Pacific Shipper articles from April 2005

Pacific Shipper archives from April 2005

The Spill Spell.
April 1, 2005... It was 16 years ago that the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound and spilled about 1 million gallons of crude oil into a pristine natural habitat. It was the largest oil spill ever in U.S. waters and one of those...

FedEx Expands Truck Network.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload unit of FedEx Corp., is continuing its nationwide expansion strategy by opening four new service centers and expanding a fifth facility to meet growing customer demand throughout the U.S. Newly built...

Pasha Makes First Call in Hawaii.(service launch by Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines made its first call in Honolulu last week, the latest stop in the carrier's maiden voyage, opening roll-on, roll-off service between the island and the mainland. The 579-foot Jean Anne, which has capacity of...

Sea Containers Charges Hit Bottom Line.(company sales and earnings)
April 1, 2005... Container lessor Sea Containers Ltd. said last week that it swung to a loss in the latest fourth quarter from a profit last year, because of an asset impairment charge and additional costs to settle certain rail contract matters with the...

Nyk Lights Up Ships to Boost Security.(installation of searchlights by Nippon Yusen KK)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line has introduced high illumination searchlights to better protect its vessels from would-be pirates and terrorists. The Japanese liner said searchlights will be installed on all of its 11 liquefied natural gas...

Bnsf to Adopt Mileage Fuel Surcharge Next Year.(prices and rates of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... BNSF Railway said it would assess fuel surcharges based on mileage next year instead of a percentage of a shipper's freight bill. Taking effect on Jan. 1, the mileage-based surcharge will be the railroad industry's first, BNSF officials said in...

Arnold Is Back and Seeking Transportation Efficiencies.(transportation policy of Arnold Schwarzenegger)
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Stephanie Nall California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's trip to Japan in November was designed as a routine trade mission. He took with him an entourage of California business executives -- mostly those in the travel and tourist...

Alameda Corridor Looks at Short-Haul Intermodal Rail Potential.(service launch by Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority)
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo John Doherty looks east and sees potential for inland rail and truck hubs that could relieve pressure on Southern California marine terminals and freeways. The chief executive of the Alameda Corridor...

C-Tpat Security Criteria for Importers.(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)(Excerpt)
April 1, 2005... The minimum-security criteria for importers became effective on March 25, according to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert C. Bonner. The agency statement is excerpted below: Importers who have not yet joined the Customs-Trade...

Seattle, Tacoma Teus Surge Through February, Portland Down 44 Percent.
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto The numbers through February tell the Pacific Northwest port story: Seattle and Tacoma are racing ahead, while Portland is lagging. Driven by the continuing strong growth of the Asia trade and trans-Pacific...

Customs Issues Final C-Tpat Rules.(Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Importers that participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism have a new set of deadlines to upgrade their security to new voluntary guidelines. Customs and Border Protection posted a final version of the long-awaited...

Asian Shippers Hit Carrier Warnings on Rate Hikes.(Asian Shippers Council)
April 1, 2005... A coalition of Asian shipper organizations blasted a group representing ocean carriers for suggesting that they may recommend additional rate increases beyond those already scheduled to take effect May 1 in the eastbound trans-Pacific market....

Asia-Us Trade Eyed in Canadian Measure.(transportation policy of Canada)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Courtney Tower The Canadian government last month introduced legislation to strengthen its control over key transport gateways to the U.S. and help its ports handle surging trade. The proposed amendments to the Canada...

Cn Avoids Strike.(contract between Canadian National Railway Co. and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Canadian National Railway Co. reached a tentative labor deal with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, averting a planned strike. Union members withheld details of the four-year contract -- retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004 --...

Seabulk and Seacor Merge.(SEACOR Holdings Inc., Seabulk International Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Seabulk International and Seacor Holdings recently signed an agreement to merge their public companies.The board of directors at both companies unanimously approved the merger, which will give Seabulk stockholders, subject to limited...

Organized Cargo Theft Adapts to New Security Environment.
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Angela Greiling Keane The cost of organized retail theft to the retail industry is estimated to be $15 billion to $30 billion annually. Past estimates ranged as high as $50 billion but likely were inflated. The industry and the...

Dhl Launches $160 Million Us Automation Project.(technology application of DHL Express)
April 1, 2005... DHL, the express unit of Germany's Deutsche Post, is launching a $160 million project to automate and integrate its U.S. hub operations. The initiative, which DHL said is the express industry's largest-single purchase of tilt-tray loop...

Federal Judge Seeks Bush Plan on Rail Security.(Emmet G. Sullivan)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A federal judge recently asked the Bush administration to explain what it is doing to safeguard the nation's rail network from terrorist attack. The request came last month by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who is hearing a motion...

Mol Launches New India Services.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... MOL is launching a new service between the Port of Nhava Sheva in Mumbai, India, and Malacca Straits ports to meet expanding cargo traffic to and from India. The Nhava Sheva Straits Service will use three container ships under a...

Chennai, Mumbai Charges End.(India-Pakistan-Bangladesh-Ceylon conference)(congestion surcharge)
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: N. Vasuki Rao Carriers operating on the India-Europe trade route have withdrawn the $15-per-TEU congestion surcharge imposed on Chennai Container Terminal, effective March 22. In a notice to the trade, the...

Hapag-Lloyd Reports Record Operating Profit.(Hapag-Lloyd AG)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Hapag-Lloyd, Germany's biggest container shipping line, last month reported record operating profit for the second year in a row, driven by strong growth in traffic and higher freight rates. The company, a unit of TUI, Europe's biggest...

Nyk Sees Fleet Expansion, Big Profit by 2008.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... NYK Group said it plans to add 220 vessels to its fleet in a bid to push yearly earnings to nearly $1 billion by early 2008. The Tokyo-based company said that it is targeting consolidated revenue of 1.8 trillion yen ($18 billion), operating...

Schenker Builds New Distribution Network in Russia.(Schenker AG)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Schenker said it is building a new scheduled distribution network in Russia, connecting the 20 biggest cities covering the European part of Russia, plus the Ural and West Siberia areas. The network will open to traffic in the coming weeks,...

Trade War Looms: Airbus-Boeing Aircraft Subsidy Talks Falling Apart.
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto With the European Union apparently unwilling to move away from launch aid for new Airbus Industrie aircraft and the U.S. dragging its heels on eliminating tax breaks that help Boeing Co., a trade battle decided in...

Strong Dry-Bulk Market Brings Ipo Wave.(Diana Shipping Inc.)(initial public offerings)
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto Diana Shipping Inc., riding a surge of historically high dry-bulk vessel charter rates, has completed the latest in a recent wave of maritime industry initial public offerings. The company sailed smoothly onto...

Lower Canadian Tolls Aimed at New Cargo, Short-Sea Shipping.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Courtney Tower Canada raised tolls and ship charges by 1.7 percent on March 24 for 13 of the St. Lawrence Seaway's 15 locks but has cut other charges in a bid to attract new customers to the binational waterway. Canada's St....

Duluth Opens Its Shipping Season.(The Port of Duluth-Superior)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Port of Duluth-Superior's 2005 Great Lakes commercial navigation season was scheduled to begin on March 26. The Minnesota port said the Interlake Steamship Co.'s Lee A. Tregurtha was the first ship scheduled to call, and was to load at...

TriStar Transload Pnw Expansion Project Breaks Ground.
April 1, 2005... TriStar Transload PNW began construction on its new 12-acre site at the Port of Vancouver, Wash., bordered by Lower River Road and Gateway Avenue in the northwest corner of Terminal 4 at Parcel 1C. Turning the traditional spade of dirt at a...

Taca's Congestion Surcharge Suspension Is Extended.(Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement said the suspension of its congestion surcharge at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will be extended through April 30. The lines had published charges of $200 per 20-foot container and $400...

Sarbanes-Oxley Brings Heavy Cost to Shippers, Transport Companies.
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: William Hoffman The impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is hitting public companies with the kind of speed a well-oiled supply chain might bring. Complying with the corporate governance law is costing shippers and transport...

Australia and New Zealand.
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: Richard Knee Rebounding economies in Australia and New Zealand coupled with the strengthening of their currencies against the U.S. dollar are fueling growth in U.S.-to-Oceania cargo traffic. But a ranking executive with an ocean...

Eva, Shanghai Airlines Plan Joint Air-Cargo Venture.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The sister company of Evergreen Marine and Taiwan's second-largest airline, EVA Airways, plan to form a joint venture air-cargo company with China's Shanghai Airlines, according to a recent news report. The United Daily News quoted...

Lufthansa Cargo Posts Profit on Higher Capacity, Americas Growth.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Lufthansa Cargo, the world's biggest international airfreight carrier, swung to a profit of 34 million euros ($44.2 million) in 2004 from a loss of $20.8 million a year ago as double-digit volume growth in Asia and the Americas outweighed...

Dhl Reduces Us Loss.(Deutsche Post World)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Shrinking losses at its U.S. unit will help Deutsche Post World Net, Europe's biggest postal and logistics service provider, post 2005 net income of about 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion). The company said last month that new accounting...

World Airways Expands Wet-Lease Activity.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... World Airways is taking a larger role in the international freighter wet-lease market with new contracts to operate all-cargo flights for Air Canada Cargo and Thai Air Cargo. The deals mean the carrier has booked more than $200 million of...

Yellow Roadway Forecasts Stronger Earnings.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Trucking company Yellow Roadway Corp. forecast stronger quarterly earnings than it had previously expected, citing stable pricing. The company, the largest national shared-loads carrier, last month said it expects first-quarter profit at...

Us Exporters Leave Duty Savings on the Table.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A big majority of U.S. exporters are not taking full advantage of duty savings associated with new preferential free-trade programs such as the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement, according to a new study conducted by Vastera Inc., a provider...

Abf Used Electronic Manifest System at Canadian Border.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ABF Freight System said it used the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's electronic manifest system to carry goods into the U.S. from Canada at Blaine, Wash., last month. The Fort Smith, Ark.-based less-than-truckload carrier claims to be...

Cp Buys Hybrids.(Canadian Pacific Railway)(RailPower Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Looking to reduce maintenance and fuel costs, Canadian Pacific Railway agreed to buy 35 hybrid locomotives over a four-year period from RailPower Technologies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the deal, seven of...

Ltl Surge Leaves Central Freight Behind.
April 1, 2005... The surging national less-than-truckload economy isn't helping Central Freight Lines. The troubles at the Waco, Texas, regional carrier are deepening, with a new warning about potential accounting troubles adding to further bad financial...

Fmc Settles Alleged Violations.(Federal Maritime Commission)
April 1, 2005... BYLINE: R.G. Edmonson The Federal Maritime Commission announced that it has collected $514,500 from18 maritime companies for alleged violations of the Shipping Act of 1984. The companies pay settlements without admitting violation of...

Port Caucus Names New Leaders.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A congressional caucus designed to focus attention to port security has new leadership. The bipartisan, bicameral group's leaders for the 109th Congress are Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii; Rep. Dutch...

Customs' Browning Joins Trade Advisory Group.(Appointment of Douglas M. Browning as senior vice president )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Douglas M. Browning, the former deputy commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has joined Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services as senior vice president for global border modernization. Based in Washington D.C., Browning...

Jean Anne Christened.(partnerships of Strong Vessel Operators)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... With banners and bunting fluttering in the background, several hundred people attended a christening ceremony last month in San Diego for the Jean Anne, a new pure-car-truck-carrier built for the U.S. mainland-to-Hawaii trade. The Jean Anne...

Brown Joins Marine Exchange Board.(Marine Exchange of Southern California)(Matthew Brown joined board of directors)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Matthew Brown has joined the board of directors of the Marine Exchange of Southern California. Brown, who represents tanker operators on the board, is operations manager for ChevronTexaco Shipping Co. LLC in Southern California. His duties and...

Cbm Acquires Back Aviation.(Commonwealth Business Media Inc)(BACK Aviation Solutions,)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Commonwealth Business Media Inc. has acquired BACK Aviation Solutions, a leading provider of aviation and air-transportation information. BACK's product portfolio includes information services, strategic and technical consulting, custom...

Hub Group Promotes Yeager.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Hub Group Inc. appointed Mark A. Yeager president and chief operating officer, a position in which he will have responsibility for sales, intermodal operations and the highway and logistics divisions of the company. Thomas L. Hardin, who...

Keeping Up with the Jones Act.
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Stephanie Nall A few years ago when I was covering transportation in Washington, D.C., there was great lamentation about the death of the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Recent events have proved that the reports of the death were...

Maritime Policy Stalled by Lack of Funding.(national marine transportation system policy)(SEA 21)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: R.G. Edmonson Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said last week that implementing a comprehensive national marine transportation system policy will require more money than the White House has allocated for fiscal 2006. ...

WhereNet Offers Rfid Box Locator.(WhereNet Corp.)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Bill Mongelluzzo West Coast terminal operators are moving quickly to automate their container yard operations in preparation for what they expect will be another record-breaking peak season. WhereNet Corp. on April 5 made...

PierPass Awards Contract.(Affiliated Computer Services Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... Affiliated Computer Services Inc., a Dallas technology outsourcing firm, said PierPass, the consortium of terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, awarded it a contract to develop and operate the ports' peak-hour...

US to Consider China Textile Curbs.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... Following a preliminary report that showed an explosive increase in apparel and textiles imports since January, the U.S. government announced on April 5 that it will consider imposing safeguard provisions on certain textiles from China. ...

Hawaii Spurs a Building Boom -- for Us Shipyards.(United States)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Stephanie Nall The question isn't a variation of the old, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" joke. It's the beginning of a television commercial running in Hawaii. And the answer is, "On a Matson ship." Matson Navigation...

Mississippi River Barge Fleet Shrinking.
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Janet Plume Barge traffic resumed on the upper Mississippi River two weeks ago, as it does every spring, with a ceremony attended by politicians and dignitaries to mark the passage of the season's first towboat through Lock and Dam...

Group Seeks Repeal of Byrd Amendment.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Alan Field The Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, or the CITAC, renewed its call for Congress to repeal the Byrd Amendment, following announcements by the European Union, Canada and other governments that U.S. products...

FMC Exempts Cscl Unit from Controlled Carrier Provision.(Federal Maritime Commission exempts China Shipping Container Lines)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... The Federal Maritime Commission has given China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) an exemption from a provision of the Controlled Carrier Act that prevents state-owned shipping companies from engaging in predatory pricing. The line is a...

Report Cites Us Trade Challenges.(United States)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its 2005 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, an annual report documenting foreign trade and investment barriers and U.S. efforts to reduce and eliminate them. The...

US Likes EU's WTO Pick.(appointment of Pascal Lamy as head of World Trade Organization)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... The European Union's choice to head the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, is a "very strong candidate," U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said earlier this month, adding that the United States would be happy if he is selected....

Dot Authorizes Final Phase of Direct China Air-Cargo Flights.(Department of Transportation)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto The U.S. Department of Transportation on April 1 gave final approvals for the last phase of direct air-cargo flights available next year into China under a Sino-U.S. agreement. The DOT's order made final the...

Ocean Carriers to Increase Panama Canal Transit Fees.
April 8, 2005... The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement and the European-South Pacific and Magellan Freight Conference announced in separate statements that they will revise their Panama Canal transit fees, eastbound...

Maersk Posts Record Profit.(Maersk Sealand)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world's biggest shipping group, reported a record profit in 2004 on surging volume and strong freight rates for its container business. The Danish company's tanker fleet also benefited from...

Un Seeks Transport Program for Landlocked Developing Countries.(United Nations)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... A United Nations official recently called on global organizations to establish programs to solve the transport problems impeding free trade by landlocked developing countries. Anwarul K. Chowdhury at a meeting in Kazakhstan also urged the...

P&O Nedlloyd Orders Mega-Ships.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Bruce Barnard P&O Nedlloyd, the world's fourth-largest container shipping line, signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea for five 8,600-TEU container ships. The carrier said the new ships would help it...

Chinese Investing in Infrastructure.(Port of Shenzhen)
April 8, 2005... Chinese cities and provinces are building and improving ports, roads, bridges and logistics parks nationwide. According to reports in Xinhua News, Liaoning province in northeastern China, the closest gateway to Korea, plans to spend $2.4...

Psa Adds Berths in Singapore.(PSA Corporation Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... PSA Corp. said it is adding three new berths at Singapore's Pasir Panjang Terminal to accommodate growing container trade. The Singapore-based terminal operator said it needs to increase capacity to meet annual projected growth of about 1...

Cma Cgm Announces New Asia-South America Service.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... CMA CGM will launch a new weekly service on May 18 in partnership with China Shipping Container Lines and Maruba. The new service, Seas, will replace the carrier's current ASAX service. Ten vessels of 2,500-TEU average capacity will be...

Chinese Premier Urges Economic Controls.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... China's overheating economy needs strict control, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at an executive meeting of China's central government, the State Council, on March 30. Economic structural reform is a "major task" of his government for...

Second Container Terminal Planned for Chennai, India.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... The Indian government will set up a second container terminal at the congested Port of Chennai. The new terminal, estimated to cost 4.9 billion rupees ($112 million), will be a joint venture between the state-owned port and a private...

Classification Spells the Difference on Duty Rates and Quotas.
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: William Armbruster When is a camisole outerwear or underwear? It's not just a question for fashion designers, or for parents of teenage girls deciding whether a certain garment is appropriate for their daughters to wear in public....

DHL Makes a Pitch with Baseball.(Major League Baseball)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Peter Calautti Love the Red Sox? Hate the Yankees? It's all the same to DHL Worldwide. That's because the Belgian express company is betting Americans' romance with baseball will help it woo more customers in its battle for a share...

Up Plans $1.3 Billion Upgrade.(Union Pacific Corp)
April 8, 2005... Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. railroad in terms of revenue and one of two carriers handling intermodal shipments into and out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, said it plans to spend $1.3 billion this year to improve its...

Ei Ai Posts Loss Despite Cargo Gain.(El Al Israel Airlines)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... El Al Israel Airlines posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $25.9 million against net profit of $9.6 million a year earlier because of sharply higher fuel prices and one-time expenses for an early-retirement plan. The national carrier...

Intermodal Volume Grew 8.3 Percent in First Quarter.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... Intermodal volume grew 8.3 percent in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter last year, more than three-and-a-half times the rate of carload traffic, which grew 2.3 percent. Leading the intermodal pack was BNSF Railway,...

Truck-Driver Turnover Reaches Record.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... Long-haul driver turnover surged to a record high in the fourth quarter of last year, the American Trucking Associations reported. The ATA's Economics Group said in its Trucking Activity Report that both small and large truckload carriers...

Kcs Completes Tfm Rail Purchase.(Kansas City Southern )(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... Railroad operator Kansas City Southern last month completed the acquisition of Mexican rail line Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana SA. KCS said its shareholders approved the $660 million cash and stock buyout of Grupo TMM SA's 51 percent...

Air-Cargo Traffic Declined in February.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... A flagging global economy and surging fuel costs helped spark a decline in air-cargo traffic during February. Overall, international cargo traffic was off by 0.9 percent that month compared to the same period last year, according to the...

Canadian Rails Work on Labor Contracts.
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: John Gallagher Canada's two major railroads are trying to strike labor agreements almost as rapidly as they are coping with the country's strong freight demand. Canadian National Railway avoided a strike by the International...

Truck Groups: Ports Should Take Responsibility for Chassis Safety.
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Angela Greiling Keane Stymied by federal inaction and frustrated by failed industry attempts at compromise, labor and trucking groups are asking states to place responsibility for intermodal chassis safety on the shoulders of ports...

Hawaii.
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Richard Knee While Hawaii depends on the mainland U.S. for basic necessities, there's more to the trade than meets the eye. Mainland-Hawaii trade does indeed continue to grow. At the same time, retailers in the nation's 50th...

Longview Poised for Increased Container Business with Matson.(Port of Longview)
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Bill DiBenedetto From a modest beginning, a small Columbia River bulk and breakbulk port is making a strong bid for containerized cargo, at least of the domestic variety. The Port of Longview, Wash., a one-time lumber port, has...

Doubling Up on Soda Ash.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... The Port of Longview recently had the opportunity to put rail infrastructure, locomotive power and two bulk facilities to work in an unusual way, handling the loading, unloading and reloading of the same cargo for a Chilean-bound vessel that...

Despite Advocates, Short-Sea Shipping Grows Slowly on East Coast.
April 8, 2005... BYLINE: Bill Armbruster Short-sea shipping has enormous potential to cut congestion on both the nation's highways and at its seaports, as well as to reduce pollution, but recent initiatives on the East Coast have yet to produce significant...

P&O Nedlloyd Sponsors Boat Race.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... P&O Nedlloyd and The Gilbert Companies were sponsors of the Hobie Tiger World Championship Regatta in Santa Barbara, Calif., last month. Wim Lagaay of P&O Nedlloyd and Barry Michaels of Union Pacific Railroad were among those who watched the...

Atlas Appoints Barna Chief Financial Officer.(Appointment)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2005... Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., a provider of air-cargo services, named Michael L. Barna senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 11. Barna will also serve as senior vice president and chief financial officer of...