Irish feeling the squeeze

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Irish Continental Group (ICG) posted an operating profit of €5.5 mill in the first half of this year compared to €8.7 mill in the same p...

Bright future for container market?

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UBS Warburg has released a report that says bullish container trade and limited shipyard capacity should sustain the on-going recovery in co...

Vibrations in the cab

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Southampton University and Amba Dockside Technology Ltd, based near Portsmouth, UK have been approached by an international terminal operato...

RTG sales stay strong

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Global RTG output has continued strong throughout 2003 and a number of manufacturers are reporting sizeable orders for delivery in 2004...

Flatrack inspection guide

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The Institute of International Container lessors (IICL) has announced the release of its latest publication entitled Guide for Flatrack Cont...

Market recovery lifts profits

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China’s big two container manufacturers - China International Marine Containers (CIMC) and Singamas Container Holdings - have both reporte...

Backscatter gap-filler?

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Two former P&O Ports executives are marketing backscatter X-ray technology in Australia in an effort to fill what they say is a major gap in...

Typhoon hits Pusan cranes

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As this issue was going to press,Typhoon Maemi ripped through the Port of Pusan with winds gusting up to 135 mph. At the time of writing, 80...

Transporting steel

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The fourth editon of Steel - Carriage by Sea by master mariner Arthur Sparks has been published by LLP Professional Publishing in the UK....

Thermite sparking – please avoid

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A fire that occurred during a road tanker delivery to a petrol filling station at Shipley in England in April 1999 alerted UK authorities to...

SA funding in pipeline

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The South African government has announced transport spending plans for the next three years, including a commitment to invest R2 bill (€2...

Odyssey cash boost

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Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation, the Danbury, Connecticut-based provider of logistics services to the chemical industry establish...

Charting the reefer market to 2012

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A new report* projects that the annual seaborne trade in reefer cargo will grow by an average of 1.5 percent per annum over the next decade...

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