No way for WIL

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The Indian government plans to close down Wagon India Ltd (WIL), the long established agency, which distributes domestic orders for rail fre...

Kita-Kyushu first

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A new container terminal planned for Hibikinada by the Kita-Kyushu Harbour Bureau will be the first project in Japan to be executed under th...

HPH/Cosco team up in Shanghai

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After two years of tough negotiations, Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Cosco Pacific and Shanghai Industrial Holdings agreed last month to in...

Gaussin scores in Dunkirk

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Gaussin has received an order for three "short train" MTS sets for NFTI, the Port of Dunkirk container terminal, which is operated by Inter ...

Worshipping false gods?

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Ideas that ports on the South American west coast could become transhipment hubs are �almost certainly not realistic�...

Handling solutions

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Several major projects are nearing completion for Paceco Espa�a and it reports an order for one more 6 + 1/ 1 over 5 rubber-tyred Transtai...

Landmark agreement

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The port authorities of Trieste and Koper have signed an MoU aimed at greater co-operation and integration of services......

Webcams in Seattle

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The Port of Seattle is looking to the web to help reduce truck queues at marine container and intermodal terminal gates......

Chennai hub demand

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Bidders for the container terminal concession at the south Indian port of Chennai will be required to develop it as a hub port within three ...

Antwerp boxes itself in

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Antwerp boasts the largest enclosed dock area in Europe, but is running out of space as users look towards tidal quays for container handlin...

Getting heavy in the tyre market

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More heavy load capacity tyres aimed specifically at cargo handling equipment applications are being launched by leading tyre manufacturers....

Unitas refinances

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Bermuda-based container financing company Unitas Finance has concluded a major refinancing of its US$200 mill container equipment portfolio,...

ACT raises CT9 funds

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Asia Container Terminals (ACT) has secured a HK$3.4 bill (US$438 mill) syndicated loan from 27 international banks to pay its share of the c...

Reworked Cargo Master

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Germany-based Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH has re-engineered its established "Cargo Master" ro-ro cassette translifter to provide greater c...

Le Shuttle on top?

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Eurotunnel's freight shuttles carried 263,840 HGVs in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 42 per cent compared to the same period last...

Sea-Ro on a roll

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Sea-Ro, Zeebrugge's dominant ro-ro stevedore, experienced "explosive growth last year" according to managing director Guy Gillis......

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