More refined

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As it gains confidence and know-how, PTP has refined its equipment specifications to match its operational needs and reduce maintenance cost...

Changes in store at PTP?

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For well over a year Malaysia Mining Corporation (MMC) has been trying to purchase a controlling interest in PTP. Several deals have fallen ...

Portek treads the global boards

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Portek group has gone from strength to strength in the second-hand port crane business. Its activities cover procurement, sales and leases, ...

More get Smart

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Sydney-based Smart Containers' efforts to commercialise its real-time reefer monitoring system have been accelerated with two more carriers ...

Tighter management in SQAS revamp

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A recent review of Europe's SQAS scheme for the transport and handling of chemicals has revealed scope for improvement...

Perishables guide from Thermo King

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Reefer machinery manufacturer Thermo King has teamed up with perishable products specialist PEB Commodities Inc to publish a free guidebook ...

Straddles enter the buffer zone

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As frequently discussed in WorldCargo News in the past two years and more, conventional RTG systems and passive AGVs are increasingly percei...

Leading lessors hold their own

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GE SeaCo, continues to control the largest reefer fleet on operating lease by a sizeable margin. However, its count of 100,000 TEU has remai...

CDI takes on packages

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The SQAS governing the carriage of chemicals by sea in packaged form is also being placed under new management as part of a major revamp of ...

MCI Qingdao upgrade nears completion

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Maersk Container Industri has invested around US$8 mill over the past two years in the upgrading of the production line, equipment and worki...

Daikin joins in

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While Carrier's scroll development has been widely trailed, Daikin, which has kept a relatively low profile on the reefer container front ov...

US container depots under siege

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US depot operators will have to change the way they do business if they are to overcome the problems currently facing them, argues a leading...

Budget Digi-FC option

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Portek says that its crane drive and automation division has come up with an innovative and low cost solution for modernising the motor gene...

Malaysia eyes the top spot

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With its move from Singapore to PTP finally confirmed Evergreen becomes the second major carrier to turn its back on Singapore. However it i...

…Maersk cleans up

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Maersk Sealand has take over the 33.3 per cent share held by ECT in the Maersk Delta Terminal (MDT) on the Maasvlakte. As previously reporte...

New owner for BSLT

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French tank container and road tanker manufacturer BSLT is under new ownership for the second time in little more than 12 months following t...

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