Patrick rail boost

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Patrick Corp has opened a new A$10 mill rail terminal to serve its principal East Swanson Dock facility in Melbourne....

Interporti developments

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After a gap of 15 years, a new container block train service has been started by Italcontainer for Hangartner between the Port of La Spezia ...

New port for Kolkata

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T R Baalu, India’s Minister for Shipping, has announced that a new port is to be built at Sagar Island, near the Port of Kolkata, and four...

New landlords take office

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Nigeria has taken another step in its port reform programme with the formation of the Lagos Ports and Harbours Authority (LPHA) and Niger De...

Melbourne dredging trial a success…

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Halfway through its A$32 mill mandated dredging trial (see WorldCargo News August 2005, p8), the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) says p...

Savi launches SaviTrak…

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Savi Networks LLC, the Savi Technology/ Hutchison Port Holdings joint venture set up earlier this year to build and operate a global RFID-ba...

A bitter battle waged down under…

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The bid by Australia’s largest transport and logistics group, Toll Holdings, for the country’s number two, Patrick Corporation (see Worl...

Cosco Pacific profit hits record

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Hong Kong-based container lessor and port operator Cosco Pacific has reported a 131 per cent increase in first half profit to a record US$21...

SAIC at the UP gate

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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)’s Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit has been awarded a contract b...

Bangladesh privatises inland

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Four BOT contracts have been awarded to five private companies to assume management of five of Bangladesh’s state-owned inland container t...

Luanda set to expand

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The Angolan government hopes that a fourth terminal can be developed at the port of Luanda to cater for the needs of the growing oil and gas...

…Newcastle gets nod

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The New South Wales government has approved a dredging and remediation project at Newcastle, involving the dredging, excavation, reuse and d...

Tzaneros back in box biz?

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According to well-sourced local rumours - though they are unconfirmed by the parties involved - former Australian container park operator Te...

…ACCC no to Patrick’s FCL deal

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In a decision seen as portentous for Toll’s unfriendly takeover bid for Patrick, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)...

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