Lines confident of 4-5% volume growth for 2002 CONTAINER line executives are confident of 4 to 5 per cent overall volume growth in 2002, boosted by a widely anticipated stronger second half, but expect freight rates to remain too low to reverse their fortunes until at least early 2003.
MSC faced problems at Felixstowe port
Mindanao port's 2nd phase gets nod
STX Shipbuilding wins US$120m order for 4 ships
Air and Land Transport
UK rejects air traffic controller's bid to raise fees BRITISH regulators rejected on Tuesday a request from the country's air traffic controller to raise the fees it charges airlines, forcing the partly privatised firm to look elsewhere for desperately needed cash.
BA-Qantas push for best in the sky features
Asiana turns around with April profit
SIA to add three weekly flights to Dubai next month
American gets new flights to Buenos Aires
EVA expects to break even
Features
No guns in cockpit for pilots: US agency AAIRLINE pilots may not carry guns, the US government has decided, rejecting the demands of thousands of pilots who petitioned for the right to keep firearms in the cockpit as a last line of defence against hijackers.
Lines confident of 4-5% volume growth for 2002 CONTAINER line executives are confident of 4 to 5 per cent overall volume growth in 2002, boosted by a widely anticipated stronger second half, but expect freight rates to remain too low to reverse their fortunes until at least early 2003.
MSC faced problems at Felixstowe port
Mindanao port's 2nd phase gets nod
STX Shipbuilding wins US$120m order for 4 ships
Air and Land Transport
UK rejects air traffic controller's bid to raise fees BRITISH regulators rejected on Tuesday a request from the country's air traffic controller to raise the fees it charges airlines, forcing the partly privatised firm to look elsewhere for desperately needed cash.
BA-Qantas push for best in the sky features
Asiana turns around with April profit
SIA to add three weekly flights to Dubai next month
American gets new flights to Buenos Aires
EVA expects to break even
Features
No guns in cockpit for pilots: US agency AAIRLINE pilots may not carry guns, the US government has decided, rejecting the demands of thousands of pilots who petitioned for the right to keep firearms in the cockpit as a last line of defence against hijackers.
Lines confident of 4-5% volume growth for 2002 CONTAINER line executives are confident of 4 to 5 per cent overall volume growth in 2002, boosted by a widely anticipated stronger second half, but expect freight rates to remain too low to reverse their fortunes until at least early 2003.
MSC faced problems at Felixstowe port
Mindanao port's 2nd phase gets nod
STX Shipbuilding wins US$120m order for 4 ships
Air and Land Transport
UK rejects air traffic controller's bid to raise fees BRITISH regulators rejected on Tuesday a request from the country's air traffic controller to raise the fees it charges airlines, forcing the partly privatised firm to look elsewhere for desperately needed cash.
BA-Qantas push for best in the sky features
Asiana turns around with April profit
SIA to add three weekly flights to Dubai next month
American gets new flights to Buenos Aires
EVA expects to break even
Features
No guns in cockpit for pilots: US agency AAIRLINE pilots may not carry guns, the US government has decided, rejecting the demands of thousands of pilots who petitioned for the right to keep firearms in the cockpit as a last line of defence against hijackers.
Tariffs Asia-Europe rise Members of the Asia Westbound Rate Agreement and the Mediterranean Rate Agreement say that as of July 1 they will raise westbound rates $250 per Teu, and $300 to Nordic areas.
Trans-Atlantic air traffic down 22.6 percent Scheduled air traffic between the United States and Europe is down 22.6 percent for the period since the Sept. 11 terror attacks compared to a year earlier, the 28-member Association of European Airlines said Tuesday.
UK authority against higher air traffic tariffs The UK Civil Aviation Authority issued a preliminary rebuff to attempts by National Air Traffic Services, the part-privatised UK air traffic control system, to raise its charges to airlines.
Hutchison grasps power at ECT The appointment of Frank Kho as CEO of ECT means that Hutchison is taking over the wheel in Rotterdam.
Bollinger to buy Halter Marine Friede Goldman Halter, Inc. says it has entered into a contract with Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. to sell the assets and activities of Halter Marine, Inc. for $48.0 million cash and other considerations.
'Spyship' starts hunt for red herring in Lowestoft FOR your eyes only, and definitely from Russia with love, but is this the new Casino Royale?
Shock as Castor's salvor has award slashed by a third GREEK salvage company Tsavliris has lost a third of its $8m award for salving the Castorlast year after Lloyd's appeal arbitrator Nigel Teare said the case did not warrant special compensation for preventing environmental damage.
Gioia Tauro congestion presents Cagliari its 'last chance' to deliver NEW World Alliance members yesterday began shifting Mediterranean transhipment traffic from Gioia Tauro to Cagliari on a temporary basis, in what is seen as the last chance for the struggling Sardinian port operator.
Jacobs warns of more NOL losses DESPITE signs of a recovery in container volumes, Neptune Orient Lines said yesterday it will not be enough to prevent another lossmaking year in 2002.
Tariffs rise for Asia-Europe westbound The Asia Westbound Rate Agreement and the Mediterranean Rate Agreement will hike westbound rates $250 per TEU, and $300 to Nordic regions.
Customs strike in Brazil A three-day strike by agents ends Friday, but a prolonged job action could start next week.
Coast Guard removes LA-Long Beach captain after security remarks The captain who spearheaded development of the nation's first port security plan was reassigned after he discussed the contents of a security report with JoC Online.
DHL testing CargoReservations system
Former Customs official Winwood joins Sandler & Travis
Andrea Merzario est un candidat pour le cabotage maritime, mais... “Nous sommes en faveur du cabotage maritime. Nous y croyons fermement. Malheureusement, au stade actuel des choses, la clientèle n’est guère sensibilisée et n’y croit pas. Ce qui est important c’est de provoquer un changement de mentalité, car la connexion route/navire offre des avantages certains”... Gilbert Vanooteghem, marketing manager de la firme de transport international Andrea Merzario - Belgique s.a., voit ces avantages sur le plan des délais de transit, du moins pour certaines relations, mais aussi économique.
Delhaize teste un nouveau système écologique de réfrigération Le groupe belge de supermarchés Delhaize va prendre en service dans les tout prochains jours quatre semi-remorques isothermes dont le groupe réfrigérant fonctionne au CO2. Celui-ci est très nettement moins polluant que les groupes conventionnels fonctionnant au diesel, tant pour ce qui est des émissions gazeuses que sonores. A l’achat et à l’équipement, ce système produit par Thermoking est plus cher, mais à l’usage, le coût final est moindre. C’est en tout cas ce que l’expérience devra vérifier. Elle se poursuivra jusqu’à la fin de l’année. Si elle est concluante, une trentaine de nouvelles unités pourraient être achetées en 2003.
2000 a été une année charnière pour le port d’Ostende La valeur ajoutée générée dans le port d’Ostende a baissé de 5,4% par an en moyenne durant la période 1991-2000. En 2000, la régression par rapport à l’année précédente s’est élevée à 5,1% et même à 6,4% en termes réels. 2000 a cependant été une année charnière pour le port maritime belge.
Fret aérien après le 11 septembre: le remède est pire que le mal Le transport mondial de marchandises - et surtout le fret aérien - a subi plus de dommage des réactions aux attentats du 11 septembre que les faits mêmes, dit Larry Coyne, président de The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA). Il propose une série de mesures beaucoup plus efficaces selon lui que les contrôles aux frontières, nécessitant beaucoup de temps et de moyens. Les EU peuvent jouer à ce niveau un rôle qui leur revient en tant que superpuissance, pense-t-il.
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