Get onto 'good guy list' quick, USCG urges THE international maritime community must pull out all stops to comply with new security regulations and get on the 'good guy list' to ensure smooth trading with the United States, urged Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thomas Collins.
Industry must be able to recover security costs COMMERCIAL realities including efficient transportation and cost recovery are key to the success of enhanced security frameworks imposed on the maritime industry, according to both APL and the Baltic International Maritime Council .
Terrorists more likely to use ship itself as bomb TERRORISTS are more likely to use a ship as a weapon itself than to simply transport a 'bomb in a box', according to visiting security analysts.
Concerted move needed to cope with threat THE first major maritime security conference in this part of the world opened yesterday with some 400 delegates being told that there was no escaping the fact that the threat to maritime targets, including commercial shipping, is very real.
S'pore monitoring hijack probe SINGAPORE authorities have left Indonesia to investigate the recent piracy attack on a tug near Bintan Island that led to the death of one crew, but are monitoring the follow-up.
Tanker sinks AN oil barge carrying 1,000 tonnes of fuel sank overnight off southern Spain in rough seas.
20 arrested in Greenpeace protest against tanker TWENTY people were arrested off Gibraltar on Monday when Greenpeace protesters boarded a single-hull tanker, like the Prestige which sank bringing ecological disaster to Spain's shores, a police spokesman said.
Air and Land Transport
Cathay Pacific's China plans face turbulent ride CATHAY Pacific Airways, eyeing the lucrative skies in mainland China, is facing a turbulent ride as it bids to return to one of the world's fastest growing air markets.
Japanese airlines wage small screen war for passengers
Get onto 'good guy list' quick, USCG urges THE international maritime community must pull out all stops to comply with new security regulations and get on the 'good guy list' to ensure smooth trading with the United States, urged Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thomas Collins.
Industry must be able to recover security costs COMMERCIAL realities including efficient transportation and cost recovery are key to the success of enhanced security frameworks imposed on the maritime industry, according to both APL and the Baltic International Maritime Council .
Terrorists more likely to use ship itself as bomb TERRORISTS are more likely to use a ship as a weapon itself than to simply transport a 'bomb in a box', according to visiting security analysts.
Concerted move needed to cope with threat THE first major maritime security conference in this part of the world opened yesterday with some 400 delegates being told that there was no escaping the fact that the threat to maritime targets, including commercial shipping, is very real.
S'pore monitoring hijack probe SINGAPORE authorities have left Indonesia to investigate the recent piracy attack on a tug near Bintan Island that led to the death of one crew, but are monitoring the follow-up.
Tanker sinks AN oil barge carrying 1,000 tonnes of fuel sank overnight off southern Spain in rough seas.
20 arrested in Greenpeace protest against tanker TWENTY people were arrested off Gibraltar on Monday when Greenpeace protesters boarded a single-hull tanker, like the Prestige which sank bringing ecological disaster to Spain's shores, a police spokesman said.
Air and Land Transport
Cathay Pacific's China plans face turbulent ride CATHAY Pacific Airways, eyeing the lucrative skies in mainland China, is facing a turbulent ride as it bids to return to one of the world's fastest growing air markets.
Japanese airlines wage small screen war for passengers
oadway to debut on Nasdaq Roadway's ceo Michael W. Wickham will open trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Wednesday, .
China Post Spins Off Logistics Business China Post, the country's state-run postal service, has spun off its logistics business into a wholly-owned unit, the China Daily reports.
SIA to run study on no-frills airline in Thailand Singapore Airlines (SIA) will conduct a 'detailed study' on the prospects of a no-frills airline to be based in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, the Singapore government said today.
Cathay, Dragonair scrap talks on China row Hong Kong's dominant carrier Cathay Pacific Airways and smaller rival Dragonair have abandoned talks on a private settlement of a dispute over Cathay's bid to fly to mainland China, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
European pilots oppose longer flying times Plans by the European Parliament to extend the number of consecutive hours airline pilots are allowed to fly is of course opposed by the pilots, who don't like to woirk more hours for their huge wages.
Continued strong growth trucks Eurotunnel Eurotunnel stated it had solid growth in shuttle service revenue in 2002 and continued strong growth in truck revenue.
Master dies as bunker barge sinks THE master of a Spanish bunker barge died yesterday after the vessel, laden with 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil, sank in stormy weather just metres from the entrance to the port of Algeciras.
NOL braced for a record loss of $335m SINGAPORE'S Neptune Orient Lines has revealed its full year loss could hit a record $335m for 2002 as exceptional items take a huge toll.
BAE Systems axes 1,000 UK jobs DEFENCE giant BAE Systems' decision yesterday to axe more than 1,000 jobs from its UK maritime operations has been branded by unions as a "devastating blow" to Britain's shipbuilding industry, writes Jerry Frank.
Bush war talk sends oil price soaring OIL prices jumped to two-year highs as war fever struck oil markets when US President George W Bush increased pressure on Iraq.
NOL expects $335 million loss More bad news as the Singapore-based parent of APL takes a $110 million charge in the second half.
HK shippers warned on 24-hour rule Hong Kong exporters risk seeing their U.S. shipments left on the docks if they fail to comply with US Customs' new cargo manifest rule, a shippers' group warned.
Gusher for supertanker rates The largest vessels are now earning over $100,000 a day as oil producers scramble to charter scarce tonnage amid fears that a war in Iraq will disrupt crude supplies from the Middle East.
Tide of debt sweeps NOL further out to sea Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), parent of APL and APL Logistics announced that its full year losses for 2002 have been revised upwards to around US$335 million.
Widdows: Shippers will pay for CSI
Carriers and ports optimistic over West Coast contract
Shortages, and storage problems force Colombian ports to truck Venezuelan cargo
P&O Ports maps out future North American growth
Big push on Australia/Asia reefer rates
French line looks for short sea solutions to UK congestion
MSL to add vessels to VSA
US agents to arrive in UK ports this spring, while CSI turns focus to smaller European ports
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