Floors – going nowhere slowly?

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The search for environmentally-friendly alternatives to apitong plywood for container floors is ongoing, but progress to date has been negli...

PSA/Cosco terminal talks

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China Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco) is in talks with Singapore port operator PSA Corp about owning or having a joint venture container terminal ...

.snub for Vallarpadam

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The proposed Vallarpadam international container transhipment terminal near Kochi has received a poor response from potential bidders. Only ...

The end of an era

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Jindo Corp has finally decided to call it a day at its original dry freight container/chassis manufacturing plant in Inchon, Korea....

Lotschberg – what’s the point?

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Alberto Grisone, managing director of RAlpin AG (Ralpin), has launched an attack on the Italian authorities' dilatory approach to improving ...

Kalmar lines up Hollandia

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Hard on the heels of its Tampere product lines' outsourcing agreement with TPgroup (see WorldCargo News January 2003, p36), Kalmar Industrie...

Cobelfret in Duisburg

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Ro-ro operator Cobelfret is to set up a multi-purpose terminal occupying 50,000 m2 at the Port of Duisburg's new Logport facility, which has...

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...

Esmeraldas stalled

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The Nuevo Milenio consortium's management and operations concession at the port of Esmeraldas in Ecuador, awarded in early February, has eff...

Unikai closes down

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Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus AG (HHLA) has closed down its Unikai facility for container shipping....

New port for UAE

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Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, plans to develop a commercial hub at Al Hamra Island, according to Shaikh Ahmed Bin Saqr Al Qassimi, the new head of th...

Kocks wins IPRA order

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Germany-based Kocks Krane International GmbH has won the tender for four superpost-Panamax cranes, with options for three more, for Israel P...

Liquip radars on the screen

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Sydney-based Liquip Sales Pty Ltd has introduced the innovative Diptronic radar-based level gauge for road tankers....

Wagons roll

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Indian rail wagon manufacturers have received a boost with Indian Railways (IR), their main customer, announcing it will increase its order ...

In the Vans

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While the Port of Vancouver, BC has announced a major expansion programme (WorldCargo News, September 2002, pp19-21), its smaller USnamesake...

Indonesia plans two hub ports.

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The Indonesian government has decided to develop two international hub ports with a combined annual capacity of 10 mill TEU....

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