CHEC mate in development game

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Beijing-based CHEC is a large civil engineering company that specialises in the construction of ports, railways, bridges and highways. Along...

Basra in progress

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ICTSI has opened a new ro-ro facility at Berth 21 at its Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) in the Port of Umm Qasr, Iraq, as part of its Phase 2 ...

More for Wilhelmshaven

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Germany’s only natural deepwater port, JadeWeserPort (JWP) in Wilhelmshaven, is slowly gaining new customers and more volume, with Eurogat...

Swedish BRI project off

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China Communications Construction Group (CCCC) has pulled out of a project to develop a container port in Brofjorden, in the Lysekil Municip...

Latin shuffle for liner shipping

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Latin America’s main liner trades face an uncertain future, despite 12 months of generally improving cargo volumes....

Fuel cell genset results

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The Port of Long Beach has rejected a request from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to require the use of gensets powered by hydrog...

TWS adds agitators

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Tank container leasing specialist TWS has improved its reefer tank product offering with the addition of reefer tanks featuring agitator....

Revamp for Chiquita

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Chiquita is reorganising its European banana business. It has cancelled a contract with MSC that brought around 80,000 tpa of bananas in its...

IRiS container destuffing robot

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An “Interactive Robot System for Unloading Sea Containers” (IRiS) is being developed by Bremen University Institute for Production and L...

Delivery corrigendum

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An error appeared in the Seacom LiftMaster article on page 2 of the January 2018 edition of WorldCargo News. Grendi’s adoption of a trans...

Lessors’ reefer buying takes a dip

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After several years of strong expansion, the reefer leasing industry grew more modestly in 2017, and new investment fell to its lowest level...

TSB for Cosco automation project

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Korean software specialist TSB (Total Soft Bank) has won a contract to supply the TOS and related automation software for Cosco Shipping Por...

Le Verdon tender

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What future for TCSO (South West Container Terminal) in Le Verdon after Europorte walked away from the concession, and Bordeaux Port Authori...

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