Unsold cars jam Oz ports

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Australian new car sales have stalled thanks to the global financial crisis and ports and PDI facilities are jammed solid. The situation has...

Code for flexitanks endorsed

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At a meeting during the Intermodal 2008 exhibition in Hamburg last month, the Container Owners Association formally endorsed the COA Code of...

CMHI goes green in China

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China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) plans to increase the use of electric-powered container handling equipment at its ports, yards...

Rewas land delay

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Reliance Industries’ plan to build India’s largest port at Rewas in western Maharashtra state has been pushed back at least two years be...

CIMC/Singamas buy shares

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The current lull in container production in China would appear to have prompted the world’s two biggest builders, China International Mari...

Green light for Sears Island project

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The US State of Maine’s Legislature has agreed to set aside 330 acres on Sears Island in Penobscot Bay for a cargo and container port. The...

New Orleans orders Doosan cranes

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The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans has awarded a US$26.5M contract for two new container/multi-purpose gantry cranes for ...

Höegh into Maputo…

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Norwegian firm Höegh Autoliners has signed a deal with South Africa’s Grindrod to take a stake in Maputo Car Terminal in Mozambique. The ...

Konecranes/TMGE for Barcelona?

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Although Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has chosen ZPMC with ABB drives and controls for the quayside cranes for the new Muelle Prat containe...

New tank car rule

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has published a final rule aimed at improving the crashworthiness of rail tank cars used to transp...

…launches new terminal tractor

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Kalmar has launched the TT616i, a new 4x2 terminal tractor aimed at lo-lo port operations in Europe. With this machine it hopes to emulate t...

New gate system for ICTSI Subic terminal

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International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI)’s subsidiary Subic Bay International Terminal Corp (SBITC) recently rolled out a ne...

Hoyer grows in Ireland

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Hoyer Ireland, part of the Hoyer Group, has taken over Irish tank container operator SCL Transport Ltd from South Coast Transport Group. Ter...

Asciano mulls Patrick sale

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Asciano is not necessarily averse to the partial or full sale of its Patrick Container Ports and stevedoring businesses, according to analys...

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