XTRA set to change hands

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Intermodal equipment lessor XTRA Corporation is to be taken over by diversified investment group Berkshire Hathaway Inc in a transaction val...

Contship secures Livorno stake

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It would appear that Contship Italia, part of Eurogate, has beaten Dragados to the punch and will take a 50 per cent stake in TDT Terminal D...

Cosco Pacific profits up

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Container lessor and terminal operator Cosco Pacific has reported a 21.5 per cent increase in first-half profit to US$83.93 mill. Turnover r...

Brisbane flies United

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Over four hectares of the Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC)'s Whyte Island Estate have been earmarked for the development of a 15,000 m2 wa...

IP&RA outlines Hayovel plans

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The Israel Ports & Railway Authority (IP&RA) has provided information on the equipment it expects to be ordering for its new Hayovel port pr...

Trett takes the reins at Suttons

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Chris Trett has been appointed managing director of UK-based Suttons International, following the departure of Andrew Palmer who has left to...

Kothen cranes for Lubeck

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Kranbau Kothen is working on an order for two RMGs (with an option for one more) for the Port of Lubeck (Lubecker Hafen Gesellschaft)....

P&O ports perform

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The ports business performed well for P&O during the first half of this year, interim results show....

India out of box market

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India's longest established container manufacturer, Trans Freight Containers, has "temporarily" halted production of ISO containers at its f...

Vic row drags on

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The Victorian Government has called on Australia's National Competition Council to reject RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia (FA)'s applica...

CSXT fuel saver

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CSX Transportation Inc (CSXT) has developed a new locomotive operating system designed to reduce fuel consumption and meet new Environmental...

Waalhaven merger

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The Morcon Group, owned by Hans Vervat, is to buy Hanno in the Waalhaven area of Rotterdam from the existing owner, Ed Frech. The deal comes...

New French terminals

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Two new intermodal rail terminals have opened recently in France. The first is in Bayonne, close to the Spanish border on the Atlantic side....

Tauranga chalks up record volumes

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The New Zealand North Island port of Tauranga has announced a record net profit for 2000/2001 of NZ$22.4 mill, setting a new benchmark for N...

New plan for Kerala

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The government of the south Indian state of Kerala is to engage a consultant to prepare a master plan for the development of the minor port ...

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