UN pressed to act against substandard shipping THREE global labour and environmental groups have demanded United Nations action to end what they call the 'web of secrecy' which allows substandard shipping to flourish as the European Union vows to speed up its blacklisting of substandard ships from its ports.
Chinese official boards gas tanker as blaze dies down
More passengers contract virus on Disney ship
Luxury liner condo offers cut-price rentals
South Korean shipbuilders expect record sales
Auckland port's box throughput up
Air and Land Transport
French strikes draw 30,000 to Paris for protest marches THOUSANDS of workers at Air France SA, France Telecom SA and other state-controlled companies have joined a strike by air traffic managers to protest against government plans to privatise many of their businesses and change their retirement benefits.
China to allow indirect charter flights to Taiwan
Beijing to let domestic airlines offer more discounts
Pre-cleared passenger system a double-edged sword
Korean Air fills more seats
Exel doing well despite tough trading conditions
Kuehne & Nagel logistics services for Airbus
Send a gift from Changi Airport
Law to arm US airline pilots still many months away
UN pressed to act against substandard shipping THREE global labour and environmental groups have demanded United Nations action to end what they call the 'web of secrecy' which allows substandard shipping to flourish as the European Union vows to speed up its blacklisting of substandard ships from its ports.
Chinese official boards gas tanker as blaze dies down
More passengers contract virus on Disney ship
Luxury liner condo offers cut-price rentals
South Korean shipbuilders expect record sales
Auckland port's box throughput up
Air and Land Transport
French strikes draw 30,000 to Paris for protest marches THOUSANDS of workers at Air France SA, France Telecom SA and other state-controlled companies have joined a strike by air traffic managers to protest against government plans to privatise many of their businesses and change their retirement benefits.
China to allow indirect charter flights to Taiwan
Beijing to let domestic airlines offer more discounts
Pre-cleared passenger system a double-edged sword
Korean Air fills more seats
Exel doing well despite tough trading conditions
Kuehne & Nagel logistics services for Airbus
Send a gift from Changi Airport
Law to arm US airline pilots still many months away
New York gained from West Coast shutdown The Port of New York/New Jersey is benefiting from 'long term' shifts of strings from Asia, on top of temporary volumes gained during the US West Coast port shutdown and subsequent backlog, according to port commerce department director Richard Larrabee.
Kuehne university institute for logistics An agreement was signed between the Kuehne-Foundation, based in Switzerland, and the University of St. Gallen to establish a "Kuehne-Institute for Logistics at the University of St Gallen."
BA Cargo S-E Asia up 4 per cent More effective use of capacity has enabled British Airways Cargo (BAC) to boost South-east Asian volumes by almost 4 per cent despite the severe 25-30 percent cut in its mainline capacity in this region.
Cargo agreements China and LA Mayor James Hahn of Los Angeles returned from a 10-day trip to Asia after signing nearly a dozen agreements to boost tourism and commerce.
US Airways will furlough another 2,500 US Airways, which filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2002, is to furlough 2,500 more employees and seek work rule and pension changes.
More cargo China Air because of port shutdown Taiwan's largest air carrier, China Airlines Ltd. said today its revenue grew 11 per cent on year in October to NT$6.49 billion (US$1=NT$34.75).
France and Spain slap no-go zone on tankers FRANCE and Spain have increased the pressure on the owners and charterers of older tankers, pledging stringent checks on such tonnage sailing within 200 miles of their coasts.
Lords turn out to honour Grammenos LORD Howe, the former UK chancellor of the exchequer, was among the many guests who attended a surprise reception at London's Goldsmith's Hall on Tuesday evening held in honour of Professor Costas Grammenos, Pro-vice Chancellor at London's City University and one of the best-known figures on the maritime world.
Prestige master tells judge: 'Everything I did was to avoid pollution' APOSTOLOS Mangouras, the master of the Prestige, has presented his account of the sinking to a Spanish judge.
Aegean Shipping hits back over Byzantio 'half-truths' AEGEAN Shipping Management, managers of the tanker Byzantio, yesterday sought to counter what it called "insinuations and half-truths" being attached to its ship.
MBO chez United Transport Tankcontainers Lentreprise United Transport Tankcontainers (UTT) a rompu les liens avec sa société-mère britannique United Transport International, qui fait partie du groupe britannique Yardbrace, via un management buy-out dune valeur de 100 mio. dEUR. Alors que United Transport International continuera de se concentrer sur les vracs secs, UTT sorientera vers le transport de vracs liquides.
La Grande-Bretagne limite le cabotage à 30 jours A partir du 1er décembre prochain, les autorités britanniques limiteront les opérations de cabotage sur leur territoire à un mois. Il appartiendra au conducteur de prouver par tout moyen quil na pas dépassé cette durée. Pour ce faire, il pourra utiliser des documents prouvant la date de livraison du chargement, des documents dentrée sur le territoire, la feuille de route CMR, etc. Cest ce quannonce lAFTRI dans un communiqué. Elle estime quil sagit dun exemple de plus du manque dharmonisation européenne.
Gefco meilleur logisticien paneuropéen selon les chargeurs Le groupe français Gefco - la branche logistique du constructeur automobile français PSA Peugeot-Citroën - est considéré par les chargeurs comme le meilleur logisticien paneuropéen. Cest ce qui ressort dune enquête réalisée auprès dun millier de grandes entreprises commerciales et industrielles par le bureau danalyse de marché indépendant Datamonitor. Cette enquête avait pour but de désigner les benchmarks pour les divers aspects de la prestation de services. Trois résultats intéressants en sont ressortis: ABX Logistics est considéré comme le quatrième meilleur logisticien dEurope (alors que les politiciens belges parlent toujours du service colis de la SNCB), le numéro deux est GeoLogistics et Frans Maas, le numéro trois, arrive en première position en ce qui concerne la couverture géographique de lEurope.
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