Queensland bulks up port corps

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The Queensland government is to transfer administration of most of the state’s major bulk ports out of Brisbaneheadquartered Ports Corp of...

Kiwi rail revamped

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Following the re-nationalisation of rail and ferry services, the New Zealand government has decided to place these businesses and its rail i...

Pakistan to extend box scanning

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Following its success at Port Qasim, US Customs officials are talking with the government of Pakistan to extent a pilot project for 100% scr...

EC comes to the rescue

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The European Commission has given the green light to continuing support from the French and Italian governments for the troubled Aiton (Lyon...

Heineken on the water

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Dutch brewer Heineken is to make another major modal shift from road to inland water. The brewer is no stranger to inland barging, as it has...

Norfolkline to add Rosyth link

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Following weeks of speculation, Norfolkline has confirmed that it will start a service in April 2009 between Zeebrugge and Rosyth, the link ...

Singamas cuts target

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Singamas Container Holdings, the world’s second largest container manufacturer, has lowered its production target for this year by 16% to ...

Santos plans ahead

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Land currently occupied by the Prainha and Conceiçãozinha favelas in Guarujá will not be cleared before 2010, according to the local mayo...

…more for Soton

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Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Southampton has ordered two 63t HMK 170 E mobile harbour cranes from Gottwald Port Technology as part...

Expansion at SCCT

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Buoyed by strong half year performance, Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) in East Port Said has announced the award of its Phase II quay ...

Lobito to challenge Luanda

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The government of Angola has completed a study on the redevelopment of the port of Lobito, concluding that the project will require investme...

BLG interested in JWP phase 2

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Hillert Onnen, BLG’s Board member for finance, has stated that BLG is interested in running a future second phase of the new JadeWeserPort...

Colonet tender issued

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After years of political infighting, conflicts over land use, legal disputes, etc, a tender has finally been issued in respect of the constr...

PYI’s fourth on Yangtze

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Hong Kong-listed PYI Corp has paid Yuan149M (US$22M) to acquire a 51% stake in Yichang Port Group (YPG), which operates 57 berths on the Yan...

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