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CILT – truck operators must do more to cut emissions

News6 Mar 2009

Truck operators have failed to cut their carbon footprint with the degree of urgency required considering the facts established by climate c...

DB Schenker Rail name generalised

News6 Mar 2009

All rail freight transportation at Deutsche Bahn is now operating under the name DB Schenker Rail...

Containerships buys Turkish shipping line

News6 Mar 2009

Finland-based shortsea operator Containerships has acquired 100% of the shares of Contaz Maritime Transport & Trade SA of Turkey from 3A Mar...

Gerson to step down

News6 Mar 2009

Hans Gerson (62) is to step down from his post as CEO of the Port of Amsterdam in September, after nine years at the helm...

SeaFrance up for grabs?

News6 Mar 2009

SNCF may be forced to relinquish control of its loss-making ferry arm. Both LD Lines (Louis Dreyfus group) and Brittany Ferries are believed...

EMO plans additional Maasvlakte deepwater coal terminal

News6 Mar 2009

Rotterdam dry bulk stevedore EMO and the port authority are negotiating a 30-hectare deep water concession exclusively for coal transhipment...

Kuehne & Nagel posts 2008 results

News6 Mar 2009

Switzerland-based Kuehne & Nagel (K & N), the world’s biggest NVOCC, has reported a net turnover of CHF17,992M in 2008, up by 5.1% on the ...

Eurotunnel to pay first ever dividend

News6 Mar 2009

For the first time in its 22-year history Eurotunnel is preparing to pay a dividend. The Board has proposed €0.04 per share, or a total pa...

PEMA and TT Club co-operate

News6 Mar 2009

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) and TT Club have announced that they will co-operate to promote best practice in the saf...

New management at J J Sietas

News6 Mar 2009

Management of J J Sietas, the Hamburg-based shipbuilder, has passed out of the hands of the Sietas family for the first time since the compa...

Toll Global Forwarding completes BALtrans integration

News6 Mar 2009

Toll Global Forwarding (TGF) has completed the integration of BALtrans Logistics Worldwide...

Incredible escape for Turkish man

News6 Mar 2009

A 32-year-old man has survived with minor injuries after being hit by a container truck carrying two 20fts that was rammed by a container tr...

Dalian Port set to buy Jinzhou

News1 Mar 2009

The parent company of Dalian Port Co will buy Jinzhou port this year, said Xia Deren, mayor of the northern Chinese city of Dalian....

BNSF sticking with OASIS

News1 Mar 2009

Atlanta-based rail software service provider RMI has announced a new fiveyear agreement with BNSF Railway for the continued use of its OASIS...

SPARCS N4 milestone

News1 Mar 2009

South African ports and Zebra Enterprise Solutions, a division of Zebra Technologies, have achieved what is heralded as an international mil...

NCC box traffic way down

News1 Mar 2009

National Container Company (NCC), Russia’s leading container handler, has reported aggregate throughput in January-February 2009 of 178,66...

CILT – truck operators must do more to cut emissions

DB Schenker Rail name generalised

Containerships buys Turkish shipping line

Gerson to step down

SeaFrance up for grabs?

EMO plans additional Maasvlakte deepwater coal terminal

Kuehne & Nagel posts 2008 results

Eurotunnel to pay first ever dividend

PEMA and TT Club co-operate

New management at J J Sietas

Toll Global Forwarding completes BALtrans integration

Incredible escape for Turkish man

Dalian Port set to buy Jinzhou

BNSF sticking with OASIS

SPARCS N4 milestone

NCC box traffic way down

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

CILT – truck operators must do more to cut emissions

DB Schenker Rail name generalised

Containerships buys Turkish shipping line

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Magna launches new tyre for straddle carriers

Banks offer cheaper loans to greener companies, not ships, new study finds

ONE inks US$201.85m container leasing deal

Crane collapse in Gijón Port leaves two dead and four injured

Suez Canal traffic has dropped 66%, Maersk claims

Maersk Shekou undergoes repairs after accident in Fremantle

DNV: Decarbonisation may double container shipping costs by 2050

27,500 TEU container ship behemoth is born

MSC ship loses 46 boxes off South Africa coast

ILA ups the heat with strike threat