𝕏 Can you see what it is yet? News1 Sep 2000 Major changes are still required if rail freight is really to succeed in the UK...
𝕏 Automation products key News1 Sep 2000 As previously reported in WorldCargo News (July 2000, p2) the Morris companies outside the Americas have been linked with France-based Fayat...
𝕏 VikontAkt reborn News1 Sep 2000 The long-established Hungarian manufacturer of corner castings formerly known as Vicontex has recently undergone a relaunch under the new na...
Kandla stalls… News1 Sep 2000 Some 18 months after the issuing a letter of intent and the drafting of a concessional agreement (see WorldCargo News April 1999, p6), autho...
Maersk takes PTP stake News1 Sep 2000 As anticipated in last month's issue of WorldCargo News (p6), Maersk Sealand has agreed to take a 30 per cent stake in Malaysia's Port of Ta...
Maharashtra reviving port privatisation plans News1 Sep 2000 India's western state of Maharashtra has revived a plan to develop seven minor ports along its 720 km long coastline. The idea was mooted th...
Gothenburg plots ambitious course News1 Sep 2000 The Port of Gothenburg (G�teborgs Hamn AB) considers that within the next decade maximum capacity for container handling will be reached a...
P&O shells out for new UK terminal News1 Sep 2000 The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) and Shell UK Ltd have signed an agreement which will lead to the redevelopment of a...
Refrigerants under renewed pressure News1 Sep 2000 Despite concerted international efforts through the Montreal Protocol to phase out the production and consumption of ozone depleting substan...
Heavy FLT demand News1 Sep 2000 Kalmar Industries AB reports that production of heavy mast trucks has outstripped demand for ContChamp reach stackers at its Lidhuldt plant....
Buffers develops fully automatic IBC News1 Sep 2000 US twistlock manufacturer and lashing equipment distributor Buffers USA Inc has developed what is claimed to be the first fully automatic du...
New mast ideas News1 Sep 2000 TEAS also came up with an outline design for a heavy duty mast truck (World-Cargo News, July 1999, p1) but this project was put on the "back...
Chinese corner the castings market News1 Sep 2000 As the renewed boom in container production has boosted the requirement for corner castings, major suppliers are hard pressed to meet demand...
Parts on the net News1 Sep 2000 US-based reefer machinery manufacturer Klinge Corporation has launched ReeferParts Inc, a new Internet website where registered users can se...
Bimodal success? News1 Sep 2000 Early take-up of RoadRailer bimodal services offered by Am�rica Latina Log�stica (ALL), the privatised FSA railroad in Brazil, sug-gests...
Trans Ocean charges ahead with RhinoBulk News1 Sep 2000 This month will see the launch of RhinoBulk, a new single-trip flexitank concept, by leading flexitank operator and supplier Trans Ocean Dis...
