Les chiffres ne trompent pas. Seulement 58 % des entreprises de transport françaises ont enregistré un résultat positif l’an passé. Déjà récurrentes, les défaillances s’accélèrent. À fin mars, elles ont augmenté de 4,9 % sur douze mois pour passer à +8,5 % sur le dernier trimestre. Après une année 2013 marquée par le redressement judiciaire douloureux de Mory-Ducros, plus localement par la liquidation du châlonnais Acosta (90 emplois) ou les difficultés de Szymanski, à Muizon, l’année 2014 s’annonce, une fois encore, très difficile. À la tête de la plus importante société de la région (près de mille salariés), le
Rolls-Royce drone ships challenge industry
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- Published on Sunday, 18 May 2014 03:16
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Crewless vessels touted to be cheaper and less polluting but critics question their safety
Rolls-Royce's Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality prototype at its office in Alesund, Norway, that simulates 360-degree views from a vessel's bridge. Eventually, the London-based manufacturer of engines and turbines says, captains on dry land will use similar control centres to command hundreds of crewless ships.
Hellenic ship owners control 46.72% of EU tonnage says President of Union of Greek Shipowners
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- Published on Friday, 16 May 2014 10:44
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Mr. Veniamis noted that the vast majority of the fleet is been managed by
Pourquoi le transport routier français est menacé de disparition
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 April 2014 21:36
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Feature: The great EU Filipino crew conundrum
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The news last month that the EU, after months of indecision and speculation, had decided that, while a report by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) had made it clear the Asian country did not meet the
Major shipping alliance set to start operations
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 April 2014 09:13
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Posted on » Saturday, March 22, 2014
SINGAPORE: Denmark's Maersk Line, the world's No1 container shipping firm, said it expects an alliance with its two closest rivals to start operating from the middle of the year after the tie-up was approved by US regulators.
The industry has been battling overcapacity since the financial crisis because new vessels ordered before the downturn have flooded the market. This has driven rates on the main routes between Asia and Northern Europe to loss-making levels.
The so-called P3 alliance is between the world's three biggest container shipping lines - Maersk Line, a unit of A P Moller-Maersk, Switzerland-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and France's CMA CGM.
To cut costs, they have agreed to pool about 250 ships which will