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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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....

EMS adds depots

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US depot operator Equipment Management Services (EMS) has bucked the trend by opening a new container depot operation in New Orleans....

New Italian rail operator

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Sicily-based GMC International Trade SpA has obtained a licence to operate on the whole of the Italian rail network. Its daughter company LS...

Pipavav gets more cranes

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Pipavav port, operated by APM Terminals (APMT) on India’s west coast, has taken delivery of three post-Panamax quay cranes and 10 electric...

Longview opts for Liebherr

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The Port of Longview has become the second Columbia River port in Washington State to order a LHM 500S mobile harbour crane from Liebherr, a...

Dalosy teams up with Hi-Tech

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Netherlands-based Dalosy Industrial Systems bv (DIS) has teamed up with Hi-Tech Solutions of Israel to develop and market integrated OCR-bas...

Aviation fuel goes by rail

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A new block train service carrying aviation kerosene for worldwide courier company DHL has been launched in Germany by rail carrier RAIL4CHE...

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...

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