Straddles hit comeback trail

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The straddle carrier market bounced back last year due to a handful of big orders for conventional machines and low height models for quay t...

British ports get the wind up

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Leading British container handlers are investing heavily to increase capacity. All the same, the “game changer” for UK ports is no longe...

LoadPlate for Raahe

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The northern Gulf of Bothnia Port of Raahe in Finland has acquired a LoadPlate “one shot” container loading system from Finland-based Ac...

HPH launches new monitoring service

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has unveiled StellarTrak, an enhanced web-based, on-demand service that will provide customers of HPH’s Load...

Gorgon project for Combi Lift

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Heavy lift shipping specialist Combi Lift A/S has signed a contract with Schenker involving two of its semi-submersible ships in the Gorgon ...

Call for HMT to be extended

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Former Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley has called for the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) to be collected on all freight from foreign source...

Two new cranes for Mersin

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ZPMC Mediterranean, affiliated to Turkey-based Portunus Spares and Services, has overseen the delivery of two fully-erect STS container cran...

Mill agrees offer for Axis Intermodal

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Mill Investments Ltd, a company controlled by Robert Montague and Stephen Ball, has announced the terms of a recommended offer to be made by...

Biggest boxship yet calls at Antwerp

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As reported in WorldCargo News Online, Maersk made a trial call in Antwerp this month with the 15,500 TEU EDITH MAERSK, one of the E-class v...

Stage IV/ Tier 4 final from Volvo

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Volvo Penta has formally announced that its Stage IV/Tier 4 final NRMM engines from 2014 (130-515 kW) and 2015 (<130 kW) will use the same S...

Slow progress at Vallarpadam ICTT

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Almost 11 months after it opened, India’s first dedicated container transhipment terminal at Vallarpadam in Kochi port is bogged down by a...

More electric tractors

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US-based Balqon Corporation has reported more orders for its all-electric Nautilus XR E20 terminal tractor....

Lehnkering takeover gets the green light

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The European Commission has cleared the proposed €270M (US$355M) acquisition of German logistics service provider Lehnkering from Lukas Sw...

Darwin’s access improved

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Completion of a new A$17M rail overpass in Australia’s Northern Territory capital Darwin has allowed uninterrupted access to the growing E...

Dar looks to Tanga

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Government officials in Tanzania have given the strongest indication yet that the port of Tanga will be developed as the country’s main co...

Indian/Israeli JV bags Nargol deal

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A consortium of India’s Cargo Motors Pvt Ltd and Israel Ports Company has won the bid to develop Nargol port in Gujarat....

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