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North-south container train coming shortly

News1 May 2004

The first container train on the north-south transport corridor is scheduled to depart from Berlin for Iran on 1 August, according to the pr...

Depots at “critical juncture”

News1 May 2004

US-based Martec International has warned that turmoil in the steel, timber and petroleum markets has left container parts suppliers in an un...

QR fills FA need

News1 May 2004

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

Fantuzzi restructures

News1 May 2004

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,...

Kalmar chalks up a Home win

News1 May 2004

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

Metroport upgrade

News1 May 2004

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...

Shenzhen port set to overtake Kwai Chung

News1 May 2004

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

Broekman parks up

News1 May 2004

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 ...

Swanson rethink urged…

News1 May 2004

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

Koblenz expands

News1 May 2004

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 ...

New world records?

News1 May 2004

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

Iraqi Ports planning US$1 bill investment

News1 May 2004

The Iraqi Ports Authority (IPA) has plans for 60 new berths at the four ports under its jurisdiction, to be developed over the next five to ...

Container screening at ports

News1 May 2004

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 ...

OneStone forecasts

News1 May 2004

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

“Unique” spreader

News1 May 2004

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

PPP scheme for Itaqui

News1 May 2004

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

North-south container train coming shortly

Depots at “critical juncture”

QR fills FA need

Fantuzzi restructures

Kalmar chalks up a Home win

Metroport upgrade

Shenzhen port set to overtake Kwai Chung

Broekman parks up

Swanson rethink urged…

Koblenz expands

New world records?

Iraqi Ports planning US$1 bill investment

Container screening at ports

OneStone forecasts

“Unique” spreader

PPP scheme for Itaqui

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

North-south container train coming shortly

Depots at “critical juncture”

QR fills FA need

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Maersk Shekou undergoes repairs after accident in Fremantle

DNV: Decarbonisation may double container shipping costs by 2050

27,500 TEU container ship behemoth is born

MSC ship loses 46 boxes off South Africa coast

ILA ups the heat with strike threat