Mindanao plans

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The Philippines' US$92.6 mill Mindanao international container port project is moving forward and the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) is...

IAS link up

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International Asset System (IAS), which provides asset management solutions to the container shipping industry, has selected webMethods, Inc...

HHLA goes over the top

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Hamburger Hafen und Lagerhaus AG (HHLA) has opted for fully automatic Telescopic Overheight Frames (TOFs) from Sort + Store GmbH to handle o...

Chile set to open up cabotage?

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The Chilean government is conducting a study into opening cabotage to foreign flag shipping in order to stimulate domestic shipping and enco...

…FTA weighs in

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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has weighed in against the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA)'s freight strategy, saying it fails to add...

Baltkran staying busy

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Baltkran JSC, based in Kaliningrad, is building a new widespan (55m) RMG for the Port of St Petersburg, being equipped with a slewing magnet...

Patrick’s inland moves

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Patrick's acquisition of CSXWT's Brisbane assets (see p1 this issue) is just the latest in what is rapidly shaping as an accelerated expansi...

Altenwerder on the ball

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Hamburg's new DM1.3 bill state-of-the-art container terminal at Altenwerder (CTA) is due to be commissioned in October and the first ship sh...

Cuxhaven fights its corner

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If Cuxhaven wants to develop its container business independently of the major currents of port policy and port politics, it will have to ov...

Heavier by air

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A new roller bed loading system developed by UK-based Air Charter Service (ACS) and Viking Aviation is claimed to be able to cut the cost of...

Johnson Stevens UK train launch

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Johnson Stevens Rail Ltd (JSR), part of Johnson Stevens Agencies Ltd, the UK's biggest independent liner agency, is to launch its own interm...

North China hub port in the making

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China will develop at least one hub port in the north as trade volumes soar on the back of the area's expanding economy, which will be furth...

Shanghai overseas exclusion zone?

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According to informed sources, international port operators have been barred from taking equity stakes in the first phase of Shanghai's mass...

Contec launches chassis solution

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German engineering consulting group Contec has augmented its swap body construction programme with the development of a lightweight 45ft cha...

Delmas wins first BoxPoints award

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Delmas has become the first lessee to win an award under Gateway Container's innovative BoxPoints programme. The French operator received th...

Carriers oppose Klang rate hikes

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Mainline operators calling at Malaysia's Port Klang have threatened to relocate their transhipment business to Singapore if terminal operato...

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