Containerisation in the dock

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The Container Sled would restore the warehousing and distribution role to ports and, it is claimed, lead to a drastic reduction in the numbe...

Strikes provide grim warning

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There has been chaos on the US west coast as a result of the recent stoppage by longshoremen, which paralysed all 29 ports along the seaboar...

Cargo theft rife in Latin America

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Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia are currently the highest-risk countries in Latin America for cargo theft. Indeed, the problem has gr...

TOD establishes new Oz venture

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Last month Trans Ocean Distribution (TOD) inaugurated Flexible Logistics Services in Adelaide, its third joint venture flexitank operation w...

Slow mode for fast-moving goods

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The Rotterdam-Antwerp-Brussels "triangle" is one of the most congested areas in Europe and the ring roads of major port cities such as Rotte...

Dunkirk moves on

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The Port of Dunkirk Authority (PAD) and the local chamber of commerce and industry (CCID) are developing a new 10,000 m2 rail-connected dist...

Vintage year for Mafi

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Mafi claims that this year has been a particularly successful one, with budgeted sales of terminal and roro tractors for the whole year actu...

Box lessors buy big again

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Prompted by a strong recovery in demand, which has pushed up utilisation levels, the global container leasing industry is once again investi...

New border crossing

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In July a new international road crossing opened on the RussoFinnish border at Svetogorsk, with full accreditation to Russia's North-West Cu...

Montreal tracks on

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Most of the facility enhancement and expansion work at the Port of Montreal (see WorldCargo News, September 2002, p21) is due for completion...

The future has already begun

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Southern California is well known for its stringent environmental regulations and they finally caught up with the new 30ha container termina...

Towards a new cargo liability regime

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Storm clouds are gathering on the horizon as international efforts continue to introduce a new liability scheme intended to apply both to oc...

Nor even the ranks of Lombardy…

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In recent weeks a raft of new intermodal rail services has been started up in Italy by various operators: MarCo (MilanBasel-Mannheim); ICF (...

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