Breakbulk for Kitimat

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The Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has said it will contribute C$200,000 toward a C$774,000 study to examine the feasibility of ...

New test carrier from Wampfler

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In what is heralded as a world first, Germany-based Wampfler AG has installed a new test carrier at its Weil-am-Rhein factory that, it claim...

New cranes for Haifa

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The Haifa Port Company Ltd (HPC) has issued a tender for six, possibly seven, superpost-Panamax ship-to-shore container cranes, and up to fo...

APMT wins Maasvlakte 2 concession

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APM Terminals has secured the concession for the first Maasvlakte 2 container development in Rotterdam following protracted negotiations wit...

New discharge valve from Fort Vale

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Building on the success of its ‘Cleanflow’ and ‘Univalve’ discharge valves, Fort Vale Engineering Ltd has launched the 3-inch, 45 de...

Hupac widens the net

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Intermodal operator Hupac has launched a new connection between Busto Arsizio and Fiorenzuola d’Arda, near Parma. “We wanted to satisfy ...

Row looms over Containerships’ deals

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In April Finnish container shipping company Containerships Ltd Oy signed an agreement with the relevant regional authorities to develop two ...

Two more for Axis

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Axis Intermodal, the German rental subsidiary of UK-based Intermodal Resource plc, has recently signed contracts covering the short/medium t...

Scanners for Mozambique

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Mozambique’s minister of finance, Manuel Chang, has revealed that scanners are to be installed at all the country’s international ports ...

ZPMC launches mains-powered RTG

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China-based crane builder ZPMC has announced that it has completed construction for China Merchants Port Service (Shenzhen) Co Ltd of what i...

Simon goes to Cobelfret

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The Simon Group looks set to be sold to its main client, Cobelfret, following a majority stake taken by the latter’s investment arm Montau...

Corrigenda

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In the May 2006 edition of WorldCargo News it was incorrectly stated (page 21) that RealTime Business Solutions of Australia had announced a...

Ro-ro ramp repair

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Repairing old ro-ro ramps can be a costeffective alternative to scrapping them and buying new. The No 1 ramp at Associated British Ports (AB...

Port Klang on for 6.2M TEU

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Malaysia’s Port Klang, comprising Northport and Westports, expects to handle 6.2M TEU this year, up 13%, according to Port Klang Authority...

Radio remote control from Cavotec

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The Norwegian member of the Cavotec Group, Cavotec Micro-control, has launched its new MC-3-6 EX radio remote control, for ATEX zone 1 appli...

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