Strong year for Melbourne

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The Port of Melbourne enjoyed record volumes and revenues in 2011-12, according to the port corporation’s annual report, tabled recently i...

New line for Morocco

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Work has begun on a dedicated freight railway between Casablanca and Kénitra in Morocco, in order to cope with anticipated high demand on t...

NY/NJ cargo diverted to Virginia

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The Port of Virginia has begun handling vessels diverted from the Port of New York/New Jersey as the latter struggles to reopen facilities i...

Tough going for dry freight box builders

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After experiencing a short-lived production surge in mid-2012, the world’s dry freight container manufacturing industry is again facing to...

Seeing double with big cranes

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This year has witnessed a clear choice open up between a twin hoist or twin spreader approach to twin 40ft/45ft container handling....

Uncertainy creeps into the reefer market

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The global reefer trade has been posting stronger rates of growth than that for dry freight cargo over the past decade and container liner s...

Monopolies under fire in Mexico

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The decision to award SSA México the concession to operate the Specialist Automotive Terminal (TEA) at the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdena...

DoorLogistics from SIS

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SynchroNet Intermodal Services (SIS), which provides repositioning services to move surplus empty containers from inland locations to ports ...

La Cisa double spreader

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La Cisa Trasporti Industriali Srl, an Italy-based handling and logistic specialist active in the steel, energy and other heavy load sectors,...

HPH Brisbane cranes arrive

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has taken delivery of two ZPMC ship-to-shore cranes for its new Brisbane Container Terminal (BCT), the first s...

Noell strads at Wilhelmshaven

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As reported in the January 2012 issue of WorldCargo News (p31), Terex Noell, now part of Gottwald-led Terex Port Solutions (TPS), won the Eu...

Klinge to launch new dual reefer

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US-based Klinge Corporation will be launching a new and improved version of its dual refrigerated container at the Intermodal 2012 exhibitio...

Thumbs down for Oz safety code

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Protest marches in major Australian ports at the end of October appear to have done little to convince shipowners and stevedores to embrace ...

Cranes go up in Colombus

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CSX Intermodal is progressing well with the installation of three widespan RMGs at its terminal in Columbus, Ohio....

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