How high can you stack?

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A leading designer of 45ft “eurocontainers” is warning operators to be wary of claims about the stacking capacities of commonly used equ...

IFC backing for Cartagena

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The Washington-based International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank arm specialising in private sector financing initiatives, is in...

Bertschi Rotterdam opens

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Bertschi AG has opened its new intermodal tank container terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, which will play an important role in the company...

Work starts on Qingdao terminal

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Construction work has begun on an eight-berth container terminal at China’s north eastern port of Qingdao, which will cost about RMB6.9B (...

Brooks consolidates UK ops

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US-based E J Brooks Company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of high barrier and tamper-evident security seals, ...

Crane ransacked for its copper

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With world copper prices rising to near record levels, existing copper and copper-based assets are attracting increasing interest from crimi...

Dalian mulls box hike

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Dalian Port Co (DPC), the dominant operator at China’s eighth-largest container port, is considering increasing handling charges this year...

Blow for Batangas II

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Privatisation of the Port of Batangas, Phase II, has been put in limbo following a Philippines’ Supreme Court decision ordering a total of...

…but Sydney plan shunned

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An initiative by P&O Trans Australia (POTA) to alleviate landside congestion at Port Botany has been mostly ignored by Sydney road transport...

Songyu Phase 1 comes on stream

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AP Moller-Maersk Group and Xiamen Port (Group) held a grand opening ceremony this month for the Xiamen Songyu Phase I Container Terminal at ...

New river traffic for Scotland

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Commercial barge traffic is being seen on the River Cart, a tributary of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire, western Scotland, for the first ti...

Bremore project approved

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The Irish Government has finally approved the establishment of a 51:49 joint venture company between Drogheda Port Company (DPC) and Castle ...

SSAB launches new steels

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Swedish steel producer SSAB Tunnplåt has launched a new range of advanced ultra-high strength, cold-rolled steels called Docol Hard, which,...

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