EU urged to support IMO initiatives MAKING his debut before the European Parliament's maritime safety committee last week as the new head of the International Maritime Organisation , Efthimios Mitropoulos spent much of his time urging multilateralism and countering criticisms of the body.
S Korean Q4 shipbuilding orders slip on busy yards HYUNDAI Heavy Industries and other South Korean shipbuilders won 1.5 per cent fewer orders in the fourth quarter of 2003 because their dockyards were almost fully occupied with earlier contracts.
AP Moeller-Maersk wins deal to operate Iraq port DENMARK's largest private enterprise, oil and shipping group A P Moeller-Maersk has signed a five-year agreement to operate a port in southern Iraq.
Air and Land Transport
Bangalore's new $488m airport gets go-ahead THE Indian government has approved the construction of a new 13 billion rupee airport in Bangalore, the first to be built and operated by the private sector, as part of the country's civil aviation reform plan.
Pilots in Europe look askance at marshals
Bechtel wins US$5b Qatar airport job
DHL threatens to abandon Brussels as European hub
Cost cuts carry KLM into surprise Q3 profit
Death on BA not caused by meningitis
Dockyard
Greater focus on securing hazardous cargoes onboard ONCE upon a time, and actually not so long ago, there was an easy way to get rid of nasty cargoes if things started to go wrong.
EU urged to support IMO initiatives MAKING his debut before the European Parliament's maritime safety committee last week as the new head of the International Maritime Organisation , Efthimios Mitropoulos spent much of his time urging multilateralism and countering criticisms of the body.
S Korean Q4 shipbuilding orders slip on busy yards HYUNDAI Heavy Industries and other South Korean shipbuilders won 1.5 per cent fewer orders in the fourth quarter of 2003 because their dockyards were almost fully occupied with earlier contracts.
AP Moeller-Maersk wins deal to operate Iraq port DENMARK's largest private enterprise, oil and shipping group A P Moeller-Maersk has signed a five-year agreement to operate a port in southern Iraq.
Air and Land Transport
Bangalore's new $488m airport gets go-ahead THE Indian government has approved the construction of a new 13 billion rupee airport in Bangalore, the first to be built and operated by the private sector, as part of the country's civil aviation reform plan.
Pilots in Europe look askance at marshals
Bechtel wins US$5b Qatar airport job
DHL threatens to abandon Brussels as European hub
Cost cuts carry KLM into surprise Q3 profit
Death on BA not caused by meningitis
Dockyard
Greater focus on securing hazardous cargoes onboard ONCE upon a time, and actually not so long ago, there was an easy way to get rid of nasty cargoes if things started to go wrong.
EU urged to support IMO initiatives MAKING his debut before the European Parliament's maritime safety committee last week as the new head of the International Maritime Organisation , Efthimios Mitropoulos spent much of his time urging multilateralism and countering criticisms of the body.
S Korean Q4 shipbuilding orders slip on busy yards HYUNDAI Heavy Industries and other South Korean shipbuilders won 1.5 per cent fewer orders in the fourth quarter of 2003 because their dockyards were almost fully occupied with earlier contracts.
AP Moeller-Maersk wins deal to operate Iraq port DENMARK's largest private enterprise, oil and shipping group A P Moeller-Maersk has signed a five-year agreement to operate a port in southern Iraq.
Air and Land Transport
Bangalore's new $488m airport gets go-ahead THE Indian government has approved the construction of a new 13 billion rupee airport in Bangalore, the first to be built and operated by the private sector, as part of the country's civil aviation reform plan.
Pilots in Europe look askance at marshals
Bechtel wins US$5b Qatar airport job
DHL threatens to abandon Brussels as European hub
Cost cuts carry KLM into surprise Q3 profit
Death on BA not caused by meningitis
Dockyard
Greater focus on securing hazardous cargoes onboard ONCE upon a time, and actually not so long ago, there was an easy way to get rid of nasty cargoes if things started to go wrong.
Klaipeda's flash point cargo regulations change to aid bunkering Tankers calling at the port of Klaipeda for oil cargoes with a flash point over 61 degrees (C) can now also be supplied with bunkers concurrently while loading/discharging cargo.
A quiet end to bearish Baltic's week
Japan demand lull creates better bunkering conditions
Cruise cancellations fresh blow to Festival FESTIVAL Cruises cancelled trips due to get under way at the weekend in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, but insisted it was still optimistic it would be able to return to normal operation in time to avoid any further disruption to its sailing programme, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.
Mitropoulos urges Europe to take a global perspective IMO secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos made full use of the chance to press the UN agency's case for primacy in maritime law during last week's top level International Maritime Organization-European Commission meeting.
de Palacio rejects resignation rumours LOYOLA de Palacio has denied rumours that she is to quit Brussels to stand in Spain's forthcoming general election, writes Roger Hailey.
Speedy sale of aframax tankers nets Ceres Hellenic cool profit of $16m PETER Livanos' Ceres Hellenic has resold the two former Niarchos aframax tankers it purchased only last month, realising a profit of $16m in a matter of weeks, according to brokers.
Storms force closure of Suez Canal and Turkish straits SHIPPING in the east Mediterranean was in chaos late last week after the two major maritime arteries into the region were closed due to bad weather.
Pakistan, India seek understanding PAKISTAN has proposed a Memorandum of Understanding for more integration in maritime activities, including a regular ferry service between Karachi and Mumbai ports
Hapag happy with listing news HAPAG-Lloyd employees have responded very positively to proposals for a listing of the cruise vessel division
OMI fined $4.2M for dumping OMI Corp will have to pay a $4.2M fine after pleading guilty to preparing false documents to cover up the illegal dumping of waste oil and sludge at sea
More boxes needed, says reefer boss WE want more container capacity on conventional reefer ships; the more the better, a reefer ship operator told Fairplay today
Kværner news feeds speculation ANALYSTS are speculating about the fate of Aker Kværner's shipbuilding division, following Monday's reports that chairman Kjell Inge R'kke plans to split up the group
Seventeen missing off Crete A SEARCH is underway 120 n-miles west of Crete for 17 seafarers missing since 0300 hours today after their ship went down in bad weather
Calif. bill urges extending gate hours Draft proposal for night and weekend gates meant to pressure transport community to come up with plan to reduce truck congestion.
Record revenue for Matson Carrier racks up full-year revenue of just over $1 billion on improved volumes in general cargo and automobiles.
Self-financing networks are European future, says Austrian road-toll expert The Austrian heavy-vehicle distance-charging initiative which began on January 1 reveals the future of European land-transport charging.
Heavy weather closes Suez Sandstorms and heavy seas caused by winds blowing at 40 knots and over have closed the Suez Canal trapping at least 30 vessels at the northern end of the canal.
Port congestion 'dominant constraint' on freight in US says GAO
It's been a hard day's night as Contship's beetles head back to Auckland
Mumbai bidders given submission deadline
CN reaches tentative accord with union
LA volumes still booming
Europe's biggest terminal operator records double-digit growth
New box-quay helps Dunkirk welcome bigger banana-boats
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