Rhenus Bulktec for containers

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Rhenus Logistics in Germany is offering an application called Bulktec as a way of transporting a range of dry bulk commodities in standard s...

Daikin order

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UASC has ordered 3,500 new reefer containers with reefer machines from Daikin....

Bertschi adds on

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Bertschi Group has further expanded its STR intermodal terminal at the BASF chemicals park in Schwarzheide, Germany, increasing installed c...

Argentina to upgrade BC rail network

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Argentina’s Belgrano Cargas (BC) rail system is to be modernised and upgraded, in order that trains can travel faster and higher volumes o...

CSX expands hub

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CSX Intermodal has completed a US$40M expansion project at its North West Ohio hub terminal (NWOH)....

03 cuts back Asia/Europe

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The O3 Alliance (CMA CGM, CSCL and UASC) has announced a series of measures aimed at dealing with the slowdown in demand, rising levels of o...

New ro-pax vessel design

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Finland-based Deltamarin has used the Nor-Shipping 2015 exhibition in Oslo in June to launch a new ro-pax vessel design, DeltaChallenger, i...

Suez Canal Axis to open in August

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The Suez Canal will be capable of accommodating more ships from August when a new channel is opened and dredging on an existing stretch of ...

Pan-Africa FTZ moves forward

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In June, representatives from 26 African nations met in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt and signed an initial agreement that paves the way for the cr...

But need to count spreaders

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While Degroote called on ports to find ways of speeding up the handling of mega ships, in another stream at the TOC CSC Europe conference, ...

Shippers berate carriers

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Once again liner shipping companies took the brunt of criticism at this month’s TOC CSC Europe conference, held in Rotterdam. In particula...

China frees up cabotage market

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China’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) has taken further, albeit limited steps to liberalise the country’s tightly restricted cabotage laws...

Mitsubishi shipping fund

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Japan-based Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has raised US$300M for its MC Seamax Shipping Opportunities Fund (SSOF), which will acquire, manage ...

Liner freight rates sink

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These are worrying times for ocean carriers, with spot rates in many trades at historic lows. Data published by the Shanghai Containerised F...

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