Barents initiative

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A Barents Region Ports Association is to be set up by ports from Northern Russia and Scandinavia....

Eurosib opposes monopoly

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St Petersburg-based forwarding group Eurosib has accused RZD, the Russian state-owned railway, of trying to monopolise Russia’s fledgling ...

PuriNOx in Houston

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The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) is considering awarding a US$1 mill contract to JAM Distributing Co to cover the purchase of around 900,...

MIPS plans Maputo crane additions 

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Maputo International Port Services (MIPS), the company running the port of Maputo container terminal, plans to invest heavily in new cranes....

Northport dropping straddles

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Northport, Port Klang, is to replace straddle carriers with RTGs at the former KCT terminal....

Transfesa talks Turkey

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Spain-based Transportes Ferroviarios Especiales SA (Transfesa) has signed an agreement with Turkish company Omsan Lojistik to transport auto...

Stacktrains for China

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China’s first first double-stack container train started trial operations on April 18 between Beijing and Shanghai....

Vizhinjam attracts interest

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The South Indian state of Kerala’s Ports Department has received 11 expressions of interest from Indian and international port developers ...

East African rail links improved

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Transport times between Uganda and the Kenyan port of Mombasa have been cut thanks to the streamlining of Kenyan and Ugandan railway operati...

UK rail optimism

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Rail freight customers in the UK are generally optimistic about using rail for increased freight movements despite gloomy predictions about ...

Jordan adopts E-cert system

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Jordan has become the first Middle East country to adopt E-cert, the Australian Internet-based system for tracking agricultural exports and ...

New cranes for Tilbury

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Two new, twinlift Paceco Portainers, built in Spain by Paceco España SA, arrived fully erect at Tilbury Container Services (TCS)’s Northf...

Indian ports up efficiency

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Major Indian ports increased their efficiency in the year to March 31 as well as showing 10 per cent growth in cargo handling volumes....

Banana bonanza

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Banalliance, the grouping of 220 Martinique banana growers, is to establish a 4,800 m2 (51,700 ft2) temperature-controlled warehouse at t...

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