HHLA – odds on an IPO

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The Hamburg City Senate has cut its shortlist of prospective partners in HHLA to two, Macquarie Bank and construction giant Hochtief. Dubai ...

George, Charles, Jasper show

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In line with earlier predictions (see WorldCargo News January 2007, p16), the states of Georgia and South Carolina will settle their long ru...

Kandla open for business

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The first berth of a new container terminal at the Port of Kandla on India’s west coast has been put into operation by ABG Kandla Containe...

Mobicon and Meclift from Powerfleet

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California-based Powerfleet Inc reports that it has been appointed exclusive distributor in the USA for “niche” products from Finland an...

Two “firsts” in Ho Chi Minh City

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Vietnam International Container Terminal (VICT) in Ho Chi Minh City, which is undertaking a major expansion programme aimed at increasing ca...

Musical chairs in St Petersburg

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Confirming earlier rumours (see WorldCargo News February 2007, p32), SeverStalTrans (SST) has announced the purchase from timber group Orimi...

Gavan into Malaysia

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Gavan Products, one of the world’s leading suppliers of container parts, has expanded its presence in Asia by forming a joint venture comp...

Unilog withdrawal sends message

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Last month Unilog, the last of the three intermodal aggregators set up when the Channel tunnel opened, ran its last train....

Chennai gets second container terminal

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Chennai International Terminal (CIT), a joint venture of Singapore’s PSA International and India’s Sical Logistics, has signed an agreem...

More “green” RTGs

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Underscoring the growing interest in alternative power systems for RTGs to reduce emissions and fuel consumption (see WorldCargo News Februa...

Morgan Stanley into Montreal

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Morgan Stanley Investment Management has acquired an 80% stake in Montreal Gateway Terminals (MGT), which operates the Cast and Racine conta...

New Aarhus service deal

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Port of Aarhus operator Cargo Service AS (formerly århus Stevedore Kompagni) has awarded Kalmar a five-year maintenance and service contrac...

Hambantota under way

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Two Chinese companies, China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd and Syno Hydro Corporation Ltd, have signed an agreement with the Sri Lanka Por...

NOL in Qingdao venture

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Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has entered into an agreement with SITC Group to form a 50:50 joint venture company to build and operate a contai...

Fortis backs Cronos MBO

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The Cronos Group has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with CRX Acquisition Ltd, a newly-formed company owned by members of...

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