Outsize loads for Tilbury

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Four of six river buses built by BSC Marine Group Australia for Thames Clippers in London have been succesfully discharged from ship to quay...

New terminal for St Petersburg

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As well as building a new car terminal (see p41), Seaport of Saint Petersburg (MPSP), the group of stevedoring companies that is responsible...

TT call for mandated training

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Specialist transport insurer, the TT Club, has called for the training of those handling dangerous goods on land prior to shipment by sea to...

New Russian 45ft service

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As briefly reported in last month’s issue of WorldCargo News (p32), a new intermodal service aimed at shortsea traffic carried in 45ft hig...

China to top 100M TEU

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China’s ports are expected to handle a record 108M TEU this year, making it the first country to pass the 100M TEU mark....

PSA orders 30 twin hoist cranes

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PSA Singapore Terminals (PSA) has signed a contract for 30 twin hoist 22-row outreach container cranes with ZPMC. The cranes will have an 80...

New KCT cranes

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As part of the expansion project at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) in Jamaica, a further four new ship-to-shore cranes will be commis...

Perolo agency for Gavan

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French-based Perolo SA has appointed Gavan Container Products as the exclusive distributor of its tank container components in Far East Asia...

Fifth container terminal for Cai Mep

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Vietnam’s largest freight forwarder, Gemadept Corp, will start building a US$410M container terminal at Cai Mep next year to handle the co...

Adani SEZ at Mundra

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India’s Adani group plans to raise Rs19.1B (US$468M) to develop a 2,400 hectare special economic zone around Mundra Port. An initial publi...

HPH wins Pakistan terminal bid

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) of Hong Kong has won the bid to develop and operate a four-berth container terminal near Pakistan’s Karachi ...

Hakata adds box berth

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A second container berth will open at Island City Container Terminal at the Japanese port of Hakata in spring 2008 to handle ultra-large shi...

Portek wins Gabon port concessions

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Portek International Ltd has secured a 25-year concession to manage two multipurpose ports in Gabon, Port Owendo, located in the country’s...

Pulp boost for Adelaide

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Container traffic at Australia’s Port Adelaide could be boosted by up to 40,000 TEU/year following the signing of a A$70M deal to ship 750...

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...

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