60% of cargo uninsured?

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UK-based Bluefin Insurance Services has joined the growing lobby calling for the insurance of cargo in transit to be made compulsory....

Box lessors bouncing back

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Though things are not yet back to pre-financial crisis levels, they are getting there - at least as far as the container leasing sector is c...

CIMC production on the rise

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The recovery in the container manufacturing sector is reflected in Q1 2010 figures released by China International Marine Containers (CIMC),...

Leading OEMs on a slow road to recovery

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The first three months of 2010 indicate a gradually improving trend. Things may no longer be “bumping along the bottom,” but there is st...

Dock death prompts code call

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The death of a dockworker at Port Botany in late March has prompted waterside workers to increase pressure on the Australian government for ...

Double-stack operators get wind warning

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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued warnings about double-stacking of container trains following investigations into a ...

ZPMC reassesses and refocuses

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Under its new president, Kang Xue-Zeng, ZPMC is restructuring and looking to diversify into other markets and improve the profitability of i...

Crane toppled at Guayaquil

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International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI)’s Contecon Guayaquil facility in Ecuador has become the latest to suffer crane damag...

Container lessors bridging the gap

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Box demand has picked up strongly this year. With shipping lines severely cash-strapped, leasing companies are rushing to fill the gap....

Bombs in a box…

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The number of alternative uses for standard marine containers is many, varied and growing - from hotels and emergency medical centres to pri...

…but seeks more overseas terminals

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is looking to acquire more overseas terminals in anticipation that the container shipping market has bottomed....

Big truck market bounces back

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There are signs that demand for big trucks is on the way up again, but in some markets, at least, industrial applications rather than port h...

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