First LHM 600S from Liebherr

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What is touted as the most powerful mobile harbour crane in the world, a Liebherr LHM 600S (that is, a top of the range LHM 600 with a “sp...

XINES fleet goes to Capital

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The latest round of consolidation in the container leasing industry has seen Capital Intermodal take over the management of the XINES fleet....

Twin 40 gantries for HHLA

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Hamburg port operator HHLA has received its first five twin 40ft hoist ship-to-shore container cranes from ZPMC at its Burchardkai facility....

Coquimbo to go private?

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Casual workers at the Port of Coquimbo in Chile’s IV region are reported to have come down in favour of plans to tender port operations to...

Lower profits for industry majors

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Cargotec has reduced its full year profits forecast stated in July when it published its 1H/2008 results. Full year 2008 operating margin is...

CMHI in Vietnam joint venture

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In its first foray outside China, Hong Kong-listed port operator China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has formed a US$60M joint ven...

Bataan freeport ambitions

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In what could be a threat to the Subic Freeport, two influential Philippine lawmakers are pushing for the conversion of the Bataan export zo...

Monkey business for Miami-Dade

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Bill Johnson, director of Miami-Dade port, confirmed during a recent visit to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, that the port is interested...

U-turn on Djibouti tariffs

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Under pressure from Ethiopia, the government of Djibouti has agreed to suspend planned increases in port tariffs. Djibouti has acted as the ...

APMT to quit Kingston

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The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has confirmed that APM Terminals (APMT) will not renew its contract to manage the Kingston Container Ter...

ECS takes a bow

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Fred Bauthier, former vice president of marketing for Container Applications International (CAI), has formed a new container trading and lea...

EBHI passes 1 mt with BAT

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EBHI, the company in charge of managing the iron ore and coal terminal in Spain’s Port of Gijón, has now handled 1 mt with its BAT system...

AE10 back at Dunkirk

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Maersk France has confirmed that Dunkirk has been reinstated into its weekly AE10 string, which calls in Europe at Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Du...

Hirschmann order from Baltkran

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Germany-based Hirschmann Automation and Control reports an order from Baltkran, Russia’s leading gantry crane manufacturer, based in Kalin...

ZPMC wins Haifa deal

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After much delay, it looks like ZPMC has finally been awarded the Haifa ship-to-shore container crane contract. The €100M international te...

Container Leasing (UK) into trailers

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Container Leasing (UK) Ltd has branched out into the road trailer leasing sector with the formation of a new subsidiary, CL Trailer Leasing ...

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