ROLF system makes debut

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A new controlled atmosphere (CA) system for containers, developed by Germany-based Cargofresh Technologies GmbH (CFT) in association with Si...

Vallarpadam rebid?

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India's Ministry of Shipping thinks that unsolicited proposals will be better than the open tender route that has been adopted for developin...

Gwadar port plan postponed

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Construction work on the US$250 mill first phase of a deepsea port at Gwadar, Pakistan, has been delayed because of US-led air strikes on Af...

Blue trailers ordered

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Blue Circle Industries (BCI) has finally ordered some piggyback trailers to go with the Mega 3 wagons for its SRA-backed intermodal distribu...

Freedex updated

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John Evans International (JEI) has announced the release of the latest version of its EDIFACT software product, Freedex, which is designed t...

Wonder of Containerland

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A new idea for temporarily reclaiming land from the sea using old ISO containers is being tested in the Port of Rotterdam. Last month four m...

Bilbao legal suit?

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Atlantic Euroterminal (AE), formerly known as Macandrews Euroterminal when it was still part of Andrew Weir Shipping (AWS), is understood to...

SynchroNet cuts interchange costs

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SynchroNet Marine, which operates an Internet-based global container interchange system, has introduced a new pricing model that undertakes ...

Martec to hold MCI spares

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Reefer container manufacturer Maersk Container Industri (MCI), which operates plants in Tinglev, Denmark, and Qingdao, China, has appointed ...

Morteo comeback

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After being virtually dormant for the past two years, Italian container and swap body manufacturer Morteo is ready to restart production at ...

Kone’s US deals

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KCI Konecranes has booked two superpost-Panamax cranes from Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) for the Port of Savannah, with an option for two m...

More China tanks

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While China International Marine Containers (CIMC)'s new tank manufacturing facility in Nantong has tended to grab the headlines (see page 6...

Smart monitoring

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Sydney-based Smart Containers has secured a full 200-unit commercial trial for its real-time reefer monitoring system, after successfully ca...

CMCI military deals

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Charleston Marine Containers Inc (CMCI), Sea Containers' box building subsidiary in the USA, has won a new order from the US military worth ...

CargoLifter underway

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Production of helium-filled CargoLifters is underway in Briesen-Brand, where both the 260m long CL 160 airship and the 61m diameter CL 75 Ai...

Bidders line up for Yangshan

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The project to build a new deepwater port for Shanghai by levelling the Yangshan islands (see WorldCargo News July 2001, p27) is attracting ...

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