HHLA goes over the top

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Hamburger Hafen und Lagerhaus AG (HHLA) has opted for fully automatic Telescopic Overheight Frames (TOFs) from Sort + Store GmbH to handle o...

Darwin builds on

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Construction work on Stage 2 of Darwin's East Arm Port is due to start shortly following the awarding of a A$39 mill contract to Henry Walke...

Container crane count erratum

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We regret there was an error in last month's annual survey of ship-to-shore crane orders (pp32-34). The ZPMC figure should have read 51 and ...

Nepalese dry ports ready

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With the completion of three dry ports located in the eastern, western and central regions of Nepal, under a US$28.5 mill credit from the Wo...

Get back on board the Trans-sib?

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Russia's Rail Ministry (MPS) and transsiberian rail (TSR) operators are hoping that the landbridge has turned the corner and is again deemed...

Save talking for later

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Explaining the decision to wind up merger talks with BLG Logistics (last month's WorldCargo News, p10), HHLA boss Peter Dietrich said that t...

A lean year for box lessors

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Confronted by the worst market downturn in over five years, container leasing companies have drastically cut their investment in new equipme...

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...

Auckland boxes up

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New Zealand's leading port, Auckland, has seen a fall in breakbulk volumes offset by a container throughput rise resulting in continuing ove...

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 ...

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...

ICTSI eyes Batangas

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International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has confirmed that it plans to build and operate a 60 hectare container terminal in Ba...

Problems in Rosario?

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Plans to concede operation of the Port of Rosario, in Argentina's Santa Fe province, to the SGA consortium led by the Spanish Port of Tarrag...

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