S'pore's box volumes, bulk cargoes show strong growth SINGAPORE's port has enjoyed good first quarter growth in bulk cargoes, bunkering and its ship registry, in addition to an impressive 9.1 per cent overall jump in its mainstay container throughput.
Shipping groups seek to raise rates, bunker surcharges
Int'l fund to pay 26.1b yen for '97 oil spill off Japan
Missing oil tanker found
Air and Land Transport
Air traffic back to normal by Aug, says Boeing exec AIRLINE passenger traffic is expected to be back to normal levels by August, but airplane sales won't fully recover from the aftermath of the Sept 11 terror attacks until around 2004, Boeing Co executive Nicole Piasecki said on Tuesday.
Lufthansa Q1 profit doubles to 12m euros
More punctual flights with fewer people flying
US Airways to outline restructure to unions
UPS workers to vote on strike authorisation power for union
S'pore's box volumes, bulk cargoes show strong growth SINGAPORE's port has enjoyed good first quarter growth in bulk cargoes, bunkering and its ship registry, in addition to an impressive 9.1 per cent overall jump in its mainstay container throughput.
Shipping groups seek to raise rates, bunker surcharges
Int'l fund to pay 26.1b yen for '97 oil spill off Japan
Missing oil tanker found
Air and Land Transport
Air traffic back to normal by Aug, says Boeing exec AIRLINE passenger traffic is expected to be back to normal levels by August, but airplane sales won't fully recover from the aftermath of the Sept 11 terror attacks until around 2004, Boeing Co executive Nicole Piasecki said on Tuesday.
Lufthansa Q1 profit doubles to 12m euros
More punctual flights with fewer people flying
US Airways to outline restructure to unions
UPS workers to vote on strike authorisation power for union
Bigger loss Lufthansa, but optimism Lufthansa said first-quarter 2002 losses more than doubled but issued a cautiously optimistic assessment for the full year and said it expected to resume dividend payments. Operating profit rose by 7 million euro in the first quarter of 2001 to 12 million.
GT Nexus wins big customer GT Nexus, e-logistics company, announced a contract with The Home Depot in the US, to provide GT Nexus Planning applications for global ocean transportation procurement, rate and contract management, freight optimization and carrier collaboration.
P&O Nedlloyd and MOL to improve joint service P&O Nedlloyd and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced direct Port Louis calls on their joint Asia/South-Africa/West-Africa service.
MOL Europe to office to Rotterdam Mitsui OSK Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has decided to relocate its European liner headquarters from London to Rotterdam, Netherlands effective from 1st August 2002.
Vopak steps out of Brostroem In line with earlier announcements to reduce its current 50 per cent shareholding in Brostroem A.B. (Brostroem) Vopak and Brostroem jointly announced that Vopak has successfully divested all of its "B" shareholding in Brostroem.
Lufthansa resumes NY flight Starting June 17, Lufthansa is resuming nonstop flights between D'sseldorf and New York's Newark airport.
Schenker-mother happy with 2002-start The German Stinnes Group, mother of Schenker, said in the first quarter of 2002 it continued to operate well in its two expanding Transportation and Chemicals Divisions despite economic headwinds.
SAS sweeps clean after losses SAS announced the surprise departure of one of its most senior executives as it announced a big first-quarter loss and a sweeping reorganization.
Ensco to acquire Chiles Offshore ENSCO International Incorporated and Chiles Offshore Inc. have signed a definitive merger that will see ENSCO will acquire Chiles.
New technology in oil spill response/recovery vessels Dolfab, Inc. to serve as the exclusive manufacturer for a line of marine vessels that will be specifically designed to incorporate a new proprietary and "revolutionary" oil spill response and recovery system.
IMO legal panel ducks "transparency" issue People who own ships but don't want that fact publicly known can breathe a sigh of relief. IMO's Legal Committee has concluded that, for maritime security purposes, the central or fundamental questions who has effective operational control of the ship.
IMO debates security behind veil of secrecy IMO apparatchiks have blocked public scrutiny of the debate over the new security regime set to redefine the international maritime industry, throwing out a formal request from Lloyd's List to attend this week's 75th session of the Maritime Safety Committee.
Brussels urged to resist US port terror 'black list' EUROPEAN Union governments must resist US attempts to create a 'black list' and a 'white list' of unsafe and safe export ports, the vice-chairman of the European Sea Ports Organisation has warned.
Singapore maritime package fails to satisfy lines THE S$80m (US$44m) maritime cluster fund announced by Singapore on Monday has met with a mixed reaction from shipping lines, which would like to see more.
Maersk Sealand, Evergreen in slot agreement for Asia-North America Two of the world's largest container lines will exchange space on services serving Asia, Canada and the U.S. West and East Coasts.
Hong Kong urged to open skies or lose competitive edge as Asia hub The chief executive of a large logistics operator in Hong Kong says the territory must rapidly switch to an open-skies aviation policy or lose ground to Singapore and, over time, to China. Weblog: Germany deflates CargoLifter hopes
Pacer names former NYK exec Fiori Dodd W. Fiori, retired chief operating officer and executive vice president of NYK Line North America, has joined Pacer Global Logistics.
La valeur ajoutée du port d’Anvers a augmenté de 9,2% en 2000 A l’occasion de la clôture de l’exercice du Forum financier de la région d’Anvers, Jan Smets, directeur de la Banque Nationale de Belgique (BNB), a présenté hier à la maison provinciale les résultats actualisés relatifs à l’importance économique des ports maritimes flamands, et d’Anvers en particulier. Il en ressort que la valeur ajoutée du port scaldien a augmenté en 2000 de 9,2% à près de 6,6 mia. d’EUR. L’échevin du port, Delwaide, qui a tenu un discours sur la vision stratégique pour l’avenir du port, a déclaré espérer que ces chiffres feront davantage prendre conscience à Bruxelles de l’importance des activités portuaires pour l’économie belge. Les quatre ports maritimes flamands ont établi ensemble un record absolu en termes de valeur ajoutée, atteignant près de 10 mia. d’EUR, soit une hausse de 8,1% par rapport à 1999.
Mise en service d’un nouveau quai sur le canal Courtrai-Bossuit “Entreprendre aujourd’hui, c’est faire partie intégrante de la société”, a souligné Boudewijn Vancoillie, le président du conseil d’administration des entreprises Devamix et BSV, mardi à l’occasion de l’inauguration officielle d’un nouveau quai de transbordement sur le canal Courtrai-Bossuit à Stasegem. Le nouveau mur de quai fait 120 m de long et dispose d’une profondeur d’eau de 3,5 m.
La Phase II de la nouvelle Convention TIR est en vigueur Les amendements adoptés par le Comité de Gestion TIR concernant la Phase II de la Convention TIR sont entrés en vigueur le 12 mai dernier. C’est ce qu’annonce l’Association Française du Transport Routier International (AFTRI) dans un communiqué de presse. L’association se félicite des améliorations apportées, les opérations TIR étant désormais mieux définies. Une troisième phase de la révision portera notamment sur l’informatisation du système TIR.
La Basse-Saxe persiste dans son projet de super-port à Wilhelmshaven L’Etat de Hambourg l’a clairement signifié, par l’entremise de son ministre des Affaires économiques Gunnar Uldall, et ce sera officialisé dans les prochains jours: pas question de participer au projet de super-port à containers à Wilhelmshaven. Une participation de 20% lui était réservée. Ce refus de participer au financement et aux études de ce grand projet, qui porte sur un investissement de 800 mio. d’euros, ne semble cependant pas décourager le Land de Basse-Saxe, qui de concert avec Brême, entend poursuivre.
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