Lille pushes the boat out

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With a total traffic of 7.7 mt last year (plus 5.3 per cent on 2003), the Port of Lille (PFL) is France’s third largest river port, after ...

Auto box storage

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Australian removals firm Kent Moving and Storage has opened a container stacking facility at Villawood, NSW, able to store 1300 TEU under co...

Waterland to double

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Waterland Terminals in Amsterdam is planning to expand its facility with the construction of a third covered terminal....

Brunei hits box record

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Throughput at PSA International’s Muara Container Terminal in Brunei rose 32 per cent to 101,100 TEU last year, passing the 100,000 TEU ma...

Enter Megavan

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UK-based AEA Technology Rail (AEAT) has come up with Megavan, a demountable wagon body which can be fitted onto a low bed Megafret wagon, to...

PSA cuts Hong Kong deal

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PSA International has finally succeeded in buying into Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung container port through a HK$3 bill (US$385 mill) deal with l...

Near-dock ICTF for LA

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The Port of Los Angeles is discussing with BNSF Railroad the development of a new, near-dock ICTF, about five miles north of the port....

Flexitanks from UBC

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Dry bulk logistics specialist UBC Ltd, which operates a fleet of over 15,000 intermodal bulk containers, has entered the liquid bulk arena w...

Insulated shelters

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Insulated accommodation units that are easily prepared for quick installation and use in crisis locations, are now available from US contain...

Channel tunnel wobbles

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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) and the Railfreight Group (RFG) have called, through their joint lobby the Combined Tra...

Port deaths linked to fumigation

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The New Zealand Occupational Safety and Health Service has agreed to carry out a “cluster study” in the Port of Nelson after four port w...

Peel makes bid for Mersey Docks

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Peel Holdings, whose assets include Clydeport, Clydeport Shipping, the Manchester Ship Canal and Liverpool Airport, has made a £780 mill bi...

Storm blows over Corsica

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The French government has decided that “enough is enough” and is looking to wash its hands of troubled ferry company SNCM (Sté National...

54 tonne GVWs?

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Leading German trailer builder Kögel Fahrzeugwerke has called for the allowable maximum gross weight and length of semi-trailers to be incr...

Delachaux for PSA

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France-based Delachaux has booked the order for monospiral power reels and level wind (single layer) spreader reels from Hyundai-Samho Heavy...

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