delay nuclear-waste shipment in Germany
Projet-pilote pour réduire le flux de documentation entre Anvers et Rotterdam Les autorités et le secteur privé ont uni leurs efforts dans le cadre du projet “Papierarm Varen” (naviguer avec moins de papiers) dans le transport fluvial de containers sur l’axe entre Anvers et Rotterdam, les deux grands ports du Benelux. Le volume annuel de ce trafic feeder s’élève à pratiquement 700.000 containers et chaque container doit être accompagné d’un document de transport. L’objectif du projet-pilote est d’employer la voie électronique pour le trafic de données, ce qui doit se traduire par un gain de rapidité et d’efficacité, une réduction des risques d’erreurs, une sécurité accrue sur la voie navigable et une plus grande transparence.
SolVin et GRP s’allient pour la distribution de PVC en Italie SolVin, le producteur de PVC basé en Belgique, et le groupe suisse de transport intermodal GRP Group, basé à Chiasso, ont annoncé que le projet Sirio a effectivement démarré et que tout se passe comme prévu. Sirio est l’acronyme pour “Solvin Italy Railway Intermodal Operation”. Il porte sur l’acheminement de PVC par rail vers l’Italie depuis trois usines en Europe, ainsi que sur la distribution par route et rail dans la péninsule.
Sodexi et TNT Express France visent à terme l’Europe Les clients respectifs de TNT Express France et du service “Equation Course” de Sodexi, vont bénéficier de la mise en commun des moyens développés par ces deux sociétés sur le marché des envois urgents. Dans un premier temps, cette alliance se limitera à couvrir la France en express domestique. Mais les deux partenaires envisagent d’étendre progressivement leur coopération à l’Europe.
G.I.L.S. opte pour une approche progressive du marché anversois La nouvelle entreprise de groupage G.I.L.S. a vu le jour en septembre à Anvers, sans faire grand bruit, mais elle ne manque pas pour autant d’ambition. L’entreprise d’origine néerlandaise entend se faire petit à petit une place de taille sur la scène anversoise du NVOCC et se concentre dans un premier temps sur l’Extrême-Orient.
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