ITF postpones seafarer wage hike till May 31 THE International Transport Workers' Federation has temporarily backed down on a benchmark seafarer minimum wage increase, after ship owners and managers collectively declared the hike 'unviable'.
Calls to bring order to shipping snowball
Disney ship disinfected for stomach bug before departure
Burning gas tanker risks explosion
Hitachi Zosen's H1 loss widens six-fold on cost rise
GE Ship not pursuing SCI purchase plan
Air and Land Transport
New Aussie carrier flies in THE arrival of the new Australian Airlines here has opened up two of Australia's key attractions - the Great Barrier Reef and the Gold Coast - to its fifth largest tourist market.
Pilot error may have caused Luxair crash, says report
ITF postpones seafarer wage hike till May 31 THE International Transport Workers' Federation has temporarily backed down on a benchmark seafarer minimum wage increase, after ship owners and managers collectively declared the hike 'unviable'.
Calls to bring order to shipping snowball
Disney ship disinfected for stomach bug before departure
Burning gas tanker risks explosion
Hitachi Zosen's H1 loss widens six-fold on cost rise
GE Ship not pursuing SCI purchase plan
Air and Land Transport
New Aussie carrier flies in THE arrival of the new Australian Airlines here has opened up two of Australia's key attractions - the Great Barrier Reef and the Gold Coast - to its fifth largest tourist market.
Pilot error may have caused Luxair crash, says report
UAL shares up on union agreement and finance plan A group of global banks is working on a refinancing plan for about $7 billion in leases on United Airlines' fleet of planes.
EU strategy to reduce air pollution from ships The European Commission has just adopted a new strategy to reduce the impact of ship's atmospheric emissions on the environment and human health.
DHL expands In North America DHL, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post, opened seven new Strategic Parts Centers (SPC) in the U.S. and Canada.
MISC reports lower profit Malaysia International Shipping Corp (MISC) has registered a pre-tax profit of RM305.7 million (S$143 million) for its second financial quarter ended Sept 30, 16 per cent lower than the year-ago period.
'Terror on shipping foreseen' U.S. counter terrorism authorities hope their interrogation of the newly captured chief of al-Qaida's Persian Gulf operations, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, will shed light on terror plots, also in the area of shipping.
Disaster followed 'rogue log' warning THE Prestige could have been holed by one of 200 logs lost by another vessel in the vicinity of the ill-fated tanker just hours before its Greek captain issued a distress call.
Anomeritis turns Prestige fury on flags of convenience Greece's shipping minister George Anomeritis has said that Europe's own shipping industry should not be penalised in the wake of the Prestige accident by any unilateral measures that are not applicable to shipping globally as well.
Spill takes aframax shares to new highs WHILE fisherman on the coast of Galicia struggle to grasp the full impact of the sinking of the 26-year-old Prestige tanker, the leading operators of aframax vessels have seen their shares rebound from historical third quarter lows to annual highs in the space of a month, writes Mark Warner .
Northwest will expand freighter fleet The airline could add as many as two 747-200s a year over the next four to five years, a top cargo executive said.
FBI warns of possible ship terror strikes
Prestige didn't have to happen: Commissioner
War fears could tighten air freighter supply
AIMU chief: U.S. marine insurance needs one provider
Les syndicats du transport routier tiennent la France en haleine La séance de négociations entre les représentants des transporteurs et des chauffeurs routiers français a été suspendue après une heure et demie de discussions seulement, hier vendredi matin. A l’issue de la réunion, les syndicats - et plus particulièrement la CGT - ont déclaré qu’ils jugeaient les propositions des employeurs “insuffisantes”. Ils veulent que le patronat s’engage davantage. Au moment de mettre sous presse, nous ne savions pas encore si les négociations reprendraient, ou si la grève sera déclenchée dimanche soir. Le gouvernement, en tous cas, semble être décidé à ne pas laisser les syndicats bloquer les routes.
Le Benelux Express d’Opel roule désormais non-stop entre Anvers et Bochum “Une étape importante pour le transport ferroviaire européen, surtout en vue de la libéralisation”, a déclaré Karl Michael Mohnsen, président du conseil d’administration de DB Cargo Wagonload Transport, au sujet de l’Opel Benelux Express, qui a effectué hier son premier transport officiel entre les usines Opel de Bochum et de la zone portuaire anversoise. “Grâce à ce projet d’interopérabilité entre DB Cargo, Railion Benelux et B-Cargo, nous pouvons offrir un meilleur service à nos clients à un meilleur prix”, déclare Albert Counet, general manager de B-Cargo. Paul Goris, de Railion, a profité de l’occasion pour plaider pour un véritable “level playing field” pour le rail vis-à-vis du transport routier. Eddy Geysen, président d’Opel Belgium, a surtout souligné le gain de temps de plus de 1,5 h grâce à cette nouvelle route, un aspect important pour un processus de production aussi sensible aux délais que le secteur automobile.
FedEx lance un nouveau système pour le LCL entre les USA et l’Europe Le groupe américain FedEx a associé les forces de deux de ses filiales pour intensifier le transport de charges partielles entre les Etats-Unis et l’Europe. Pour ce faire, la division de LTL du groupe, FedEx Freight, va commercialiser le service LCL lancé au début de cette année par la division d’expédition et d’agence en douane FedEx Trade Networks en collaboration avec le groupe néerlandais Frans Maas. Selon Jacques Stek, business development manager du service chez Frans Maas, ceci devrait entraîner au minimum un doublement du trafic de containers LCL entre les l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe.
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