Pourquoi le transport routier français est menacé de disparition

  Publié le 29/04/2014 - Mis à jour le 29/04/2014 à 12:14

Par Julien Bouillé

 

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

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Major shipping alliance set to start operations

 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

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Stril Poseidon -

Stril Poseidon -

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 The Stril Poseidon was built by Aker Langsten for owner Simon Møkster Shipping in Stavanger. It is a third-generation rapid response rescue vessel, which will be used on Statoil's Haltenbank fields. The vessel was designed as a co-operation between Vik-Sandvik, Aker and Møkster Shipping.

The Stril Poseidon has an overall length of 91.4m, a length of 78.25m between perpendiculars and a draft of 6.5m. Its beam is 18.2m. The depth to the first deck is 7.5m and 4.5m to the second deck. It registers a deadweight of 2,500t. The funnel is offset and lowered, ensuring an almost 360° view from anywhere

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Los remolcadores se oponen a que se liberalice el sector

Los remolcadores  se oponen a que se liberalice el sector

Una plataforma, en la que hay representantes de Algeciras,  elaborará un manifiesto

        Europa Sur          Algeciras 
             15.04.2014 - 01:00
 
 
 
 
La denominada  Plataforma de Trabajadores de Remolcadores Portuarios y de Embarcaciones de  Tráfico Interior de Puertos del Estado Español anunció ayer que vuelve a ponerse  en marcha para oponerse a la liberalización del sector que, según criticó,  pretende realizar Puertos del Estado.
En la plataforma hay representantes  de los comités de empresa de Algeciras, Cádiz, Huelva, Sevilla, Barcelona,  Valencia, Bilbao y Canarias. El sindicato CGT explicó en una nota que el pasado  febrero se decidió elaborar un manifiesto para mostrar el rechazo a la citada  liberalización

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Fugro Symphony Offshore Construction Vessel, Bahamas

Fugro Symphony Offshore Construction Vessel, Bahamas

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Fugro Symphony is an offshore construction vessel (OCV) built to perform ROV intervention, light construction and survey operations in deep sea waters. The Bahamas-flagged vessel was delivered in May 2011 to her operator Fugro Subsea Services, a subsidiary of Fugro Group.

Norwegian ship-builder Bergen Group was contracted for construction of the ship in December 2007. Construction started with a keel-laying ceremony in November 2009. The ship's steel hull, manufactured by Gdansk Shipyard

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