Chinese box builders take a break

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For the second year running, many of China's leading dry freight container manufacturers look set to shut up shop for an extended period ove...

Desiccants in action

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S�d Chemie Performance Packaging reports two recent examples where the use of its Container Dri II (CDII) desiccant has reduced cargo spoi...

Huktra NV up to e-speed

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Huktra NV, the European intermodal tank operator, has maintained its growth pattern of the past few years throughout 2000. Indeed, the expan...

Still no light at the end of the tunnel

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Tank container operators, like the rest of the tank industry, remain rooted at the bottom of the current deep market depression. Despite pre...

Desiccant suppliers gain further ground

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As the deployment of container desiccants has become increasingly commonplace, manufacturers have been further encouraged to improve moistur...

Nemag grabs business

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One interesting recent project for Netherlands-based grab manufacturer Nemag, which has reported a record number of new orders over the past...

Container liners bag more dry bulk

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The recent recovery in global trade has increased demand for single-trip container liner bags used in the carriage of dry bulk products and ...

Green floors set for the off?

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Concerns over the quality and future availability of Indonesian hardwood plywood could open the door to alternative container flooring produ...

Still grabbing the headlines

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Despite the increasing popularity of continuous ship unloaders (CSUs), grabs remain the universal tool for handling bulk commodities, partic...

Suttons in profit

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Suttons International, which operates a fleet of 2,200 tank containers and 107 swap tanks, reports a return to profitability, after a period...

Lauritzen’s Cool move

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Danish shipping company J Lauritzen A/S has signed an agreement with Norway's Leif Hoegh & Co ASA for the acquisition of Cool Carriers AB, t...

New shipping portal

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Nine of the world's leading ocean carriers are to join forces with Internet technology company Tradiant to create Global Transportation Netw...

Reaching and lifting the market

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There seems little doubt that suppliers of heavy front loaders have enjoyed buoyant sales in 2000 - not just reach stackers but also dedicat...

Buiscar MTS for Gallozzi?

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As well as ordering two special Gottwald HMK 300E harbour mobile cranes for Salerno Container Terminal (not type 280Es as reported in the Ju...

Mussalo store

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The backlands at Kotka's new Mussalo container terminal will include a 15,000 m2 fully-heatable, state-of-the-art paper products stuffing sh...

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