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...

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 ...

Box terminal for Ceuta?

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The port authority of the Spanish Moroccan enclave of Ceuta (APC) says it will invest € 24 mill up to 2005 in a series of infrastructure u...

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 ...

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...

Trans-European Networks

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The UK track authority, Railtrack (in administration), is getting the flak for electing to shut a section of the West Coast Main Line (WCML)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Getting a good grip

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All items in terminal operators' maintenance budgets have come under closer scrutiny. Even tyres, which previously were usually regarded pur...

Bilbao berth swap offer

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TMB has offered to switch berths with ATM in the Outer Abra. TMB always wanted Dock No 1 while AWS, now a member of ATM consortium, preferre...

Signum put to the test

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Since 1999, all testing of container security seals in the UK for the purpose of HM Customs' (and EU) approval has been handled by Signum Se...

Heated discussions

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Among Continental's most interesting recent developments was the dual compound, 645/250-480 press-on tyre which was installed on heavy duty ...

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