Malacca, S'pore straits at risk of terrorist attack THE Malacca and Singapore Straits are prime targets for a major terrorist attack on commercial shipping because of their economic importance, high traffic volume, limited manoeuvrability and the existing piracy problem, say maritime security and intelligence experts.
Expect more security laws: US Customs THE maritime transport industry can expect even more security related legislation, after a sobering US Customs warning that the controversial 24-hour advance manifest rule is 'just the first' stage of enhancement.
December a record for Korean yards FOR the world's three biggest shipbuilders, December was a banner month in a sluggish year: the South Korean companies won US$2.15 billion of orders - a quarter of what they won all year.
More discussions urged on EU tanker ban GREECE, which controls nearly 40 per cent of European Union shipping, has asked for key questions to be answered before an EU ban on single-hull tankers from carrying heavy fuel goes into effect.
Air and Land Transport
Defiant Delta, partners proceed with alliance DELTA, Northwest and Continental airlines are going ahead with their planned alliance, defying limits that federal regulators had planned to impose on the deal.
Lufthansa to ground another 9 planes on weak demand
Airbus pushing hard to win Japan orders for new A380
Malacca, S'pore straits at risk of terrorist attack THE Malacca and Singapore Straits are prime targets for a major terrorist attack on commercial shipping because of their economic importance, high traffic volume, limited manoeuvrability and the existing piracy problem, say maritime security and intelligence experts.
Expect more security laws: US Customs THE maritime transport industry can expect even more security related legislation, after a sobering US Customs warning that the controversial 24-hour advance manifest rule is 'just the first' stage of enhancement.
December a record for Korean yards FOR the world's three biggest shipbuilders, December was a banner month in a sluggish year: the South Korean companies won US$2.15 billion of orders - a quarter of what they won all year.
More discussions urged on EU tanker ban GREECE, which controls nearly 40 per cent of European Union shipping, has asked for key questions to be answered before an EU ban on single-hull tankers from carrying heavy fuel goes into effect.
Air and Land Transport
Defiant Delta, partners proceed with alliance DELTA, Northwest and Continental airlines are going ahead with their planned alliance, defying limits that federal regulators had planned to impose on the deal.
Lufthansa to ground another 9 planes on weak demand
Airbus pushing hard to win Japan orders for new A380
Lighthouse files for Chapter 11 Ferry firm says commuter service will keep operating as talks with New York Waterway continue
What McCain doesn't like about Inouye's NCL initiative Senator John McCain may have lost a vote on an effort to overturn a special deal for NCL, but it's instructive to read what he had to say on the matter
Oops! EC to ban bunker barges? In its post-Prestige fervor to clean up the tanker industry, the European Commission may have inadvertently drafted proposals that would outlaw most of the European Union's bunker barge fleet.
USCG broadens GL agreement Germanischer Lloyd can now do more for U.S.-flag shipowners.
Hong Kong lags in race to meet US box deadline HONG Kong is in danger of suffering a huge loss of face as the date for its compliance with the US Customs' 24-hour rule looms.
Containers left on quayside as lines get tough EUROPEAN exports bound for the US are being left on the quayside by some lines because of incomplete paperwork, writes Janet Porter.
PSA mulls US Customs special veto TERMINAL operator PSA Corp has raised the prospect of US Customs officers in Singapore given on-the-spot decision powers under the Container Security Initiative to overcome a time lag with the US.
Cars, grain propel Union Pacific North America's largest rail operator reported higher quarterly earnings on improvements in auto, grain and industrial shipments.
Union, truckers break off talks Contract talks between the Teamsters union representing 90,000 drivers and cargo handlers and U.S. trucking companies recessed amid differences over wages and healthcare costs.
Conservative recovery plan could slow NOL revival Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) new conservative stance could put it at a competitive disadvantage during an upturn, said an analyst.
Demand for Panamaxes props charter index Panamax vessels are hard to come by at the moment, according to broker Howe Robinson, and that has been nudging the index upwards.
PSA tries to streamline US 24-hour manifest rules
Strong USWC figures hint at US export recovery
Lower Saxony and Bremen press on with Wilhelmshaven project
Slump in US dollar to hit Australian/New Zealand exports
Vancouver reports 27% box growth, pleads for cash
NZ PM stems Tranz Rail buy-back rumours
Kingston romps up box league table, Buenos Aires dives
Swiss test double sized train in Alpine efficiency drive
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