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The second production line at the Jianou Greentech Composite Boards Industry Co plywood plant in China's Fujian Province is scheduled to com...

Confusion in Antwerp

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With the ink scarcely dry on the agreement to sell Hesse Noord Natie (HNN) to PSA Corporation, the Belgian Parliament has cancelled the cons...

US/Japan hazchem inspection pact

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The US Coast Guard and the Ministry of Transport of Japan have signed a "declaration of intent" to share information on the transport of con...

A weighty issue

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There are indications that some "weigh out" combi-traffic in the UK has migrated back to road since the 44-tonne rule was generalised and va...

New hub port for Mid East chemicals

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Middle East container shipments are set to grow rapidly over the next five years as rising oil prices clear the way for a number of downstre...

Stability lifts the heavy lift market

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After an unsettled period, which saw the worldwide heavy lift shipping fleet swollen by some oportunistic new-buildings, there is an air of ...

ALL to play for

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A ready alternative, requiring little rail infrastructure, to the congested trucking route between Buenos Aires and S�o Paulo is the Roadr...

Global takes to MAPS reading

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Global Terminals Inc in New Jersey has ordered systems from Morris Automation for reporting and monitoring equipment/container positions, an...

Great Dane sits up

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Nordana Line of Denmark and BBC Chartering & Logistics of Germany have formed a joint venture targeted at the heavy lift and project cargo s...

Rail investment drive

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SNCF is to invest more than FF8 bill (E1.22 bill) in the next five years in new locos, many of which will be dedicated to freight and, throu...

Tales of the riverbank

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Two new river-sea vessels, CRESCENT SEINE and CRESCENT RHINE, received their maiden loads in the Port of Paris at Silos de Bonni�res (Yvel...

Hapag joins INTTRA

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Hapag-Lloyd Container Line has signed a Memorandum of Agreement to join Internet shipping portal INTTRA, thereby increasing INTTRA's core in...

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