PSA's cost-cutting must not affect port efficiency PSA Corporation's cost cutting, retrenchment and divestment exercise may help sustain price competitiveness and re-gear the bottom line for a public listing, but will fail to keep shipping lines in Singapore if efficiency, productivity and connectivity are compromised.
Greenpeace stages anti-war protest in Antwerp THE environmental group Greenpeace has launched an anti-war operation in the Belgian port of Antwerp in a bid to block ships loaded with war materials from heading to the Gulf.
Tighter security measures in place at M'sian ports MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said Malaysian ports are safe from any smuggling activities, including weapons by terrorists, as security measures have been tightened up.
Double hull tanker isn't the cure-all I REFER to your report 'Latest incident a warning on ballast tank checks' by David Hughes .
Air and Land Transport
War could see Qantas slash 2,500 jobs: report QANTAS Airways flew into heavy turbulence yesterday when a local newspaper reported that the airline had plans to cut 2,500 jobs in the event of a protracted war against Iraq, angering unions who have not been told about it.
CAL shareholder to sell part of stake by end June
British Airways suspends service to Venezuela
Northwest, American, United match US$3 fare increase
Canada's airlines praise 42% cut in domestic security tax
Newbuilds
Superliner gets power boost from Rolls-Royce THERE has been talk recently of laying up some offshore support vessels.
PSA's cost-cutting must not affect port efficiency PSA Corporation's cost cutting, retrenchment and divestment exercise may help sustain price competitiveness and re-gear the bottom line for a public listing, but will fail to keep shipping lines in Singapore if efficiency, productivity and connectivity are compromised.
Greenpeace stages anti-war protest in Antwerp THE environmental group Greenpeace has launched an anti-war operation in the Belgian port of Antwerp in a bid to block ships loaded with war materials from heading to the Gulf.
Tighter security measures in place at M'sian ports MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said Malaysian ports are safe from any smuggling activities, including weapons by terrorists, as security measures have been tightened up.
Double hull tanker isn't the cure-all I REFER to your report 'Latest incident a warning on ballast tank checks' by David Hughes .
Air and Land Transport
War could see Qantas slash 2,500 jobs: report QANTAS Airways flew into heavy turbulence yesterday when a local newspaper reported that the airline had plans to cut 2,500 jobs in the event of a protracted war against Iraq, angering unions who have not been told about it.
CAL shareholder to sell part of stake by end June
British Airways suspends service to Venezuela
Northwest, American, United match US$3 fare increase
Canada's airlines praise 42% cut in domestic security tax
Newbuilds
Superliner gets power boost from Rolls-Royce THERE has been talk recently of laying up some offshore support vessels.
PSA's cost-cutting must not affect port efficiency PSA Corporation's cost cutting, retrenchment and divestment exercise may help sustain price competitiveness and re-gear the bottom line for a public listing, but will fail to keep shipping lines in Singapore if efficiency, productivity and connectivity are compromised.
Greenpeace stages anti-war protest in Antwerp THE environmental group Greenpeace has launched an anti-war operation in the Belgian port of Antwerp in a bid to block ships loaded with war materials from heading to the Gulf.
Tighter security measures in place at M'sian ports MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said Malaysian ports are safe from any smuggling activities, including weapons by terrorists, as security measures have been tightened up.
Double hull tanker isn't the cure-all I REFER to your report 'Latest incident a warning on ballast tank checks' by David Hughes .
Air and Land Transport
War could see Qantas slash 2,500 jobs: report QANTAS Airways flew into heavy turbulence yesterday when a local newspaper reported that the airline had plans to cut 2,500 jobs in the event of a protracted war against Iraq, angering unions who have not been told about it.
CAL shareholder to sell part of stake by end June
British Airways suspends service to Venezuela
Northwest, American, United match US$3 fare increase
Canada's airlines praise 42% cut in domestic security tax
Newbuilds
Superliner gets power boost from Rolls-Royce THERE has been talk recently of laying up some offshore support vessels.
Bad expectations Salvesen Shares in Christian Salvesen, the UK-based logistics company, fell to an all-time low when it warned full-year profits would be 20 per cent below market expectations.
Contship Containerlines with direct passenger sales Seeking to capitalise on the ever-growing demand for cargo ship travel, international container shipping line, Contship Containerlines is offering passenger voyages directly to the public.
ABX Logistics in Mexico ABX Logistics Mexico was was launched in January 2003, and now has offices in Mexico City, Veracruz and the capital's international airport, and a team of 30 staff.
TPG and unions agree TPG and the unions have reached an agreement on a first collective labour agreement (CLA) for new mail deliverers.
Port Klang to develop distribution centre Malaysia's busiest seaport, Port Klang, will develop a RM1 billion (S$461.6 million), 400-ha 'free zone' distribution centre to boost its transhipment hub status through cargo consolidation and logistics activities.
British Ports optimistic Bias towards contract work and a wide geographical and cargo spread helped Associated British Ports to a creditable 7 per cent rise in full year pre-tax profits to 139 million pound ($221 million).
Disinvestment Ministry clears SCI move to buy 2 VLCCs for Rs 640 cr.
Maersk Sealand to launch new weekly direct service to Far East & US West Coast ex-JNP Container Terminal - First call at Nhava Sheva (JNPCT) will be on March 4
Millers allowed to export 1.7 m tonnes sugar to China
Bangladesh slashes duty on Indian rice
India Luxembourg to expand ties in steel sector
Exports of truck, bus tyres total 2 lakh in December
Jute exports may register 47 pc rise
Seafood exporters gearing up to face dumping charges levelled by US
Australian curbs on Indian farm, marine products to go
Exports to Australia register 19 pc growth during April-Oct. 2002
Spurt in iron ore traffic at Haldia, KoPT on rising Chinese demand
New record in coal discharge at Chennai Port
Need to coordinate supply chain logistics stressed
Exporters told to invoice in appreciating euro
CII puts GDP growth at 5.4 pc
WTO urged to provide greater market access to non-farm sector
Govt increases export prices of rice by Rs 50-100 a tonne
Seminar on Taiwan International Machine Tool Show on Feb. 21
Caution over Iraq 'arms ships' GOVERNMENT sources on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday discounted reports that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction had been sent afloat to avoid detection by UN weapons inspectors and are presently on the high seas in a number of cargoships.
Carnival shifts tonnage as P&I deadline looms A BATTLE royal is raging at the 11th hour in the 2003 protection and indemnity renewal round - although some big changes of portfolio have already been agreed.
Legal wrangles blight Tricolor salvage PAYMENT procedures covering the cost of removing the sunken Tricolor were only agreed following an extraordinary series of ship arrests, Lloyd's List has learned.
Brussels swoop on Norwegian tanker giants BRUSSELS swooped on an unspecified number of Norwegian chemical tanker companies yesterday in what could become a protract- ed price-fixing and cartel investigation.
Iraq may be hiding weapons at sea U.S. and British intelligence are tracking three cargo ships suspected of carrying Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
EGL earnings surge The forwarders benefited from the diversion of Asian imports from ocean to air because of the West Coast port shutdown last fall.
Long Beach traffic dips 3 percent Container volume dipped to 334,346 TEUs in January, primarily because of Maersk Sealand's shift last August to the nearby Port of Los Angeles.
Lufthansa, British Airways hike fuel surcharge
Profit increases for British ports operator
UPS' Asia-Pacific president to retire
Russia, Oil Cos. must find export compromise: Yukos
Dragonair expands Euro cargo sales
TradePoint merges with Trans-Euro
U.S. developer buys Asian, French logistics centers
No holiday hangover as charter market index recovers its buoyancy Post-Chinese New Year and the charter market is beginning to show signs of life with 189 ships fixed in January and the average length of fixtures gaining.
Lines restructure services as Venezuelan trading collapses Exports from Venezuela are forecast to halve as a result of a sharp contraction in the economy and suffocating exchange rate controls imposed last month.
FEFC responds to surcharge transparency challenge
Rhine ports merger aimed at developing new business
Australian produce outlook worsens
Rapiscan smoothes transit of US boxes at Port Klang
Bad debts scare prompts Puerto Cabello discounts
EU Ports Package tightens transparency requirements
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