New port for Congo

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Belgian port developer Rent A Port is undertaking a feasibility study into the construction of a deepwater port in the Bas Congo Province of...

POTA looking west

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P&O Trans Australia (POTA, the DP World/Kaplan Investments joint venture has signed a binding agreement to purchase all of the shares in Wes...

Newark container tax suspended

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The legislative progress of A2766, the bill that would have imposed a per diem tax on containers that stay in the port of Newark for more th...

Horizon launches ReeferPlus service

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US Jones Act operator Horizon Lines has launched ReeferPlus GPS, a GPS-based container tracking and shipment monitoring solution for refrige...

Gulfport signs new deal with Chiquita

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The Mississippi State Port Authority has signed a new lease agreement with Chiquita that will keep the produce giant at the port until 2019....

Toyofuji plans car terminal in India

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An expert team from Japan’s Toyofuji Shipping, in which Toyota Motor has a 50% stake, has visited leading Indian ports to consider where t...

Singamas sees tough outlook

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Container maker Singamas expects to stay in the black this year after revving up production of higher-margin boxes, but warns of a rocky mar...

Toledo to develop container terminal

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The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is planning to develop a new container terminal at the Port of Toledo in the lower Great Lakes....

Egypt plans Said expansion

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Egypt plans to invest more than US$5.5B to expand Port Said into a transhipment hub with a potential throughput of more than 15M TEU/year by...

China box industry in focus

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Beijing-based consultancy company Market Avenue has published an in depth report on the development of China’s container manufacturing and...

Eko-Flor ready for the off

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Toronto-based Conforce International says it is ready “to push the button” with its revolutionary, patent pending Eko-Flor composite con...

DPW signs Algeria port deal

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DP World and the Algerian government have signed agreements that see DP World taking over theoperation of the ports of Algiers and Djen-Djen...

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