Sines bucks the trend

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Bucking the national Portuguese and wider European trend, Sines handled 11% more cargo last year than in 2011, with traffic reaching 28.6 Mt...

COA commissions flexitank standard

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The Container Owners Association (COA) has commissioned the UK’s national standards body, the British Standards Institution (BSI), to deve...

Kandla concession terminated

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Kandla Port Trust (KPT) in India’s Gujarat state has cancelled ABG-Kandla Container Terminal’s 30 year concession to operate the contain...

Cashing in one’s chips with grabs

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Biomass handling could offer a new source of new equipment orders but debate is on-going as to which type of grab is best suited. There is c...

Box leasing growth comes at a price

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The container leasing industry enjoyed another year of strong growth in 2012, although per diem rates again fell faster than newbuild prices...

Warrant partners with Leschaco

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Supply chain specialist Warrant Group has taken over the operational and commercial operations of the German Leschaco Group’s deepsea ISO ...

New Valenciennes barge terminal

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Around €10M is to be invested in a new container barge terminal on the Escaut (Schelde) at Saint-Saulve, just downstream of Valenciennes i...

New E-RTG business

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Terex Noell Crane Systems (China) Ltd, majority-owned (70%) by Terex Port Solutions, has received an order worth US$40M from PTP Tanjung Pel...

Liftcom modifies straddle carriers

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Netherlands-based Liftcom BV has completed a project to modify a number of straddle carriers operated by APM Terminals (APMT) in Rotterdam a...

Single window for Kiwi shippers

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New Zealand’s Customs Service and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will this month begin introducing a single electronic portal f...

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