Tex buys Amficon boxes

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Textainer, the world’s largest container lessor, has purchased 31,000 containers (53,000 TEU) out of the approximately 150,000 TEU that it...

US ports chase TIGER dollars

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Ninety-five US ports have applied for US$3.32B in funding from the US$1.5B TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Di...

Oz terminals face pain

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Australian stevedores are facing a period of reduced ship calls as container carriers take a much harder line on overcapacity in coming mont...

Tanktainer operator expands

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Verona, Italy-based liquid foodstuffs transport specialist Adami SpA is boosting its intermodal transport fleet to compete on more routes. ...

DP World files court action against JPNT

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DP World has started legal proceedings in the Bombay High Court against Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) over its decision to cancel a ten...

PIL adds Dongguan

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Dongguan Container Terminal (DCT) in China’s Guangdong province, which opened in November 2008, became an international port after Singapo...

Rail bodies unite

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The European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM), the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the International ...

PD Ports’ safety tips

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UK ports operator PD Ports has announced the first annual winners from a group-wide safety suggestion scheme launched last year.It collected...

Cargotec negative in 2009

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Oy Cargotec Ltd has announced a further restructuring programme following the earlier-announced plans to merge the Hiab and Kalmar businesse...

Cameroon master plan

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A South Korean consortium has been awarded a contract by the government of Cameroon to produce a master plan for the redevelopment of the co...

Container boost for Richards Bay

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Following an appeal by Zululand Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZCCI), Maersk Line has decided to include the South African port of Richar...

Containers return to Calabar port

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Nigeria’s Calabar port is back in business, having welcomed its first containership in two decades this month in what is expected to provi...

MOL’s new LA lease

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Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL)’s US terminal operating affiliate TraPac has renewed its long-term (30 years) lease contract at the Port of Los...

ZPMC new contracts dip 74.3%

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An interim report released by ZPMC’s parent company China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) shows that the value of new c...

Transport solution for 2 MW nacelles

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Earlier this year Netherlandsbased Nooteboom Special Products introduced a new solution for (un)loading the heavy generators of large wind t...

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