Union slowdowns hit two US West Coast terminals WIDELY feared dock worker slowdowns have begun on the US West Coast in a heightened union campaign targeting the country's largest stevedoring company and prompting a lockout warning from shipping lines.
Will global trading system be safer with US initiative?
AP Moller bags deal to run Shanghai terminal
Manila ferry disaster: kin of victims file charges
Air and Land Transport
Asia seen continuing to lead world air cargo growth BOEING projects that world air cargo traffic will expand at an average of 6.4 per cent during the next two decades, with Asian air cargo markets continuing to lead the world in average annual growth rates.
Air India plans to buy 17 aircraft over 5 years
NZ watchdog has met Qantas, Air NZ over stake plan
S Korea isle to start discount airline
US Airways may seek to return more planes
Miami Int'l can't meet bag screening deadline: official
Delta likely to cut more jobs through voluntary schemes
Union slowdowns hit two US West Coast terminals WIDELY feared dock worker slowdowns have begun on the US West Coast in a heightened union campaign targeting the country's largest stevedoring company and prompting a lockout warning from shipping lines.
Will global trading system be safer with US initiative?
AP Moller bags deal to run Shanghai terminal
Manila ferry disaster: kin of victims file charges
Air and Land Transport
Asia seen continuing to lead world air cargo growth BOEING projects that world air cargo traffic will expand at an average of 6.4 per cent during the next two decades, with Asian air cargo markets continuing to lead the world in average annual growth rates.
Air India plans to buy 17 aircraft over 5 years
NZ watchdog has met Qantas, Air NZ over stake plan
S Korea isle to start discount airline
US Airways may seek to return more planes
Miami Int'l can't meet bag screening deadline: official
Delta likely to cut more jobs through voluntary schemes
West Coast companies argue about action against slowdown West Coast port companies are threatening to lock out workers participating in a work slowdown at all 29 ports.
Warning to Rotterdam While there are numerous opportunities for strengthening its position still further, the port of Rotterdam should take care not to price itself out of the market as a result of high costs and time-consuming inspections, said the boss of spice trading company Catz International.
Delta to join GF-X Delta Air Logistics, the cargo division of Delta Air Lines is preparing to join Global Freight Exchange (GF-X), the Internet-based online cargo booking solution.
MSC expands Far East Service SC will this week launch a new and separate Far East/Mediterranean service, the Dragon Service, utilising 8 vessels of approximately 2200 Teu capacity and with a port rotation as follows:
A.P. Møller in Shanghai venture A.P. Møller started a joint venture with the Shanghai Port Authority, Shanghai Hudong Container Terminal Management, to run the largest container terminal in Shanghai.
Maritime security initiatives make progress Both IMO and the World Customs Organization are making progress with measures aimed at enhancing maritime security
Navy awards destroyer contracts The Navy has announced a a batch of DDG-51 awards to General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman
Salvage team back on Jolly Rubino after asbestos all-clear A Smit Salvage team was once again helicoptered out to the grounded ro-ro Jolly Rubino after being forced to evacuate the vessel on Wednesday when fire reignited on the ship.
West coast faces meltdown as bosses threaten lockout THE waterfront labour dispute on the US west coast has edged perilously close to meltdown after the Pacific Maritime Association said it was preparing to order a "defensive shutdown" to lock workers out of terminals.
Tsakos moves into gas arena with Lauritzen deal GREECE'S Tsakos Energy Navigation has clinched a joint venture with the Danish Lauritzen group that promises to ease it into gas shipping for the first time and sow the seeds for a wider link-up between the two.
Frontline shares bear brunt of Opec decision THE relentless pressure on Frontline's shares continued with a vengeance yesterday following Opec's decision not to increase oil production.
Terminals threaten LA lock-out West Coast terminal operators said that they will shut down the nation's largest port complex Friday morning if longshoremen don't end a work slowdown against a stevedore there.
Lines set whopping trans-Pac rate hike Carriers in the eastbound trans-Pacific intend to increase their freight rates by $700 per 40-foot container next year, with an additional $300 per-FEU peak season surcharge.
FedEx profits soar 45 percent The express provider said it expects to meet full-year estimates for fiscal 2003 as gains from its ground unit boosted profits to $158 million, up from $109 million a year ago.
ACE 'unlikely' to get more funding: Browning
TIACA: Cargo security could hit passenger carriers
Katoen Natie inaugure officiellement le Logipark Terneuzen Katoen Natie a inauguré officiellement le Logipark à Terneuzen. Il s’agit de la première phase de ce projet portant sur 8.900 m2 d’entreposage (7.900 m2 en hangars et 1.000 m2 à l’extérieur), 240 m2 de bureaux et 40 silos d’une capacité de 300 m3. Le parc logistique constitue pour Katoen Natie la pierre angulaire fluviale des axes Est-Ouest et Nord-Sud.
L’ILWU met Los Angeles et Oakland au régime du travail ralenti Les choses ne s’arrangent pas sur la côte ouest des Etats-Unis, où le syndicat des dockers ILWU (International Longshore & Warehouse Union) accentue la pression en commençant à instaurer officieusement un régime de travail au ralenti. L’action a d’abord affecté le port de Los Angeles/Long Beach, mais le mouvement s’est ensuite étendu à Oakland. Ces deux ports traitent la majeure partie du trafic maritime sur la côte ouest des USA.
Renault Trucks est devenu le numéro 3 en Europe Malgré la baisse du marché du camion en Europe, Renault Trucks voit sa situation évoluer positivement depuis son intégration au sein du groupe Volvo. Ainsi, au premier semestre 2002, les ventes du constructeur français ont baissé de 7,9% seulement, alors que le marché dans son ensemble régressait de 15,4%. Les parts de marché sont en hausse et une troisième place a pu être obtenue cette année dans plusieurs segments. De plus, cette évolution se fait de manière rentable. Philippe Mellier, PDG de Renault Trucks, a donc pu afficher une certaine satisfaction lors de la conférence de presse donnée à l’occasion du salon IAA de Hanovre.
La Commission portuaire veut voir confirmée la “philosophie de base du décret portuaire” La Commission portuaire flamande (VHC - Vlaamse Havencommissie) s’inquiète de l’impact du décret-programme de fin 2001 sur le décret portuaire approuvé en 1999. Le décret-programme a en partie modifié le décret portuaire. “Ces modifications ont introduit quelques zones d’ombre et créent une insécurité juridique pour les administrations portuaires sur un certain nombre de points. De plus, des interprétations du décret portuaire ne correspondant pas aux idées initialement formulées par la Commission portuaire sont possibles.” Les problèmes concernent essentiellement le financement d’investissements dans les ports et la répartition des responsabilités qui en découle entre les administrations portuaires, d’une part, et la Région flamande, d’autre part.
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