Logport 2 launched

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Not only are all the existing container terminals in Duisburg being enlarged (see last month’s WorldCargo News, p19), but the port has ann...

LHG seeking private investors

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The City State of Hamburg is not alone in Germany in seeking new investors for its port company.The Mayor of Lübeck, Bernd Saxe, who is als...

New low profile tag from Savi

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Savi Technology has released a new, low-profile version of its active, data rich RFID tag for military and commercial container shipments in...

Lyttelton deal off

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has withdrawn its bid to gain operational control of the Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) in New Zealand after the...

Ram to build spreaders in China

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NSL Engineering of Singapore has begun production of Ram spreaders at a new facility in Changshu, near to Shanghai in the JiangZhou Province...

P&O Ports North America sale…

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There has been widespread speculation in the USA that SSA Marine is likely to take a lead rôle in any US equity group that takes over P&O P...

Autostore for Hull

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UK port operator PD Ports has selected the Autostore container management systems from Central Systems & Automation (CSA) for Hull Container...

PSA leads Panama chase

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Singapore’s PSA International is the front-runner to operate a US$600M container port to be built on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal,...

Colour-coded X-rays

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Belgian Customs has placed a €10M order with Smiths Detection for a new design of Heimann Cargo Vision (HCV) X-ray container inspection sy...

Fatal crane accident in Mobile

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One man was killed and another slighlty injured on 3 March when the flared bow of a geared container ship, ZIM MEXICO III on charter to Zim ...

Kalmar RTGs for S Africa?

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There are unconfirmed reports that Kalmar has won an order for 12 RTGs from South African Port Operations (SAPO) for Durban’s new Pier 1 c...

Liebherr launches LHM 600

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Liebherr-Werk Nenzing reports a contract with Korea’s INI Steel Company in Inchon for three LHM 500 harbour mobile cranes and one LHM 600,...

Salalah purchases MM600s

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Mooring Systems Ltd (MSL) of New Zealand reports an agreement has been signed for four new MoorMaster 600 (MM600) automated mooring units be...

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