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Durban box terminal efficiency slated

News1 Sep 2007

Durban Container Terminal (DCT) has been criticised for its poor efficiency by a leading government transport executive. Elvin Harris, the c...

South Africa looks to short sea mode

News1 Aug 2007

South Africa’s Minister of Transport, Jeff Radebe, has revealed that a feasibility study into greater use of short sea shipping in the cou...

SAPO opts for Navis

News1 Feb 2007

South African Port Operations (SAPO) has chosen Navis operating software for its new Pier 1 terminal in Durban. SAPO operates Cosmos softwar...

SAPO’s big equipment spend

News1 Sep 2006

The plans of South African Port Operations (SAPO) to upgrade efficiency levels in line with world standards are gaining momentum as terminal...

Pretoria struggles to create container competition

News1 Jun 2006

New investment in South African ports will result in the expansion of container capacity but doubts over the direction of the government’s...

Kalmar RTGs for S Africa?

News1 Mar 2006

There are unconfirmed reports that Kalmar has won an order for 12 RTGs from South African Port Operations (SAPO) for Durban’s new Pier 1 c...

Liebherr scoops SAPO deal

News1 Feb 2006

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd has been awarded a contract by South African Port Operations (SAPO) for 14 superpost-Panamax cranes for Durban...

Lively times for straddle carriers

News14 Sep 2005

There are no reliable figures on straddle carrier output, but it looks as though this year is another good one as far as production in conce...

New priorities in Southern Africa

News1 Jun 2005

South African Port Operations (SAPO) has announced that it is content with improved efficiency at the nation’s ports and that it will now ...

SA ports upgrade

News1 Feb 2005

The South African government’s spending plans for the transport sector include a R2 bill upgrade for the container terminals at Durban and...

SAPO’s Italian crane deal

News1 Mar 2004

In January South African Port Operations (SAPO) concluded a deal worth R180 mill (€21.6 mill or US$27.1 mill) with Contship Italia SpA (CI...

Durban box terminal efficiency slated

South Africa looks to short sea mode

SAPO opts for Navis

SAPO’s big equipment spend

Pretoria struggles to create container competition

Kalmar RTGs for S Africa?

Liebherr scoops SAPO deal

Lively times for straddle carriers

New priorities in Southern Africa

SA ports upgrade

SAPO’s Italian crane deal

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India’s Tuticorin International Container Terminal inaugurated

Höegh Autoliners’ second Aurora Class vessel delivered

Fire breaks out at VCTPL

USTR exempts STS crane orders arriving by May, 2026 from 25% tariff

House Committee report says ZPMC poses risk to US security

Durban box terminal efficiency slated

South Africa looks to short sea mode

SAPO opts for Navis

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India’s Tuticorin International Container Terminal inaugurated

Höegh Autoliners’ second Aurora Class vessel delivered

Fire breaks out at VCTPL

USTR exempts STS crane orders arriving by May, 2026 from 25% tariff

House Committee report says ZPMC poses risk to US security

Maersk container ship causes damage, injuries while entering Fremantle port

Another CMA CGM vessel loses containers off the coast of South Africa

Another new name in STS cranes

Maersk Shekou undergoes repairs after accident in Fremantle

Maersk christens its fourth methanol-powered container ship