S'pore port authority to step up checks on older vessels SINGAPORE is set to more closely scrutinise ageing vessels, in particular oil tankers, as the fallout from the Prestige tanker disaster off the coast of Spain sends ripples across the world's waterways.
Danish ferry fire in 1990 was arson: witness
NOL outsources financial transactions management
Bad weather forces Suez Canal to close
UK port firm expects full-year sales, profit to increase
Hong Kong set to remain world's top container port
More China sea freight
CP Ships pulls out of slot charter deal
Air and Land Transport
Wellington gives its approval to Air NZ-Qantas alliance A proposed alliance between Air New Zealand Ltd and Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd cleared its first hurdle yesterday when the New Zealand government said the deal was in the national interest.
United to seek court's nod to cut wages if talks fail
MAS gets access to 10 more Chinese cities
Royal Jordanian forecasts US$1m profit for this year
Former top bureaucrat to head Sydney Airport Corp
US importers urged to share added security costs
Asean freight forwarders group gets new chairman
YCH to put US$5m into Tianjin logistics distripark
S'pore port authority to step up checks on older vessels SINGAPORE is set to more closely scrutinise ageing vessels, in particular oil tankers, as the fallout from the Prestige tanker disaster off the coast of Spain sends ripples across the world's waterways.
Danish ferry fire in 1990 was arson: witness
NOL outsources financial transactions management
Bad weather forces Suez Canal to close
UK port firm expects full-year sales, profit to increase
Hong Kong set to remain world's top container port
More China sea freight
CP Ships pulls out of slot charter deal
Air and Land Transport
Wellington gives its approval to Air NZ-Qantas alliance A proposed alliance between Air New Zealand Ltd and Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd cleared its first hurdle yesterday when the New Zealand government said the deal was in the national interest.
United to seek court's nod to cut wages if talks fail
MAS gets access to 10 more Chinese cities
Royal Jordanian forecasts US$1m profit for this year
Former top bureaucrat to head Sydney Airport Corp
US importers urged to share added security costs
Asean freight forwarders group gets new chairman
YCH to put US$5m into Tianjin logistics distripark
Russian transport conflict escalating The European Union has weighed in on a dispute between Russia and the International Road Transport Union.
CP Ships to withdraw from Asia-Europe slot charter CP Ships announced is to withdraw from its slot charter agreement with CMA CGM in the Asia-Europe trades effective early March 2003.
Air NZ-Qantas deal gets NZ Government approval 'The $520 million Qantas-Air New Zealand alliance cleared its first major hurdle after the New Zealand Government approved the deal.
Air France prepares for sell-off The French government has confirmed plans to sell off 30-40 per cent of Air France - but not quite yet.
Carlyle Group acquires CSX Lines majority Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group today announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in CSX Lines, LLC from the CSX Corp. in a transaction valued at $300 million. CSX Lines, with 17 U.S. flag vessels and 22,000 containers, is largest ocean transport company in the US.
CSX Lines widens Horizon after $300m Carlyle deal CSX Lines president Chuck Raymond already has his eyes on expansion in the wake of the announced acquisition of the company by Washington-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
MoD eyes trio as Hoon puts nation on war footing Brokers said that military logistics specialists had approached the London market to fix two large ships and a heavy-lift vessel for 90 days from mid-January.
CSKD-Intertrans sale A letter of intent has been signed with the deal expected to be effective on January 1, 2003. No financial details were revealed.
Record hits on Equasis because of Prestige SHIPPING quality database Equasis says the Prestige casualty was behind increased traffic on the site during November.
Smit Salvage gears up for Herculean task on Tricolor DIVERS from Smit Salvage have managed to make an initial investigation of the stricken car carrier Tricolor and the Dutch company is hopeful that it can begin pumping oil off the vessel tomorrow afternoon if weather permits.
FedEx sees ground gains in 3Q Overnight delivery giant beats estimates despite drop in express income.
U.S. trade deficit eased by lock-out The trade imbalance dropped to $35.1 billion in October, its best showing in months, as the West Coast port shutdown slowed imports.
Senator Line cutting U.S. services A restructuring will cut nine of 13 services, mostly trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific routes to the United States, beginning in January.
L’IRU et la Russie arrivent à un accord sur le TIR La crise a été évitée de justesse. Les négociations tenues mardi entre le Comité National des Douanes de la Fédération de Russie et l’IRU, auxquelles participaient les hautes instances de la CEE-ONU, ont abouti à la signature d’un accord de coopération. De ce fait, la couverture d’assurance du régime TIR est maintenue en Russie. Compte tenu de l’ampleur de la fraude en Russie et de l’attitude intransigeante des douanes russes, l’IRU avait annoncé le 10 décembre dernier que cette couverture serait supprimée le 25 décembre.
Kombiverkehr aligne des trains-blocs supplémentaires Kombiverkehr a adapté sa programmation des services et a renforcé l’offre de liaisons ferroviaires internationales pour le transport combiné non accompagné. 100 trains blocs - trains directs et navettes confondus - sont désormais proposés tous les jours à travers l’Europe. Selon Kombiverkehr, une évolution se manifeste des wagons isolés vers les trains blocs.
La Container Security Initiative est au point La Container Security Initiative semble fonctionner. C’est ce qu’indiquent les premières expériences. Maintenant que le Royaume-Uni a également adhéré à la CSI, le réseau de sécurisation pourra en outre être densifié davantage encore. L’Operation Safe Commerce lancée pour le trafic containérisé entre les Etats-Unis et le Canada semble également évoluer de manière positive.
Les ministres des Transports se pencheront le 31 décembre prochain sur le probléme des écopoints Les ministres européens des Transports se réuniront à Bruxelles le 31 décembre prochain afin de résoudre les problèmes concernant la prolongation du système des écopoints. Lors du sommet européen de Copenhague, les chefs de gouvernement et d’Etat européens se sont résolus à prendre cette mesure. Dans leur communiqué final, ils ont mentionné un règlement intérimaire (prolongation) pour trois ans comme l’avait exigé l’Autriche, qui en tant que pays de transit est le plus concerné par cette matière.
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