PPP scheme for Itaqui

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Brazil is promoting a groundbreaking public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to attract investment for the northern port of Itaqui, amongst ...

“Unique” spreader

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Smits Spreader Systems bv has provided more information on its new harbour mobile crane spreader, which incorporates a transversal adjustmen...

OneStone forecasts

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Germany-based OneStone Consulting Group has come up with what it describes as a special report that allows interactive forecasting of contai...

Container screening at ports

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A US senator, Ernest F Hollings (D-SC), has asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to prepare a report on how containers are screened at ...

New world records?

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Malaysia’s Tanjung Pelepas claimed a world record for berth productivity earlier this month when it recorded 340 gross berth moves per hou...

Koblenz expands

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The German Rhine river port of Koblenz is to invest €4.3 mill to enlarge its container handling facilities, including an extra 7000 m2 of ...

Swanson rethink urged…

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Peak shipowner body Shipping Australia Ltd (SAL) has called for a major rethink of the Port of Melbourne Corporation (POMC)’s plans to ext...

Broekman parks up

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Broekman Group is to construct a third multi-storey car park in the Port of Rotterdam, with a capacity for 6500 cars. The new garage should ...

Shenzhen port set to overtake Kwai Chung

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Propelled by the continuing export growth in China’s southern Guangdong province, Shenzhen port is on course to record a throughput of 13 ...

Metroport upgrade

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The Port of Tauranga in New Zealand has announced an NZ$3 mill upgrade to its Metroport inland terminal in South Auckland. The upgrade wi...

Kalmar chalks up a Home win

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Kalmar has received an order for 29 straddle carriers from MSC Home Terminal, the MSCHessenoordnatie joint venture in the Port of Antwerp....

Fantuzzi restructures

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Fantuzzi group has signed a new deal with the banks which keeps its credit lines open for €190 mill and restructures its €125 mill bond,...

QR fills FA need

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Queensland Rail (QR) has moved to seize customers unhappy with the Pacific National (PN) takeover of Freight Australia (see WorldCargo News ...

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