Rosenlew buy-in

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3i, Europe’s leading venture capital company, has backed a management buy-in (MBI) of the Rosenlew packaging business from Finland’s UPM...

Kalmar offers simulation

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Kalmar Industries has signed an agreement with a specialist Finnish software company, Cybercube Oy, to develop simulation programmes for dif...

Kiwis inspect every container

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New Zealand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has begun implementing what it calls the “world’s strictest biosecurity stand...

Ipswich ro-ro growth

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Associated British Ports (ABP)’s Port of Ipswich is set to expand its roll-on/roll-off facilities following a 20-year extension to its exi...

Stinnes reborn…

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Stinnes AG was relaunched as the lead company of Deutsche Bahn’s global transport and logistics activities on September 1. The restructuri...

More RTGs for ZPMC

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Hong Kong container terminal operator Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) has ordered 10 RTGs from ZPMC for its new CT9 facility at Kwai Chung. The R...

New Chemion plastics centre

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Chemion Logistik GmbH, the chemical logistics subsidiary of Bayer, has opened a new distribution centre for the high-tech plastic Makrolon a...

Adani adds in Mundra

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India’s Adani Group, which owns Mundra port in the western state of Gujarat, has decided to add two dry bulk berths to the four multi-purp...

Intermodal imbroglio down under

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Another Sydney suburban intermodal facility has ended up in the hands of an independent commission of inquiry, after New South Wales Infrast...

CIMC launches “green” reefer

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Shanghai CIMC Reefer Container Co (SCRC) has become the second major reefer container manufacturer to successfully test an environmentally-f...

…DB stepping up the paper chase

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DB Cargo has set up what is touted as a “new transport concept” for Finnish paper products, providing JIT deliveries by rail and value-a...

Russian deal for HHLA

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HHLA’s long-mooted deal to acquire shares in St Petersburg stevedoring group Petrolesport is likely to be finalised next month. Petrolespo...

FA in Toll’s sights?

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Hot on the heels of Toll Holdings’ bid for New Zealand’s Tranz Rail, which looks increasingly likely to succeed (see WorldCargo News Jun...

HK bridge moves on

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Ground was broken in Shenzhen last month for the Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-sea road bridge, known as the Western Corridor. Hong Kong began wo...

Upgrade for Banias

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Syria has drawn up plans to upgrade its Mediterranean port of Banias in an attempt to strengthen trade links with Europe. Syrian officials i...

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