Port and yard – in Indian file

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Calcutta-based TRF Ltd has provided more information on the background to its bid to enter the container crane market in India (WorldCargo N...

Shape up in Liverpool

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Three more 40 tonne-40m Liebherr container gantry cranes are under erection in the Port of Liverpool as part of the �22 mill investment pr...

Box demand takes a dive

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Container demand has slumped dramatically this year. Preliminary estimates suggest that global container output will be down by around 40 pe...

Chinese tanks set to roll

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Volume production of tank containers is scheduled to get underway in China for the first time early next year...

Study confirms ISM Code benefits

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A new study carried out by The Swedish Club confirms that owners implementing the ISM Code can expect to achieve a reduction in hull claims ...

New crane specs

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While details of the three ZPMC cranes for HIT, Hong Kong were included in WorldCargo News' last crane survey (July 2001, pp33-34), the spec...

An explosive issue

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The question of safe operation of flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) in potentially explosive environments demands serious consid...

Gauging the size of the problem

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For the first time, container cranes able to work a 22-wide deck stow container cranes are to be provided with a relatively narrow gauge (80...

TT Club’s quick fix

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At a time when protection and indemnity mutual insurance clubs are being successful in seeing off their fixed-premium competitors, in a surp...

TLV from Austal Ships

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In July Austal Ships signed a contract with the US Marine Corps to charter a 101m 36-knot high speed theatre logistics vessel (TLV)....

Light the white touch paper?

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The European Commission's "white paper" on transport up to 2010 (WorldCargo News, September 2001, p13) has generally gone down well in combi...

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