Grimaldi in Barça deal

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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...

China cargo via N Korea

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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....

Shanghai expects to remain top box port

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

Hoist gearbox monitoring

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Sweden-based bearing manufacturer SKF is piloting an on-line bearing monitoring system for container crane gearboxes at Yantian Internationa...

Twin hoist boom over?

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Fewer terminals are taking the decision to invest in twin hoist container cranes for tandem 40ft operations than in previous years. As of Fe...

DP World moves into Suriname

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DP World has expanded its portfolio to Suriname on the north east coast of South America by acquiring a controlling interest in two of the c...

AfDB loan for box terminal in Togo

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €60M (US$85M) loan for the development of a new container terminal at the port of Lomé...

New mobile harbour concept

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The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has demonstrated a scale model of a floating harbour concept in Busan, Korea....

Fresh runner in GE SeaCo race

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HNA Group, the parent company of China’s fourth largest airline operator, Hainan Airlines, has emerged as the frontrunner in the bidding t...

Repeat RTG orders for Konecranes

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Konecranes has reported two recent repeat orders for RTGs: Luka Koper in Slovenia placed its sixth RTG order for two more RTGs, slated for d...

Terex/Demag deal edging closer…

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As this issue was going to press, Terex Corp stated that its public tender offer for Demag Cranes AG had been accepted for at least 14M shar...

Mitsui bids for Portek

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

HIT takes delivery of supercap RTGs

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

NTtank appoints European agent

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

…hot stuff for Terex reach stackers

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

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