Remote control from Gottwald

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Gottwald Port Technology has come up with a remote control system for both Gottwald HMK (mobile) and HSK rail portalmounted) harbour cranes,...

…bags big PTP order

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The Port of Tanjung Pelepas has ordered three cranes from Impsa Malaysia (with an option for three more) with a maximum lifting capacity of ...

Haldia plans to build on

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Encouraged by a recent surge in exports, the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is considering a proposal to build a new multi-purpose berth at the H...

Singamas profit surges ahead

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Strong demand for containers to cope with rising world trade helped Singamas Container Holdings, the world’s second largest box builder, t...

Liverpool passes ISPS test

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The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Department has given the Port of Liverpool - the UK’s major container gateway to and from the U...

East Coast/APM M&R deal

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New Jersey-based East Coast Crane and Electrical Contracting (ECC) has won a four-year crane maintenance contract with APM Terminals (APMT) ...

Indian ports up and down

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According to figures released by the Indian Ports Association (IPA), India’s major ports recorded a 7.5 per cent growth in cargo traffic t...

Finnsteve in Mussalo

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Finnish port operator Finnsteve Oy Ab is to start operations next January at the Port of Kotka’s Mussalso container terminal, up to now a ...

“Ecocombi” tests to start again

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The Dutch have authorised a new round of tests with extra long road rigs, comprising a rigid truck with drawbar (B Double type)....

New ports for Colombia

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Colombia’s Transport Ministry is to develop three new ports in the next seven to eight years costing a combined US$1.4 bill. These will be...

Lyon-Turin problems

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LTF, the Franco-Italian company charged with executing the Lyon-Turin rail tunnel project, has admitted that technical, administrative and f...

FreightLink adds wagons

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Freight volumes that are already exceeding first-year projections for the Adelaide-Darwin rail link have encouraged operator FreightLink to ...

PINE on the water

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European inland waterways freight transport is forecast to grow by 35 per cent from now to 2020, from 124 mtkms to 166 mtkms, according to t...

Leave it to the birds

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The UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has reiterated its strong oppostion to Hutchison Ports UK (HPUK)’s Bathside Ba...

New port planned on Lake Maracaibo

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Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo management authority, (Comlago), which is located in Zulia state, has published plans to implement a three-phas...

Curtains up for Containerlift

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Containerlift, the UK operator of Steelbro “Sidelifter” self-loading trailers (SLTs), has introduced its own intermodal service using th...

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