Spain incident raises chorus against substandard ships THE heated rhetoric for more decisive regulatory action against substandard ships is gathering steam as the estimated 42 million euro clean-up of the oil-slicked Spanish coastline is now underway following the sinking the oil tanker Prestige.
Need to enforce curbs on single-hulled vessels
Hong Kong shippers want US cargo manifest rule delayed
Air and Land Transport
Boeing to axe 5,000 more jobs next year STRUGGLING US aircraft maker Boeing Co said on Wednesday that it will slash another 5,000 jobs in its commercial aircraft division next year as the global airline industry takes a nosedive.
Renounce air travel pacts with US, EC tells members
Delta to launch no-frills discount subsidiary next year
Linate crash: hearing on plea for trial begins
Fraport to invest 3.3b euros on expansion of Frankfurt airport
Spain incident raises chorus against substandard ships THE heated rhetoric for more decisive regulatory action against substandard ships is gathering steam as the estimated 42 million euro clean-up of the oil-slicked Spanish coastline is now underway following the sinking the oil tanker Prestige.
Need to enforce curbs on single-hulled vessels
Hong Kong shippers want US cargo manifest rule delayed
Air and Land Transport
Boeing to axe 5,000 more jobs next year STRUGGLING US aircraft maker Boeing Co said on Wednesday that it will slash another 5,000 jobs in its commercial aircraft division next year as the global airline industry takes a nosedive.
Renounce air travel pacts with US, EC tells members
Delta to launch no-frills discount subsidiary next year
Linate crash: hearing on plea for trial begins
Fraport to invest 3.3b euros on expansion of Frankfurt airport
Schenker profit down Schenker said in the first three quarters of 2002 external sales were 4,612 million euro, a 'modest increase' on the same period in 2001.
Nippon Express interim earnings surge 30 % Nippon Express Co Ltd, Japan's largest general transport company, said yesterday that its first-half group net profit rose 30 per cent, helped by a reduction in fixed costs and a pick-up in air cargo.
Russia, China to upgrade rail checkpoint An expert team of Russia's Far Eastern Rail, led by Victor Popov, company manager, arrived on the Russo-Chinese frontier today to blueprint updating efforts in the Grodekovo checkpoint in Russia's Littoral Territory on the east coast of the Sea of Japan.
FedEx to raise rates FedEx will raise delivery rates as much as 3.9 per cent, starting Jan. 6. Recently UPS announced its rate hike.
US Senate passes air cargo security bill The Senate in Washington passed a bill to upgrade security for cargo flown on passenger jets, in order to require the Transportation Security Administration to conduct regular inspections of cargo handling facilities, and create a more reliable database of shipping firms that contract with the airlines.
FEFC wants Asia-Europe rate hikes Maersk Sealand and 14 other rivals in the conference FEFC plan three freight rate rises for Asia-Europe routes in 2003.
Smit slams Spanish politicians THE managing director of Smit Salvage, Hans van Rooij, has hit back at the Spanish government over allegations by the Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy that the company was only keen to take the Prestige into a safe port in a bid to make money out of the disaster.
Shipowners demand global action on places of refuge TWO of the world's largest shipowner representative bodies yesterday demanded the issue of places of refuge be dealt with as the European Commission proposed a total ban on single-hull tankers carrying "heavy fuel" oil in European Union waters.
U.S. will expand box security program U.S. Customs Service Commissioner Robert C. Bonner said the Container Security Initiative is ready to expand beyond the world's largest container ports.
Trans-Pac rate hike due: carrier exec Lines that carry U.S. imports from Asia will have to increase their freight rates next year if they have any hopes of earning a profit on their round-trip voyages, a carrier executive said.
Prestige sinking vindicates EU demands: Commissioner
Non-union workers seek injunction in West Coast contract talks
La menace de blocages routiers en France se précise Les négociations entre associations patronales et syndicats du transport routier français ont échoué mercredi après-midi. La pierre d’achoppement principale était la révision des conditions sociales. Du côté du patronat on affiche une prudente confiance, mais du côté syndical, on est - officiellement en tout cas - très pessimiste. A la demande du patronat, de nouvelles négociations se tiendront ce vendredi matin. La CFDT et la CGT ont toutefois annoncé le maitien de leur préavis de grève à partir du ce dimanche 24 novembre à 22h. Les transporteurs néerlandais ont d’ores et déjà réagi et écrit à leur ministre des Trasports afin qu’il intervienne auprès de Paris et de Bruxelles pour que la libre circulation demeure garantie en France.
Exel passe un contrat avec Plextor pour la gestion du stock européen Le logisticien Exel a conclu un accord avec Plextor et devient ainsi le partenaire de ce groupe japonais pour ses opérations logistiques en Europe. L’accord porte sur le trafic à l’entrée depuis l’Asie et englobe le stockage, le kitting, la distribution régionale et les services techniques. L’opération sera coordonnée depuis le centre logistique d’Exel à Wommelgem.
MAN va concentrer la production de ses cabines à Munich Le constructeur allemand de camions et de bus va concentrer la production des cabines de camions dans son usine de Munich. Cela se fera d’ici une bonne année, à l’occasion de la préparation du lancement des nouvelles gammes L et M. C’est ce que nous avons appris en marge d’une visite d’usine chez le constructeur bavarois. Aujourd’hui, les cabines des véhicules de distribution L et M sont assemblées chez Steyr, en Autriche.
TPG veut doubler son chiffre d’affaires en Allemagne d’ici trois ans Après la libéralisation à part entière du marché postal européen en 2007, l’entreprise postale, express et logistique néerlandaise TPG veut proposer une alternative valable aux services de Deutsche Post en Allemagne. A cet effet, l’entreprise développe actuellement des stratégies. D’une part, TPG veut reprendre une entreprise logistique allemande l’année prochaine, d’autre part, le chiffre d’affaires allemand devrait être doublé d’ici trois ans.
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