Investing in Shenzhen

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China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) of Hong Kong is planning to spend Yuan8 bill (US$966 mill) over the next four years to upgrade...

Cargodrome on track

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After a lengthy delay caused by local planning problems, construction of Cargodrome, a new, high-tech intermodal terminal and logistics cent...

Cosco signs Tianjin deal

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Cosco Pacific, the ports and terminals arm of the China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ch...

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 ...

WGQ4 hits million mark

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After handling its first container in February, throughput at Shanghai’s Waigaoqiao Phase 4 (WGQ4) is set to hit 1 mill TEU by the end of ...

Visakha additions

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Visakha Container Terminal (VCT) at Visakhapatnam port in south India, which started operations in June this year, is planning to import mor...

Trencor tanks going to China

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In a surprise move, Trencor Containers has announced that it is to sell the equipment, machinery and associated intellectual property of its...

Grabbing the right choices

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The question of whether special, high tensile steels should be used in grab construction to reduce mass remains a lively debating point in t...

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...

LSCT cranes for SAPO?

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As well as ordering three new cranes from Impsa (see WorldCargo News September 2003, p2), South African Port Operations (SAPO) has been look...

Transfennica charts a new course

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Earlier this year four large, chartered ro-ro newbuildings entered service for Transfennica to serve its rapidly growing Hanko-Lübeck route...

Goa goes for coal

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Indian and overseas manufacturers are in stiff competition to bag an order for coal handling equipment for berths 5A and 6A at Mormugao port...

Steelbros for Iraq

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Steelbro New Zealand Ltd claims to have secured a multi-million dollar order for the immediate supply of its self-loading trailers (SLTs), o...

Eurotunnel FIRST for high cubes?

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Eurotunnel wants to develop high cube trailer and swap body traffic (up to 110 m3) between Germany/ Benelux and the UK. RFF, the French trac...

Paradip ore berth tender

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Paradip Port on India’s east coast has invited expressions of interest from construction companies and port developers to build a new deep...

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