Desiccant demand stays strong

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As the availability and efficiency of container desiccants has improved, so they are being used to protect an ever-widening range of shipmen...

Play the Ust-Luga card?

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Russian transit traffic via Finnish and Baltic Republic ports could soon face another home-grown competitor in the shape of Ust-Luga....

Terminal tractors power ahead

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Katoen Natie recently took delivery of two new YT200 terminal tractors from MOL powered by Scania DS9 168 kW (228 hp) diesel engines for one...

Automated handling

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Rauma Stevedoring is developing an automated rail wagon unloading system, together with VR Cargo and Tecniks, a state-funded technology comp...

Containerships weathers Russian storm

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Containerships has prospered as the Russian import market has recovered from "meltdown" in 1998 and anticipates handling 115,000 TEU this ye...

IICL to put container floors to the test

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The Technology Committee of the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) is finalising a new container floor testing protocol, wh...

Kantvik

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Northern Finland is preparing for the opening, at last, of the new Karelian rail link....

Auramo opts for “clamp on wheels”

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Auramo (now majority owned by Italy-based Bolzoni SpA), is working on a super-intelligent RFID system for paper reels which could pave the w...

Sydney mulls Botany options

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A new operator will not necessarily be sought for the proposed third Port Botany (Sydney) container terminal, leaving the way open for agree...

Helsinki’s future home unclear

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The planned move of Helsinki port to Vuossari is now more than 10 years old and looks less and less credible. Helsinki City Council, which c...

Tank operators facing testing times

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Tank container operators are taking on more responsibility for driving the industry forward than ever before. Unfortunately they face the to...

Lifters rise to new weights!

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Finland is the "spiritual home" of the heavy duty ro-ro cassette lifter and Finnish suppliers have furnished most of the units to system use...

Europeans making inroads?

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The drop in quality of apitong plywood in the recent past has had a beneficial effect on at least one long-established container flooring ma...

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