Enter the Railog

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Conventional railfreight business rarely makes headline news, but when, following the recent launch of Railog as a 50:50 joint venture betwe...

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...

Drive to bigger containerships

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How fast is fast enough? Will new propulsions systems make it easier to introduce still bigger ships? And what is the scope for "fast ships"...

Monitoring

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As previously reported, a key aspect of the railfreightonline project is the ICU 5000 tracking system and fleet management service from Isot...

So what’s the Point?

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Maersk Sealand's frustrations with New York are best highlighted by the fact that it has an "escape clause" in its lease contract at Port El...

CMCI military deals

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Charleston Marine Containers Inc (CMCI), Sea Containers' box building subsidiary in the USA, has won a new order from the US military worth ...

Blue trailers ordered

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Blue Circle Industries (BCI) has finally ordered some piggyback trailers to go with the Mega 3 wagons for its SRA-backed intermodal distribu...

Singamas into terminals

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Best known as one of the world's largest container manufacturers and a leading depot operator in Hong Kong and China, Singamas Container Hol...

Gateway to the web

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Gateway Container has launched a new website, GatewayContainer .com to provide shipping lines and depots with instant access to continually ...

Gwadar port plan postponed

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Construction work on the US$250 mill first phase of a deepsea port at Gwadar, Pakistan, has been delayed because of US-led air strikes on Af...

More China tanks

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While China International Marine Containers (CIMC)'s new tank manufacturing facility in Nantong has tended to grab the headlines (see page 6...

Martec to hold MCI spares

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Reefer container manufacturer Maersk Container Industri (MCI), which operates plants in Tinglev, Denmark, and Qingdao, China, has appointed ...

Upping the PACE

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South Carolina-based PACE International LLC reports strong demand for its range of purpose-built, container-based housings for capital equip...

Smart monitoring

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Sydney-based Smart Containers has secured a full 200-unit commercial trial for its real-time reefer monitoring system, after successfully ca...

ROLF system makes debut

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A new controlled atmosphere (CA) system for containers, developed by Germany-based Cargofresh Technologies GmbH (CFT) in association with Si...

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