January, 2001 ‣ WorldCargo News

Patience of Job

News14 Jan 2001

Portia Management Services Limited, the overseas consultancy arm of MDHC, is not the first to express the frustration of trying to do busine...

Advantages of upward mobility

News14 Jan 2001

Important changes have been taking place in the supply side of the harbour mobile crane industry. For one thing, from this month, Demag Mobi...

Gas lighter

News14 Jan 2001

A disadvantage of LNG for a mobile vehicle is the weight of its container....

The law of natural selection

News14 Jan 2001

In the search for more efficient fuel mix and rapid burn to reduce emissions and specific fuel consumption, diesel engine manufacturers are ...

Can do in Can Tho

News14 Jan 2001

Around 11 mill tpa of goods are moved on the Mekong delta, or 14 per cent of all cargo movement in Vietnam....

Test oil to save money

News14 Jan 2001

Port operators may be "missing out" on a chance to reduce maintenance costs...

Ports’ operator in expansion mode

News14 Jan 2001

Having recently added Concorde Container Line and Imari Ltd, its joint venture partner in Marine Terminals Ltd in Dublin (MTL), to its alrea...

OCR at the truck gate

News14 Jan 2001

MDHC has installed an OCR-based container, vehicle and driver recognition system for the new gatehouse at Royal Seaforth Container terminal....

North versus South divide

News14 Jan 2001

Marconsult, the Genoabased consultancy, has come up with a new study, Performances of Container Terminals - Report 2000, the main aim of whi...

Carry on regardless?

News14 Jan 2001

What does Kalmar's takeover of Nelcon mean for straddle carrier operators?...

Smart moves

News14 Jan 2001

Smartpath is the name given by Kalmar to the new automation package it is offering for straddle carriers and reach stackers as a result of i...

Nanjing on the rise

News14 Jan 2001

The Yangtze River and its ports are the main artery for China's international trade....

Playing the power game: a conservative approach

News14 Jan 2001

A shipowner's approach to crane design sometimes differs from that of a terminal operator, but the difference often emerges only when the sh...

A big fish in a small pond

News14 Jan 2001

Australia's "cosy" stevedoring duopoly pits global giant P&O Ports against one-country business Patrick, but the latter is no local bit part...

IICL doubles up

News7 Jan 2001

The popularity of its annual course on refrigerated containers has prompted the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) to offer...

Blowing up a storm

News7 Jan 2001

An issue that is currently taxing the minds of reefer equipment manufacturers, particularly those remaining in Europe, is the need to find a...

Patience of Job

Advantages of upward mobility

Gas lighter

The law of natural selection

Can do in Can Tho

Test oil to save money

Ports’ operator in expansion mode

OCR at the truck gate

North versus South divide

Carry on regardless?

Smart moves

Nanjing on the rise

Playing the power game: a conservative approach

A big fish in a small pond

IICL doubles up

Blowing up a storm

Newsletter signup

Guidelines on safe transport of charcoal in containers published

Port of Oakland, NWSA join FLOW

Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

Patience of Job

Advantages of upward mobility

Gas lighter

Newsletter signup

Guidelines on safe transport of charcoal in containers published

Port of Oakland, NWSA join FLOW

Xeneta: Shippers are not out of the woods

Port of Gothenburg gets direct Ro-Ro connection to Asia

Port of Vancouver’s container volumes recover

ILA says it will move forward with strike on Tuesday

Map of major ports affected by strike on US East and Gulf coasts

Will port strike severely disrupt US economy?

ILA shuts down ports on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

Sand: Ships en route to East Coast will have to wait at anchor until strike ends