Laem Chabang to get $653m upgrading THE Port Authority of Thailand is planning to invest 16 billion baht in Laem Chabang Port in a bid to turn the deep-sea port into a leading international maritime hub.
Australia in A$100m crackdown on port security SHIPS arriving at Australian ports will soon require advanced security agency clearance as part of a A$100 million maritime security crackdown to be detailed today.
Truckers' strike cripples South Korean ports SOUTH Korean exports by sea were brought to a virtual standstill yesterday as talks between striking truckers, management and government officials stalled.
Lines on trans-Pacific trade raising freight rates MITSUI OSK Lines, Evergreen Marine Corp and other shipping lines, which lost US$2 billion last year on trans-Pacific routes, started to raise rates by as much as a fifth this month after US-Asia trade increased.
Oil tanker sinks off Bombay coast A Bombay-bound oil tanker from Dubai sank off the Indian coast Saturday, but its 15-member crew including the captain was rescued to safety, a news agency reported on Sunday quoting police.
Air and Land Transport
London needs up to 3 more airport runways: BAA BRITAIN's biggest airports operator, BAA plc, urged the government to build up to three new runways in the London area over the next 30 years to avoid major damage to the country's competitiveness.
Air France to scrap 65% of shorter flights
Charter airline to serve VIPs
Incheon airport's passenger traffic down 37% in April
Boeing progressing in bid to lease tankers to US military
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board Leading global supply chain services provider APL Logistics , has appointed Vincent F Gulisano to the position of senior vice-president of global sales, marketing and solutions engineering, based in its Oakland, California headquarters.'Having completed our regional senior management reorganization, we are set to meet our extended global needs with the appointment of Vin Gulisano to this important position,' said APLL chief Hans Hickler.
Laem Chabang to get $653m upgrading THE Port Authority of Thailand is planning to invest 16 billion baht in Laem Chabang Port in a bid to turn the deep-sea port into a leading international maritime hub.
Australia in A$100m crackdown on port security SHIPS arriving at Australian ports will soon require advanced security agency clearance as part of a A$100 million maritime security crackdown to be detailed today.
Truckers' strike cripples South Korean ports SOUTH Korean exports by sea were brought to a virtual standstill yesterday as talks between striking truckers, management and government officials stalled.
Lines on trans-Pacific trade raising freight rates MITSUI OSK Lines, Evergreen Marine Corp and other shipping lines, which lost US$2 billion last year on trans-Pacific routes, started to raise rates by as much as a fifth this month after US-Asia trade increased.
Oil tanker sinks off Bombay coast A Bombay-bound oil tanker from Dubai sank off the Indian coast Saturday, but its 15-member crew including the captain was rescued to safety, a news agency reported on Sunday quoting police.
Air and Land Transport
London needs up to 3 more airport runways: BAA BRITAIN's biggest airports operator, BAA plc, urged the government to build up to three new runways in the London area over the next 30 years to avoid major damage to the country's competitiveness.
Air France to scrap 65% of shorter flights
Charter airline to serve VIPs
Incheon airport's passenger traffic down 37% in April
Boeing progressing in bid to lease tankers to US military
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board Leading global supply chain services provider APL Logistics , has appointed Vincent F Gulisano to the position of senior vice-president of global sales, marketing and solutions engineering, based in its Oakland, California headquarters.'Having completed our regional senior management reorganization, we are set to meet our extended global needs with the appointment of Vin Gulisano to this important position,' said APLL chief Hans Hickler.
Laem Chabang to get $653m upgrading THE Port Authority of Thailand is planning to invest 16 billion baht in Laem Chabang Port in a bid to turn the deep-sea port into a leading international maritime hub.
Australia in A$100m crackdown on port security SHIPS arriving at Australian ports will soon require advanced security agency clearance as part of a A$100 million maritime security crackdown to be detailed today.
Truckers' strike cripples South Korean ports SOUTH Korean exports by sea were brought to a virtual standstill yesterday as talks between striking truckers, management and government officials stalled.
Lines on trans-Pacific trade raising freight rates MITSUI OSK Lines, Evergreen Marine Corp and other shipping lines, which lost US$2 billion last year on trans-Pacific routes, started to raise rates by as much as a fifth this month after US-Asia trade increased.
Oil tanker sinks off Bombay coast A Bombay-bound oil tanker from Dubai sank off the Indian coast Saturday, but its 15-member crew including the captain was rescued to safety, a news agency reported on Sunday quoting police.
Air and Land Transport
London needs up to 3 more airport runways: BAA BRITAIN's biggest airports operator, BAA plc, urged the government to build up to three new runways in the London area over the next 30 years to avoid major damage to the country's competitiveness.
Air France to scrap 65% of shorter flights
Charter airline to serve VIPs
Incheon airport's passenger traffic down 37% in April
Boeing progressing in bid to lease tankers to US military
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board Leading global supply chain services provider APL Logistics , has appointed Vincent F Gulisano to the position of senior vice-president of global sales, marketing and solutions engineering, based in its Oakland, California headquarters.'Having completed our regional senior management reorganization, we are set to meet our extended global needs with the appointment of Vin Gulisano to this important position,' said APLL chief Hans Hickler.
Torch gets financing for Midnight Express conversion Torch Offshore, Inc. says that its $60.0 million finance facility to fund the conversion of the Midnight Express into a DP-2 offshore pipelay and construction vessel has been completed.
FBM Babcock unveils new fast ferry design Combines SWATH hullform with waterjet propulsion.
Profitable quarter for Seabulk Lower interest rates and stronger performance by tanker and towing businesses
Top-up fund to give oil spill victims better deal - O'Neil INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation secretary-general William O'Neil yesterday heralded a better deal for oil pollution victims, as the UN agency hosted the first day of the meeting that could ultimately define inter-governmental response to accidents like the Erikaand Prestige.
Key steps taken in forming single body to negotiate seafarers' pay and conditions SIGNIFICANT first steps towards the development of a body that will be able to negotiate the pay and conditions of seafarers on more than 1,800 ships have been taken in Japan.
Cruise visionary Stephan to step down from Royal Caribbean ONE of the architects of the modern cruise industry Edwin Stephan is retiring from the board of Royal Caribbean Cruises, writes Tony Gray.
Tokyo Gas pact fuels Sakhalin Energy debut SAKHALIN Energy's plans to begin liquefied natural gas production from eastern Russia from 2007 have moved a step closer with an agreement with Japan's Tokyo Gas.
United eyes 747 freighter ops by fall A senior cargo executive said United Airlines hopes to offer 747-400 freighter service from Asia to the United States.
Busan on edge despite truckers deal A tenuous peace was declared in a strike by truckers that threatened to cripple Korea's largest port, but it's unclear if the agreement will stick.
DOT extends deadline for DHL decision
Zim buying slots on Cosco China service
Gulisano to head APL Logistics global sales
TACA holds on fuel charge
Tankers boost Daewoo quarter
Kessler to lead Horizon Services Group
BAX Global claims strong demand for high-security shipments
Hapag-Lloyd anticipates improved returns as rates bounce back German line Hapag-Lloyd is anticipating a significant improvement in revenues as rates bounce back from their 2002 trough, the line said today.
Korean truck crisis deepens as truckers call general strike Rate talks between the Korean truckers union and Busan shippers broke down late today (local time) and the union has now decided to hold a general strike from tomorrow.
Tecon-2 ditched as Codesp bows to auto-traders' pressure
Unions win concessions over groaning S.Africa ports
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