Tecon record

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Santos Brasil SA, operator of the Tecon container terminal in Santos, has chalked up a new two-month container throughput record. In July an...

Bidders for Suape confirmed

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Nine bidders have put forward pre-qualification documents for the Brazilian Port of Suape, far more than the port and its adviser, the World...

…Andronics trailer deal

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Another Orbcomm VAR through MCS, UK-based Andronics, has signed an exclusive deal with Trans Global to track trailers from London and Milan ...

Thamesport automates twinlift

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UK container terminal operator Thamesport and Morris Automation have successfully tested the world's first twinlift spreader on a fully-auto...

G�tting wins Santos RTG control award

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Germany-based G�tting KG has been awarded a contract by ABB to supply its GPS positioning system for three RTGs in operation at the Port o...

RF ID barcodes for timber

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Ulf Gabrielsson,managing director of Varberg Timber, a leading Swedish sawmill operator, has predicted that the timber trade will move quick...

P&ONL/TCII sign up for Coega deal

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After some political wrangling (see WorldCargo News July 2000, p5), the Anglo-Dutch consortium of P&O Nedlloyd and TCI Infrastructure (TCII)...

Trieste rejects offer

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The Port Authority of Trieste (APT) has rejected the one firm offer received to run the container terminal at Molo VII....

Zarat� moving forward

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Terminal Zarat� SA, part of the privately-owned Murchison stevedoring group, has ordered management software from Belgium-based Cosmos for...

…YICT deal stalls

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Negotiations between Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and the Yantian Port Group Company (YPG) concerning investment in phase III of Yantian In...

MPVs withdrawn

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Railtrack has had to withdraw from service its fleet of MPVs (multi-purpose vehicles) operated by Amec Rail (so far 18 of the 25 MPVs have b...

TAL tank deal complete

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Following an agreement announced in July, Exsif Worldwide Inc, a member of The Marmon Group of companies, has completed the acquisition of t...

…IIHC not for sale…

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ICTSI has denied earlier reports that it is to sell all or part of ICTSI International Holdings Corp (IIHC), which controls its overseas por...

Big three eye Korea

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The world's three biggest port operators - Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), P&O Ports and PSA Corporation - have shown interest in investing i...

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