New truck mounted scanner

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US-based Cargotec Port Security, Inc (CPS) has delivered its first truck-mounted radiation detector scanner, based on the same technology as...

New box terminal for Scotland?

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Plans to build an international container terminal at the Port of Rosyth on the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland, which first emerg...

Nine eye Indian box terminal

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Nine international and domestic companies, including Dubai’s DP World (DPW), are in the race to build the US$790M “mega” container ter...

Private port for Costa Rica?

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Americas Gateway Development Corporation (Amega), a Costa Rican company, is to begin a feasibility study for a new container handling facili...

Stukwerkers into GCT

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Stukwerkers Havenbedrijf NV, traditionally one of the most important stevedoring companies in the Port of Ghent, has taken a share in Gent C...

VPA takes over in Portsmouth

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After months of negotiations, the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has signed a deal to lease APM Terminals North America’s Portsmouth termin...

Teesport’s shortsea investment

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PD Ports has announced that it will invest up to £29M to expand its shortsea container terminal at Teesport in the UK. Initially, £15M wil...

SBB Cargo/Hupac link up

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In a reversal of the trend for leading UIRR and other intermodal operators to be taken over by national rail companies (eg Kombiverkeher/ DB...

Still riding the offshore boom

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UK-based Intermodal Innovation (II), which designs and manufactures specialised containers and other transport equipment, reports a growing ...

Heavy lift blowing in the wind

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The number of newbuildings entering the heavy lift/project cargo market sector may give rise to concern about a possible rate war. At the ve...

Sidelifters ride out the recession

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Self-loading container trailers (SLTs), also commonly known as “sidelifters,” are a mature product type, but they have still to realise ...

Container handling at sea

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The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Virginia has successfully completed “multiphase testing” of its Large Vessel Interface Lift On/...

Manitex enters port equipment market

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US-based Manitex International, Inc, a specialist provider of boom trucks, RT cranes and FLTs, has gained a European foothold and some compl...

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