July, 2011 ‣ WorldCargo News ‣ Page 4

Giving a prompt from the side

News1 Jul 2011

Self-loading container trailers are a mature product, but suppliers are constantly striving to meet changing market demands....

Shanghai expects to remain top box port

News1 Jul 2011

Shanghai, the world’s busiest container port, expects its throughput to grow 10% annually for the next five years as manufacturers open pl...

NTtank appoints European agent

News1 Jul 2011

Chinese tank container manufacturer Nantong Tank Container Co (NTtank) has appointed NTC Tankcontainer Services Botlek BV as its European sa...

HIT takes delivery of supercap RTGs

News1 Jul 2011

Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), part of Hutchison Port Holdings, has taken delivery of 10 new hybrid RTGs from ZPMC. The new machine...

Mitsui bids for Portek

News1 Jul 2011

Japan’s Mitsui & Co revealed a S$221M (US$180M) bid for all the shares of Singapore-based international port operator Portek International...

Portunus books Izmir refurbishment job

News1 Jul 2011

Turkey-based Portunus Port Spares and Services, part of MLS Holding, has signed a new contract with Turkish State Railways (TCDD) to moderni...

China cargo via N Korea

News1 Jul 2011

North Korea has given the green light for Chinese domestic cargo to be shipped via the Port of Rajin from north east to east China....

US relaxes VTL rules

News1 Jul 2011

The US National Maritime Safety Association (NMSA) has partially succeeded in getting the US Court of Appeal to set aside the Occupational S...

HPC targets Russian Baltic

News1 Jul 2011

Russia’s Global Port Investments (GPI), part of N-trans, is reportedly negotiating a “swap deal” with HHLA affiliate Hamburg Port Cons...

Eko-Flor moves on

News1 Jul 2011

Toronto-based Conforce International has commenced commercial production of its Eko-Flor xts composite trailer flooring system at its new ma...

Oz X-ray milestone

News1 Jul 2011

This month saw the Australian Customs and Border Protection authorities carry the one millionth X-ray of a container arriving in at the nati...

RentalWorld boosts European presence

News1 Jul 2011

RentalWorld AG, the equipment leasing arm of the Netherlandsbased Houcon Group has appointed Co*Operator GmbH in Bremen as its agent for Ger...

Grimaldi in Barça deal

News1 Jul 2011

Italy’s Grimaldi Group has been awarded a multi-year concession to manage and operate the new Muelle Costa ro/pax ferry terminal at the po...

…launches Indian stacktrain service

News1 Jul 2011

APL IndiaLinx, the rail operations arm of APL Logistics, has launched its first double-stack container train service in India....

Graig orders new Marlin feeders

News1 Jul 2011

Cardiff, UK-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 fuel-efficient, “new generation” Marlin 2000 Blue design container feeder...

…hot stuff for Terex reach stackers

News1 Jul 2011

Terex Cranes recently delivered three specially-tailored, Frenchbuilt long wheelbase TFC45LX reach stackers for hot steel handling to the Ar...

Giving a prompt from the side

Shanghai expects to remain top box port

NTtank appoints European agent

HIT takes delivery of supercap RTGs

Mitsui bids for Portek

Portunus books Izmir refurbishment job

China cargo via N Korea

US relaxes VTL rules

HPC targets Russian Baltic

Eko-Flor moves on

Oz X-ray milestone

RentalWorld boosts European presence

Grimaldi in Barça deal

…launches Indian stacktrain service

Graig orders new Marlin feeders

…hot stuff for Terex reach stackers

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