Reefer production holding steady

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Demand for standard dry freight containers may have hit the buffers last year in the wake of the global economic downturn, but reefer produc...

K Line “cold irons” in Long Beach

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K Line’s Long Beach Bridge became the first container vessel to plug into shore power in the Port of Long Beach when she berthed at Pier G...

Revolt over Voltri joint venture

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Six shipping lines - MSC, Zim, CMA CGM, Coscon, Evergreen and K-Line - have written an “open letter” to Italy’s Transport Minister, Al...

Reefer output on a roll

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Global reefer production grew strongly in 2007. In contrast to 2006, production was very buoyant during the opening six months and it stayed...

Cold comforts of cold ironing

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Ports around the world are continuing to watch the progress of “cold ironing” (Alternative Marine Power or AMP) in the United States, es...

Green RTG from TCM

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As reported in the September 2006 issue of Worldcargo News (p6),Japan-based TCM Corporation is the latest RTG manufacturer to introduce a mo...

More hybrid drive RTGs

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K-Line subsidiary Daito Corp has ordered three hybrid drive RTGs from TCM Corporation and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co for the Ohi T...

East Coast container terminal boom

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A boom in all-water Asian services via Panama is encouraging US east coast ports to develop new terminals, but some port authorities and ope...

PSA-HNN inks new deal in Antwerp

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PSA-HNN and a consortium of K-Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin (KYH) are forming a joint venture company, Antwerp International Terminal NV, to op...

New auto twistlock launched

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K-Line and lashing equipment manufacturer Taiyo Seiko Works Co have jointly developed a new fully-automatic twistlock - the FA-8 - as part o...

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