AIG forms Ports America

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AIG Highstar Capital, the owner of and investor in Ports America Inc (formerly P&O Ports North America), MTC Holdings and Amports Inc has fo...

Dunkirk faces lo-lo challenge

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NFTIou, the common user container terminal in the Port of Dunkirk, has been hit by Maersk’s decision to stop direct calls with its AE10 (E...

New Eurasian Landbridge tes

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A train hauling 100 containers loaded with toys, electrical goods and industrial products left Beijing on January 9 and was expected to reac...

Beluga Skysails’ maiden voyage

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The first ship to be fitted with the “SkySails” towing kite, the multi-purpose, heavy lift ship BELUGA SKYSAILS, recently undertook her ...

Macquarie invests in Busan project

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Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has entered into an agreement to invest Won259.4B (US$275M) for a 30% equity stake in Busan New P...

Cranes on the move in Genoa

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Heavy haulage specialist Fagioli SpA has successfuly completed the transfer of four low profile container cranes from Libia Pier to Ronco/Ca...

Empties up in Amsterdam

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Container traffic over Amsterdam rose by 21% last year to 370,000 TEU (3.4 Mt). The main driver behind this growth, says the port authority ...

Melbourne dredging costs rise

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Melbourne’s channel deepening programme will go ahead on February 1 but at a cost almost one third higher than previous estimates, mostly ...

Harper modernisation planned

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Cavalla Rubber Corporation (CRC) is holding talks with the National Port Authority of Liberia (NPA) over the rehabilitation of the Port of H...

Antwerp digs for 12,000 TEU ships

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Buoyed by a 14.3% increase in container traffic to 8M TEU in 2007, the Port of Antwerp has launched its long-desired Scheldt deepening progr...

And now, by special request…

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...a number of ports have recently issued RFQs for land parcels. And Eurogate is in the frame in Holland....

Twin 40fts: a case study in cold reality

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A frank report by Shanghai International Port Group shows that the promise of greater productivity of Twin 40ft cranes is not so easy to rea...

Battle in California over ship emissions

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“Container shipping is the most environmentally sound way to transport large volumes of goods across the world.” So says a new website w...

Reefer machinery gets greener

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Reduced energy consumption, a higher coefficient of performance and lower life cycle costs are the hallmarks of a new raft of reefer contain...

Running in order to stand still

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Record volumes, growing landside congestion and the high share of empty “export” moves have brought problems for British Isles’ main p...

New players enter reefer leasing fray

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Reefer container demand held up strongly during 2007, prompting several high-profile lessors to dip their toes in the market for the first t...

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