Flying the tank flag in Shanghai

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The Secretariat of the International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) is recommending to its members that it participates in the 2010 Tran...

BAI funding for Luanda

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The African Investment Bank (BAI) has signed an agreement to provide a US$45M loan for the rehabilitation of Luanda Container Terminal II. T...

RZD North Korea deal

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As trailed in the December 2007 issue of WorldCargo News (p15), Russian Railways (RZD) and the North Korean government have set up a joint v...

LHV trial in Flanders

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The Flanders regional government in Belgium is set to authorise a limited trial of “eco-combis” - longer, heavier vehicles (LHVs) with a...

Orbassano-Aiton in trouble

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The loss-making Lyon-Turin intermodal rail service, using Modalohr technology between platforms at Aiton and Orbassano, is in danger of bein...

Six shortlisted for Ennore

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India’s Ennore Port Trust has shortlisted six bidders from an original list of 22 to submit financial bids to build and operate a 1.5M TEU...

Cargotec posts more orders

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Cargotec has reported that orders received during the first half of 2008 totalled €2.168B (€1.864B in first half of 2007). In 2Q/2008, o...

DP World/Brisbane ink new lease deal

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DP World has committed to a new 40-year lease at the Port of Brisbane and announced that it is looking at investing A$250M in the Australian...

Five shortlisted for Oakland concession

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The Port of Oakland has moved quickly towards selecting a private partner to redevelop and operate several of its outer harbour container be...

Brazil moves to reform port laws

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As surmised in last month’s WorldCargo News (p11), the relief felt by Abratec members over the Brazilian Senate’s rejection of a key ame...

DPW seals Aden deal

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Some three years after it was first agreed, DP World and the Yemen Gulf of Aden Port Corp have finalised a joint venture that will see DPW d...

AFAM+ for avocados

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A trial shipment from Brazil to Rotterdam carried out earlier this year by German operator Hamburg Süd has demonstrated that Thermo King’...

Vizhinjam challenge thrown out

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An Indian court has dismissed a petition filed by Zoom Developers against the Kerala state government for rejecting its bid to build the Viz...

Maersk big on reefers

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Maersk Line has signed an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co in Korea for the delivery of 16 container vessels in ...

Shoreham adds timber handlers

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Port of Shoreham operator Sussex Port Forwarding (SPF) has added to its fleet of Hyster Fortens diesel FLTs for timber handling. Barloworld ...

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