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Containerisation International Yearbook 2008

News25 Feb 2008

The 2008 edition of the Containerisation International Yearbook (CIYB) has just been published by Informa UK Ltd....

Container terminal for Gent

News7 Feb 2008

Initial capacity for a new shortsea/feeder container terminal in Gent is put at 150,000 TEU/year...

Novi under house arrest

News5 Feb 2008

Giovanni Novi, the outgoing Chairman of the Port of Genoa Authority, has been placed under house arrest...

Clear Shot for ICTSI in Mindanao

News5 Feb 2008

Manila-based ICTSI looks set to win the Mindanao Container Terminal concession in the Philippines...

Voltri in IT storm

News5 Feb 2008

VTE has been forced to shut down the terminal until problems with implementing a new TOS are resolved...

Gaussin secures framework deal with DP World

News4 Feb 2008

The first contract under the new agreement is worth US$4M. The deal could be extended to cover a number of DP World container handling facil...

Greater defence role urged for Philadelphia

News4 Feb 2008

The Maritime Stakeholders Group (MSG), representing maritime-related organisations in the ports of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, is...

Dammam to get new terminal

News1 Feb 2008

A new container terminal is to be built at King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, at a cost of more than SR1B (US$267M), according to...

Jebel Ali capacity to reach 14M TEU

News1 Feb 2008

The expansion programme at Container Terminal 2 (T2) in Jebel Ali will be completed by the middle of this year, increasing Dubai port’s an...

OMG buys two more ships

News1 Feb 2008

Vyborg Shipping, the shipping subsidiary of Saint Petersburgbased Oslo Marine Group (OMG), has purchased two more vessels, with a combined d...

ITS adds V-Trax auto-steer system

News1 Feb 2008

UK-based International Terminal Solutions Ltd (ITS), which first introduced auto-steering for RTGs in the 1980s, has completed the developme...

Ashdod to be sold to its customers?

News1 Feb 2008

Persistent reports from Israel suggest that the Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI) has approached the national government with regard...

Ennore to use TAMP tariffs

News1 Feb 2008

The company that wins the deal to develop a new container terminal at India’s Ennore Port will not have the freedom to fix tariffs despite...

RTGs for Cape Town…

News1 Feb 2008

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals (ex-SAPO) plans to convert container handling at Cape Town from straddle carriers to RTG...

NCC traffic up 18.6% last year…

News1 Feb 2008

Aggregate throughput at the container terminals operated by National Container Company (NCC), Russia’s biggest container handler owned 50:...

Sea Containers in pension deal

News1 Feb 2008

Beleagured Sea Containers has taken a step towards extricating itself from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by reaching an agreement in prin...

Containerisation International Yearbook 2008

Container terminal for Gent

Novi under house arrest

Clear Shot for ICTSI in Mindanao

Voltri in IT storm

Gaussin secures framework deal with DP World

Greater defence role urged for Philadelphia

Dammam to get new terminal

Jebel Ali capacity to reach 14M TEU

OMG buys two more ships

ITS adds V-Trax auto-steer system

Ashdod to be sold to its customers?

Ennore to use TAMP tariffs

RTGs for Cape Town…

NCC traffic up 18.6% last year…

Sea Containers in pension deal

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Containerisation International Yearbook 2008

Container terminal for Gent

Novi under house arrest

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Maersk Shekou undergoes repairs after accident in Fremantle

DNV: Decarbonisation may double container shipping costs by 2050

27,500 TEU container ship behemoth is born

MSC ship loses 46 boxes off South Africa coast

ILA ups the heat with strike threat