In brief: Request for Proposals in Marseille/Fos terminal

A request for proposal has been sent at the begining of April 2008 by Marseille-Fos Port Authority (Port Autonome de Marseille) to find a roll-on/roll-off operator to develop new automobiles shipping activity at the harbour basin #3 (Darse 3) in the new Fos-sur-Mer (east of Marseille) terminal. Asian products import market is particularly targeted by [...]

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New scandal in the United States' air sector?

New Jersey Senator Robert Mendez recently seized the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, part of the United States Department of Transportation) to investigate Continental Airlines case. In 2007, Continental Airlines, a member of the SkyTeam alliance (with Air France-KLM), declared that some of its Boeing 757 aircrafts landed 96 times at Newark Airport (New York/New Jersey) [...]

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St. Lawrence Seaway Hosts Ballast Water Inspection Media Day in Montreal

An announcement from the St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation The Canadian and U.S. Seaway Corporations are inviting the media to Montreal, Quebec, on Monday, May 5, 2008, to showcase the ballast water inspection process currently in place for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System. The Seaway Corporations will be joined by other U.S. and Canadian [...]

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French ports: a bill project and a strike

A bill project was adopted by the Ministers’ Council The bill project to reform maritime port authorities was adopted by the Ministers’ Council on April 23, 2008. The law, among other propositions, will impose port authorities to privatize handling activities (cranes operators mainly) and includes a large investment program to increase French ports competitiveness. The [...]

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In brief: new maritime piracy acts off Somalia's coasts

Less than three weeks ago early April 2008, “Le Ponant”, a ship from French merchant marine company CMA CGM, was hijacked. The French luxury sailboat was assaulted by Somalian pirates and the crew was finally rescued by the French military, and the pirates killed or arrested. It is now the turn of a Spanish tuna [...]

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Port français : Climat social tendu dans un vent de réforme

Projet de loi sur la réforme des ports autonomes maritimes : adopté ! Le projet de loi sur la réforme des ports autonomes maritimes a été adopté le mercredi 23 avril 2008 en conseil des ministres. Ce texte prévoit le transfert de l’ensemble des activités de manutention dans les ports au secteur privé et définit [...]

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En bref : un prêt pour Alitalia, des surcharges chez Air France

Alitalia obtient un prêt Gouvernemental de 300 millions d’euros Le gouvernement italien a finalement accordé, dans la soirée du 22 avril 2008, un prêt d’urgence de 300 millions d’euros à Alitalia, la compagnie aérienne nationale en grande difficulté depuis plusieurs mois. Ce prêt, remboursable avant la fin de l’année 2008, permettra à la compagnie de [...]

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In brief: Alitalia's loan, Air France fuel surcharges

Alitalia obtains a government-backed loan for €300 million Even though the Italian Government was not supposed to do so under the European Union rules, it just granted an emergency loan worth €300 million to Alitalia on April 22, refundable by the end of the year. This €300-million loan will allow the airline to maintain itself [...]

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Deutsche Bahn: To be or not to be… privatised?

Whether or not Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) will be privatised is no longer a topical question. An agreement was finally reached within the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands). Among the several options that were initially considered (e.g. excluding local passenger transportation activities from the privatisation process, or extending shares without rights [...]

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En bref: Air France-Alitalia : la partie de poker est-elle terminée ?

Après plusieurs semaines de bras de fer avec les syndicats de la compagnie aérienne nationale italienne Alitalia, le groupe Air France-KLM a finalement annoncé lundi soir dans un communiqué que “les engagements contractuels pris le 14 mars dernier en vue du lancement d’une offre publique d’échange sur Alitalia n’étaient plus valides, les conditions suspensives qui [...]

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