Oz box volumes on the up

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Box volumes at Australia's five mainland container ports were 10 percent higher in the six months January-June 2002 compared to the same per...

Adelaide plans to grow

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Port Adelaide's Outer Harbor is to undergo a A$400 mill redevelopment over 10 years, according to a concept plan put forward by private owne...

All ways wheel

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US-based Airtrax, Inc (formerly Air Tracks, Inc) has come up with a warehouse FLT, designated ATX300 "Sidewinder," which is fitted with a ne...

High tech Navatech

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Following the launch earlier this year of a new range of cable seals, Japan-based Navatech Co has now incorporated a simple data storage/ret...

Patrick’s automated strads go live

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History was made last month when Patrick Stevedores' automated straddle carrier terminal in Brisbane handled its first vessel...

Study forecasts steady growth

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Australia's Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE) is anticipating that growth in container volumes will average a steady 5 perce...

Bagging ever more dry bulk

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Despite a downturn in the global transport of dry bulk chemical products, demand for container liner bags is as strong as ever...

MOL goes for the middle

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Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced plans for two new 12,000 dwt "middle heavylifter" ships, bringing the fleet of specialised plant and pr...

Container terminal IT looks outwards

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Up to now, the focus of container terminal IT has been on managing what goes on inside the gate. Attention is now turning to improving the t...

Aussies stay well-equipped

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Australia still hosts a number of successful and innovative cargo handling equipment suppliers...

Smart seal debate goes on

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One year on from the terrorist attacks in the US, the debate surrounding container security, and the best means to improve it, is still ragi...

RMG demand stable

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Global deliver y of RMGcranes looks set to notch up a further increase this year over 2001, although overall output is still modest alongsid...

Melbourne seeking port/rail harmony

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Melbourne is trying to drive a plan to extract state-of-the-art road/rail port interchange efficiencies through a minefield of government ag...

ITW absorbs Envopak

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Envopak Group, which controls Envoseal, one of the UK's leading manufacturers of container security products, has been acquired by ITW Ltd (...

All Set on track

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All Set Tracking AB (AST) of Sweden has been working in conjunction with US-based Ericsson Inc on an innovative "smart" electronic seal, des...

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