ADB pulls the plug on scanners

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is refusing to provide funding for six container scanners being acquired by the Port of Chittagong, after t...

Container “Transferium” LOI

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Rotterdam Port Authority (GHR) and 12 companies have signed a letter of intent (LoI) concerning possible participation in the “Container T...

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...

VTG takes Graaff railcar assets

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VTG AG, one of Europe’s leading rail logistics and wagon hire companies, is acquiring all the assets of the rail car manufacturing divisio...

Terminal Link/APMT strike Miami deal

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Miami Dade County and Terminal Link (Miami) LLC (TLM) have reached an agreement that enables TLM, the terminal operating subsidiary of CMA C...

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’...

Ports America defends Farfán

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In response to legal action aimed at halting construction of the new port of Farfán on Panama’s Pacific coast, Sean Strawbridge, managing...

TSI on line with Navis

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Terminal Systems, Inc (TSI) has successfully replaced its in-house TOS with Navis SPARCS, Navis Express and WebAccess at Deltaport, the larg...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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