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ASTRUM has been chosen as the new name for William Cook Intermodal and William Cook Defence following a Bank of Scotland-backed management b...

Coega goes full steam ahead

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Following Alcan’s decision to go ahead with the development of an aluminium smelter at Coega (also known as Ngqura), South Africa’s Nati...

CDO hanging on

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The International Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) in northern Mindanao, the Philippines, is “feeling the pinch” of competition from its big...

US Gulf venture

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With the first phase of Houston’s new Bayport container terminal coming on stream this month, Marine Terminals Corp and CMA CGM have forme...

Södertälje on the up

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Sweden’s Port of Södertälje is continuing to grow. The container quay is to be doubled in length to 310m in order to handle the coming g...

DB Logistics restructure

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DB Logistics, the freight transport and logistics arm of Deutsche Bahn AG, has a new structure that sees rail freight production and sales c...

New Danube port

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The Belgrade Land Development Public Agency recently invited bids for a new port in the Serbian capital, on the River Danube. Specifically i...

New heavy Zi-Co chains

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Chaintec, the UK-based supplier of leaf chains to the FLT replacement market, has introduced a new range of 1.5-2.5in pitch Zi-Co coated cha...

Box scanner order

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The Philippines government is pressing ahead with the acquisition of 20 X-ray scanning machines from China’s Nuctech Company for installat...

Tanzanian concession back on

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The Tanzanian government has decided to restart the tender for the contract to operate the general cargo terminal at Dar es Salaam. Control ...

…and RTG business from Santos Brasil

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Santos Brasil SA, the biggest container terminal operator in Brazil’s largest container port, has placed an order for 12 Kalmar EOne RTGs,...

Chassis does the splits

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Best-known for its range of demountable vehicle body systems and chassis-mounted tail-lifts, UK-based Ray Smith Group has launched what it c...

IR keeps the upper hand

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Indian Railways (IR) has signed a concession agreement with 14 licensed inland container carriers, but rejected their demand that revisions ...

Ambitious Mundra

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With ambitions to overtake India’s largest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru (JNP), the Adani group-run Mundra Port on the Gujarat coast is...

Hazchem alliance

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The Dow Chemical Company, Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Union Tank Car Company (UTTC) and the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Rai...

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