Gulf Agency gets massive UN food aid contract GEARING up for what the United Nations World Food Programme says will likely be the largest humanitarian operation in history, the Gulf Agency Company is awaiting the first of what will be an onslaught of ships carrying humanitarian aid for Iraq.
Nurses posted at cruise centre to screen arrivals SINGAPORE's health authority has officially expanded passenger screening to include cruise arrivals in its battle to contain the alarming spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome .
PTP free trade zone gets new tenant MALAYSIA's Port of Tanjung Pelepas free trade zone will get a boost in the next week, with the opening of a new facility for German third party logistics company Schenker.
5 missing after ship sinks in Black Sea FIVE Russian and Ukrainian sailors were missing in the Black Sea off Turkey's northern coast on Wednesday after their ship capsized and sank in bad weather, Anatolia news agency reported.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines urge EU to ease rules for them to cut flights AIRLINES are stepping up pressure on the European Union to allow them more flexibility in slashing services as the outbreak of a deadly virus spurs deeper cost-cutting, global airline body Iata said on Wednesday.
THAI may reschedule night flights
Qantas crew can refuse flights to hotspots
US$3.2b aid to airlines too much: White House
Boeing deliveries down 35% in Q1
KLM to decide on French or British partner this year
Admiralty Casebook
Importer not liable for carrier's unpaid freight, demurrage THE English Commercial Court last week ruled that a local importer's liability to pay freight and demurrage turned on whether it was a party to the bill of lading contracts and not a special agreement between it and the carrier for reduced freight and demurrage rates.
Port Shots
Port Shots WHARF Holdings, the parent of Hong Kong container terminal operator Modern Terminals, posted a one-fifth decline in second-half profit, dragged down by provisions for a decline in the value of its properties.
Gulf Agency gets massive UN food aid contract GEARING up for what the United Nations World Food Programme says will likely be the largest humanitarian operation in history, the Gulf Agency Company is awaiting the first of what will be an onslaught of ships carrying humanitarian aid for Iraq.
Nurses posted at cruise centre to screen arrivals SINGAPORE's health authority has officially expanded passenger screening to include cruise arrivals in its battle to contain the alarming spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome .
PTP free trade zone gets new tenant MALAYSIA's Port of Tanjung Pelepas free trade zone will get a boost in the next week, with the opening of a new facility for German third party logistics company Schenker.
5 missing after ship sinks in Black Sea FIVE Russian and Ukrainian sailors were missing in the Black Sea off Turkey's northern coast on Wednesday after their ship capsized and sank in bad weather, Anatolia news agency reported.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines urge EU to ease rules for them to cut flights AIRLINES are stepping up pressure on the European Union to allow them more flexibility in slashing services as the outbreak of a deadly virus spurs deeper cost-cutting, global airline body Iata said on Wednesday.
THAI may reschedule night flights
Qantas crew can refuse flights to hotspots
US$3.2b aid to airlines too much: White House
Boeing deliveries down 35% in Q1
KLM to decide on French or British partner this year
Admiralty Casebook
Importer not liable for carrier's unpaid freight, demurrage THE English Commercial Court last week ruled that a local importer's liability to pay freight and demurrage turned on whether it was a party to the bill of lading contracts and not a special agreement between it and the carrier for reduced freight and demurrage rates.
Port Shots
Port Shots WHARF Holdings, the parent of Hong Kong container terminal operator Modern Terminals, posted a one-fifth decline in second-half profit, dragged down by provisions for a decline in the value of its properties.
Gulf Agency gets massive UN food aid contract GEARING up for what the United Nations World Food Programme says will likely be the largest humanitarian operation in history, the Gulf Agency Company is awaiting the first of what will be an onslaught of ships carrying humanitarian aid for Iraq.
Nurses posted at cruise centre to screen arrivals SINGAPORE's health authority has officially expanded passenger screening to include cruise arrivals in its battle to contain the alarming spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome .
PTP free trade zone gets new tenant MALAYSIA's Port of Tanjung Pelepas free trade zone will get a boost in the next week, with the opening of a new facility for German third party logistics company Schenker.
5 missing after ship sinks in Black Sea FIVE Russian and Ukrainian sailors were missing in the Black Sea off Turkey's northern coast on Wednesday after their ship capsized and sank in bad weather, Anatolia news agency reported.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines urge EU to ease rules for them to cut flights AIRLINES are stepping up pressure on the European Union to allow them more flexibility in slashing services as the outbreak of a deadly virus spurs deeper cost-cutting, global airline body Iata said on Wednesday.
THAI may reschedule night flights
Qantas crew can refuse flights to hotspots
US$3.2b aid to airlines too much: White House
Boeing deliveries down 35% in Q1
KLM to decide on French or British partner this year
Admiralty Casebook
Importer not liable for carrier's unpaid freight, demurrage THE English Commercial Court last week ruled that a local importer's liability to pay freight and demurrage turned on whether it was a party to the bill of lading contracts and not a special agreement between it and the carrier for reduced freight and demurrage rates.
Port Shots
Port Shots WHARF Holdings, the parent of Hong Kong container terminal operator Modern Terminals, posted a one-fifth decline in second-half profit, dragged down by provisions for a decline in the value of its properties.
Gulf Agency gets massive UN food aid contract GEARING up for what the United Nations World Food Programme says will likely be the largest humanitarian operation in history, the Gulf Agency Company is awaiting the first of what will be an onslaught of ships carrying humanitarian aid for Iraq.
Nurses posted at cruise centre to screen arrivals SINGAPORE's health authority has officially expanded passenger screening to include cruise arrivals in its battle to contain the alarming spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome .
PTP free trade zone gets new tenant MALAYSIA's Port of Tanjung Pelepas free trade zone will get a boost in the next week, with the opening of a new facility for German third party logistics company Schenker.
5 missing after ship sinks in Black Sea FIVE Russian and Ukrainian sailors were missing in the Black Sea off Turkey's northern coast on Wednesday after their ship capsized and sank in bad weather, Anatolia news agency reported.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines urge EU to ease rules for them to cut flights AIRLINES are stepping up pressure on the European Union to allow them more flexibility in slashing services as the outbreak of a deadly virus spurs deeper cost-cutting, global airline body Iata said on Wednesday.
THAI may reschedule night flights
Qantas crew can refuse flights to hotspots
US$3.2b aid to airlines too much: White House
Boeing deliveries down 35% in Q1
KLM to decide on French or British partner this year
Admiralty Casebook
Importer not liable for carrier's unpaid freight, demurrage THE English Commercial Court last week ruled that a local importer's liability to pay freight and demurrage turned on whether it was a party to the bill of lading contracts and not a special agreement between it and the carrier for reduced freight and demurrage rates.
Port Shots
Port Shots WHARF Holdings, the parent of Hong Kong container terminal operator Modern Terminals, posted a one-fifth decline in second-half profit, dragged down by provisions for a decline in the value of its properties.
Umm Qasr cleared but dredging concerns linger UMM Qasr has finally been given the go-ahead to accept aid shipments, a British army spokesman in the captured Iraqi city confirmed yesterday, writes David Osler.
Fury over French flag plans A PROPOSAL to set up a new French international register which would virtually eliminate the French nationality requirement aboard French flag vessels has stirred up controversy between French owners and seafarers' unions even before the government has had a chance to take up a position on the issue.
Daewoo enjoys $846m bonanza thanks to oil platform and tanker orders DAEWOO Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has snared its largest contract, winning a $703m oil platform order in addition to $143m in tanker orders.
Shipowners back Lloyd's war agency INTERNATIONAL shipowners have lent financial backing to what is said to be the first dedicated marine war risks underwriting agency to be established at Lloyd's - and the agency has already signed deals to cover ships taking food aid to Iraq.
JP Morgan Chase takes over three Pegasus tankers JP Morgan Chase is understood to have taken over three Pegasus Shipping group tankers as mortgagee in possession over alleged debt servicing issues, writes Nigel Lowry and Tony Gray.
Shipper concern over airline cutbacks Concern is deepening among airfreight shippers, forwarders and airline executives over the impact of the Asian virus SARS and the war in Iraq.
New maritime security bill introduced Sen. Diane Feinstein of California this week introduced the Anti-Terrorism and Port Security Act of 2003 to bolster port security efforts that began last year with the Maritime Transportation Security Act and the Trade Act of 2002.
Senate turns down Hollings port proposal
Border Protection Bureau misses budget hearing
Hong Kong frets over possible air-cargo security proposals
Busan New Port gets early berths Three container berths at Busan New port will be built two years earlier than originally planned The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF) reported.
Dongnama aims for Pacific service within three years
Australian trade decline hits earlier than anticipated
Russia and Kazakhstan enter intermodal joint venture
US report reveals shipping and rail suffered least following Al Qaeda attacks
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