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BUSINESS
NEW BOSS FOR NEPTUNE ORIENT
FLEMMING Jacobs will take over the helm of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL),
Singapore's national shipping line. Mr Jacobs will become group president and CEO in June,
succeeding Lua Cheng Eng who will become NOL's chairman. He is a .... |
5 MILLION DOLLAR PROFIT
P&O STENA LINE
P&O Stena Line had a headline profit of 3.5 million pound ($5 million) for the
first quarter of 1999. As the company did not commence trading until 10 March 1998, it is
not possible to give comparable figures for prior years. P&O Stena Line itself said it
had an 'excellent quarter', because yields have increased significantly for both tourist
and freight traffic.... |
ROUTES AND SERVICES
APL
PROCESSES HUNDREDS OF SERVICE CONTRACTS
WITH deregulation from today, APL, the global container transportation and logistics
provider, said it has negotiated and processed hundreds of service contracts for shippers
in the US trade lanes with Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
The new Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA), which comes into effect tomorrow,
encourages carriers and their customers to negotiate confidential service contracts. Of
the contracts APL has signed, the company ..... |
CARRIERS
TO RESTORE RATES ON ASIA-CENTRAL AMERICA CARGOES
OTHER shipping companies are following the lead of Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM).
TMM will restore rates on ex-Japan/Mexico-bound cargo by US$500 per 40-foot container on
May 1. American President...... |
CANALS, PORTS AND STRUCTURES
BREMERHAVEN
CONTAINER TERMINAL EXPANSION
The city council of Bremen has decided to consent to a plan for expansion of the container
terminal on the River Weser in Bremerhaven. The quay will be lengthened by 340 meters in
the direction of the North Sea. Thanks to this, larger ships can be unloaded, also larger
numbers of........ |
EVERGREEN MOVES VANCOUVER OPERATIONS
Taiwan's shipping company Evergreen will move operations in Canada's Port of Vancouver to
Deltaport, starting from the end of April.
Deltaport is equipped with four post-Panamax cranes and has on-dock capability for two
7,000ft (approximately 2,130m) trains shipside. Adjacent is a 35-acre rail yard with four
sets of tracks, the largest rail facility in Vancouver. There is direct access to the
Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Rail systems, eliminating..... |
SHIPYARDS AND EQUIPMENT
CESA URGES
FOR POLITICAL WILL
THE Committee of EU Shipbuilders' Association (CESA) is
urging its member governments and other countries to defend the European shipbuilding
industry.
This follows Kvaerner's withdrawal from shipbuilding, which affects about 10,000 jobs and
13 shipyards in seven countries. Kvaerner made the harsh commercial decision due to
unprofitability caused by low prices in the global shipbuilding market.
CESA has been complaining about Korean efforts.... |
BLOHM+VOSS WILL BUILD IN NORWAY
The German shipyard Blohm+Voss has said that they will build the Norwegian Navy frigates
in Norway if they win the NOK 12 billion contract with the Defence Department.
"We will build four frigates in Norway if we are awarded the contract. We have a
co-operative agreement with Fosen, but will also include Umoe Sterkoder for building the
frigates." says Blohm+Voss ....... |
EVENTS, INCIDENTS AND OPERATIONS
SWEDISH COAST
GUARD ESCORTED NUCLEAR SHIP FROM WATERS
STOCKHOLM, Apr. 25, The Swedish coast guard escorted a Russian
ship from Swedish waters after it was found to be illegally carrying nuclear materials, a
coast guard official said. The 2,000 tonne, 69-meter (225-feet) long Russian ship Bugulma
had anchored at Skalderviken in southern Sweden on its way from St Petersburg to Hull,
England, because of expected bad weather .... |
ALLEGED TREASURE SHIP
BELONG TO SPAIN
NORFOLK, Va., April 30 - A salvage company that found a centuries-old
sunken Spanish warship has no right to the vessel or the treasure it may hold because the
ship still belongs to Spain, a federal judge........ |
VESSEL
CASUALTIES
FISHING
BOAT SINKS, 18 FILIPINOS RESCUED, 1 DEAD
MANILA, Philippines (May 2) - Passing foreign ships rescued at least 18 Filipino fishermen
whose boat sank last week in the South China Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard said Sunday.
The men were rescued aboard five life rafts Saturday near the Macclessfield Bank, about
480 miles northwest ...... |
(AT) LAST...BUT NOT LEAST...
ROMAN SHIPWRECK OFF
ALEXANDRIA
The cargo of a mid-first-century B.C. vessel lying under 30 feet of water about one-half
mile off the coast of Alexandria has allowed researchers to reconstruct the ship's trade
route. A team of six divers led by Jean-Yves Empereur, director of the Centre d'Études
Alexandrines, found a mass of amphoras but no sign of the ship's hull, which was probably
destroyed on the rocky seabed.
Examination of the amphoras revealed three different varieties. The majority, some 495
examples, bore stamps on their rims and handles, and a number still had their stoppers,
made of fired clay sealed.......
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