Subic’s painful piles

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A row over who can supply steel piles may further delay construction of the new Subic Bay container terminal in the Philippines....

Happy days are here again

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Notwithstanding one major storm cloud gathering on the horizon, the outlook for the container leasing industry this year would appear extrem...

Linde Perking up

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Linde Heavy Truck Division Ltd (Linde HTD) plans to phase in Step 2 engines to its medium lift trucks (10-16 tonnes), which include its ECH ...

Lining up the BIRs

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Despite the increased development of smaller mobile scanner and sensor attachments, some ports are still opting for larger fixed site constr...

The sky’s the limit

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Hamburg-based SkySails GmbH claims that its patented wind propulsion system can cut the energy cost of operating container and multi-purpose...

First for Kalmar

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This month should see the delivery to First Container Terminal (PKT) in St Petersburg of two Kalmar 40 tonne SWL, 6+1, 1 over 5 RTGs. fitted...

Place your spread bets

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Important changes are taking place at both Bromma and NatSteel, respectively the world's number one and number two suppliers of shiptoshore ...

PSA jobs cut back

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Almost 500 jobs are to be axed by PSA Corporation in Singapore as it faces up to the need to cut tariffs even more to face up to regional co...

River ports gearing up

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The Port of Paris Authority (PAP)'s 2002-2006 plan is worth E174 mill and includes E24 mill for property in the port area of Ile-de-France, ...

Hoyer revamps gas

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The Hoyer Group has consolidated all its gas logistics activities in a new company, Hoyer Gaslog GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg....

Coming under closer surveillance

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The continued fear that terrorists may target the global transport chain has increased demand for advanced container inspection systems, inc...

CorTainer moves on

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CorTainer Inc, the Houston, Texas-based flexitank producer, is departing its current Knight Road facility for new 10,000 m2 premises across ...

Stena Line booster

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Stena Line, the ferry operating arm of Stena AB, has confirmed that it will develop the Port of Holyhead, with a Pound Sterling 12.3 million...

Conventional Delwaide

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As briefly noted in last month's WorldCargo News (p1), Hessenoordnatie (HNN)'s dedicated terminal for MSC in Antwerp's Delwaidedok will be a...

Fujairah bulks up

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In response to growing demand from bulk aggregate shippers, the Port of Fujairah has commissioned a 2000 t/h travelling shiploader and assoc...

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