Bidders for Suape confirmed

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Nine bidders have put forward pre-qualification documents for the Brazilian Port of Suape, far more than the port and its adviser, the World...

End of an era for Hyundai

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Hyundai Precision & Industry Co (HDPIC) - or Hyundai Mobis as it will be known from 1 November - brought its container manufacturing activit...

PSA crane lost

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Fully-erect crane transport has been perfected over the past decades, but the sea still holds unwelcome surprises....

Albany chips in

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The Western Australian port of Albany's long-awaited boost in woodchip exports is closer following commencement of construction of a new A$5...

Hutchison takes Westport stake…

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As anticipated in last month's issue of WorldCargo News (p4) Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has acquired a 30 per cent stake in Westport at P...

Dredge price shock

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The South Australian government has received something of a shock after consultants found the cost of dredging the Port Adelaide River to ta...

A good year for Kiwi ports

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New Zealand's ports have finally recovered from the after-effects of the Asian financial crisis, but with the domestic economy falling to ne...

Rolls-Royce crane deals

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Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply two 15 tonne dockside cranes to the Pakistan Ministry of Defence....

Maersk Sealand Melbourne depot

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A new joint venture full-service reefer depot has opened in Melbourne on the former TCS Containers site in Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne....

Lift for heavy lift transport

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Container crane business has picked up over the past year and the fully-erect crane transport business has been more active accordingly....

Great Yarmouth looks east

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A long mooted plan for the construction of a new harbour at the UK east coast port of Great Yarmouth would appear to be moving ahead....

Candid camera reveals all

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Gate registration plays a crucial role in ro-ro terminals where trailers may arrive close to sailing time and have to be processed quickly....

Wilmington dredging approved

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Federal funding of US$40.6 mill to continue the Wilmington Harbor Deepening Project has been approved by the House of Representatives and ha...

Power from the sea

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Components for a new power generating plant being built by PacifiCorp at Klamath Falls in southern Oregon were recently imported through Por...

Jumbo ties up loose ends

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While fully-erect crane transport is a perquisite of large dockships and flat top vessels or barges, smaller vessels engaged in project carg...

Fuel boost for Indian rail

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An imminent hike in the price of petrol will serve to shift freight traffic from road transport to rail, Indian Railways (IR) officials said...

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