Portsmouth targets freight

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Recent investments by P&O Portsmouth and Brittany Ferries will increase freight traffic at Portsmouth Commercial Port. The port handled almo...

Trailing along

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Zaragossa, Spain-based Fabrisem SL claims growing success in the highly competitive port trailer market. As well as completing the delivery ...

Ambitious strategy

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Algeciras' record throughput of almost 53 mt last year (+ 10.9 percent) included a 7.1 percent increase in container traffic to 2.15 mTEU. T...

Short but not yet very sweet

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Last December the governments of Spain, Italy and France reached a new agreement to promote shortsea traffic in the Mediterranean as an alte...

Sweeping changes on the agenda

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Port reforms have been promised for years in Spain but the new draft law is in line with European norms and could have more impetus. Stateru...

Grup TCB gears up

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Tecon Paranaguá in Brazil is due to start working this month with two Konecranes' Panamax cranes built locally by Bardella. Tecon handled 2...

Sical snaps into special 45ft

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Sical, based in Valencia, has recently come up with a 45ft palletwide, "mega" container with chamfered corners. At the end of last year 50 u...

Lagos problems

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Congestion problems at Lagos recently forced Hual to suspend ro-ro calls at the Nigerian port.The problems became critical last year when th...

Savi opts for fibre-optic solution

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US-based Savi Technology has recently introduced a new style of electronic seal, incorporating a fibre-optic loop, which is aimed at non-sta...

Lubeck plans

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Lubecker Hafen Gesellschaft (LHG) has just celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Skandinavienkai ro-ro/ferry terminal in Travemunde. From h...

Container seals take higher profile

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Container security has again moved centre stage in the wake of the US terrorist attacks last year and a more general increase in transport r...

Posco saves with Logister

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As previously reported, Korean Steel producer Posco is using Logister ro-ro cassette lifters for its coastal traffic carried by Korea Expres...

Finns search for a seamless paper chain

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Finnish paper makers are continually exploring ways and means of increasing transport efficiency between the mills and the export terminals ...

Steady as she goes

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Business levels, if not exactly spectacular, appear to be at satisfactory levels for Spain's leading container handling equipment suppliers....

Trifleet tops 6,000

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The tank container fleet of the Dordrecht, Netherlands-based tank lessor Trifleet has passed the 6,000 unit mark, following the handover of ...

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