US$105M for Crescent Corridor

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The US Transportation Department (DOT) said the signing of a US$105M Recovery Act grant agreement with state transportation departments in A...

Crane runaway in Darwin

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The Port of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territories was fortunate nobody was injured when a runaway container crane ran into a crawler ...

New desiccant pole

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UK-based Protective Packaging Ltd (PPL), a leading supplier of climatic packaging solutions, has launched a new desiccant pole to provide pr...

Battery AGV trials

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As previously reported, in WorldCargo News, Gottwald introduced a prototype battery-powered AGV in 2009 for testing by one of its key custom...

CES spreads wings

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APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services Ltd (CES), the APMT division offering crane inspection services to operators outside the APMT gro...

New load sensor

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UK-based Sensor Technology has developed an intelligent load sensor designed to allow weighing processes to be fully integrated with handlin...

NYK grows with Ford

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NYK Logistics has won a three-year contract to operate Ford's origin distribution centre (ODC) in Budapest, Hungary...

HSE offers safety tips

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The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published an in-depth report, which identifies a number of areas where positive management ...

Prison sentence for Willem Scholten

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Pending a possible appeal, the former CEO of Rotterdam port authority has received an eight months' custodial sentence for his unauthorised ...

Container security moves a step forward

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Container security took a big step forward on September 1, 2010, when the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) finally ratif...

More progress on the e-seal front

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Despite its relatively slow acceptance in the mainstream markets, the rolling out of “smart” electronic container security is continuing...

Row over US truck weights

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has objected to proposals to raise to 100,000 lbs (45.4 mt) the maximum allowable gross vehicle ...

Japan focuses on African ports

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The Japanese government is playing an increasingly important role in transport sector development in Africa...

Lyttelton faces huge repair bill

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The leading New Zealand South Island port of Lyttelton faces a repair bill running into tens of millions of dollars after a 7.1 magnitude ea...

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