Melbourne ECP hours extended

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Most of Melbourne’s empty container parks (ECPs) will extend opening from nine to 12 hours a day under an agreement reached by a new multi...

50 Kalmar tractors for Mexico

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Cargotec has received an order for 50 Kalmar Ottawa 4x2 terminal tractors from Idealease, a North American-based truck and equipment lease a...

Durban to add container berth

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Transnet has announced that it will convert part of Maydon Wharf at the port of Durban into a container handling facility, to boost the port...

Karachi secures WB loan

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The World Bank will provide a loan of US$115.8M to rebuild four damaged berths on East Wharf at the Port of Karachi, adding 400m of quay wal...

Rift Valley agreement

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A deal to restructure troubled Rift Valley Railways (RVR), which operates freight and most passenger rail services in Kenya and Uganda, has ...

In a class of its own

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American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) will shortly launch its new Supply portal, a website designed specifically to simplify the management of c...

L&T plans Kattupalli terminal

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Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T), India’s biggest engineering and construction firm, plans to open a container terminal at Kattupalli, near Enn...

Terberg (DTS)/Actiw deal…

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Finland’s Actiw Oy has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the UK and Ireland with Terberg (DTS) UK Ltd, part of the Terberg gr...

China Merchants moves into Colombo

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Sri Lanka has finally awarded a US$450M contract to a consortium of China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) and local conglomerate Ait...

…in rail row with SPC

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Relations between Asciano and the Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) have reached a new low after the company’s Patrick container terminal div...

CN signs more SLAs

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Canadian National Railway (CN) has signed comprehensive Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) with the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) and Mah...

Freeport upgrade

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Avtron Crane Systems, part of USbased Avtron Industrial Automation, has been awarded a contract by Port Freeport, Texas, to upgrade the elec...

PYI to develop new feeder port at Suzhou

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Hong Kong-listed PYI Corp is investing Yuan120M (US$18M) to take a 40% stake in a new feeder port in Suzhou in the Yangtze River estuary. Su...

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