MPA sets new standards for bunker suppliers IN the wake of contamination and corruption scandals, Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority will crackdown on bunker fuel suppliers by tracking three new performance standards for accreditation and intensifying quality checks.
Managers of suspended bunker firms expected to face charges
Bunker fuel prices will rise as supplies tighten: ExxonMobil
Low rates: Fragmented industry partly to blame
China's logistics sector shows great potential
Air and Land Transport
United unions offer US$5b in cost cuts to help airline A coalition representing five unions at United Airlines has offered the No 2 US carrier US$1 billion per year over five years in wage cuts and other concessions to help the airline get loans but the group had not decided how to divide up the sacrifices.
Airports group slams ending of state cover
American Air to cut capacity 2% more, offer Net fares to agents
Ryanair sees robust trading, growing passenger traffic
MPA sets new standards for bunker suppliers IN the wake of contamination and corruption scandals, Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority will crackdown on bunker fuel suppliers by tracking three new performance standards for accreditation and intensifying quality checks.
Managers of suspended bunker firms expected to face charges
Bunker fuel prices will rise as supplies tighten: ExxonMobil
Low rates: Fragmented industry partly to blame
China's logistics sector shows great potential
Air and Land Transport
United unions offer US$5b in cost cuts to help airline A coalition representing five unions at United Airlines has offered the No 2 US carrier US$1 billion per year over five years in wage cuts and other concessions to help the airline get loans but the group had not decided how to divide up the sacrifices.
Airports group slams ending of state cover
American Air to cut capacity 2% more, offer Net fares to agents
Ryanair sees robust trading, growing passenger traffic
AMR ceo fear for war with Iraq Donald J. Carty, the ceo of AMR Corp. and its American Airlines unit said Wednesday that a war with Iraq would likely necessitate new government help for the airline industry, or the nation's air transportation system would be crippled.
DHL with new claerance system DHL Worldwide Express and Open Harbor announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to deploy a new customs clearance solution.
Cargo Amsterdam Airport up 9 per cent Cargo transport of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the month of August rose 9.2 per cent to 96,716 tons compared with the same month of 2001.
Swiss still negotiating Oneworld entry Andr' Dos', chief executive of Swiss International Air Lines, the new Swiss flag carrier, said the group had underestimated the time it could take to negotiate entry into the Oneworld airline alliance of American Airlines and British Airways.
American Airlines raises $617 million in financing American Airlines announced that it had risen $617 million Tuesday through an aircraft-secured bond financing in the public capital markets.
Congestion at US West Coast Congestion is mounting at key US West Coast ports as contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) for a new contract covering 10,500 dockworkers continues to plod along.
Austal USA gets third New York contract Winning its third contract for the New York market in six months, Austal Limited subsidiary, Austal USA has secured an order for a 43 m passenger catamaran for New York operator, Circle Line-Statue of Liberty Ferry, Inc.
Izar and Rolls-Royce offer hi-speed cargo ship design With an eye on the EU;s Marco Polo program and its promise of subsidies, Izar and Rolls-Royce have unveiled a design for a high speed cargo carrying monohull
Left wing Crow puts the fat cat among the pigeons for World Maritime Day Britain's ratings union, RMT, staged a World Maritime Day protest against low pay outside the headquarters of the Chamber of Shipping yesterday, in a move that could herald frostier industrial relations in the UK maritime industries.
Earnings forecast slashed at Stolt-Nielsen Stolt-Nielsen, one of the world's leading chemical tanker operators, has been forced to make a drastic cut in its full year earnings forecast due to problems at the Stolt Offshore subsidiary.
Liberia to pick Deloitte as monitor LEADING international accounting firm Deloitte & Touche is in the driver's seat as the Liberian government considers bids from three prospective monitors for its maritime and forestry revenues, writes John McLaughlin in New York.
Fredriksen's $942,000 punt on Frontline recovery spurs shares JOHN Fredriksen, chairman and dominant shareholder in Frontline, has become the latest shipping company boss to show faith in the future of his company by investing his own cash, writes Tony Gray.
Gulf ports to re-open after drenching Ports from New Orleans to Mobile are set to re-open Friday after rain and flooding from Tropical Storm Isidore forced a shutdown.
Some progress in West Coast talks Waterfront employers said a framework for implementing new technology has been established, but dockworkers played down the advances as minimal.
Japan joins U.S. box security program Four container ports in Japan have agreed to participate in the U.S. Customs Service's Container Security Initiative.
Port Newark Container Terminal opens
More dockworkers asked for NY
China adds express restrictions
FedEx boosts Europe- Asia Pacific service
Stolt-Nielsen cuts earnings estimates
EVA Air boosts forecast
Conference on East-Central Europe transport, infrastructure
Trafic combiné: l’UIRR prévoit une croissance globale de 1% en 2002 Pour l’ensemble de l’exercice 2002, l’Union internationale des sociétés de transport combiné rail-route (UIRR) s’attend à noter une croissance de 1% du nombre d’envois. Il faut toutefois tenir compte du trafic assuré par RAlpin, qui n’est pas comptabilisé par l’UIRR puisque la compagnie n’en fait pas partie. Avec ce trafic, la croissance serait de 2,4%. Et s’il n’y avait pas eu différents problèmes externes comme au tunnel sous la Manche, les glissements de terrains en Suisse et les inondations de l’Elbe, on aurait pu atteindre une croissance de 5%.
STVA entre dans le capital de Helf Filiale du groupe ferroviaire français via SNCF Participations, STVA (Société de transports de véhicules automobiles) va entrer dans le capital de la nouvelle société allemande Helf, qui a son siège à Essen et est spécialisée dans le transport routier de véhicules. Helf est particulièrement actif sur le marché de la Rhénanie-Westphalie et sur les liaisons entre l’Allemagne et le Benelux. Dans cette opération, le groupe français intervient conjointement avec son partenaire allemand Werner Egerland, dont il détient une partie du capital.
Les ports “sans papier” se profilent à l’horizon “L’économie digitale aura un impact énorme sur l’industrie et l’ensemble de la société dans les 10 années à venir.” C’est ce qu’a déclaré Robert Yap Min Choy, l’executive vice-president IT de PSA Corporatin, lors du sixième congrès de l’association internationale de distributeurs portuaires IFPCD, qui s’est tenu à Anvers. Si cette tendance se confirme, les papiers et documents pourraient entièrement disparaître des ports à moyen terme.
Anvers: New Wave Logistics veut doubler sa capacité à Beveren “Lors de l’acquisition du groupe de manutention portuaire américain Ceres, figurait dans la corbeille le nouveau terminal à containers d’Amsterdam. Il fallait reprendre l’entreprise dans son ensemble. Cette reprise s’inscrit néanmoins dans notre stratégie en tant qu’exploitant de terminaux.” Yuji Hirano, executive vice-president de NYK Logistics & Megacarrier, que nous avons rencontré à l’occasion de la 6e conférence de l’International Federation of Port Cargo Distributors (IFPCD), qui se tenait ces jours-ci à Anvers, se montre assez confiant en ce qui concerne le sort du terminal d’Amsterdam, qui attend depuis plus d’un an son premier client. Il devait d’ailleurs consacrer quelques heures ce jeudi à un voyage en hélicoptère vers Amsterdam pour survoler ce terminal révolutionnaire et se faire ainsi une idée plus précise de l’importance de l’outil.
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