DPW to close Port Rashid CT…

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DP World (DPW) has begun shifting machinery and staff from the Port Rashid Container Terminal (PRCT) to the new Terminal 2 at Jebel Ali port...

PTP traffic surges

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Malaysia’s leading container port, Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), posted a 14.5% increase in container traffic last year to 5.5M TEU. The port’s...

Chinese eye Greek box terminals

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Chinese companies are expected to participate in the Greek government’s international tender for operating container terminals at the port...

PSA goes on the PIL

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Pacific International Lines (PIL) has entered into a joint venture with PSA Singapore Terminals (PSA) to jointly manage and operate a dedica...

Antwerp digs for 12,000 TEU ships

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Buoyed by a 14.3% increase in container traffic to 8M TEU in 2007, the Port of Antwerp has launched its long-desired Scheldt deepening progr...

Harper modernisation planned

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Cavalla Rubber Corporation (CRC) is holding talks with the National Port Authority of Liberia (NPA) over the rehabilitation of the Port of H...

Melbourne dredging costs rise

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Melbourne’s channel deepening programme will go ahead on February 1 but at a cost almost one third higher than previous estimates, mostly ...

Empties up in Amsterdam

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Container traffic over Amsterdam rose by 21% last year to 370,000 TEU (3.4 Mt). The main driver behind this growth, says the port authority ...

Cranes on the move in Genoa

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Heavy haulage specialist Fagioli SpA has successfuly completed the transfer of four low profile container cranes from Libia Pier to Ronco/Ca...

Macquarie invests in Busan project

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Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has entered into an agreement to invest Won259.4B (US$275M) for a 30% equity stake in Busan New P...

Beluga Skysails’ maiden voyage

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The first ship to be fitted with the “SkySails” towing kite, the multi-purpose, heavy lift ship BELUGA SKYSAILS, recently undertook her ...

New Eurasian Landbridge tes

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A train hauling 100 containers loaded with toys, electrical goods and industrial products left Beijing on January 9 and was expected to reac...

CMA CGM in China port deal

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French operator CMA CGM has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Xiamen Haicang Investment General Co and Hong Kong-based New W...

Angamos to double up

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Emilio Bouchon, managing director of the Chilean port of Angamos, believes that within two years the facility will have doubled its cargo vo...

AQIS changing the rules

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The Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service (AQIS) has announced that it is to amend its requirements for permanent preservatives used as...

CXIC adds tanks

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China will get its fifth volume tank container manufacturer at the end of this year when the CXIC Group launches production at a new plant i...

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