Bimodal tractor enters service

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Belgium-based special vehicles manufacturer MOL Cy NV has provided more information on its new 4 x 4 bimodal tractor for road and rail use, ...

Risk assessment vital says HSE

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The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of the need for an effective risk assessment for all persons involved in the operati...

A cool star is born

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Following four years of research and development and two years of intensive field trials, Maersk Container Industri (MCI) has launched an im...

Visy at the Cuxhaven gate

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Finnish vision technology company Visy Oy and its German partner LMT GmbH have recently commissioned a terminal gate system and security acc...

Adding value with portcentric logistics

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While most container terminal operators stick to the business of loading and discharging ships and getting boxes in and out of the gate, oth...

Reefer output holds steady

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The world’s reefer container manufacturing industry is on target to achieve another production record in 2004, although it is only up slig...

Keeping one’s powers of concentration

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A warning about the possible dangers arising from over concentration of supply in the field of both ISO container production and container c...

Damage detection

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Lamerholm Electronics has come up with a remote indicator unit (RIU), which enables its RD298 ShockLog shock, vibration and environmental re...

Hull insurers accentuate the negative

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The boom in the container trades is showing no sign of subsiding as shipowners continue to enjoy record earnings. The liner shipping industr...

Maritime books Hill

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Following a review of its trailer requirements, Maritime Transport Ltd, one of the UK’s leading container hauliers, has appointed Hill Hir...

New Tectyl plant opens in China

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Korea Houghton Corporation has commissioned a new factory in China to manufacture Tectyl rust preventive compounds....

Tackling the empty container problem

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The cost of moving empty containers around the world has reached an estimated total of at least US$5 bill/year. It is not unusual today for ...

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