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SOUTHAMPTON port, owned by Associated British Ports (ABP), may well have broken all the records but things are not always as they seem. Since the abolition of the dock labour [...]

The historic Baltic Exchange and the General Council of British Shipping are defying the IRA's latest bombing campaign in claiming it is business as usual. In a massive bomb blast [...]

MAERSK Line and P&O Containers have announced the details of their new Europe-Middle East service due to begin mid-May. The Danish-British venture claims it will provide the fastest service to [...]

TRANSATLANTIC shipping lines have filed a major new agreement with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in a bid to end both overcapacity and rock-bottom freight rates. The Trans-atlantic Agreement (TAA), [...]

'A YEAR of consolidation', is the usual response to 1992, but perhaps no company is more entitled to say it than Belgium's CMB. Headquartered in Antwerp, CMB was forced into [...]

KATOEN Natie is still suffering from the effects of the Gulf War and the worldwide recession. Amongst Antwerp port's top five stevedores, Katoen Natie saw 1991's performance suffer directly because [...]

THE European currency should be the ecu, argues Mike Ingham, president of the British Chamber of Commerce for the Continent. Mr. Ingham, who is also managing director of liner agency, [...]

IN three years' time, the port of Antwerp will be free from the shackles of the city and be turned into a private company, if Alderman Jan Devroe, president of [...]

HESSENATIE, Antwerp's largest stevedore, is rationalising its land operations and merging them into Shackle, its logistics and distribution arm. Owned by CMB, Hessenatie's land or dry operation includes dock transport, [...]

KATOEN Natie is keen to continue developing its European Distribution Terminal at Antwerp. This terminal operates under a unique concept, the company claims. It cuts down the stages of the [...]

THE Antwerp Port Users Association, AGHA, is pushing the City of Antwerp to relinquish its hold on the port. Ideally, AGHA wants the port authority turned into a limited company. [...]

ECU-LINE, an Antwerp-based nvoc, will be expanding its African and South American services this year. The company already has services to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Relaxation But managing director, Raymond [...]

NOORD Natie, one of Antwerp's major terminal operators, is suffering from a chronic lack of space. Although this is a position that may turn rival terminal operators green with envy, [...]

BELGIAN Pakhoed expects to open a new 20,000 sq metre warehouse by the end of the year, as the demand for space continues. The BFr450m (7.5m[pound]) warehouse will specialise in [...]

CONTAINER growth in the port of Antwerp has again put in a strong performance. In 1991 the Belgian port handled in excess of 1.8m teus, compared with 1.5m teus the [...]

HESSENATIE is to consolidate all of its new vehicle traffic at its newly-opened distribution terminal. The terminal, opened in September last year, followed the stevedore successfully clinching a deal with [...]

In five years time there will only be eleven mega global carriers or shipping consortia, claimed Conrad Everhard, chairman Cho Yang Line (USA), at the International Sea Day Conference, held [...]

The air cargo battle of the decade is now on. Who will be Hong Kong's national carrier after 1997 when China takes control? Helen Hill reports. A bitter wrangle between [...]

CATHAY Pacific Airways is upping its cargo-carrying capacity by the introduction of three new freighters. The Hong Kong-based airline has plans to increase capacity to destinations in Europe, as well [...]

CROSS-Solent ferry operator, Cowes Express, has come out fighting over alleged non-payment of dock and passenger dues owed to Associated British Ports (ABP). In a statement, Cowes Express claims that [...]

P&O European Ferries and Brittany Ferries have both called for improved rates. The plea is slightly ironic as it seems to be the only issue that unites the pair as [...]

THE battle for UK-Cherbourg traffic looks set to intensify as the leading players step up operations. Lawrence Strover, Portsmouth P&O freight manager, says that the ferry company's Cherbourg service has [...]

'IS half an hour or even an hour going to make any difference on most journeys?' says Bob Shearing, Schenkers European general manager -- a view that is echoed in [...]

PANDORO'S commercial director, Martin Taylor, probably echoes the views of many hauliers when he says an hour gained using the Channel Tunnel is hardly worth it in terms of a [...]

P&O Roadways is considering setting up a base in Rotterdam - a move partly inspired by the opening of the Channel Tunnel. Although, like many other companies, P&O Roadways is [...]

TROUBLED CMB Transport has now completed its restructuring plans and claims that it will return to profitability in 1993. The reorganisation follows hard on the heels of 200 redundancies at [...]

STREAM-Line, a Norwegian shipping line, is to leave Whitby Port, owned by Associated British Ports (ABP). Owned by Trondheim-based J P Strom Shipping, the service will be transferring to North [...]

DUBLIN Port has warned that unless labour relations are sorted out by March 18, Dublin Cargo Handling (DCH) will be closed and 220 employees lose their jobs. The rationalisation of [...]

SOUTHAMPTON Cargo Handling (SCH) is making a bid for more fresh fruit trade. Eventually the worker-owned stevedore hopes that Southampton will become a true all-year-round fruit port. Already the south [...]

ASSOCIATED British Ports (ABP) claims that Southampton is now the second largest vehicle handling port in the UK, following record breaking figures. On 1991 over 300,000 vehicles were dealt with [...]

SOUTHAMPTON Container Terminals (SCT) handled more containers last year than at any time during its 21 year history. SCT's three berths handled 408,880 teus, representing a 22 percent rise on [...]

CMB's pre-tax profits have crept up despite heavy losses in its liner shipping division. The Belgian transport group was forced to release its 1991 results early because of pressure from [...]

THE Red Sea Express Service is considering a further increase on its US$500 (277 [pounds]) per teu surcharge, as the United Nations' forces blockading Aqaba Port step up their action. [...]

CONTAINER vessels calling at Nigerian ports pay up to US$100,000 (55,000 [pounds]) per call, claims the West African Shipowners Operations Committee (Wasoc). The ports of Apapa Quays and Tin Can [...]

THE twin ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven intend to bid for more Far Eastern trade - a move which will only intensify the battle for business amongst German ports. Far [...]

HAMBURG Port claims to be the second largest container port in Europe, as traffic volumes burst through the 2m teu mark for the first time. The port handled nearly 2.2m [...]

SEA Container's Isle of Wight ferry company has a monopoly, but it is not against public interest, a Monopolies and Mergers Commission report has concluded. But the MMC has warned [...]

STENA Line chief executive and president, Lars Erik Ottosson, is to resign. Mr Ottosson's unexpected announcement follows ten years at the helm of the Gothenburg-based company. During his decade, Stena [...]

THAMESPORT is set to lose Carrybox Lines to rival, Felixstowe. Geneva-based Carrybox, the first shortsea shipping line to call at the Isle of Grain-based port, currently has an annual throughput [...]

THE European Shippers' Council (ESC) is urging transatlantic shipping lines to drop their controversial Eurocorde agreements. This follows the European Commission's refusal to exempt Eurocorde from its cartel rules. Eurocorde [...]

JOHN Hackney, chief executive of the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority (THPA), has accepted defeat and left the port. Mr Hackney, the leader of the unsuccessful management-employee buyout team, left [...]

CMB (UK) will remain Merzario Marittima's UK agent even though CMB recently sold the shipping line to SCAC-Delmas-Vieljeux (SDV). This represents CMB (UK)'s first venture into third party agency work. [...]

TORSTEIN Hagen, Nedlloyd's outspoken rebel shareholder, has been appointed to the Dutch company's supervisory board - ending a year long battle of nerves. The Royal Nedlloyd Group also nominated former [...]

TRANSPORT Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, will know in the next few days if his decision concerning the controversial sale of the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority (THPA) is going to face [...]

THE Port of Hull says the abolition of the dock labour scheme is the single reason for growth in traffic volumes last year. In 1990, the port, owned by Associated [...]

STENA Line will be able to turn a 1991 SKr300m (30m [pounds]) loss into a profit this year, the group claims. Group president, Lars Erik Ottosson, is not prepared to [...]

TEESSIDE Holdings (THL), recommended bidder for the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority (THPA), has hit back at critics of its successful offer for the first trust port to be privatised. [...]

AN industrial tribunal has ordered Associated British Ports (ABP), which is the UK's largest ports group, to pay compensation to three Southampton dockers who refused to accept personal contracts. Under [...]

TOUGH-talking, Olav Rakkenes, chairman of Atlantic Container Line (ACL), proves that lunch at the Ritz is not all about tea and cucumber sandwiches. 'We're all stupid,' he says, referring to [...]

P&O Containers Ltd and Australian National Line (ANL), are entering a joint management agreement in the Australian-European trade. P&OCL managing director, Robert Woods, confirmed that the two are to pool [...]