If it ain’t broke, why fix it?

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A BSI proposal for changes to current ISO standards with regard to the testing of containers has brought a stinging response from one indust...

ICF goes up in the air

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Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF) is launching a new four pairs/week shuttle service between Bettembourg and Milan, catering mainly for swap b...

QCRC moves into top gear

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CIMC has carried out an extensive upgrading programme over the past two years at its reefer plant in Qingdao. The facility is now in full sc...

Sinport Airport formed

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CIAS Sinport Airport Services SpA (CSAS) has been formed in Genoa as a vehicle to bid for upcoming concessions in the Italian airports indus...

Air/sea option for Australian fruit?

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A landmark export trial of stone fruit by air and sea to the UK has revealed the potential for Australian horticultural exports to expand to...

Make the most of mobile forces

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As noted in last month's World-Cargo News (p18), the Mobiler horizontal transfer system (for original report see WorldCargo News, November 1...

Pursuing a private course in Africa

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A high-level conference in London last month underlined the need for private sector involvement in the development of Africa's transport inf...

SATI sets the pace

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A good example of the way that private investment is being used to upgrade transport infrastructure in Africa can be found in newly-formed S...

Columbus boosts tank market share

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While the rest of the tank container industry suffered in 2000, caught up in the current deep-rooted market slump, Columbus Stainless increa...

Deep in the Forest

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Rotterdam Municipal Port Management (GHR) recently began filling in a small harbour basin in the Eemhaven, to cater for the expansion of Int...

Stand off in Beirut?

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There appears to be some confusion over the Dubai Port Authority (DPA)'s management contract for Beirut's new container terminal....

Green light for Westgate

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The government of Victoria has finally given the go-ahead to call for expressions of interest to develop Melbourne's third international con...

Langar rolls on

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UK-based Langar Engineering Ltd is working on an order for 100 80-tonne 40ft rolltrailers for ACL - its biggest single order for port equipm...

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