HPH cool on Yangshan

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) says it has not expressed any specific interest, so far, in participating in the development of Shanghai’s n...

HPC’s crane orders

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Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC), part of HHLA, has won several contracts in connection with ZPMC cranes....

Southport tries again

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Southport, located at Bluff at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island, is to purchase a three year old Liebherr LHM 320 harbour mobile c...

Team Lines scales up

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Team Lines has taken delivery of the fourth of a series of four 822 TEU feeder ships, the largest in its 23-strong fleet. The first, GOTLAND...

Stolt rings the changes

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James Hurlock, 69, has been appointed interim chief executive officer of Stolt- Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG) in succession to Reg Lee...

Russia locking China in?

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Russia’s Vice-Minister for Transport Chingiz Izmaylov has reiterated his country’s strong opposition to China’s proposal to take a lon...

Seaforth open longer

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Mersey Docks is planning to extend gate opening hours at LIverpool’s Seaforth Container Terminal to a round-the-clock operation, five days...

…flood threat to Pearl River Delta

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Chinese scientists have warned that the Pearl River Delta in south China faces serious flooding, with the water level in the region likely t...

Second tank line for CIMC

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China International Marine Containers (CIMC), the world’s largest manufacturer of standard dry freight containers, reefers and dry freight...

UP adds more reefer box cars

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Union Pacific Railroad has increased an order for 64ft refrigerated box cars to 1,500 units from the 500 units previously ordered from Trini...

New fight over RTT

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The Hong Kong government has appealed a High Court decision that allowed the River Trade Terminal (RTT) to continue to handle ocean-going sh...

Still Jam tomorrow?

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Development of a new port at Vizhinjam in the south Indian state of Kerala could begin early next year, the state’s Minister for Ports, M ...

Tell it to the birds

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Associated British Ports (ABP) and leading UK conservation organisations have reached what is decribed as a groundbreaking agreement to safe...

Roadrailer in India

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Pune-based Kirloskar has built three Roadrailer bimodal chassis trailers (“Chassisrailers”) under licence from Wabash in the USA....

Boxes boom at Sydney/Brisbane

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Australia’s major east coast ports have turned in strong trade results for 2002/ 2003, despite the impact of the drought on export shipmen...

…Subic moves on

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The Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has turned down a petition from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to waive VAT an...

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