All change in Wallhamn

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Eukor Car Carriers (the Wallenius,Wilhelmsen and Hyundai Motor Company line) and Grimaldi Naples have reached outline agreement with the Swe...

Tas port merger?

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The Tasmanian Government has ordered a complete review of the state’s four main ports - Hobart, Launceston/Bell Bay, Burnie and Devonport ...

OOIL gate solutions

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Gate technologies from Embarcadero Systems Corporation(ESC) will be installed at two New York/New Jersey terminals in the Orient Overseas (I...

Shanghai to outline port stake strategy

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The Shanghai municipal government will soon reveal the extent of private participation in the four-berth Phase II of the new Yangshan deepwa...

Raising the roof with RTGs

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It is a commonplace that many container terminals are under pressure to stack higher because of increases in traffic, scarcity of land, long...

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 ...

Private Ukrmorport?

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The Ukrainian Transport Ministry plans to privatise The Ukrainian State Seaports’ Association, Ukrmorport, according to a “self defence...

One dead in depot accident

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Incorrect tank cleaning operations at a container depot in Berisso near La Plata to the south of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires cause...

New plan for Botany

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An alternative plan by P&O Ports (P&OP) for the expansion of Port Botany container terminals has thrown the current review process into turm...

Mindanao setback

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The Japanese-funded Mindanao container terminal project in the southern Philippines has suffered another major setback with the issuance of ...

Comsa to operate Renfe terminals

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Comsa Rail Transport has been awarded two 3-year (plus 2 more optionally) concessions to manage intermodal freight yards up to now operated ...

FA takeover plan stalled

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Negotiations over the planned takeover of the RailAmerica-owned Freight Australia by Toll/ Patrick joint venture Pacific National (see World...

Night work for LA/LB?

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Nighttime and weekend operating hours may be coming to North America’s two largest ports by the year end. The ports of Long Beach and Los ...

Barcelona plans big

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The Port of Barcelona is hoping to select one or more terminal operators by mid-2005 for the new container terminal complex to be built in t...

Guayaquil bananas

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The Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil is planning to introduce a new area totally dedicated to handling and storing palletised banana exports....

Eurotunnel freight plan

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An update on Eurotunnel’s plan to develop through rail freight services, using its own new rail operating licence and a new intermodal ter...

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