…new regulators

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With the port concession process at last making headway in Nigeria, plans have been announced to transfer the NPA’s landlord responsibilit...

Oz terminals security charge

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Australian terminal operators have settled on a security charge of about A$5 per container, to be passed on to shipping lines from 1 January...

RSA anti-terror rules announced

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The full extent of new security measures introduced at South Africa’s ports in order to achieve International Ship and Port Facility Secur...

Maritime books Hill

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Following a review of its trailer requirements, Maritime Transport Ltd, one of the UK’s leading container hauliers, has appointed Hill Hir...

Unit45 into reefers

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Specialist 45ft palletwide container supplier Unit45 BV has received its first major order for reefer units. The Dutch company has been aske...

Daikin Industries forging ahead

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Japanese reefer machinery manufacturer Daikin Industries is continuing to make major inroads in the market with its LXE10E scroll compressor...

ISS sells Tampa yard

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Intermodal Shipping Services Inc. (ISS) and the Tampa Port Authority (TPA) have announced the sale by ISS of its container yard at the Port ...

InBulk bags Lafarge cement deal

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Lafarge Cement UK has selected InBulk Technologies’ innovative ISO-Veyor tank container as a key element in a new supply chain for a cemen...

New Nigerian port?

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The Nigerian port sector has also been boosted by a proposal to set up a new port and free trade zone near the town of Olokola, in south wes...

Nigerian concession process…

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Full details of the bids for the 24 Nigerian port concessions on offer plus the financial terms of the bidding process have now been publish...

Coastlink established

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Coastlink, a new association of shipping companies, intermodal operators, ports, stevedores, logistics specialists and shippers, has been es...

Visy at the Cuxhaven gate

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Finnish vision technology company Visy Oy and its German partner LMT GmbH have recently commissioned a terminal gate system and security acc...

Rail upgrade complete

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The rail freight upgrade between Felixstowe and Nuneaton was completed last month, allowing 9ft 6in high cube containers to be railed to/fro...

Lines livid over Melbourne levy

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Shipowners are outraged by proposals to raise money for deepening the Port of Melbourne by levying a charge on empty containers....

JWD acquired by DMJM+Harris

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Oakland, California-based JWD group (Jordan, Woodman, Dobson) has merged with DMJM+Harris, an AECOM Corporation company specialising in tran...

DPI seeks partners for Vallarpadam

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Dubai Ports International (DPI), which won the 30 year concession to develop and operate the Vallarpadam International Container Terminal ne...

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