S'pore should aim to surpass London as maritime centre A government-appointed panel on the transport and logistics sectors says Singapore should aim to overtake London as an international maritime centre within 5-10 years.
Embrace safety culture, shipping industry urged
HK registry crosses 15m gt
Hutchison denies problems with Shanghai port partner
HK to join US Customs port security accord
Air and Land Transport
Boston airport to install system to verify passports BOSTON's Logan International Airport will be installing scanners that can check the authenticity of hundreds of kinds of identification documents like drivers' licences and passports.
Low cost airlines should target Asia
Swissair's grounding could have been averted: report
Taiwan, Czech Republic sign aviation pact
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Catalyst for progress I WOULD first clarify the misunderstanding that Europe was in some way interfering with the normal shipping 'jungle'.
S'pore should aim to surpass London as maritime centre A government-appointed panel on the transport and logistics sectors says Singapore should aim to overtake London as an international maritime centre within 5-10 years.
Embrace safety culture, shipping industry urged
HK registry crosses 15m gt
Hutchison denies problems with Shanghai port partner
HK to join US Customs port security accord
Air and Land Transport
Boston airport to install system to verify passports BOSTON's Logan International Airport will be installing scanners that can check the authenticity of hundreds of kinds of identification documents like drivers' licences and passports.
Low cost airlines should target Asia
Swissair's grounding could have been averted: report
Taiwan, Czech Republic sign aviation pact
Log Book
Features
Catalyst for progress I WOULD first clarify the misunderstanding that Europe was in some way interfering with the normal shipping 'jungle'.
S'pore should aim to surpass London as maritime centre A government-appointed panel on the transport and logistics sectors says Singapore should aim to overtake London as an international maritime centre within 5-10 years.
Embrace safety culture, shipping industry urged
HK registry crosses 15m gt
Hutchison denies problems with Shanghai port partner
HK to join US Customs port security accord
Air and Land Transport
Boston airport to install system to verify passports BOSTON's Logan International Airport will be installing scanners that can check the authenticity of hundreds of kinds of identification documents like drivers' licences and passports.
Low cost airlines should target Asia
Swissair's grounding could have been averted: report
Taiwan, Czech Republic sign aviation pact
Log Book
Features
Catalyst for progress I WOULD first clarify the misunderstanding that Europe was in some way interfering with the normal shipping 'jungle'.
Call for opposition Stinnes take-over The European Commission has agreed to the take-over of the German company Stinnes by Deutsche Bahn.
eCargo selects Tradevision Tradevision, part of Descartes Systems, signed a contract with ECargo USA to implement the Tradevision LogiMan solution as eCargo' systems integrator and global tracking & tracing system.
ABX obtains Chinese NVOCC license The Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOC) has granted ABX Logistics China a Non-Vessel-Operating-Common-Carrier (NVOCC) license.
Dockworkers resumed some actions The ILWU resumed work actions against Stevedoring Services of America, slowing down a terminal in Tacoma and vandalizing a break bulk facility in Portland, terminal organisation PMA stated.
P&O finance woman to leave P&O announced that its Group Finance Director, Joanne Curin, plans to step down from the Board later this year.
Three 747 freighters Air France Air France will take delivery of three new 747-400 extended range freighters from Boeing this fall.
New requirements for single hull tankers Intertanko has notified its members that by October 17 2007, single hull tank vessels (US Flag and foreign Flag) will be required to have a TLPM device permanently installed on each cargo tank
Open registry manager calls for substandard flag "blockade" Ships registered in chronically substandard flag states should be banned from entering ports, said a speaker at last week's Mare Forum conference
Carnival to win hand of Princess bride THE race for the hand of P&O Princess has entered the home stretch, with the arbitrage market betting heavily on a Carnival victory, writes Rajesh Joshi.
Lederer resigns from HDW KLAUS Lederer, the controversial chief executive of Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, resigned yesterday.
Shipping policies 'losing Indonesia $11bn' Indonesian shipowners have again called for the government to review the nation's shipping policies which they claim are losing the country $11bn a year in revenue.
Zim acquires partnerships in agency quartet A CHANGE in policy by Israeli container line Zim has led the company to acquire partnerships in shipping agencies in Russia, Turkey, Italy and Korea.
Siepman to quit as Vopak finance chief DUTCH logistics firm Vopak said yesterday that Reinier Siepman would resign as chief financial officer and senior vice-president with effect from next month, Reuters reports.
Customs: Cargo next terror target A senior Customs Service official told supply-chain executives that freight shipments are most likely the next target for a terrorist attack against the United States.
Hong Kong joins box security program Hong Kong has joined the list of foreign ports that will participate in the U.S. Customs Service's Container Security Initiative.
Tanker rates surge on vessel shortage Supertanker rates soared 40 percent in the past week due to a sudden shortage of tonnage to load crude in the Middle East and could climb higher fears grew that a U.S. strike on Iraq is imminent.
Yang Ming, K Line et Cosco rationalisent sur l’AN Le Liner Est-Ouest est une fois encore soumis à une importante manoeuvre de rationalisation, qui concerne cette fois Hanjin-Senator - United Alliance - d’une part, et le groupe Yangming, K Line et Cosco d’autre part, et va se traduire par une importante réduction de capacité, plus particulièrement sur l’Atlantique.
Le LKW-Maut entrera en vigueur à partir d’août 2003 Malgré les critiques hargneuses du secteur du transport routier, le ministre des Transports allemand Kurt Bodewig a mis sa signature au bas d’un accord avec le consortium ETC, dans le cadre duquel DaimlerChrysler et Deutsche Telekom se verront attribuer la tâche de construire et exploiter le système LKW-Maut. Cela signifie que le péage pour camions en Allemagne sera introduit un mois plus tard que prévu, à savoir en août au lieu de juillet 2003.
La Commission Transport préfère l’intermodalisme au transfert modal Le Parlement européen se penchera aujourd’hui en première lecture sur la proposition de la Commission européenne relative à une aide financière destinée à améliorer les prestations environnementales du système de transport de marchandises. La commission Transport du parlement a des doutes quant aux possibilités du programme “Marco Polo” de réduire la congestion dans le transport routier et de s’attaquer à la pollution via un transfert de la route vers le rail, le fluvial et le cabotage. Les experts en transport du parlement estiment en outre que les économies sur les coûts externes avancées par la Commission, qui résulteraient d’un transfert de la route vers d’autres modes, sont insuffisamment étayées.
Les contrôles sur l’arrimage à bord des camions vont être renforcés en Allemagne Les transporteurs et les chargeurs doivent tenir compte de ce que les contrôles sur l’arrimage des marchandises à bord des véhicules commerciaux vont devenir plus intensifs. C’est ce qui ressort du colloque “Ladungssicherung zwischen Innovation und Praxis” (l’arrimage des marchandises, entre l’innovation et la pratique) organisé à Hanovre en marge du salon du camion IAA. La formation des agents de police contrôleurs a été améliorée, et des échanges d’informations sont mis en place avec les services de police belge et néerlandais. C’est ce qu’écrit notre publication-soeur Deutsche Verkehrs Zeitung.
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