New gate partners

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Embarcadero Systems Corp (ESC) and Hi-Tech Solutions have announced a new partnership to develop and market “integrative and fully automat...

New Algeciras terminal tender

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Provisional figures released by Algeciras port authority (APBA) suggest it handled a total of 73 mt in 2006, mostly containers, an increase ...

Tank management from GES

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Global Equipment Solutions BV (GES) has been established to provide a fleet management service for intermodal transport equipment....

Bouzas in demand

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Peugeot Citroën (PSA) is demanding to be allowed to take up all the available space at the new Bouzas expansion terminal in the northern Sp...

NovAtel for Yangshan

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The first two container terminals at Shanghai’s Yangshan port are using global positioning systems supplied by Canadian company NovAtel to...

TIDE in at Manta

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The Ecuadorian port of Manta has been formally handed over to Terminales Internacionales de Ecuador SA (TIDE), part of the Hutchison Port Ho...

Expansion planned at Nansha

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Guangzhou Port Group (GPG), the dominant operator at China’s third-largest port, is finalising plans to expand container handling faciliti...

Look, no LAN

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When it was time to replace its aging narrowband wireless LAN, the New Zealand Port of Nelson opted to use the 3G communications network ava...

Radio switched on in Morehead City

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Development of a new port terminal on Radio Island at the Port of Morehead City, NC, is proceeding to the next phase following the completio...

Wolfurt–Antwerp shuttle launched

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Intercontainer has started a new shuttle train service between Wolfurt (Vorarlberg in Austria) and Antwerp, initially with a weekly frequenc...

Stolt makes China stand-alone unit

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Reflecting the growing importance of the Chinese chemicals market, Stolt Tank Containers (STC) has split its Asian activities into two separ...

Hupac drives modal shift

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Swiss UIRR operator Hupac carried more than 600,000 consignments last year, 18.0% ahead of 2005 and 55.2% up on a three-year comparison. It ...

…Shanghai block train

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Shanghai’s port has taken its first step to penetrate deeper inland by starting a weekly container block train service from the city’s L...

Karachi project moves on

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Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has issued a pre-qualification notice for the dredging, reclamation and marine protection work necessary to develop...

APMT boosts Pipavav

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APM Terminals (APMT) is to invest over US$200M in the development of a new container berth at the Port of Pipavav in India’s Gujarat state...

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