Huge backlog along West Coast remains THE backlog of containers and vessels along the US West Coast has barely improved while allegations and denials continue to fly between dockworkers and shipping lines, sending both sides in the labour dispute back to court.
APL skipping calls to get back on schedule
Tg Pelepas to break even by year-end
Air and Land Transport
Rudder risks cited years before crash SEVERAL years before the tail fell off an Airbus jet over Queens last November, killing 265 people, an American Airlines manager and Airbus warned separately that excessive rudder use could make an airplane break up in flight, documents released on Tuesday by the US National Transportation Safety Board show.
Huge backlog along West Coast remains THE backlog of containers and vessels along the US West Coast has barely improved while allegations and denials continue to fly between dockworkers and shipping lines, sending both sides in the labour dispute back to court.
APL skipping calls to get back on schedule
Tg Pelepas to break even by year-end
Air and Land Transport
Rudder risks cited years before crash SEVERAL years before the tail fell off an Airbus jet over Queens last November, killing 265 people, an American Airlines manager and Airbus warned separately that excessive rudder use could make an airplane break up in flight, documents released on Tuesday by the US National Transportation Safety Board show.
US officials to UK ports The UK government will in November 2002 announce a deal to post US customs officials in UK ports.
Menlo first in airport logistics park Singapore Global logistics provider and freight forwarder Menlo Worldwide officially became the first tenant of the Airport Logistics Park of Singapore (Alps) today when it opened its $22 million regional logistics hub.
DHL and Danzas together in Iceland DHL Worldwide Express and Danzas AEI Intercontinental today announced a cooperation agreement. The companies will combine their air express, airfreight and ocean freight to provide improved services to clients in Iceland.
China Southern with China/Belgium cargo service China Southern Airlines reached an agreement to wet-lease a Boeing 747-400 freighter from Atlas Air and today has launched an all new cargo route between Shenzhen - Shanghai and Liege, Belgium.
P&O Ports acquires Gujarat terminal PSA is a partner in the Gujarat Pipavav Port, which is managed by majority owner, Danish shipping giant Maersk Sealand.
CP Ships announces $33 million operating profit CP Ships Ltd today announced unedited operating income before exceptional charges for third quarter 2002 of $33 million, $1 million lower than operating income before exceptional charges for same period last year.
Experts warn of passenger liability chaos CHAOS looms on a worldwide scale over the future of seagoing passenger liability, after a compromise between diplomats over the revision of the Athens Convention was slammed by insurers and shipping lines yesterday.
FMC cautions lines on Pacific rates AS THE west coast labour dispute drags on - and with it shipper fears of further congestion, delays and rising costs in the Pacific trades - the Federal Maritime Commission has stepped in to warn container lines against violating existing rules on rate increases.
Jones Act ships to help strike-hit cargoes PLENTY of US flag ships are available to reposition cargo stranded in the wrong port because of US west coast labour disruptions, the Maritime Administration has advised shippers, writes Janet Porter.
Cosco and NYK in car carrier link to reap rewards of China's auto boom COSCO and Nippon Yusen Kaisha have agreed a joint venture, Nykcos Car Carrier, in a bid to cash in on China's emerging auto export market, writes Matthew Flynn.
Customs finalizes controversial rule on 24-hour advance manifest filing The U.S. Customs Service has announced publication of the final rule that will require carriers and NVOCCs to file cargo manifests 24 hours before containers are loaded on U.S.-bound vessels at foreign ports.
Union denies slowdown charges, calls for "fair and equitable" resolution West Coast dockworkers on Tuesday blamed waterfront employers for the slowdown in cargo-handling and said it would ask Attorney General John Ashcroft to support a settlement in the port labor dispute.
Les transporteurs et chargeurs néerlandais demandent la suppression de l’Eurovignette Les organisations néerlandaises de transporteurs et de chargeurs TLN, EVO et KNV ont plaidé dans un courrier adressé au ministre néerlandais des Finances, Hoogervorst, pour une baisse du tarif de l’Eurovignette. A terme, cela devrait même déboucher sur une suppression de cette taxe sur les poids lourds.
China Southern débarque à Liège Airport Serge Kubla, ministre régional wallon ayant les aéroports dans ses attributions, en fera l’annonce officielle au cours d’une conférence de presse lundi prochain, mais le site Internet de China Southern Airlines a été plus rapide: la compagnie assure, dans un premier temps deux fois par semaine, une nouvelle ligne fret entre Shenzhen-Shanghai et Liège, avec un Boeing 747-400 pris en wet-lease d’Atlas Air.
L’INE veut optimaliser le potentiel de la navigation intérieure dans l’UE élargie Inland Navigation Europe (INE), l’organe coupole des services de promotion nationaux de la navigation intérieure qui a un bureau à Bruxelles depuis septembre 2001, vient de publier un rapport sur sa première année d’activité. L’organisation énumère en outre un certain nombre de priorités qui doivent permettre à la navigation intérieure de valoriser ses atouts dans le cadre d’un réseau de transport durable dans une Union européenne élargie. Le slogan “Water is the way to go”, doit souligner les ambitions de l’INE.
Senator Lines reste impliqué dans le trafic Europe-Asie Les restructurations intervenues récemment au sein du groupe Hanjin Shipping Co et qui concernaient plus précisément sa filiale Senator Lines, qui de ce fait se retire des secteurs transpacifique et Atlantique, faisaient craindre qu’il en irait de même pour la relation Europe-Asie. Aux dernières nouvelles, il n’en est rien. Les rumeurs persistantes à ce sujet sont non fondées. “Nous restons dans ce trafic avec Hanjin et dans le cadre de cette nouvelle configuration CKYHS”, nous a dit un représentant de la direction au QG de l’armement à Brême.
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