Slicing Simon’s pie

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Associated British Ports (ABP) is understood to be preparing a bid for Simon Group's ports division. This includes the succesful Humber Sea ...

Cassette system for livestock?

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NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries Ltd, a joint venture of Caledonian MacBrayne and Royal Bank of Scotland, is on course to take over the...

X-uprating

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Following the introduction of the 16.00R25 X-Straddle last year to replace the XZSC tyre, Michelin has decided to upgrade its rating, after ...

Hams Hall goes to ABP Connect

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In a significant step forward in its strategy to develop a logistics network in the UK, ABP Connect, the supply chain and value-added servic...

Linde’s 39X steps forward

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As indicated in last month's WorldCargo News (p2), Linde has now launched its new generation H20/25 hydrostatic FLTs known as 39X. This truc...

BoxHunter deal in San Juan

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KCI Konecranes has confirmed that it has a contract to retrofit its new Boxhunter machinery trolley design to two Kocks cranes sold by GPA S...

Shortsea search

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The Shortsea Promotion Centre in Holland (SPC) has now installed an online search engine on its internet site,

Alice gets laid

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The first piece of track for the Alice Springs to Darwin railway has been laid at an historic ceremony in Katherine attended by Northern Ter...

Global box fleet tops 15 mill TEU

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The world's fleet of oceanborne and domestic/overland freight containers recently surpassed the 15 mill TEU mark, having grown by almost 1 m...

NZ encourages Tranz Rail

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Encouraging signs are emerging that the New Zealand government sees rail playing an increasing role in the nation's linehaul freight future....

Eurogate eyeing second Maasvlakte?

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Eurogate Group has expressed its interest in the second Maasvlakte as a strategic location in Western Europe, close to the open water of the...

Toll, Patrick on acquisition trail

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Just months after swallowing National Rail Corporation and FreightCorp in a A$1.2 bill deal (see WorldCargo News February 2002, p1), Austral...

Six more join ECG

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Six more companies joined the European Car Transport Group of Interest (ECG) during the first quarter of this year. The lobby now has 41 mem...

NYK signs up to three portals

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Japan's NYK Line has taken the unprecedented step of signing up with all three liner shipping portals- GT Nexus, INTTRA and CargoSmart. The ...

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