CIYB 2007 published

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Backed up by a wealth of statistical data, the 2007 edition of the Containerisation International Yearbook, now in its 38th year of publicat...

Charleston sets emission goals

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The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) has signed a voluntary agreement with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environme...

Victoria buys back rail

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The Victorian government has honoured its November 2006 election pledge and bought back the lease of the state’s rail freight network, pay...

Berlin targets rail intermodal growth

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Port of Berlin operator Behala plans to double intermodal rail traffic volumes within the next two years to 80-90,000 shipments/ year by pro...

Freightliner in Oz

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The UK’s Freightliner has established an Australian subsidiary and flagged its intentions to enter the local rail freight market, but indu...

ICTSI wins Ecuador concession

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Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has decided not to form a strategic alliance with Singapore...

Record ship crane orders for Cargotec

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Cargotec’s MacGregor business unit received a record number of ship crane orders in the first quarter of 2007 from various shipyards in Ch...

…as critics pan Melbourne SEES

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The Victorian government has released the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC)’s remarkable 15,000-page supplementary environmental effect...

Tuapse for sale

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Novolipetsky Metallurgical Works (NLMK), one of Russia’s leading steel makers, has put its 69.4% shareholding in the Merchant Seaport of T...

Profit jump for Stena

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Stena Line, Europe’s biggest ferry operator, doubled its profit last year compared to 2005 to SEK450M (€49.5M), its best performance sin...

Canadian security slammed

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Canada’s Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence has released a damning report on the state of the country’s port sec...

New port for India

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Krishnapatnam Port Co (KPC), a family-owned start-up on India’s east coast, will invest US$1.6B in a new container and bulk port in a move...

B-Cargo’s iron will

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SNCB’s B-Cargo has run the first train in many years on the “historic” Iron Rhine route between Antwerp and the Ruhr. The “symbolic...

APMT eyeing Ports of Auckland?…

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Not long after Ports of Auckland pulled out of merger talks with rival Port of Tauranga (see p9), it is being reported in New Zealand that t...

Konecranes books RTGs for Odessa

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Konecranes has reported an order for four RTGs from HPC Ukraina, in Odessa. HPC Ukraina, an affiliate of HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH is...

First all-electric Siag spreaders

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Italy-based crane components specialist Siag SpA is scheduled to deliver this month the first three of seven all-electric, ship-to-shore cra...

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