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Southern China ports' box volumes soar 52%
A continuing surge of cargo volumes through China's southern ports hit a stunning 52 per cent growth for the first eight months of 2002 over the same period last year while Hong Kong managed only a meagre 2.3 per cent growth.
PSA's Aden Distripark opens in free trade zone
Joint India-Indon patrols in Bay of Bengal
Cargo ship towed to Portsmouth

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EVA Airways ups pre-tax profit forecast by 40%
TAIWAN's second-largest carrier EVA Airways raised its 2002 pre-tax profit forecast by 40 per cent yesterday, lifting its shares and boosting optimism that the sector was emerging from its slump.
ANA to help revive Air Do in major tie-up
Lawsuit seeks to void Manila airport terminal deal
KLM, Air France, in tie-up talks: report
Boeing 737s in China being checked for defects
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Southern China ports' box volumes soar 52%
A continuing surge of cargo volumes through China's southern ports hit a stunning 52 per cent growth for the first eight months of 2002 over the same period last year while Hong Kong managed only a meagre 2.3 per cent growth.
PSA's Aden Distripark opens in free trade zone
Joint India-Indon patrols in Bay of Bengal
Cargo ship towed to Portsmouth

Air and Land Transport

EVA Airways ups pre-tax profit forecast by 40%
TAIWAN's second-largest carrier EVA Airways raised its 2002 pre-tax profit forecast by 40 per cent yesterday, lifting its shares and boosting optimism that the sector was emerging from its slump.
ANA to help revive Air Do in major tie-up
Lawsuit seeks to void Manila airport terminal deal
KLM, Air France, in tie-up talks: report
Boeing 737s in China being checked for defects
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ZPMC receives crane building order from SETO Lykes upgrades North America-Africa service APL Logistics launches Venezuelan joint venture Cathay traffic figures for August Elite International Transportation joins C-TPAT BA fights expensive image

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
Air France in talks with KLM over equity stake Air France is in negotiations with KLM about taking an equity stake in the Dutch carrier, French business paper Les Echos has learned. PSA launches Aden distripark PSA Corporation's subsidiary Yeminvest has officially launched the Aden Distripark (ADP) located in the industrial and warehousing estate near Aden Container Terminal in Yemen. Lykes launches U.S. Gulf-West Coast South America service Lykes Lines is launching a service between the U.S. Gulf, Central America and West Coast South America on September 19. Forwarding industry again against volumetric freight The South African forwarding industry has demanded that the country's tax and customs authority, SA Revenue Services (SARS), should lodge a protest with the African Union (AU) about the airlines' newly introduced volumetric freight formula. Contract Schenker with Legrand Schenker Singapore has been selected as the logistics service provider for Legrand, a world market leader in electrical fittings, whose headquarters are based in Limoges, France. DHL customer service center in Arizona DHL Worldwide Express announced the opening of its Americas' Logistics Customer Service Center (LCSC) in Tempe, Arizona.

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Zim-Canada awarded Ocean Best Carrier of the Year 2002 title again Dumping duty slapped on POY from Turkey, S. Korea 100 tonnes of rubber exported to Bangladesh West European companies find Indian leather industry attractive Equestrian kit makers bag Rs 10-cr. order at German fair L&T's foreign partners pull out of Dhamra port project AMTOI gets a measure of its popularity Jet cuts fare on Mumbai-Vadodara sector Vehicle exporters allowed 4 pc duty drawback against SAD Inflation dips Finance Ministry circular clarifies on DEPB scheme fraud cases Service tax may be brought under Concurrent List Bangladesh mission arriving on 4-day business visit tomorrow Forex reserves touch $ 62.066 bn Coffee industry gets loan relief Govt has second thoughts on STPI corporatisation W. Asia emerges as major export market: Assocham Jute export body aims at Rs 1,000-cr. target Changes in agri marketing Act needed to lure investors: Task force Hi-tech industrial park planned in Kochi 25 pc rise in aluminium exports projected USDA extends commodity credit guarantee to India Price stabilisation fund for tobacco mooted US anti-dumping law violates trade pacts: WTO CII holding 2-day summit on leadership Seminar on Green Building today

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
Mongstad strike threatens Norwegian oil production Bunkers on offer again in St Eustatius Panama softer in line with crude, some tight prompts Chile: 380cst introduced at Southern region port Argentina well supplied this week $6m for Lukoil's Kukura Uruguay: Suppliers await import cargoes as refinery shuts down for upgrade Hong Kong demand picks up as numbers fall off Tokyo remains in a tight squeeze Double drop in Busan Iraq agrees to let inspectors back in on the eve of OPEC quota meeting Rotterdam sharply down with crude and keen selling Shell Marine Products solves lacquering problems with launch of new lubricant Gadinia AL

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
Purchase of Jardine Airport Services Australia (Jasa) strengthens Menzies' foothold In Sydney and Melbourne PetroLesPort posts January-August throughput Houston celebrates Rickmers Hamburg's maiden voyage ICF to launch new blocktrain service between Germany and Hungary Elite International Transportation joins C-TPAT BNSF Expands Its Guaranteed Intermodal Network for Peak Shipping Season

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Cause of Cammell Laird's blues is ferried down the Mersey THE mid-section at the centre of the collapse of the Cammell Laird shipyard group will tomorrow at last take to the seas for its maiden and final voyage to an undisclosed scrapyard in Europe, writes Jerry Frank. HMM boss Noh axes chiefs to bring in younger blood HYUNDAI Merchant Marine's newly-appointed president Noh Jeong-Ik has axed four top executives in a sweeping restructuring of the heavily-in-debt South Korean company. Opec faces tricky meeting despite receding war threat THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is due to hold in Osaka tomorrow what some experts describe as its trickiest meeting yet. Warning to India over Al-Najat Marine THE Center for Seafarers' Rights has urged the Indian government to crack down on Al-Najat Marine Shipping, the United Arab Emirates-based recruiting company after learning that it is recruiting Indian nationals for jobs on cruiseships, writes John McLaughlin in New York.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
HPH demands manager's sacking Con-ro assessed after fire Storms break up grounded vessel Mid-ocean blaze cripples bulker Aden free trade park opened Oil industry stoppage unblocked United Dockhandlers throws in towel Spill lessons not put into practice Tangier Med port raises $500M Anangel to join Italian bulker pool Greenfield concerns hit SCI sale Chung makes candidature official Indian seamen to get more Ro-Ro Korea to obtain $900M loan Japan yards employ more workers Aleman denies tax evasion report

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
U.S.-Hong Kong air talks to resume An agreement to liberalize the territory's rules for commercial aviation could radically change how cargo moves in the region. Hong Kong air cargo surges The global economic downturn isn't having much effect on Hong Kong's air cargo volumes this year. Hutchison in Shanghai tiff Comments by a senior terminal official irks its second-largest shareholder. HK port board shuns terminal fee dispute DHL to open Tokyo hub Air France, KLM in alliance talks MOL Logistics to offer cargo consolidation Air Cargo Forum opens in Hong Kong FDNY fire truck makes trans-Atlantic call UPS debuts auto-updates SupplySolution names Molkenbuhr Schenker serves Legrand in Asia Pacific

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MSC accueille CMA CGM sur ses deux services atlantiques L’armement CMA CGM et Mediterranean Shipping Cy viennent de signer un accord de coopération qui permet au premier cité de louer des slots à bord des deux services atlantiques que le second assure depuis quelques années au départ d’Europe du Nord. Ainsi que nous l’avions laissé sous-entendre dans une édition précédente l’armement français a mis un terme à son accord avec Mærsk Sealand qui lui assurait la disponibilité de 550 TEU par semaine dans chaque sens sur 3 services atlantiques. La nouvelle coopération avec MSC démarrera au début du mois de novembre. Vers un rapprochement entre Air France et KLM? Des discussions sont en cours entre Air France et KLM. “Pas concernant des liens capitalistiques, comme l’ont annoncé certains journaux”, précise toutefois Frank Houben, le porte-parole de KLM, qui souligne qu’il s’agit de contacts exploratoires, pas de discussions formelles. Les rumeurs sur une éventuelle alliance entre KLM et Air France vont toutefois bon train. Bolloré entrerait pour 5 à 10% dans le capital de Geodis Le groupe français Bolloré devrait entrer dans le capital de Geodis, la branche transport routier/logistique de la SNCF, à l’occasion de la prochaine augmentation de capital de celle-ci. “L’opération sera soumise ces jours-ci au conseil d’administration de Geodis, dont la date n’est pas encore fixée”, révèle notre confrère Les Echos. Un porte-parole de Bolloré a précisé à l’agence Reuter que le groupe breton est intéressé par une prise de participation de 5 à 10%, “à condition que cette opération donne lieu à des coopérations entre les deux groupes”. Montemar s’engage dans la desserte de la COA “Nous reconnaissons que notre intrusion sur le marché Europe-COA risque d’engendrer une pression sur les taux, mais notre objectif n’est pas de casser les prix sur ce marché, mais de relever un défi en nous mettant à son diapason. Le concept de nouveau service que nous avons mis au point, correspond à la volonté du groupe de développer des activités Nord-Sud essentiellement axées sur la desserte de la côte est de l’Amérique du Sud.” C’est ce que nous a déclaré Parwis Nouschirvan, vice-président de Montemar-Europe, lors d’un entretien centré sur ce nouveau service qui démarrera en octobre prochain et mettra l’Europe du Nord et du Sud en relation avec la côte ouest de l’Afrique et avec la côte est de l’Amérique du Sud.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
Timmermans takes top job at ISU Boss of Dutch towing outfitting appointed president at the International Salvage Union. US Navy chartering ro-ro vessel Military Sealift Command is not chartering routine ro-ro vessel to build up arsenal in Middle East. Bow Eagle officer taken into custody Norwegian police arrest Ronnie Zape after extradition but he denies the charges. New maritime security code near completion Maritime security experts met last week to work on new security measures for ships and ports. New leak from Jolly Rubino Salvage team lines up ship-to-ship transfer to remove oil from grounded Italian ro-ro off South Africa. Canadian labour dispute diverts bulkers Bulk carriers are loading Canadian grains at Prince Rupert port instead of Vancouver. Chowgule Steamships offloads panamax Indian owner sells 1988-built bulker to Marshall Islands company. Lederer faces new legal threat German shipyard boss Klaus Lederer is being sued for damages by an investor in his previous company Babcock Borsig. Clarkson-Barry Rogliano beef up LNG team A well-known and experienced gas industry hand has joined the London-based shipbroking joint venture. CSSC interim orders inch up Interim shipbuilding figures for China's southern yards show rise in orders as China battles to claw in market share. EMMF wins Texas terminal business ExxonMobil's bunker arm wins contract to supply fuel at Sunoco's Nederland facility. Novoship doubles its money Russian owner bucks downward tanker trend to post improved first-half profits. Yen and won hit three-month lows Shipbuilders in Japan and Korea see some relief as currency values weaken against the dollar. Hyundai boss to put yard stake in trust Shipyard founder's son Chung Mong-joon is gearing up to make his run for the Korean presidency. KDB inks loan for HMM car-carrier deal Korea Development Bank helps secure funding for Wallenius Wilhelmsen's HMM acquisition.