New Scottish rail terminal

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Proposals for a new International rail freight terminal at Mossend in Bellshill have been given the seal of approval by Scottish Ministers...

People in the news

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Round-up of latest appointments and honours known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and related transport sectors...

Lase targets safe lifting

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Lase has unveiled a new sensor-based anti truck lifting system to protect against a truck being lifted by a crane due to locked or defective...

Cranes for LSCT

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Contship Italia has provided information on how it will deploy cranes at its flagship gateway terminal, LSCT La Spezia...

Setúbal goes for growth

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While the Port of Lisbon pursues its Barreiro development plan (WorldCargo News, April 2015, p17), the Port of Setúbal (APSS), just 300 km ...

100 up for Liebherr MHCs

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With recent sales to new customers in Haiti, Suriname and Luxembourg, Liebherr has now supplied mobile harbour cranes (MHCs) to more than 10...

Indian funds for Chabahar

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Iran and India have signed a basic agreement to develop Chabahar in Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, considered as the...

ECT leaves Home

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ECT is to shut down its City Terminal (Home Terminal) in the Eemhaven, due to insufficient business....

CSCL into Moldova

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China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has signed an agreement with Danube Logistics (DL), the Dutchbased investor and operator of Giurgiules...

New chapter for Suez Canal

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The opening of the expanded Suez Canal is the first stage in a major plan to double ship transits and create a maritime services, industrial...

The battle for Asia/ US East Coast trade

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The past two years have seen the Suez Canal handle a much larger slice of the expanding all-water Asia/US east coast trade, and this at the ...

Auckland considers automation

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Ports of Auckland has come up with an innovative new concept to improve capacity by combining manned and automated straddle carriers....

New strads for Port Newark

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Port Newark Container Terminal is getting the first Tier 4 Final straddle carriers in the US....

Refrigerant challenges lie ahead

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Despite buoyant demand, there is fierce competition between reefer machinery builders, and the quest is intensifying to find alternative ref...

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