A lean year for box lessors

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Confronted by the worst market downturn in over five years, container leasing companies have drastically cut their investment in new equipme...

Spellar spells it out

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UK Transport Minister John Spellar has agreed a package of measures to help the beleagured road haulage industry. The Government will fund a...

199 – another record year!

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Another year, another record. Last year's record of 186 ship-to-shore cranes (WorldCargo News, July 2000, pp22-24) has been topped. This yea...

Box standards under pressure

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In a surprise move, the British Standards Institute (BSI) has called for changes to the current ISO standards relating to the testing of fre...

Robotic improvements

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US-based Robotic Container Handling Co claims to have made significant improvements in its ocean terminal and intermodal yard machine design...

…and down under…

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The Australian Customs Service has signed an A$11 mill contract to purchase two state-of-the-art X-ray container inspection systems to speed...

X-ray systems for Japan…

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The Japanese Ministry of Finance has awarded two contracts to install large X-ray cargo inspection systems at the Customs offices in Osaka a...

Towards insurance stability?

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Following a few years when rates were close to "feast" proportions for marine underwriters and insurance providers, they have fallen more re...

Salvaging the Salvage Association

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An international maritime organisation, whose name has been synonymous with casualty surveying and ship safety for nearly 145 years, has cha...

Optimism in marine insurance market

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Although the marine insurance market is likely to harden over the medium term, the degree of hardening is unlikely to be of the same order a...

Only safe on paper?

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The past two years or so have seen the gradual implementation of additional safety measures for bulk carriers....

Safety airgun

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Bates Cargo-Pak, part of Korsnas Bates A/S in Denmark (itself part of Korsnas AB in Sweden), has introduced a new airgun, called "Safety Ass...

KN move for USCO

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Switzerland-based Kuehne & Nagel International AG (KN) has signed an agreement to acquire USCO Logistics of Hamden, CT, USA, for US$300 mill...

Explosive development

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UK-based Pyroban Group has developed a new concept for the explosion protection of diesel powered lift trucks and other plant operating in Z...

44-tonne LNG trucks

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UK-based C&H (Hauliers) Ltd has placed an order for 10 ERF ECX 127.40LGMT Lite 6 x 2 Midlift tractor units, which will be powered by Detroit...

Pursuing a private course in Africa

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A high-level conference in London last month underlined the need for private sector involvement in the development of Africa's transport inf...

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