China box volumes soar again

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China’s major ports handled 12.68 mill TEU in the first quarter of this year, up 24.7 per cent over the same period of last year. Nearly 9...

New MHI crane unit

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) is setting up a new crane and material handling systems business unit, which is designed to consolidat...

BCT grows strongly

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Poland’s improving economy coupled with changing cargo patterns helped push container throughput last year at the ICTSI-operated Baltic Co...

IAS highlights box shortages

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Analysis of the latest aggregate container event data managed by International Asset Systems (IAS) during the first quarter of 2004, includi...

Scanner launched

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Smiths Detection, one of the world’s leading providers of X-ray detection equipment, has launched the HI-SCAN 250250 screening system, des...

K�hne & Nagel/EWS deal

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Main port connectivity problems in the UK are driving non-traditional customers to intermodal rail. K�hne & Nagel has reached a 3-year agr...

ICF shuttle saves time

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Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF) has set up a new three pairs/week shuttle service between Switzerland and Hamburg and Bremerhaven....

Adelaide dredging gets green light

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The South Australian government has recommitted to the deepening of Port Adelaide, and flagged a 2006 completion date that would enable the ...

Tank people on the move

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A number of long-term relationships between established names and companies in the tank container industry have come to an end recently....

L�beck ro-ro move

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Privately-owned Lehmann GmbH in L�beck has won approval from the local government to purchase and redevelop the former Flender Werft on th...

Two more for TTS

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TTS Ships Equipment AB in Gothenburg has booked two new contracts for cargo access equipment.

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Mombasa crane bids

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According to Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)’s technical manager Joseph Atonga, only three of the seven bidders for its cranes tender for Momb...

Aden calling – again

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The Yemeni government is seeking a new operator for Aden container terminal to replace PSA International, which pulled out last year (see Wo...

More cars for Bordeaux

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The Port of Bordeaux-Le Verdon has intensfied its efforts to attract new car traffic. Last year SNCF’s car transport affiliate STVA opened...

Mariupol set to invest

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The Ukrainian Port of Mariupol (Sea of Azov) is set to invest around US$18.5 mill this year in response to soaring production of metal for e...

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