Hambantota work starts…

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The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has started building a multi-purpose port at Hambantota on the country’s south west coast with Chines...

New Cork terminal

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The Irish Port of Cork is finalising a planning application for a new container terminal at Ringaskiddy....

Cavotec MSL in share placement

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Cavotec MSL Holdings Ltd has placed another 4M shares worth NZ$18M to institutional and other investors, through Goldman Sachs JBWere. Thirt...

Malaysia seeks box port rationalisation

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The Malaysian government has asked the Johor Port Authority (JPA) to study a plan to rationalise the container handling operations of the Po...

New Bangladesh container terminal

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In its first survey report submitted to the Bangladesh government last month, Japanese consultancy Pacific Consultant International (PCI) ha...

Dunkirk as UK main port?

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As a step towards realising a longheld vision, Dunkirk port authority (PAD) and Eurotunnel have signed an agreement aimed at developing rail...

Baltimore switch

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Ports America Inc, the port operating arm of AIG Global Investment Group, has entered into an agreement with Universal Maritime Services Cor...

BIR to Varian

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Varian Medical Systems Inc has acquired Bio-Imaging Research Inc (BIR), a supplier of X-ray imaging products for container inspection, for U...

HMM opts for Magnum

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South Korean operator Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), a long term customer for Thermo King’s reciprocating compressor reefer machinery with...

DB moves on EWS and Transfesa

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Confirming months of speculation, fuelled by their own joint statement some time ago that they were examining ways of “extending co-operat...

VTE rumbles on

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The row over the VIth Module at Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE) in the Port of Genoa shows no signs of abating. As surmised in the April 2007 i...

Timars gets Russian nod

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Timars of Sweden, well known for its range of single point lift spreaders, overheight attachments and various ancillary products, has gained...

GIP buys into Chennai box terminal

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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the private equity joint venture established by Credit Suisse and GE Infrastructure, has agreed to acq...

Vietnam adds port

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Vietnam’s state-run giants PetroVietnam and Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) have formed a joint venture to develop a new port ...

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