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
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
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.
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.
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.
MSC accueille CMA CGM sur ses deux services atlantiques Larmement 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 dEurope du Nord. Ainsi que nous lavions laissé sous-entendre dans une édition précédente larmement 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 lont annoncé certains journaux, précise toutefois Frank Houben, le porte-parole de KLM, qui souligne quil sagit 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 loccasion de la prochaine augmentation de capital de celle-ci. Lopération sera soumise ces jours-ci au conseil dadministration de Geodis, dont la date nest pas encore fixée, révèle notre confrère Les Echos. Un porte-parole de Bolloré a précisé à lagence 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 sengage dans la desserte de la COA Nous reconnaissons que notre intrusion sur le marché Europe-COA risque dengendrer une pression sur les taux, mais notre objectif nest 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 lAmérique du Sud. Cest ce que nous a déclaré Parwis Nouschirvan, vice-président de Montemar-Europe, lors dun entretien centré sur ce nouveau service qui démarrera en octobre prochain et mettra lEurope du Nord et du Sud en relation avec la côte ouest de lAfrique et avec la côte est de lAmérique du Sud.
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