APL holding talks to invest in terminals in 2 China ports NEPTUNE Orient Lines' liner subsidiary APL is currently 'in discussions' to directly invest in container terminals in two Chinese ports as part of its long term mainland expansion, according to its Greater China president Brian Lutt.
SuperStar Aries returns to S'pore STAR Cruises has announced the return of its SuperStar Aries cruise ship after the Sars-related repositioning of one of its largest vessels to Australia left Singapore bereft of any of the Malaysian cruise line's ships.
Riot police on alert in crippled Busan THOUSANDS of riot police were deployed in Busan yesterday as striking truckers crippled the world's third largest container port, inflicting significant damage to the South Korean economy.
Mitsui orders 6 VLCCs in upgrading drive MITSUI OSK Lines, Japan's second biggest shipping company, has ordered six very large crude carriers as it accelerates the removal of single-hull tankers from its fleet.
Dubai to build artificial island for shipping services DUBAI said it was building an artificial island at a cost of at least US$650 million to provide shipping services as part of the Gulf emirate's drive to become a regional trade hub.
Air and Land Transport
Concessions by Qantas, Air NZ to secure alliance QANTAS Airways and Air New Zealand said they would limit seats on some routes and limit some fare increases for five years as part of concessions to gain regulatory approval for an alliance.
Aussie, NZ airports face tough prospects
Sars hits China Southern's April passenger numbers
European airlines' Asia-Pacific traffic slides
Carriers told to raise weight assumptions
US airfare increase expected to stick for now
Strait Talk
2003 a watershed year for maritime industrial relations IT is very likely that, looking back in a decade or so, 2003 will stand out as a watershed year for industrial relations in the international shipping industry.
APL holding talks to invest in terminals in 2 China ports NEPTUNE Orient Lines' liner subsidiary APL is currently 'in discussions' to directly invest in container terminals in two Chinese ports as part of its long term mainland expansion, according to its Greater China president Brian Lutt.
SuperStar Aries returns to S'pore STAR Cruises has announced the return of its SuperStar Aries cruise ship after the Sars-related repositioning of one of its largest vessels to Australia left Singapore bereft of any of the Malaysian cruise line's ships.
Riot police on alert in crippled Busan THOUSANDS of riot police were deployed in Busan yesterday as striking truckers crippled the world's third largest container port, inflicting significant damage to the South Korean economy.
Mitsui orders 6 VLCCs in upgrading drive MITSUI OSK Lines, Japan's second biggest shipping company, has ordered six very large crude carriers as it accelerates the removal of single-hull tankers from its fleet.
Dubai to build artificial island for shipping services DUBAI said it was building an artificial island at a cost of at least US$650 million to provide shipping services as part of the Gulf emirate's drive to become a regional trade hub.
Air and Land Transport
Concessions by Qantas, Air NZ to secure alliance QANTAS Airways and Air New Zealand said they would limit seats on some routes and limit some fare increases for five years as part of concessions to gain regulatory approval for an alliance.
Aussie, NZ airports face tough prospects
Sars hits China Southern's April passenger numbers
European airlines' Asia-Pacific traffic slides
Carriers told to raise weight assumptions
US airfare increase expected to stick for now
Strait Talk
2003 a watershed year for maritime industrial relations IT is very likely that, looking back in a decade or so, 2003 will stand out as a watershed year for industrial relations in the international shipping industry.
APL holding talks to invest in terminals in 2 China ports NEPTUNE Orient Lines' liner subsidiary APL is currently 'in discussions' to directly invest in container terminals in two Chinese ports as part of its long term mainland expansion, according to its Greater China president Brian Lutt.
SuperStar Aries returns to S'pore STAR Cruises has announced the return of its SuperStar Aries cruise ship after the Sars-related repositioning of one of its largest vessels to Australia left Singapore bereft of any of the Malaysian cruise line's ships.
Riot police on alert in crippled Busan THOUSANDS of riot police were deployed in Busan yesterday as striking truckers crippled the world's third largest container port, inflicting significant damage to the South Korean economy.
Mitsui orders 6 VLCCs in upgrading drive MITSUI OSK Lines, Japan's second biggest shipping company, has ordered six very large crude carriers as it accelerates the removal of single-hull tankers from its fleet.
Dubai to build artificial island for shipping services DUBAI said it was building an artificial island at a cost of at least US$650 million to provide shipping services as part of the Gulf emirate's drive to become a regional trade hub.
Air and Land Transport
Concessions by Qantas, Air NZ to secure alliance QANTAS Airways and Air New Zealand said they would limit seats on some routes and limit some fare increases for five years as part of concessions to gain regulatory approval for an alliance.
Aussie, NZ airports face tough prospects
Sars hits China Southern's April passenger numbers
European airlines' Asia-Pacific traffic slides
Carriers told to raise weight assumptions
US airfare increase expected to stick for now
Strait Talk
2003 a watershed year for maritime industrial relations IT is very likely that, looking back in a decade or so, 2003 will stand out as a watershed year for industrial relations in the international shipping industry.
Strong first quarter for OSG "OSG's operating results for the first quarter of 2003 are the second highest in the company's history," said Chairman and CEO Morton P. Hyman
Star Cruises back in Singapore market Star Cruises has announced new itineraries for the 611-passenger SuperStar Aries departing from Singapore
EC says world shipbuilding orders and prices are plunging The European Commission's latest shipbuilding report tells a familiar tale
VLCC rates leap after Riyadh blast VLCC rates soared higher for the fourth day yesterday, helped by nervousness in the oil markets triggered by the overnight suicide bombings which ripped through residential compounds for westerners in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Basques fire first salvo at ABS in Prestige legal battle THE first of what is likely to be a wave of lawsuits against ABS over the Prestige disaster has been filed by the Basque Country in a federal court in Houston, Texas.
European yards face more bankruptcies BRUSSELS has warned that European shipyards are rapidly running out of work and face further bankruptcies.
'Two strikes and you're out,' Paris MoU tells rogue owners TWO detentions in three years will see some ships banned from Europe and North American Atlantic, under tough 'two strikes and you're out' rules that shortly enter force.
Global Marine set to axe 117 UK officers GLOBAL Marine Systems is thought to be on the brink of axing 117 UK junior officers' jobs, in the third round of redundancies at the troubled cable laying outfit in just 18 months, writes David Osler.
BG unveils long-term LNG deals UK gas utility BG yesterday unveiled two long-term liquefied natural gas supply contracts totalling almost 6m tonnes a year, writes Tony Gray.
EU: Report details unfair Korea pricing The European Union again blames below-market pricing by South Korean shipyards for a collapse in vessel orders and escalates its WTO dispute.
Volume up but Hapag-Lloyd profit falls Weak rates cut the carrier's operating profit nearly in half last year, despite a 12 percent increase in container volume.
U.S. sues EU over biotech farm goods
Korea readies force against Busan strikers
House committee to consider Maritime Security Program
Lloyd Triestino opens U. S. calls on AUX service
U.S. textile lobby gets new leader
Second Caribbean service for Lykes Lines
Kitty Hawk adds N.Y. gateway
China Southern m-o-o-o-ves cattle from New York to China
Noose tightens on Korean exports as Busan nears capacity Busan port is today paralysed by a truckers' strike and export losses are spiralling, in spite of contingency measures activated by government and ocean carriers.
S.Africa strike averted, talks begin over future of ports
New MSL service links China to Mediterranean
Adsteam mulls divestment of South Australia port interests
Busan set to lose global ranking as Tuesday's talks fail
Dutch terminal intrigue: the plot thickens
New weekly feeder links N.Europe/Iberian Peninsular
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