Axis buys PartCo

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UK-based trailer and swap body lessor Axis Intermodal has acquired the entire issued share capital of SeaCo Parts International Inc (PartCo)...

Tusdeer work to start soon

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Construction work will start soon on the third container terminal at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s largest port, Minister of Transport Jabara Al-...

Oz grain rail deal at last

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An eleventh-hour deal between GrainCorp and Asciano’s Pacific National (PN) has “rescued” a major share of grain exports in New South ...

Work starts in Callao

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A foundation stone laying ceremony took place at the end of last month to mark the official start of construction of DP World’s new contai...

Singamas to build second tank line

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Singamas Container Holdings plans to build a second tank container manufacturing facility in China in partnership with Netherlands-based Fla...

No smoking says TT Club

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The TT Club has called for a cleaner working environment for quay crane drivers at ports, and in particular wants new measures to protect th...

Queensland ports get the thumbs up

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A review of Queensland’s ports, conducted under the direction of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), has largely endorsed curren...

New flatrack builder

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The spat between China International Marine Containers (CIMC), owner of the Domino flatrack patents, and its licensees, Singamas and Kumbong...

Mantsinen launches HybriLIFT

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Finland’s Mantsinen Group Oy has developed a new range of hydraulic harbour Mantsinen cranes, called HybriLift. The first model, designate...

China 1Q traffic up

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Container throughput at China’s mainland ports rose 18.4% to 29.02M TEU in the first quarter of this year, figures released by the Ministr...

Bintulu plans expansion

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M$200M(US$63M) will be invested over the next three years to expand the container and multi-purpose terminals and acquire new handling equip...

GFC takes NZ storage company

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US-based General Finance Corporation (GFC) and its 86.2%-owned subsidiary Royal Wolf Trading Australia Pty Ltd, the largest marketer and les...

PTP/MISC ink JV

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Malaysia’s MISC will be the third container line, after Maersk and Evergreen, to use the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP)as its transhipment ...

More MoorMasters for NFS

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Cavotec MSL Holdings Ltd has received a follow-up order from Danish ferry operator Nordic Ferry Services A/S (NSF) for another eight MoorMas...

UIC predicts doubling of combi-traffic

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After a two-year study the UIC has come up with a programme to double Europe’s intermodal rail traffic from the 2005 level by 2015. Rail c...

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