All single-hulled tankers calling at Aussie ports will be inspected MOVED by fears that older single-hulled tankers will shift from Europe to its waters, Australia has announced it will immediately begin inspecting every single-hulled tanker calling at its ports, regardless of age.
Submarine patches hole in shattered hull of Prestige
US proposes tighter visa rules for visiting crews
Crewman kills ship mates in Somalia
Air and Land Transport
Race for India's huge jet order takes off THE race between Boeing and Airbus to clinch a deal with state-run Indian Airlines and Air India for a total of 60 planes has heated up with the cabinet set to make a final decision soon.
US Airways pilots approve deal to cut costs by US$100m
China air police to start work in H1 next year
Vietnam Airlines may start flights to Germany, Indonesia
All single-hulled tankers calling at Aussie ports will be inspected MOVED by fears that older single-hulled tankers will shift from Europe to its waters, Australia has announced it will immediately begin inspecting every single-hulled tanker calling at its ports, regardless of age.
Submarine patches hole in shattered hull of Prestige
US proposes tighter visa rules for visiting crews
Crewman kills ship mates in Somalia
Air and Land Transport
Race for India's huge jet order takes off THE race between Boeing and Airbus to clinch a deal with state-run Indian Airlines and Air India for a total of 60 planes has heated up with the cabinet set to make a final decision soon.
US Airways pilots approve deal to cut costs by US$100m
China air police to start work in H1 next year
Vietnam Airlines may start flights to Germany, Indonesia
VT Halter Marine firms up two U.S. Government contracts "Novation" on NOAA and Army contracts
RINA to offer ISPS services Genoa, Italy, based classification society RINA and its subsidiary RINA Industry have joined forces with UK- and USA-based Global Marine Security Systems Company
Tricolor sinking flags ro-ro rule gap THE speed with which the vehicle carrier Tricolor s ank in the early hours of Saturday morning after being holed by a French-owned container ship has raised questions about the safety of older ro-ro vessels
EU backs call for tougher penalties against polluters EU leaders gave their backing at the weekend to calls by the European Commission for tougher penalties against owners and operators of ships responsible for major pollution incidents, writes Janet Porter .
Malta hits out over IMO 'silence' MALTA has openly criticised the International Maritime Organisation for not speaking out on recent "incidents" involving at least six Maltese-flagged single-hull oil tankers in the aftermath of the Prestige oil pollution disaster.
Spain bans single-hulls carrying heavy oils The much-anticipated ban comes into force on January 1, 2003, and applies to all single-skin tankers, irrespective of age and flag.
Hong Kong headed for box mark Hong Kong expects to handle 18.6 million TEUs this year, giving it yet another world record and the top ranking among container ports for the tenth time in 11 years.
Tellier quits CN for Bombardier Paul Tellier, who led the transformation of Canadian National Railway Co. from a bloated government entity into a lean, profitable publicly traded company, will take over at plane and train maker Bombardier Inc.
Lancement d’un service feeder entre Zeebrugge et Flessingue Depuis début décembre, Zeebrugge est relié à Flessingue via un service feeder containérisée short sea. Celle-ci est assurée avec le caboteur à faible tirant d’air “Cast Salmon”. Cette nouvelle liaison maritime permet de transférer plusieurs centaines de containers vers le transport par eau.
La FEB demande la modification de la loi sur la lettre de voiture CMR La FEB formule des réserves quant à la nouvelle lettre de voiture CMR qui sera introduite en date du 1er janvier 2003. L’organisation patronale estime que le nouveau cadre législatif du transport routier est trop restrictif et répressif. Il pourrait en outre résulter en une distorsion de la concurrence, souligne la FEB dans son Bulletin mensuel. C’est pourquoi l’association demande au gouvernement fédéral d’adapter la loi du 3 mai 1999 sur la lettre de voiture CMR.
EWS: le trafic par le Chunnel a fortement repris en novembre Au mois de novembre, l’opérateur ferroviaire English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) a noté une hausse de 43% de ses trafics transitant par le tunnel sous la Manche par rapport à novembre 2001. Côté français, le terminal de Fréthun était quotidiennement infiltré par des réfugiés du centre de Sangatte jusqu’il y a peu, de sorte que les services ferroviaires via le tunnel avaient dû être temporairement interrompus. Le renforcement des mesures de sécurité semble désormais porter ses fruits.
Un projet pilote teste le statut de sécurisation des containers multimodaux entre les EU et l’Europe Savi Technology, l’entreprise américaine qui fournit la technologie pour le suivi des containers maritimes depuis l’Europe et l’Asie vers les EU, est également impliquée dans un projet-test dans l’autre direction. Associée à PAR Technology, Savi fournit l’assistance du transport multimodal de containers entre les EU et l’Allemagne. Vikram Verma, cofondateur, président et CEO, nous a expliqué plus en détail tant le projet en cours que le nouveau dans les allées de la foire Intermodal 2002 à Rotterdam.
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