New terminal for Vlissingen

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Although the development of the Westerschelde Container Terminal (WCT) at Zeeland Ports (ZP)’s Port of Vlissingen has stalled, a new conta...

Partners at war over PN

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Despite low key beginnings, the fight between 50:50 partners Toll Holdings and Patrick Corporation over joint venture rail company Pacific N...

Pau-Zaragossa rail freight?

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There is growing popular support on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees for reopening the Pau-Zaragossa rail link, which crosses the border in ...

Inland rail study – again

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The latest Australian Federal Government study into an inland rail link between Melbourne and Brisbane appears to signal a new determination...

Consens moving forward

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Germany-based Consens Transport Systeme GmbH reports that it is moving ahead with its straddle carrier production programme. The first of fo...

Liebherr reports new crane orders

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As briefly reported in last month’s issue of WorldCargo News (p1), Liebherr is building a post-Panamax (46m/16-wide outreach) crane for th...

Tacoma death “accidental”

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The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (DLI) has concluded its investigation into the death of a stevedore at Terminal 4 at...

New combi-wagon

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French wagon builder Arbel Fauvet Rail (AFR) has demonstrated for the first time the prototype of its new combi-wagon designed to cater, int...

Early axe for Glebe Island

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In a decision that has shocked the shipping and automotive industries, the New South Wales government will close Sydney’s Glebe Island car...

Clean trucks for Oakland

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The Port of Oakland has launched a programme designed to reduce emissions from trucks that operate at the port’s maritime facilities....

Floating crane – win some…

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Thank you for the excellent article on our floating container crane concept in the July 2005 issue of WorldCargo News (,p29)....

…operators announced

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Following the completion of APMT’s contract to manage Apapa Container Terminal, the results of the tenders for the other two main Lagos fa...

ZPMC RTG changes

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ZPMC is planning several changes to its standard RTG, of which it now produces more than one a day. Its current base design features a chain...

…and lose some

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I read with interest your recent article “Crane goes swimming with the tide?” on the floating container crane concept from the Royal Has...

Bidding war for P&O Ports?

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A bidding war for P&O Ports is on the cards after it was announced in London that a “tentative approach” had been made by Dubai Ports Wo...

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