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Portunus refurbishes Aden tractors

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Portunus Port Spares and Service in Turkey has completed a project to refurbish 15 Sisu terminal tractors, originally built in 1999-2000, fo...

PEMA adds more members

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The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association has broadened its membership with seven new members in the past month or so...

Identec Solutions to take Sattel

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It is understood Austria-based RFID specialist Identec Solutions is about to acquire vehicle telemetry specialist Sattel. Based in Melbourne...

UIC/UNIFE sign UAE MoU

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The International Union of Railways (UIC) and the association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE) have signed a Memorandum of Understandin...

More progress on the e-seal front

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Despite its relatively slow acceptance in the mainstream markets, the rolling out of “smart” electronic container security is continuing...

MHCs pick up momentum

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Short lead times and a competitive price: performance ratio have seen the MHC sector respond quickly to an uptick in volume....

E-RTG cable standards update

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There has been another development in the vexed question of what cable certification standards are acceptable on the US West Coast for elect...

20:20 vision for the Port of Santos

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Last year Santos handled 2.25M TEU, down almost 16% on the 2.67M TEU processed in 2008. However, South America’s biggest breakbulk and con...

ZES charts a new course for Navis

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Zebra Technologies has moved to separate its maritime business from the rest of Zebra Enterprise solutions and refocus it on Navis software....

Heavy lift heads for long haul

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Demand for heavy lift shipping remains high, even though there is some weakness for smaller and older tonnage as large, high specification n...

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