Pyongtaek adds two

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The number of berths at South Korea’s Pyongtaek Container Terminal will increase to four when two more open next year....

New Paris barge-rail service

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As briefly mentioned in last month’s WorldCargo News (p15), a new rail intermodal service has been started by Open Kombi - a company set u...

CTD getting pushy

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HHLA subsidiary Container Transport Dienst GmbH (CTD) has introduced the Container Schubser (container pusher) vehicle to transport empty co...

Green light for Mumbai OCT…

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Indira Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (ICT), a joint venture between Spain’s Dragados SPL and the local Gammon Group, has been given the go-ah...

Dortmund order for Liebherr

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Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd has secured an order for a widespan, trimodal barge-to-shore crane for the Port of Dortmund in Germany. The co...

Cavotec MSL sells Gantrex

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New Zealand-based Cavotec MSL Holdings Ltd has agreed to sell its Canadian business, Cavotec Gantrex, and all related Gantrex operations in ...

Chinese bag Jeddah deals

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Saudi Trade and Export Development Company (Tusdeer) has awarded the civil works contract for the construction of the Red Sea Gateway Termin...

…launches Smartspot positioning system

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Kalmar has extended its tractor/ trailer systems product portfolio with a new, automatic terminal tractor positioning system, called Smartsp...

MTC moves into Mexico

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MTC Holdings, now part of AIG Highstar Capital and the parent company of US-based Marine Terminals Corp (MTC), has completed the acquisition...

Rome terminal on the move

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Civitavecchia operator Roma Terminal Container SpA (RTC) is to transfer its operations in three stages during 2008-2009 to a different part ...

PB3T contracts let

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A joint venture between local builder Baulderstone Hornibrook and Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has won the main contract for the A$1B...

Bromma spreader write down

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Cargotec has reported to the Helsinki Stock Exchange that it will post a one-time cost of €18M to its 4Q/2007 results as a result of defic...

Advance on the advance

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Freight forwarder Advance International (AI) is celebrating what it calls the “excellent results” of the Advantage Express intermodal ra...

Beacon opts for RAM

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Beacon Intermodal Leasing, the newest entrant to the international container leasing market (see WorldCargo News November 2007, p1), is to d...

Abidjan investment

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The government of Côte d’Ivoire (CdI) has announced investment of US$230M to fund port improvements at Abidjan....

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