Vancouver/Casco deal

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BCR Marine and Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) in British Columbia have signed a 21-year lease deal under which container handling capacity a...

Zhapu international

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The port of Zhapu in China's Zhejiang province, located on the northern half of Hangzhou Bay some 95 km south of Shanghai, will be opened to...

Bromma refurb jobs

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Bromma Factory Refurbishment, part of the new after sales and service division set up by Bromma last year, is working on a new order from He...

Steinbock in dealer clash

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FLT manufacturer Steinbock GmbH has served notice to its 15 dealers in Germany and other dealers elsewhere in Europe. In future, it is plans...

Paceco’s Twin Shift

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Paceco Corp is introducing its own version of the expandable Twin 20 spreader, called Twin-Shift Spreader....

Kalmar and Ottawa names to the fore

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Partek's container handling division is adopting Kalmar as the global brand and Ottawa as the terminal tractor brand in the USA....

Doosan for Hanjung

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Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction is the new name for the former Korean state-owned enterprise Korea Heavy Industries & Construction,...

New Klaus sideloader

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Germany-based Klaus Transport-systeme GmbH & Co KG has added to its range of self-loading trailers for containers with a new medium-range ma...

Palfinger moves for Madal

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Palfinger AG, the Austrian truck loader crane manufacturer, is exercising an option to buy 91 per cent of the shares of Madal SA, the Brazil...

QCRC moves into top gear

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CIMC has carried out an extensive upgrading programme over the past two years at its reefer plant in Qingdao. The facility is now in full sc...

Sinport Airport formed

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CIAS Sinport Airport Services SpA (CSAS) has been formed in Genoa as a vehicle to bid for upcoming concessions in the Italian airports indus...

Air/sea option for Australian fruit?

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A landmark export trial of stone fruit by air and sea to the UK has revealed the potential for Australian horticultural exports to expand to...

If it ain’t broke, why fix it?

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A BSI proposal for changes to current ISO standards with regard to the testing of containers has brought a stinging response from one indust...

Make the most of mobile forces

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As noted in last month's World-Cargo News (p18), the Mobiler horizontal transfer system (for original report see WorldCargo News, November 1...

Pursuing a private course in Africa

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A high-level conference in London last month underlined the need for private sector involvement in the development of Africa's transport inf...

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