MTL adds in China

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Modern Terminals (MTL) of Hong Kong has signed a letter of intent with the city government to build a container terminal at Dongjiakou in Ch...

Box builders take a break

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The production of standard dry freight boxes has come to a virtual halt in China as the global economic slowdown has seen orders dry up in t...

…Vic Dock opens

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Stage One of Melbourne’s longtouted Victoria Dock redevelopment has opened several years after the port corporation first awarded the conc...

Revolt over Voltri joint venture

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Six shipping lines - MSC, Zim, CMA CGM, Coscon, Evergreen and K-Line - have written an “open letter” to Italy’s Transport Minister, Al...

LNG-fuelled trucks: placebo or cure?

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This past summer the Port of Long Beach announced that it had ordered 100 Sterling LNG-fuelled trucks to help “kick start” its ambitious...

Bad omens for China’s port sector

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China’s container traffic may decline in the first half of next year as the economic slowdown dampens demand for toys, furniture and texti...

US port projects caught in storm

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and truly being felt across the ports industry, particularly in the US where port projects are being delayed, in some cases indefinitely. US...

India gears up for cars

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Mumbai-based Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is teaming up with the Antwerp Port Authority (APA) to build an automobile export terminal at a yet to be...

Belt tightening time for tank operators

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Although the recent sky-high demand for their services is shrinking along with the global economy, tank container operators are confident th...

Canadian feeder service debut

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Hamilton Port Authority (HPA) in Ontario, Canada, recently celebrated the launch of a short sea container service when 68 containers were lo...

Meclift develops its niche market

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Although Meclift specialises in boom trucks to provide a highly compact handling package, it has been asked by a major Finnish steel produce...

Helsinki hits the ground running

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The official opening of the new Vuosaari port in Helsinki marks the culmination of over two decades of planning. It is also the first time a...

Security up at India’s major ports

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November’s seaborne terrorist attacks on India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, have prompted the Shipping Ministry to upgrade security at ...

More on Noell NSC 644 E ECO

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Noell Mobile Systems has provided more information on the first straddle carrier with an energy storage system to be put into service at the...

Liebherr RTGs for Algeria

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Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd has secured its first business in Algeria, with a contract to supply two RTGs to Béjaia Mediterranean Termina...

HPH in new Yantian deal

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and Shenzhen Yantian Port Group (YPG) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the joint construction and de...

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