IMO proposes range of radical security measures THE International Maritime Organisation has agreed on a raft of proposed measures aimed at addressing the threat of terrorist attacks on the global maritime industry.
DNV chief exec quits amid internal turmoil
Coastal Bunkering licences suspended
Turkish maritime official's visit
Automated straddle carrier makes debut
Fourth body found in Arkansas river tragedy
Key West salvors raise 1 tonne marble piece
Air and Land Transport
Air NZ shakes up domestic service, cuts fares and jobs AIR New Zealand yesterday said it was scrapping its domestic business class and reducing in-flight services to help restore the national carrier to profitability.
Boeing's sonic cruiser may not be fast enough
CAL crash similar to 1996 TWA, 1998 Swissair cases
Small airline Air Do asks JAL to expand ties
All Nippon's sales target unrealistic, says analyst
IMO proposes range of radical security measures THE International Maritime Organisation has agreed on a raft of proposed measures aimed at addressing the threat of terrorist attacks on the global maritime industry.
DNV chief exec quits amid internal turmoil
Coastal Bunkering licences suspended
Turkish maritime official's visit
Automated straddle carrier makes debut
Fourth body found in Arkansas river tragedy
Key West salvors raise 1 tonne marble piece
Air and Land Transport
Air NZ shakes up domestic service, cuts fares and jobs AIR New Zealand yesterday said it was scrapping its domestic business class and reducing in-flight services to help restore the national carrier to profitability.
Boeing's sonic cruiser may not be fast enough
CAL crash similar to 1996 TWA, 1998 Swissair cases
Small airline Air Do asks JAL to expand ties
All Nippon's sales target unrealistic, says analyst
EU authorizes extra month of state aid The European Commission has agreed today that Member States could continue to provide emergency state insurance cover to companies in the air transport industry for a further month, up to 30 June 2002.
Canon signs contract with Maersk Logistics Maersk Logistics has been awarded the contract for the warehousing and distribution operations of Canon Consumer Imaging in the Nordic area.
H&S Transport to acquire Vos Logistics Heerde H&S Transport is to acquire Vos Logistics Heerde, the food tanker company of the Vos Logistics group in Oss, The Netherlands.
New chief for Railog Günther J. Ferk, born in 1967, is the new Managing Director of Railog GmbH, Kriftel, a joint subsidiary company of Schenker AG, Essen, and DB Cargo AG, Mainz.
Port tycoon Rotterdam arrested The proprietor of the Uniport container terminal in the port of Rotterdam, Hans Vervat, the Port of Rotterdam's Man of the Year 2001, was arrested last weekend when he refused to stop the unloading of a container ship with dangerous goods.
China Airlines suspends 12 cargo flights China Airlines, Taiwan's biggest carrier, temporarily canceled 12 cargo flights a week so that the planes can undergo safety checks, China Airlines stated two days after the crash in the Taiwan Strait.
Crusader gun company to buy U.S. Marine Repair Two companies closely associated with the name of Reagan era defense secretary Frank Carlucci have announced a deal.
DNV boss ousted Helge Midttun yesterday resigned as CEO of classification society Det Norske Veritas amid allegations of insider trading, a questionable employment deal and employee unrest.
IMO sets the stage for ISPS Shipowners who are still digesting the complexities of such things as ISM and STCW will soon have to start wrestling with the demands of a new IMO-required International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code.
UK transport secretary Byers resigns BRITAIN'S beleaguered transport secretary Stephen Byers (above) quit the job yesterday, after months of controversy over his handling of the railway system and the activities of Labour Party and civil service spin doctors, writes David Osler.
Germany puts brakes on Brussels ports plan THE German government has indicated that the EU's much vaunted directive on ports needs further work before it can enter into force.
Vervat banged up after explosive fireworks row THE owner of container terminals Uniport and Hanno and Rotterdam port man of the year, Hans Vervat, was left reeling after spending a night in a Dutch jail following a row about a shipment of fireworks on a China Shipping vessel in his Waalhaven terminal.
Dilmun Shipping tanker 'arrested by creditors' BAHRAIN-based chemical tanker specialist Dilmun Shipping, which works closely with many oil majors, has seen at least one of its two vessels, and possibly both, placed under arrest.
Sinotrans ships entering trans-Pacific The Chinese forwarding and logistics group will launch its first dedicated string of containerships in the trans-Pacific beginning in late June.
Hutchison to grow Panama port The world's largest private port developer plans to invest $240 million to create one of Latin America's biggest container shipping hubs. Weblog: Pilot blacked out in Okla. barge collision
Hapag-Lloyd to acquire rest of VTG Hapag-Lloyd AG will raise its stake in its European petrochemical logistics affiliate.
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