Bimco accuses EU of political grandstanding LEADING shipowners' association Bimco launched a blistering attack on the European Union last week, accusing it of 'political grandstanding' over the Prestige incident and calling for an independent marine accident head for Europe.
Handling volume of Shanghai Port surges 36% in H1 SHANGHAI Port, China's largest, handled 5.219 million 20-foot equivalent units of containers in the first half of this year, up 35.6 per cent from a year ago, statistics from the port administration show.
Air and Land Transport
Japan Air, ANA report lower overseas bookings JAPAN Airlines System Corp and All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's two biggest carriers, said reservations for overseas travel during the peak summer season are down from last year because of lingering fears about Sars.
Lufthansa says traffic, yields up in Asia
S'pore Aircraft to lease six planes to easyJet
Passenger traffic at Changi rises
Vietnam Airlines resumes flights to Guangzhou
Kenya Airways to launch direct flights to HK
Liner Scene
ICS comes out strongly in favour of liner conferences LAST week a very polite and understated letter winged its way from London to Brussels.
Bimco accuses EU of political grandstanding LEADING shipowners' association Bimco launched a blistering attack on the European Union last week, accusing it of 'political grandstanding' over the Prestige incident and calling for an independent marine accident head for Europe.
Handling volume of Shanghai Port surges 36% in H1 SHANGHAI Port, China's largest, handled 5.219 million 20-foot equivalent units of containers in the first half of this year, up 35.6 per cent from a year ago, statistics from the port administration show.
Air and Land Transport
Japan Air, ANA report lower overseas bookings JAPAN Airlines System Corp and All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's two biggest carriers, said reservations for overseas travel during the peak summer season are down from last year because of lingering fears about Sars.
Lufthansa says traffic, yields up in Asia
S'pore Aircraft to lease six planes to easyJet
Passenger traffic at Changi rises
Vietnam Airlines resumes flights to Guangzhou
Kenya Airways to launch direct flights to HK
Liner Scene
ICS comes out strongly in favour of liner conferences LAST week a very polite and understated letter winged its way from London to Brussels.
Bimco accuses EU of political grandstanding LEADING shipowners' association Bimco launched a blistering attack on the European Union last week, accusing it of 'political grandstanding' over the Prestige incident and calling for an independent marine accident head for Europe.
Handling volume of Shanghai Port surges 36% in H1 SHANGHAI Port, China's largest, handled 5.219 million 20-foot equivalent units of containers in the first half of this year, up 35.6 per cent from a year ago, statistics from the port administration show.
Air and Land Transport
Japan Air, ANA report lower overseas bookings JAPAN Airlines System Corp and All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's two biggest carriers, said reservations for overseas travel during the peak summer season are down from last year because of lingering fears about Sars.
Lufthansa says traffic, yields up in Asia
S'pore Aircraft to lease six planes to easyJet
Passenger traffic at Changi rises
Vietnam Airlines resumes flights to Guangzhou
Kenya Airways to launch direct flights to HK
Liner Scene
ICS comes out strongly in favour of liner conferences LAST week a very polite and understated letter winged its way from London to Brussels.
3rd Vopak jetty, other developments to ease Rotterdam congestion The bunker delivery infrastructure in Rotterdam is often stretched beyond its limits for undertaking deliveries currently amounting to around 900,000 metric tonnes per month of marine fuels. 3 developments are underway that will enhance the delivery infrastructure.
Brazilian market update, fueloil prices soften
Japanese market corrects lower after month-long rise
IMO keeps Europe on board over single hulls INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation members have agreed that new global restrictions should be placed on single hull tankers, but their precise nature will have to wait until December for resolution.
Spain PSC row raises doubts on new rules CONTROVERSY over a port state control inspection on a tanker in La Coru'a has raised concern about the practicalities of implementing new requirements for mandatory expanded inspections due to come into force within the Paris Memorandum region tomorrow.
Bulfracht unaffected by Cyprus firm's cash woes BULGARIAN company Bulfracht has said it is unaffected by the alleged financial woes of a like-named chartering partner in Cyprus.
Jefferies predicts profits rise for tanker companies IMPROVED profits will be the order of the day for most quoted tanker companies when the second quarter reporting season kicks off this week, writes Tony Gray.
Customs finalizes cargo-filing rules Under the long-awaited proposal, carriers in all modes must electronically file cargo data before their aircraft, train, truck or ship arrives in the U.S., and before they ship export cargo.
House moves forward on dredging The House appropriations and transportation committees have taken major steps to authorizing and funding Corps of Engineers dredging projects for 2003.
U.S. security handouts boost airline results
Malaysian port admits problems with electronic traffic system
Calif. wants federal aid for rail freight project
Boeing plans 5,000 more job cuts
Phoenix names Rambaud president and COO
Canada defers airport rents
Seabulk to offer senior notes
Dragonair resumes China flights
Box charter rates soar
Claim: Counterfeiting no longer a Customs priority
NVOCC lashes out at US$7.9m FMC fine Hudson Shipping has lashed out at the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) for meting out the largest fine in the agency's history for practices that Hudson says are widespread.
Free-trade zones to boost Taiwan ports Taiwan has passed legislation turning the ports of Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung and Hualian into free trade zones, which it hopes will boost transhipment and value-added operations at all of these ports.
First MSL Bohai rim/Europe loop, as majors fix on Qingdao
French intermodal operators demand strike compensation
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
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