Rents push Oz depot fees up

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Rising port land rentals have forced Australian empty container parks (ECPs) to introduce an infrastructure levy, applicable to every box....

Schwedenkai moves on

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After a construction period of around one year, the basic work on the €20M new ferry terminal building at the Port of Kiel’s Schwedenkai...

Sical to sell CIT stake

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Sical Logistics Ltd has announced that it wants to sell its 27% stake in Chennai International Terminals (CIT) to its joint venture partner ...

Dock death prompts code call

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The death of a dockworker at Port Botany in late March has prompted waterside workers to increase pressure on the Australian government for ...

UND to open Toulon- Tekirdag ro-ro link

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UND Ro-Ro, the Turkish federation of road truckers’ shipping company, has set up a new freightonly ferry service between Toulon and Tekird...

…as bigger ships arrive

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Delivery of the new DP World cranes occurred just after the terminal operator hosted the latest vessel to claim the title of the largest con...

Ro-ro access deals for Cargotec

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Cargotec has reported two new MacGregor cargo access equipment orders destined for four deepsea ro-ro vessels and two PCTCs that will be bui...

GS1/BIC team up

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Supply chain standards organisation GS1 and Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (BIC), the official registration ...

…but seeks more overseas terminals

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is looking to acquire more overseas terminals in anticipation that the container shipping market has bottomed....

Solar cell first at Ohi

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CIS (Copper, Indium, Selenium) solar cells made by Solar Frontier Ltd (formerly Showa Shell Solar Co Ltd) have been installed at Berths Nos ...

DP World secures Dakar loan

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DP World Dakar has secured a US$64M (€47.5M) loan from the African Development Bank to upgrade the container terminal at Senegal’s Dakar...

New Liebherrs for ABP

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Associated British Ports (ABP) recently took delivery of two Liebherr A944c HD Litronic telescopic mobile cranes for operation at its four H...

RFID tags help the paper trace

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Sonoco-Alcore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco with 30 tube and core plants and six paper mills in Europe, is using UPM Raflatac “DogB...

…Maersk to levy out of service charge

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Maersk Line has dropped a bombshell of its own with the announcement that it is to intoduce an out of service (OOS) charge for all container...

Auckland unifies port IT

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Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) has combined its suite of information and cargo management systems into one online product on a single platform...

Bombs in a box…

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The number of alternative uses for standard marine containers is many, varied and growing - from hotels and emergency medical centres to pri...

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