Ukranian megaport planned

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The Ukranian Transport Ministry has made an unexpected Uturn and plumped for what it had previously labelled the “least attractive option...

Update on Bayport

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As previously reported, the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) is letting contracts for the construction of its Bayport cruise and container te...

Nigerian no on ISPS

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The Nigerian Minister of Transport, Abiye Sekibo, has stated that his government does not have to cooperate with the US authorities with reg...

Russian rail chase

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Severstaltrans, part of Russia’s largest metals producer Severstal Group and already the country’s largest private rail operator, is loo...

Transatlantic RFID

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Kühne & Nagel (K&N) and Siemens Business Services have implemented a pilot transatlantic RFID project, which will see RFID being tested for...

GPA opens Gate 3

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The improved Gate 3 interchange complex at the Georgia Port Authority (GPA)’s Port of Savannah opened to truck traffic last month, increas...

New ship for Norilsk

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Russia’s Norilsk Nickel has ordered a 14,500 dwt river/sea container ship designed specifically for Arctic operations from Kvaerner Masa-Y...

Boost for Paragon

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The beleagured Ceres Paragon container terminal has received a boost with a test call from APL LOLITE, which is one of seven vessels deploye...

CMHI to expand Mawan terminal

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Hong Kong-listed China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) plans to invest much of the US$500 mill it is raising from asset sales in its...

APMT for Zeebrugge

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APM Terminals (APMT) has been named as preferred bidder and signed a Letter of Intent for the concession to manage and operate a container t...

Obituary

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It is with deep sadness that we report the death on August 10 of Peter van Dijk, a pioneer in the development of 45ft containers for operati...

Airbus flies on the Elbe

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Airbus and its German subcontractor Industrieanlagen Betriebsgesellschaft (IABG) are preparing to make extensive fatigue tests on the A380 s...

Oz box records broken

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Worldwide container trade growth has been reflected in bumper container throughput figures for Australia’s four leading box ports....

NZ charts way forward for rail

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When Australia’s Toll Holdings acquired a majority stake in Tranz Rail (TR) last year, it rebranded the company Toll Rail and agreed in pr...

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