Grabbing at market openings

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Grab manufacturers pride them selves on the robustness and longevity of their products, coupled with low lifetime costs. While grabs do wear...

Conveyor support for RMG stacks

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Last month, WorldCargo News carried a report on a new concept, called “Segmented Cart” from Paceco Corp, aimed at supporting ASCs and ot...

Bristol box terminal work starts

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The Bristol Port Company (BPC) has announced the start of marine site investigation works for its planned £600M deepsea container terminal ...

Moorebank terminal moves forward

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The New South Wales government has begun the community and stakeholder consultation process for Sydney’s proposed A$490M Moorebank intermo...

Mongla port plan evolves

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UK-based Port Evolution Management Co (PEMC) has submitted a US$800M plan for the development of the Bangladeshi port of Mongla as an effici...

HPH calls for Baltic hub ports

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Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has called for a new strategy to reduce the number of container ports along the Baltic coast a...

Shanghai poised to overtake Singapore

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With January-November 2010 box volumes rising 18% to 26.6M TEU, indicating a full-year throughput of around 29M TEU, Shanghai is on course t...

Margins remain tight for tank operators

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Although tank container operators are reporting improved business activity in 2010 compared to last year, the rebound is coming from a low b...

Suretank takes over Chinese tank builder

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Irish offshore tank container specialist Suretank Ltd has acquired a controlling interest in China’s longest established tank builder, Zho...

APMT eyes secondary Asian ports

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APM Terminals (APMT) is targeting second tier ports in Asia, particularly in China, for the development of container handling facilities....

CES spreads wings

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APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services Ltd (CES), the APMT division offering crane inspection services to operators outside the APMT gro...

Hempel opens new factory in China

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Coatings manufacturer Hempel has opened a new, state-of-theart manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China, in order to meet the increasing d...

New load sensor

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UK-based Sensor Technology has developed an intelligent load sensor designed to allow weighing processes to be fully integrated with handlin...

iCON adds leasing

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The current high level of container demand has prompted Hamburg-based iCON International Container Service GmbH to add container leasing to ...

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