20 June 2006 issue

Headlines

Service

CMA CGM in partnership with the shipowner Gold Star Line have launched a new service to the Carribean called Europe Caribbean Service (ECS). One ship of 1500 teu and 4 others with an average of 1700 teu are deployed on this service. Ports of call are Le Havre, Kingston, Cartagena, Puerto Limon, Puerto Cortes, Santo Tomas de Castilla et Kingston. Departures are on Thursdays Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Sud and CSAV also have slots on this service.

Source : Antenne, 16 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

4 container ships of 8200 teu and 4 other of 10 000 teu for ZIM

ZIM is planning to order 8 giant containerships from Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea’s shipbuilder. 4 of them will have a capacity of 8200 teu and the others 10000 teu. The Israeli company whose investment amounts to USD 1 bn should take delivery of the first ships during the 2nd semester 2009. These ships should help the shipowner to improve current services, reduce transit times on several destinations and increase the number of departures on others.

Source : Antenne, 14 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

Major passenger terminal inaugurated on June 9

The terminal of 6000m2 will be for passengers from and to Maghreb and Corsica. The Major station which serves three berths can handle two car ferries simultaneously which represents approximately 800 passengers. Focus is on international traffic to and from Algeria and Tunisia. The Major will be linked to the future satellite station J1 which should be in service by 2007 replacing the present international terminal scheduled for demolition.

Source : Antenne, 13 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

Transport sector of Mauritania

On Friday the European Union granted Mauritania Euro 3.1 m to finance transport improvements. This will provide Mauritania with experts especially in road infrastructure.

Source : Antenne, 13 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

Closing Gothard

The closing of the Gothard motorway last week caused a huge transfer of traffic towards Italy on the Simplon in the Valais canton. Police advise lorry drivers to use the Grand Saint Bernard which can absorb some of the traffic. This Alpine passage between Martigny (Switzerland) and Aoste (Italy) hasn’t as yet recorded a noticeable increase in traffic.

Source : Antenne 13 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

Building of a freight railway corridor

On June 9th , the Ministers of Transport of Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland and France signed a letter of intent to build a freight rail corridor linking Antwerp, Basle, and Lyon with the help of the European signal system ERTMS. These transport ministers have scheduled construction to take place between 2008 and 2018 and expect the main part of the corridor to be equipped with the ERTMS system by 2015. Signing such a letter follows upon a similar undertaking for the Rotterdam, Genoa corridor in March 2006. The ERTMS system will replace 20 different national signal systems which are incompatible and will soon be obsolete.

Source : Antenne, 16 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

SNCF fret offers link to Rotterdam

SNCF fret is to start operating intermodal shuttles between the port of Rotterdam and various destinations in France later this year. The freight division of the French national railways is expecting to obtain a licence for the Dutch rail network in August. Currently only one train a week leaves the Rotterdam port to France (Lyon). SNCF fret intends to use its own locomotives for the new services. The company has already received licences to operate in Belgium, Luxemburg and Italy.

Source : IFW 5 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

Building of a freight railway corridor

On June 9th , the Ministers of Transport of Belgium, Luxemburg, Switzerland and France signed a letter of intent to build a freight rail corridor linking Antwerp, Basle, and Lyon with the help of the European signal system ERTMS. These transport ministers have scheduled construction to take place between 2008 and 2018 and expect the main part of the corridor to be equipped with the ERTMS system by 2015. Signing such a letter follows upon a similar undertaking for the Rotterdam, Genoa corridor in March 2006. The ERTMS system will replace 20 different national signal systems which are incompatible and will soon be obsolete.

Source : Antenne, 16 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

New customs for Indian air cargo

New customs regulations come into force in India this month, starting in Delhi airport. India’s customs authority requires advance information on cargo shipments, down to the house air waybill level, using a similar model to that of the US and Canada. All data must be filed before the arrival of aircraft.

Source : IFW 5 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

Open skies deal for Chad

The US has signed an open-skies air-services agreement with Chad. The arrangement includes all-cargo seventh-freedom rights, allowing US and Canadian airlines to transport international cargo without connecting to their respective homelands. Chad is the 76th country with which the US has negotiated an open-skies agreement and the 17th such country in sub-Saharan Africa.

Source : IFW 12 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

India eyes cargo airports

India is looking at building five new airports specifically for cargo, according to a report in the Financial Express (India). The Indian finance ministry said that routing cargo flights to metropolitan airports would add to congestion, a problem that could be alleviated by building cargo specific airports close to the major cities.

Source : IFW 12 June 2006

Back to headlines  Back to listing Top

 Back