Hupac rolling along

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Total RoLa (rolling highway) transport volume through Switzerland last year came to 56,000 units, according to Hupac Intermodal. This figure...

More TAL consolidation

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Formerly the world's largest box lessor, Transamerica Leasing (TAL) has undergone a further period of consolidation in the past year and tod...

Textainer takes the top spot

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Despite the relatively low volume of new container equipment purchased by lessors during 2001, there has been some reshuffling of the order ...

Modal shift via Marseilles

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The Port of Marseilles wants to promote shortsea ro-ro and lo-lo as an alternative to trucking via the Alps and Pyrenees. The port is locate...

Fast cats from Iris

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La Rochelle-based shipyard IRIS Catamarans, part of the Fontaine Pajot Group (catamaran cruisers), has come up with designs for two new fast...

Franco-German rail axis

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Following up quickly its "white book" (WorldCargo News, Setpember 2001, p13 and November 2001 pp29-30), the European Commission wants to spe...

Spread bets in the market

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The fastest growing part of the crane spreader business appears to be expandable twin-lifts....

Smits goes cellular

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Smits first fitted a CTH 7200 intermodal spreader equipped with a cellular telephone modem on a Kranbau Eberswalde crane at a railway termin...

Real-time tracking a la carte

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Shipping lines, NVOCCS and cargo owners have varying requirements when it comes to tracking, but they can pick and choose from a range of so...

Reach out for the big time

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Big lift truck/reach stacker production worldwide probably peaked in the first quarter of last year but, despite some "mixed signals" from t...

US FHWA supports chassis tracking system

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A new logistics management system under evaluation in the US promises to bring major efficiencies and cost savings to container chassis oper...

Frenkendorf networks

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Container Depot Frenkendorf AG, a family-owned business, owns and operates not only the empty container depot in Frenkendorf, but also the C...

Desire in the primorsk

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Several eastern Baltic ports have embarked on ambitious expansion plans to cater for medium-term traffic growth....

Kheira for tracking autos

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STVA, the car carrying specialist owned 69 per cent by SNCF, has come up with a new tracking system, Kheira, which will be tested with sever...

Bromma riding Tandem

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Bromma reports progress with its Tandem line spreader at Maersk's terminal in Algeciras, Spain, which enables two side-by-side 40ft containe...

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