Hamburg Süd to Maersk

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The Oetker family has issued a statement in German confirming that it intends to sell Hamburg Süd to Maersk Line...

Mafi completes DCT delivery

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Germany-based tractor manufacturer Mafi Transport-Systeme GmbH has provided more information on the 33 T230 F 4x2 terminal tractors it suppl...

Canada ports heading for change

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While the Canadian Federal Government is still officially taking financial advice from Morgan Stanley on how to proceed, Canada’s ports, p...

Straddles/ ASCs for Antwerp

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Following on from news that DP World’s Antwerp Gateway facility is expanding (see page 1), CTO Jef Lambregts explained that the terminal s...

Russian numbers

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Transcontainer, Russian Railways’ intermodal arm, has reported that the Russian rail container market grew 8.2% year-on-year in the first ...

Revolution in the tank ranks

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The use of ISO tank containers in international trade is increasing, driving innovation in their design....

…and to focus on integration

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At AP Møller Maersk’s (APMM) recent Capital Markets Day, Søren Skou, the company’s CEO, outlined a new strategy for the group. It is f...

Be better, not cheaper

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The financial crisis in the liner shipping industry is beginning to have an impact on ports and terminals. There are growing fears, for inst...

Time for the chain?

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Hong Kong-based “think tank and blockchain IoT consortium” Chain of Things is coordinating a case study into how a blockchain enabled In...

Zim/The Alliance expand

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Zim Line and The Alliance (Hapag-Lloyd, K Line, Mitsui OSK Lines, NYK Line and Yang Ming) have agreed a cooperative arrangement that will ex...

Qatar opens Hamad port

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The new port of Hamad in Qatar has officially opened, with all container operations transferred from the old port of Doha on 1 December. The...

New FLT engine

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UniCarriers Americas Corporation, part of Japan’s UniCarriers group (part of Mitsubishi ), is now fittingits GO4 (3-5t) and FK (2-3t) FLT...

KiwiRail coastal shipping service

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New Zealand’s state-owned rail operator KiwiRail has entered the coastal shipping market with its new “NZ Connect coastal service”, de...

Kazakhstan’s king pin

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Located in the middle of Kazakhstan’s Saryesik-Atyrau desert, Khorgos Gateway dry port could be labelled as one of the most inhospitable p...

PSC into liquidation

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Shareholders of Muscat-headquartered Port Services Corporation SAOG (PSC) have decided to liquidate the company once its concession to opera...

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