Kenyan row

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Delays in the launch of a tender for a KS1.5 bill contract for the supply of new cranes to Mombasa are causing unease in Kenya, where govern...

It’s a gas in Gothenburg

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Renova AB, a waste and recycling company in Gothenburg, Sweden, has introduced a refuse collection truck with gas-electric hybrid technology...

Paceco in Italy

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Paceco Corp has announced that Paolo de Nicola SpA, based near Padova, is to be its new licensee for Italy. Part of Lugli, the FLT group, si...

A minor matter

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which was appointed by the Indian government last year to study how minor ports and coastal shipping could ...

Container inspection

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Dear Sir, The tests carried out by ABCNews (WorldCargo News September 2003, p36) and the incident involving box cutters planted on airliners...

New men at Ceres

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Ceres Terminals, Inc, now majority- owned by NYK Line, has appointed Thomas J Simmers as president and CEO....

No turn left unStoned

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A new study on container traffic and market trends provides plenty of food for thought*...

Container terminal focus to 2007

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OneStone Consulting Group, based near Hamburg, has completed its second market report on container terminals, following the publication of i...

More Pipavav for Maersk

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Maersk Sealand, which holds a 12 percent stake in Pipavav port on India’s west coast, is to raise its equity to 26 percent and inject a fu...

Railion gets legal

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A frustrated Railion Netherlands has started legal proceeedings against ProRail, the Dutch rail network manager, to retain capacity for its ...

Positive for liner shipping

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Echoing the findings of a UBS Warburg report released earlier this year (see WorldCargo News October 2003, p12), Drewry Shipping Consultants...

ATI battles Manila HC

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Asian Terminals, Inc (ATI) has gone to court in a bid to stop unauthorised vessels from calling at the Manila Harbour Centre to discharge ca...

Port reform move in Oz

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The Victorian government in Australia has inaugurated the second phase of its over-haul of the state’s port system with the introduction t...

Nigerian monopoly?

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The Nigerian government has begun to implement a new law which aims to reserve all coastal shipping work for Nigerian companies....

Market power gets concentrated

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In July this year, the annual (July-June) WorldCargo News container crane survey showed no fewer than 206 cranes ordered in the preceding 12...

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