Stockpiles mount up

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New containers have piled up at an alarming rate in Chinese manufacturers' yards as world trade levels remain depressed....

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...

Positive for MacGregor

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Backed by a "big and healthy" orderbook, the MacGregor Group says the outlook for 2001 is positive, even though last year turned out to be a...

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...

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 ...

Indonesia opens up

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Indonesia is to open 14 land and sea transport infrastructure development projects worth Rs600 bill (US$55 mill) to domestic and internation...

Robotic improvements

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US-based Robotic Container Handling Co claims to have made significant improvements in its ocean terminal and intermodal yard machine design...

New cranes for Packer

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Pennsylvania State Governor Tom Ridge has released US$10 mill in capital budget public improvement funds for the design and purchase of two ...

Navis for CTA

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HHLA's Container Terminal Altenwerder GmbH (CTA) has signed a deal with Navis to use the latest SPARCS graphical vessel stowage planning and...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

…Kaohsiung bid to improve ranking

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The Port of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan is improving its storage and distribution facilities in an effort to regain its third-place ranking...

SRA awards update

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Presentations by each of the three winners of the UK Strategic Rail Authority (SRA)'s �6.1 mill prize scheme were made at the Waterfront C...

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