Greyslot demand rising

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GreySlot, the global empty container repositioning service operated by Transamerica Leasing subsidiary Greybox Logistics Services (GLS), say...

WhereNet is here

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A new, real-time container and container handling equipment tracking and location system for marine container terminals has been introduced ...

Naha adds Portainer

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The Naha Port Authority (NPA) on Okinawa has ordered another Paceco Portainer from Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd (MES) for bert...

TETRA for MTL

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A TETRA (terrestrial trunked radio) digital radio network has been implemented at Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) in Hong Kong....

Container inspection

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Dear Sir, The tests carried out by ABCNews (WorldCargo News September 2003, p36) and the incident involving box cutters planted on airliners...

Kerala port moves…

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The government of the south Indian state of Kerala has opened discussions with companies that responded to its tenders inviting expressions ...

Bill Fox – pioneer tank builder

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William Kilburn Fox, known to everyone as Bill, has passed away at the age of 81. Perhaps best known as the founder and former managing dire...

Tollerort expansion

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HHLA’s Tollerort Container Terminal (TCT) has been enlarged by 4 hectares and storage capacity has been increased by 950 TEU. The quay wal...

New men at Ceres

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Ceres Terminals, Inc, now majority- owned by NYK Line, has appointed Thomas J Simmers as president and CEO....

Gottwald chalks up first Japanese sale

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Gottwald Port Technology recently delivered its first harbour mobile crane to Japan - an HMK 170 E to Matsuura Express Co Ltd at Karatsu Por...

Cosco eyes Yangshan

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China Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco) is the latest to express interest in Shanghai’s new Yuan100 bill (US$12.08 bill) container port at Yangsha...

San Antonio expands

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Strong growth in exports from Chile’s number one container port, San Antonio, in the first nine months of the year have encouraged the por...

Kalmar building in China

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Kalmar Port Machinery (Shanghai) Co Ltd’s new facility in the Waigaoqiao free trade zone (FTZ), initially intended as a parts distribution...

Keeping the powder dry

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A Geelong, Victoria-based company has developed what it claims to be an innovative, low-cost method of converting standard IMO tank containe...

Three more box plants in China

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Singamas Container Holdings has formally opened its latest dry freight container manufacturing facility - Qingdao Pacific Container Co (QPCC...

DVB targets containers

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Evidence that the container shipping business remains an attractive proposition for the financial community comes with the news that DVB Ban...

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