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In a bid to boost intermodal rail traffic handled at the port of Shanghai, a new joint-venture company has been established by Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG - 45%), China Cosco Shipping Corp (20%), National Railway Administration of China and China Railway Container Transport Corp Ltd. The latter two companies are believed to have a 10% shareholding.

Sibre/EMG for ADT

In-Depth01 May 2019

EMG Automation GmbH and SIBRE have won the contract to supply brakes for both the STS and ASC cranes for the second phase of Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT), which is being built by Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT).

VTG introduces rCE Powerpack

News in Print01 May 2019

Multimodal transport and logistics operator VTG is now marketing the Swiss-designed rCE Powerpack, for temperaturecontrolled transport of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and other sensitive cargoes by rail.

China and Nepal agree transit trade deal

News in Print01 May 2019

China’s President Xi Jinping and Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari have signed a protocol agreement that will allow the latter country’s importers and exporters to use a select number of Chinese ports and road/rail hubs to move their goods.

Utilisation up for APM Terminals

News23 Aug 2019

Total utilisation across the group’s portfolio of terminals improved 9% to a level ...

Sales up for Sany

News23 Aug 2019

Sany Group reports a 38.6% increase in revenue for the six month period ending 31 June.

UK government makes £9M available to assist ports' Brexit preparations

News21 Aug 2019

An extra £9M will be made available to ensure local areas and major ports are ready for B...

Maersk transformation on track

News23 Aug 2019

With the integration of Hamburg Süd now complete Maersk is preparing to become “the global integrator of container lo...

Trams for urban freight

News22 Aug 2019

In Germany, the confessional trade union association (CGB - Christlicher Gewerkschafts Bund CGB) has called upon the ...

Scotland-Eemshaven ro-pax link?

News22 Aug 2019

Plans are being hatched for a direct ferry service between Rosyth, near Edinburgh, and Eemshaven, the northernmost po...

3 Dees Transport opts for Krone container chassis

News21 Aug 2019

Port of Tilbury-based 3 Dees Transport has added six Krone Box Liner container chassis to its fleet

Conti withdraws from Anaklia development

News20 Aug 2019

Conti International has withdrawn from the Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC), leaving Georgia’s proposed deep sea ...

Successful listing for Napier Port

News20 Aug 2019

Napier Port raises in NZ $240M in partial stock market listing IPO.

Seaway season gets off to a slow start

News20 Aug 2019

Commercial traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway is down on 2018 so far this season.

Chipolbrok doesn’t break the moulds

News20 Aug 2019

Unusual cargo loaded on the Chipolbrok Moon at Hamburg includes 60m moulds for wind turbine blades.

MSC GÜLSÜN docks at Bremerhaven – and sails into a storm

News19 Aug 2019

The world’s first 24-across container vessel, the 23,800 TEU MSC GÜLSÜN, currently the world’s largest container ship...

Nairobi backs down on SGR decree

News17 Aug 2019

The government of Kenya has backtracked on a recent decree that all cargo imports transported from Mombasa to Nairobi...

People on the move – Nils Kahn to head MSC Germany

News17 Aug 2019

Women are appointed for the first time to top roles in Everett and Bremen Ports; shuffling the port pack in Chile and...

Portico acquires three new reach stackers

News16 Aug 2019

Portico, Portsmouth’s international cargo terminal operator, has taken delivery of three Kalmar DRG450-65S6X reach st...

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Dutch sea ports

Insights04 May 2017by Paul Avery

Leading Dutch cargo survey firms have been issued with an ultimatum by trade union FNV Havens.

Cargo surveyors’ ultimatum in Dutch sea ports

Insights05 Apr 2017by Vincent Champion

Leading Dutch cargo survey firms have been issued with an ultimatum by trade union FNV Havens.

MSC GÜLSÜN docks at Bremerhaven – and sails into a storm

News19 Aug 2019

Another vessel fire

News12 Aug 2019

Enter Terminal San Cataldo

News09 Aug 2019

PTP migrates successfully to N4

News15 Aug 2019

Container 42 gets a lock

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