War risk premiums soar for ships calling Yemen ports WAR risk surcharges amounting to as much as an eight-fold increase in added premiums are being slapped on vessels by hull underwriters for Yemen ports following increasing evidence that the Limburg tanker blast may be the result of a terrorist attack.
Bimco, Intertanko slam apparent attack on VLCC
Malaysia holding talks with US on port security
ITF uncovers US$1.2m owed to crews
Air and Land Transport
Air Paradise, Bali's new airline, postpones takeoff AIR Paradise International, which dubbed itself Bali's first international airline, postponed this month's scheduled start of operations following Saturday's killer blasts in the resort island.
Airport, cargo checks to be tightened
easyJet ditches Boeing for Airbus for big plane order
Garuda to fly to Shanghai
Log Book
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A German makes his mark ONE of the most notable success stories in the development of the containership market has been the role played by Erck Rickmers, chairman and chief executive officer of Nordcapital and of E R Schiffahrt GmbH & Cie KG in the creation of new shipping and shipping related ventures.
War risk premiums soar for ships calling Yemen ports WAR risk surcharges amounting to as much as an eight-fold increase in added premiums are being slapped on vessels by hull underwriters for Yemen ports following increasing evidence that the Limburg tanker blast may be the result of a terrorist attack.
Bimco, Intertanko slam apparent attack on VLCC
Malaysia holding talks with US on port security
ITF uncovers US$1.2m owed to crews
Air and Land Transport
Air Paradise, Bali's new airline, postpones takeoff AIR Paradise International, which dubbed itself Bali's first international airline, postponed this month's scheduled start of operations following Saturday's killer blasts in the resort island.
Airport, cargo checks to be tightened
easyJet ditches Boeing for Airbus for big plane order
Garuda to fly to Shanghai
Log Book
Features
A German makes his mark ONE of the most notable success stories in the development of the containership market has been the role played by Erck Rickmers, chairman and chief executive officer of Nordcapital and of E R Schiffahrt GmbH & Cie KG in the creation of new shipping and shipping related ventures.
War risk premiums soar for ships calling Yemen ports WAR risk surcharges amounting to as much as an eight-fold increase in added premiums are being slapped on vessels by hull underwriters for Yemen ports following increasing evidence that the Limburg tanker blast may be the result of a terrorist attack.
Bimco, Intertanko slam apparent attack on VLCC
Malaysia holding talks with US on port security
ITF uncovers US$1.2m owed to crews
Air and Land Transport
Air Paradise, Bali's new airline, postpones takeoff AIR Paradise International, which dubbed itself Bali's first international airline, postponed this month's scheduled start of operations following Saturday's killer blasts in the resort island.
Airport, cargo checks to be tightened
easyJet ditches Boeing for Airbus for big plane order
Garuda to fly to Shanghai
Log Book
Features
A German makes his mark ONE of the most notable success stories in the development of the containership market has been the role played by Erck Rickmers, chairman and chief executive officer of Nordcapital and of E R Schiffahrt GmbH & Cie KG in the creation of new shipping and shipping related ventures.
TNT Post lost remailing proceedings The Federal Court of Justice ruled in favour of Deutsche Post in remailing proceedings agiant TNT Post (TPG) in The Netherlands.
New cargo chief KLM Effective January 1, 2003, Frank de Reij (42) will become Executive Vice President - Ground Services. Mr. de Reij has worked for KLM since 1998 and is currently Senior Vice President - Commercial at KLM Cargo.
Famous Pacific new agents in Spain and Portugal Famous Pacific Shipping, the expansionist Asian-based freight services and NVOCC operator, has appointed new agents in Spain and Portugal.
Hong Kong airport record Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals said cargo volume rose 19 per cent to a monthly record in September as the threatened closure of US West Coast ports triggered record demand.
Shippers pay part of the port pain Shippers could be socked with hundreds of dollars worth of additional freight costs to get a container to its final destination from West Coast ports. Shippers and forwarders are being given varied and sometimes contradictory information about their cargo.
Huge Airbus-order from Easyjet Easyjet today announced what might be the 2002 largest airline order, picking Airbus over Boeing in a heavy blow for the US company which has hitherto dominated the low cost aircraft market.
Petrobras battles to save listing FPSO Petrobras technicians are fighting to save the $200m P-34 floating production storage offloading vessel after an electrical failure caused the production ship to tilt more than 30'.
LNG expansion set to drive Qatar to the top QATAR plans to become the world's largest producer of LNG by expanding its output more than threefold by the end of the decade.
Brussels closes in on Taca clearance THE Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement is expected to receive antitrust clearance from the European Commission any day now.
Cargo pileup continues on West Coast It's still slow going at West Coast ports as union longshoremen chip away at a massive backlog of cargo after the 10-day shutdown by management.
Asia air-cargo backlogs growing Airlines and forwarders are seeing a growing backlog at Asian airports as more shippers shift ocean freight to air to avoid U.S. West Coast ports.
Schenker va acquérir 100% du capital de Joyau Le groupe allemand Schenker, qui appartient à nouveau depuis peu à la Deutsche Bahn, va acheter (via sa filiale française Schenker France) la totalité du capital de la société française de messagerie et de distribution Joyau (basée à Montaigu en Vendée). Cette société est un des leaders sur le marché français de la messagerie routière domestique, et elle est en pleine croissance, puisque son CA devrait augmenter de plus de 20% cette année, après un bond de plus de 25% l’année passée. Ces développements ont pesé sur les résultats, mais le groupe demeure bénéficiaire. En acquérant Joyau, Schenker France se renforce dans le transport routier, au point que cette activité dépassera très nettement le maritime et l’aérien dans son CA.
CMA CGM prépare un nouveau service pendulaire avec partenaires Malgré les ennuis et les coûts supplémentaires que ces 10 jours de blocage des ports américains de la côte ouest lui ont coûté, l’armement CMA CGM n’en poursuit pas moins les initiatives visant à développer de nouveaux services. Ainsi, des études, actuellement à un stade avancé, concernent le lancement vers le début de l’année prochaine d’un nouveau service pendulaire.
Emanuele Grimaldi: “Les armateurs short sea ne misent pas sur le soutien du fonds Marco Polo” Le Shipper Forum annuel de l’European Shippers’ Council (ESC) a en lien cette année sous le signe de la recherche de solutions pour le short sea et le dossier de la sécurité dans le transport maritime. Le succès des armateurs short sea dépend souvent de trois facteurs: une route fixe, l’usage de matériel spécialisé et un engagement à long terme. Il semble en outre qu’à part les armateurs, surtout les ports méditerranéens ont besoin de soutien public afin de stimuler ce mode de transport. La septième édition du Shipper Forum a eu lieu à Athènes cette semaine et a été organisée par l’European Shippers’ Council (ESC) en collaboration avec Mare Forum.
Gand attend le feu vert pour la nouvelle écluse maritime à Terneuzen “Cette région a droit à une écluse nouvelle et plus grande! Elle est nécessaire pour soutenir la dynamique économique, tant à Gand qu’à Terneuzen.” C’est en ces termes que l’échevin du port de Gand Daniël Termont a clôturé la session académique organisée à l’occasion de la publication des trois études successives sur la réalisation de la nouvelle écluse maritime à Terneuzen. Cette écluse doit non seulement ouvrir l’arrière-port de Terneuzen et la zone portuaire de Gand aux navires de plus grandes dimensions mais doit en première instance éviter que la congestion croissante de la Westsluis ne freine l’expansion économique de la région ou qu’une éventuelle interruption du trafic via cette écluse très fréquentée et déjà agée de 35 ans ne coupe les ports concernés du monde extérieur. Une nouvelle adaptation du canal maritime vers Gand - avec un élargissement et un approfondissement à 18 mètres de la voie d’eau jusqu’au Rodenhuizendok - pourra être envisagée dans un stade ultérieure, a souligné Termont. Le ministre flamand des Travaux Publics Steve Stevaert n’a pas désiré s’engager formellement quant à la réalisation de la nouvelle écluse mais a promis que le dossier serait analysé dans le cadre de la vision à long terme (VLT) de l’estuaire de l’Escaut et que la commission scaldienne compétente en la matière présentera bientôt un “plan phasé” qui délimitera la voie vers une décision définitive.
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