IMO urged to change to keep up with the times IN an uncharacteristic criticism of the International Maritime Organisation , Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore director general Chen Tze Penn called on the United Nations agency to 'reinvent itself and become more pro-active and responsive to changes', after four decades of existence.
US West Coast ports set to open after 36-hour lockout
EU may take row with Seoul to WTO
Wallenius to launch 2 services through S'pore
Almost 700 feared drowned in Senegal ferry disaster
Air and Land Transport
Delta sees US$350m loss, 1,500 more jobs to be cut DELTA Air Lines expects to lose about US$350 million in the third quarter - nearly twice as much as previously expected, because of sluggish revenue and demand - the carrier said last Friday.
Bombardier to sell C$5b of assets, cut jobs
China Airlines expects record cargo revenues
Domestic Myanmar carriers to charge in local currency
IMO urged to change to keep up with the times IN an uncharacteristic criticism of the International Maritime Organisation , Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore director general Chen Tze Penn called on the United Nations agency to 'reinvent itself and become more pro-active and responsive to changes', after four decades of existence.
US West Coast ports set to open after 36-hour lockout
EU may take row with Seoul to WTO
Wallenius to launch 2 services through S'pore
Almost 700 feared drowned in Senegal ferry disaster
Air and Land Transport
Delta sees US$350m loss, 1,500 more jobs to be cut DELTA Air Lines expects to lose about US$350 million in the third quarter - nearly twice as much as previously expected, because of sluggish revenue and demand - the carrier said last Friday.
Bombardier to sell C$5b of assets, cut jobs
China Airlines expects record cargo revenues
Domestic Myanmar carriers to charge in local currency
'US airlines to $8 billion loss in 2002' The US airline industry could easily lose $8 billion by the end of 2002, exceeding the record-breaking losses of 2001, the Air Transport Association said: $1.5 to $2 billion in the third quarter and $2.5 to $3.5 billion in the fourth quarter.
Again loss and work force reduction Manugistics Manugistics, provider of logistics software, said in its fiscal second quarter ended August 31, 2002, total revenue in decreased 6 percent sequentially to $69.9 million from $74.6 million for the Company's first quarter.
Airports slams ending of EU help Some airports could be forced to shut down if the European Union presses ahead with plans to end government-backed insurance guarantees.
EU against South Korean tankers Europe must close its ports to tankers and container ships built in South Korea with heavy state support.
United's unions agree $5bn wage cut The six biggest unions at United Airlines have offered to make wage cuts totaling $5 billion over the next five years, falling short of the $9 billion that had been sought by executives and raising the prospect that United may still file for bankruptcy this autumn.
Anger mounts as ferry toll rises HUNDREDS of passengers' bodies, including many schoolchildren, were retrieved at the weekend from the River Gambia after the Senegalese ferry boat Joola capsized on Thursday in a coastal storm.
Class societies get tough on flag states as IACS pair drop Cambodia TWO leading classification societies are to stop work for the Cambodian register in the first clear sign that class is now ready to distance itself from the most controversial flags, writes Nigel Lowry.
Lock-out at West Coast ports Waterfront employers shut down all West Coast ports Friday night following alleged work slowdowns by union dockworkers.
Gulf ports re-open after storm Ports from New Orleans to Mobile re-opened Friday after Tropical Storm Isidore brought heavy rain and flooding but little damage to Gulf Coast docks.
AA Cargo to stop service to 8 cities The freight closings are in Memphis; Moline, Ill; New Orleans; Portland, Ore.; San Diego; Springfield, Mo.; and Calgary and Vancouver in Canada.
IFB sera intégré rapidement dans B-Cargo “Si ABX ne figure pas en tant que tel dans le nouvel organigramme de la SNCB - IFB, par contre, étant bien repris dans le département marchandises avec B-Cargo -, c’est parce que je suis encore occupé, avec Etienne Schouppe, à voir si les synergies possibles justifient une participation encore aussi importante de la part de la SNCB. Ce processus est donc en cours et l’on en saura davantage à la fin du mois d’octobre.” C’est ce qu’a déclaré Karel Vinck, administrateur délégué de la SNCB, au cours de la conférence de presse de présentation de sa nouvelle équipe de direction.
Liner: la “quatrième révolution” des PC de 15.000 TEU à l’horizon 2020 Des porte-containers de 15.000 TEU, des services tour-du-monde opérant sur l’axe équatorial, des terminaux flottants uniquement axés sur des transbordements de navire à navire et des portiques d’une capacité de 500 tonnes capables de manutentionner des unités blocs de 4 à 48 TEU et atteignant ainsi des rendements de 1.000 TEU par heure. Tel se présenterait le liner containérisé vers 2020 après sa “quatrième révolution”, du moins s’il faut en croire les théories du professeur américain Asaf Ashar du National Ports & Waterways Institute de l’université de New Orleans. Il devait normalement présenter un papier sur ce thème lors de la sixième conférence de l’IFPCD qui s’est terminée jeudi dernier à Anvers, mais il s’est vu contraint de renoncer en dernière minute à ce déplacement.
Le PE vote l’élargissement de l’utilisation obligatoire du limitateur de vitesse Le Parlement européen vient d’approuver le rapport de son rapporteur Konstantinos Hatzidikis (parti populaire européen) au sujet de la proposition de la Commission européenne sur un élargissement de l’obligation d’utiliser un limitateur de vitesse dans les camions légers de 3,5 à 12 t et les bus pesant entre 5 et 10 tonnes (voir LL du 19/09/02). Le texte doit encore être approuvé par le Conseil, mais il ne s’agirait que d’une formalité.
La VBR plaide pour une nouveau programme de déchirage “Une solution à court terme des problèmes actuels de capacité dans la navigation intérieure passe par un nouveau programme de déchirage. Pour accélérer les choses, il faudra se tenir au texte de l’ordonnance européenne .” Voilà la thèse que devait défendre Karel Verberght, le vice-président de l’Union des Armateurs belges de la Navigation fluviale et rhénane (VBR - Vereniging Belgische Reders der Binnen- en Rijnvaart), vendredi soir lors d’une réunion de bateliers à Anvers, co-organisée par le Bond Vrije Schippers et le BBT (Beter Binnenvaart Team). Le dossier de la suppression de l’interdiction de naviguer le dimanche devait également être abordé.
Hyundai Mipo inks $280m tanker deals Chemical tanker demand still strong as UK and Iranian shipowners order up to 11 ships.
QM2 will go to the Olympics Cunard and Athens organising committee finally agree charter for $800m flagship.
Moscow River to deliver oil from Murmansk The aframax will be the first to carry Russian crude oil from Murmansk port to the US on 3 October.
EU to take Korea to WTO European Union poised to restart subsidies as shipbuilding talks finally break down.
EU's shipbuilding subsidy decision gets backing Community of European Shipbuilders' Association expresses approval of EU's decision to take case to WTO.
Frontline to extend equity swap deal Bank contract allows tanker owner to take a punt on share price recovery.
Navrom increases slim profit Rump fleet of Romanian cargoship owner pushed up earnings six-fold in the first half of 2002.
IOC seeks VLCC cover Indian Oil Corp want to time charter large tanker tonnage as its trade increases.
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