Hoyer bucks the trend

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The Hamburg-based Hoyer Group increased turnover by 2.5 per cent during fiscal year 2003 in spite of weak economic activity in its key logis...

PTP expansion continuing

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The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has completed two new berths and the land reclamation projects for the construction of a further six, unde...

Russian Railways' container boom

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In response to the boom in containerisation in recent years, Russian Railways has begun setting up daughter companies to carry containers by...

Cobelfret orders jumbo ro-ros

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Antwerp based Cobelfret Ferries has placed an order for what will be the two largest freight only ro-ros for North Sea operations and possib...

Jib cranes get thumbs down

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Harbour mobile crane suppliers and some of their customers are objecting to the clause in US OSHA’s proposed new ruling that vertical tand...

Maersk to up Pipavav stake

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Maersk India, a subsidiary of Maersk Sealand, is negotiating to buy the entire stake of PSA Corp of Singapore and Sea King Infrastructure in...

Boxes from Vietnam

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It may be a drop in the bucket when compared to the Chinese container manufacturing giants, but Vietnam has taken its first steps on the roa...

Reefer JV for MHI

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Hitachi Ltd have reached a basic agreement to establish a joint venture company to merge MHI’s air c...

Tracking box movements

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The first results of a 3-year project funded jointly by the UK government and leading container shipping lines have been released by Imperia...

New intermodal car

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Poprad, Slovakia-based wagon builder Tatravagónka AS has recently come up with a new, 80ft intermodal flatcar, designated Sggrss 80, for IS...

SCI plans move into terminals

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State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is planning to diversify into container terminal operations and will make a bid for the four...

Few tears for SRA

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The forthcoming demise of the Strategic RailAuthority SRA),announced by the British government as part of its strategic review of the railwa...

MOL/NYK in China car terminal move

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Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) have signed a contract to share their technological expertise on car carrier terminal o...

MSC in Oz box terminal tilt

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Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has sent waves across the Australian waterfront after taking the first steps to set up a network of its own ...

Liebherr RTG boost

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Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd reports a surge in orders for RTGs, from existing customers. Gulftainer has ordered four 16-wheel machines, wi...

PIL webCSM complete

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UK-based FWL Technologies Ltd (FWL) and Pacific International Lines Pte Ltd (PIL) of Singapore have completed the implementation of FWL’s ...

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