Mejillones move

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Construction work at the new port of Mejillones in Chile's Region II are now slated to begin in September or October, as CPM, the arm of the...

Troon opens new ro-ro terminal

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A new �5 mill ro-ro terminal has been opened at Associated British Ports (ABP)'s Port of Troon, on the west coast of Scotland. Located at ...

Chittagong problems

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Port workers at Chittagong, Bangladesh's largest port, took strike action last month to protest against a fresh bid to allow Stevedoring Ser...

Lightweight rail wagons from SSAB

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At Nordic Rail at Elmia in Sweden in October, Swedish steel maker SSAB Tunnplat AB will unveil a wagon concept that is up to 25 per cent lig...

Mobiles for Genoa

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Genoa Terminal SpA, the multi-purpose terminal operator in the Port of Genoa, is buying two high capacity harbour mobile cranes from Fantuzz...

Brazilian box deal

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The small container terminal in the port of Porto Alegre, in Brazil's Rio Grande state, has been awarded to Cet-Log Terminal e Logistica SA,...

New spreaders from Bromma

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Following a two year project, Bromma recently began testing "Tandem Line" - to pick two loaded containers side by side - on one of Maersk Se...

Green light for rail sales

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The long-delayed sales of Australia's National Rail Corporation (NRC) and New South Wales' FreightCorp finally seem likely to proceed after ...

Zarate wins award

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For the second year in succession Auto Terminal Zarate SA (ATZ), part of Murchison group in Argentina, has been named as a General Motors' p...

AusBulk bulks up

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The South Australian Government has named AusBulk Ltd as the developer and operator of the proposed A$90 mill deepwater bulk facility at Por...

Enter BLG AutoTec

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As a result of an "asset deal" agreement, BLG Automobile Logistics GmbH has established a new subsidiary company BLG AutoTec GmbH & Co KG, t...

Sunnier for Gaussin?

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Although nothing will be known for sure until a bankruptcy court review is held in early October, France-based Gaussin SA is hoping to save ...

Newcastle hubbub

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The New South Wales Government has approved the A$270 mill first stage of BHP's planned multi-purpose terminal on the former Newcastle Steel...

Kalmar shuttling ahead

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Kalmar Industries formally launched its 1 on 1 "shuttle" straddle carrier at TOC in Lisbon this month (see last month's World-Cargo News, p2...

Chilean row rolls on

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The flawed results of port privatisation in Chile got another public airing last month when concession holders again complained about unfair...

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