Challenging times for reefer box builders
NewsGlobal reefer production looks set to remain flat for 2013, while box building capacity is being further augmented with new facilities....
Uncertainy creeps into the reefer market
NewsThe global reefer trade has been posting stronger rates of growth than that for dry freight cargo over the past decade and container liner s...
M&R surcharge on scrap exports
NewsHyundai Merchant Mar ine (HMM) will impose a surcharge of US$65 per container on exports of scrap metal from the US and Canada to Pacific Ri...
HMM signs up for Purfresh
NewsDespite losing the support of Carrier Transicold (see WorldCargo News April 2012, p18) Purfresh Inc is continuing to sign up new customers f...
Carbon challenge
NewsEvery dollar of value created in the world economy in 2007 was equivalent to 768g of CO2 emissions. According to Jonathan Porritt, the chair...
All change in California
NewsHyundai Merchant Mar ine (HMM) is to switch its operations at the Port of Long Beach to the neighbouring Port of Los Angeles later this year...
Busan riding on the automation wave
NewsHyundai Merchant Marine is the latest terminal operator to employ automated stacking cranes at Pusan Newport....
Reefer container lessors await a further thaw
NewsReefer container lessors faced a tough market in 2009, but it was not all doom and gloom as they accounted for more than half of all reefers...
Oz terminals face pain
NewsAustralian stevedores are facing a period of reduced ship calls as container carriers take a much harder line on overcapacity in coming mont...
Heavy lift council formed
NewsA number of ocean carriers involved in the international transport of project and heavy lift cargoes have joined forces to form the Internat...
Taipei box terminal a boon for shippers
NewsThe opening of the first two berths of Taipei Port Container Terminal (TPCT) next January will help Taiwanese shippers save more than US$327...
Six shortlisted for Ennore
NewsIndia’s Ennore Port Trust has shortlisted six bidders from an original list of 22 to submit financial bids to build and operate a 1.5M TEU...
HMM opts for Magnum
NewsSouth Korean operator Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), a long term customer for Thermo King’s reciprocating compressor reefer machinery with...
Hyundai on the blocks
NewsHyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has introduced its own block train service between Rotterdam and Sladkovicovo in the Slovak Republic. “This ...
Thamesport fine tunes
NewsTo cater for traffic growth, HPH Thamesport is to undertake a number of measures, which can be accomplished at the relatively low cost of £...
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