China Shipping 9000 TEU ships

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The China Shipping Group has signed a letter of intent with Korean shipyard Samsung for the construction of five 9000 TEU containerships....

On the driving range

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New car traffic has become an established feature of many Spanish ports and is steadily approaching the 2 mill units/year mark. But patterns...

Burning rubber is OK?

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With the EU restricting tyre dumping in landfill sites, carcase disposal is a growing problem. Long term storage above ground may also be ou...

DFDS acquires Lithuanian line

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The Lithuanian Government has approved an agreement under which DFDS Tor Line will acquire the state owned shipping company LISCO....

More power for gensets

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Growing demand for its range of reefer powerpacks has led US-based Power Pool Plus Inc to open a new production and refurbishment facility i...

Make black magic turn green

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The ports industry, particularly in Europe, is waking up to the fact that tyres can be as much a problem when they are changed as when they ...

Copenhagen-Berlin link?

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Danish/German ferry operator Scandlines AG has presented plans for a fast train-ferry connection between Copenhagen and Berlin....

Cosco Pacific profit dips

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Cosco Pacific has reported a 1.4 per cent fall in turnover in its core container leasing business for last year and an 11 per cent fall in p...

Stepping up the Hunt

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To cater for growing international intermodal traffic, the Port of Huntsville, Alabama, is to invest US$10 mill to develop the 45-acre North...

Drag race favourite

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Mar�tima Valenciana, the "flagship" of SPL-Dragados group (Urbaser), is keeping up the fast pace of investment....

Waiting in the wings

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The Pacific North West port of Everett (Wa) may be called on to handle more oversized containers for Boeing (WorldCargo News, December 2000,...

Grain on hold

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Asian Terminals Inc is waiting for the Philippine economy to pick up before pressing ahead with the Pesos 1.3 bill expansion of its Marivele...

Hitching up to higher levels

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Most terminal tractor suppliers in the ports industry experienced a sharp increase in sales in the past 12-18 months and for some at least t...

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