Kalmar inks forklift deal with BlueScope
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Botany boxes still booming
Sydney, the Australian container port least affected by the global financial crisis, maintained its 2009 momentum with record container traffic through Port Botany in December.
Sydney Ports Corporation (SPC) said volumes reached over 176,000 TEU, the highest December throughput in Port Botany’s history and representing a 10.7% year-on-year increase. Total container trade through the port exceeded 993,000 TEU for the six months to 31 December 2009, a 0.8% increase on the corresponding period of 2008 and also a new record.
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