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....

SAIC bags CFP deal

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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a contract to support the supply, installation, commissioning and tes...

Yangshan opened to overseas operators

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Shanghai port authorities are preparing to invite bids from foreign companies to build and operate the four berth second terminal at the new...

CSXWT reorganises

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CSX World Terminals LLC has announced the reorganisation of its senior management team in Hong Kong and China following the opening of Asia ...

Patrick gear starts to flow

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Patrick has begun to take delivery of what is expected to be a steady flow of new equipment for its major Australian terminals with the arri...

CIMC flat out on tanks

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Following the installation in March this year of a second tank production line, output has increased significantly at the CIMC tank containe...

Share row settled in St Petersburg

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The St Petersburg Central Registration Company, which is the registar for the Seaport of St Petersburg, has resolved that the block of share...

Polymers terminal

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Two years after the ground-breaking took place - and two years ahead of schedule - Katoen Natie Gulf Coast, a subsidiary of the Belgian Kato...

China rail can’t cope

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China has admitted that despite steady growth in carrying capacity, its rail freight system is struggling to cope with the growing demands o...

Kalmar launches new straddle

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Kalmar has launched its 7th generation straddle carrier range. There are two basic types: the proven, twin-engine CSC “Smoothlift” hoist...

Paradip reversal

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Concor has also suffered a blow at Paradip port in eastern India where the Shipping Ministry has reversed an earlier decision to hand over a...

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