Berlin operator expands EC depot

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Berliner Hafen-und Lagerhausgesellschaft mbH (Behala) in Berlin’s Westhafen facility has added 8,200 m2 to its EC depot area, enabling it ...

HMM plans US$620M rights issue

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Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), South Korea’s largest liner shipping company, is to raise KRW694B (US$620M) through a rights issue. Money r...

Lights come on for Phoenix

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A new lighting system from Phoenix is part of a wider project to raise the height and upgrade 10 cranes at APM Terminals’ Pier 400 facilit...

On the rise at Halterm

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The Halterm terminal in Halifax, Nova Scotia has announced C$10M in new spending for its container yard. The work includes extending s...

Hot charcoal/carbon guidelines

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New guidelines for the carriage of charcoal/carbon in containers have been published jointly by CINS (the Cargo Incident Notification System...

Hy-Lift mast truck wins award

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Hy-Lift, the innovative ECH mast truck introduced by Italy’s CVS Ferrari SpA earlier this year, has been awarded the ITALA 2017 Award for ...

Vado Tank Cleaning makes Savona debut

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A new joint venture of Stolt Tank Containers and Marenzana SpA has opened Vado Tank Cleaning Srl (VTC), a modern depot for tank containers i...

Canadian Pacific into Ohio

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Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) has announced a partnership with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) and Bluegrass Farms of Ohio that gives C...

Grimaldi confirms hybrid ro-ros

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Confirming earlier rumours circulating in Italy (WorldCargo News, September 2017, p48), Grimaldi Group has stated that it will be ordering s...

An end to battery changes?

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A new company in the UK claims to have come up with a way to use kinetic energy to charge a container telemetry device, eliminating th...

Stronger full-year growth now predicted

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Alphaliner and Drewry Maritime Research are among analysts raising their growth forecasts for 2017. Based on trading performances to the lat...

Patent for reefer wall

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Michael LaRocco, CEO of US Liner Company, has come up with a new method for bonding insulating foam to the wall panels in reefer...

Composite tank progress

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Netherlands-based leasing firm Peacock Container is the latest customer to add the Tankwell composite tank to its fleet. In little more than...

Hong Kong’s comeback

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In September, Hong Kong’s container terminals handled a total of 1.84M TEU, up 7.6% on the corresponding period of 2016. Accor...

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