HPH seeks Xiamen deal…

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is negotiating to take an equity stake in Phase II of Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) at Haica...

Major upgrade for Dublin

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Just a year after it was acquired by Mersey Docks & Harbour Company (MD&HC), Dublin container terminal operator Marine Terminals Ltd (MTL) h...

Cuxhaven fights its corner

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If Cuxhaven wants to develop its container business independently of the major currents of port policy and port politics, it will have to ov...

Setubal concession

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The Portuguese Port of Setubal is set to concede its common user general cargo/container terminal to the private sector....

IAS link up

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International Asset System (IAS), which provides asset management solutions to the container shipping industry, has selected webMethods, Inc...

Heavier by air

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A new roller bed loading system developed by UK-based Air Charter Service (ACS) and Viking Aviation is claimed to be able to cut the cost of...

Contec launches chassis solution

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German engineering consulting group Contec has augmented its swap body construction programme with the development of a lightweight 45ft cha...

Carriers oppose Klang rate hikes

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Mainline operators calling at Malaysia's Port Klang have threatened to relocate their transhipment business to Singapore if terminal operato...

Mindanao plans

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The Philippines' US$92.6 mill Mindanao international container port project is moving forward and the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) is...

MMC still keen on PTP stake

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Malaysia Mining Corp (MMC) is still interested in taking a controlling stake in the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) and is prepared to negotia...

Finger pointed at the SRA…

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I read with interest your article on the Blue Circle SRA [Strategic Rail Authority] award for the Babcock M3 wagon (see last month's WorldCa...

Four bid for Haldia

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Four firms have responded to a call for tenders from Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) near Calcutta offering its berth number 11 on a build, operat...

Boxes slow but Sydney up overall

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Despite a weak Australian dollar and the effects of a global downturn filtering into the Australian economy, Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) ...

Butterfly flies high

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Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF) reports that traffic on its "Butterfly" block train service between the Port of Trieste and Austria, markete...

Arica row rumbles on…

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The Chilean government's decision to drop all plans to privatise the Port of Arica has fuelled the ongoing row about unfair competition for ...

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