New Beirut concession

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The Beirut Port Authority (CGEPB) has awarded a lucrative 10 year concession to a consortium of US, British and Lebanese companies to operat...

Iran-Syria port deal

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Tehran and Damascus are on the verge of signing a deal that would enable Iranian private sector interests to take over a terminal at Syria...

Tangier interest running high

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The proposed US$1 bill Tanger (Tangier) container port project is claimed to have attracted international “majors” for the first contain...

New Mali terminal

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Italian shipping line Ignazio Messina has opened a new rail connected container terminal in Bamako, in land-locked Mali....

…more trouble in Trieste

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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) says it is cancelling all future calls in Trieste, due to poor service. The traffic will be spread arou...

Ambitious Ilyichevsk

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The Ukrainian port of Ilyichevsk has unveiled a plan to increase container handling capacity from 200,000 TEU (estimated) to 1 mill TEU/year...

UK aligns behind ADR

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With the entry-into-force of the UK’s Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations 2004 on May 10, 20...

VTE at risk…

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Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE) in Genoa, part of PSA (through PSA Sinport), is at risk of losing control over modules five and six at Voltri u...

A challenging year for container lessors

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Although the container leasing industry is continuing to benefit from strong market conditions, rising container prices have brought about n...

Nordic-Russian east-west route?

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Thanks to its mass exports of forestry and chemical products, the Nordic region has a balanced trade with the Far East. The Transsiberian ra...

New modal shift initiatives shape up

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Germany’s inland waterways lost market share last year due to very low precipitation which caused problems with water levels throughout th...

…Domino domination

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Not content with dominating the dry freight, reefer and, most recently, tank container markets, China International Marine Containers (CIMC)...

Bayport moves on

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Following a favourable ruling by a federal district court judge (see WorldCargo News March 2004, p17), the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) l...

Maher goes west

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Maher Terminals has been selected as the operator for a new container facility at Fairview Cove in Prince Rupert, northern BC. Fairview Cove...

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