Dutch fireworks

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One of the first acts of new Dutch Transport Minister Roelf de Boer has been to revise regulations on the transport of fireworks by sea....

Partek figures

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The latest, half-yearly figures ended 30 June) from Partek show that new orders received in the container handling business area were down 3...

Greybox adds PPM

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Greybox Logistics Services, a subsidiary of Transamerica Leasing, recently launched the Port Pair Modelling system (PPM), which is designed ...

Problems for LA terminal

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Environmental groups have lodged an appeal against the decision of US District Court Judge Margaret Morrow not to extend the restraining ord...

Foltainer payback time

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The promoters of the Foltainer collapsible container say the project will continue despite regulatory authorities ordering refunds to 59 ind...

Prevention better than cure

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New crane prices have fallen in real terms but this cannot take away the importance of effective PM of older cranes or well-judged revamping...

Dalian looks ahead

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Throughput at the Port of Dalian reached 1.2 mill last year and, while it is still experiencing good growth, there is increasing competition...

ART for port sake

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While Savcor ONE concentrates on integrated packages for position determination and tracking of containers and other mobile assets (eg Modul...

2K in the Baltic

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Close neighbours Klaipeda and Kaliningrad have set up the socalled "2K project," with the goal of increasing transit cargo flows through bot...

Costa is beached

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The depressed European railcar market has claimed another victim, with Italybased wagon/passenger car Costaferroviaria and its plants in Cos...

Sydney recovers

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Sydney has again passed the 1 mill TEU per annum mark, with preliminary 2001-2002 figures showing last year's post-Olympic Games hangover ha...

US cargo transfer rules fall short

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A fatal accident during the transfer of methyl mercaptan from a rail car at an Atofina chemical plant in the US last July has prompted a cal...

HHLA sets new record

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HHLA in Hamburg broke through the 3 mill TEU barrier with a record 3.1 mill TEU handled (+11.2 percent) in fiscal 2001-2002 (ended 30 June) ...

Rethink for US hazmat proposals?

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Government proposals to amend US hazardous materials transport regulations in order to minimise security risks are built on shaky foundation...

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