Corral gets coralled

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SAAM and Inversiones Portuarios SA (IP) have acquired 100 per cent of Portuaria Corral, the company which manages and operates facilities in...

Options with yard cranes

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The most popular yard crane remains a 40 tonne SWL, 6 + 1 RTG, but there is plenty of diversity in yard crane design. The growing popularity...

French combi-blues

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CNC Transports, majority-owned by SNCF, plans to cut staff by a further 10 per cent in the coming months to stem losses, thus continuing the...

Shipping portal race hotting up

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By the end of 2001, the three major liner shipping portals had nailed their colours to the mast and revealed quite different strategies....

Toyota opts for Newark

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Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc is to close its import auto terminal in the Port of Baltimore and concentrate all its northeast and mid-Atlantic...

Stinnes for sale

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Stinnes AG, the parent company of Schenker, one of the world's largest freight forwarders, is up for sale. Majority shareholder E.on AG (a u...

Custom-built RMGs

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As prevously reported Liebherr is currently building five widespan RMGs (51.4 m between legs) for Marine Terminals Ltd (MTL) in Dublin which...

Talgo’s high stakes

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Among the most successful wagons on the UK network today is the Sfiss high cube wagon from Talgo Oy, wholly-owned by Talgo SA in Spain....

PNG ports for sale

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The Papua New Guinea government hopes to complete the privatisation of the country's ports by May 31, although no details of prospective buy...

90 tonne RMG

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Konecranes’ new, all-ac RMG at DFDS Tor Line’s NTL terminal in Immingham, UK, is fitted with 2 x 60 tonne hoists and has an SWL ...

Painting by numbers

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Demand for paint stencilling is on the increase as it clearly offers cost savings over vinyl decals. However, it is not without its critics...

RTG topples at Yusen

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Last September a serious accident with an RTG - a 4-wheeled Paceco Transtainer - occurred at Los Angeles' berth 214, operated by NYK's Yusen...

Mixed bag in South America

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Latin American economies grew more slowly last year than in 2000, probably no more than 0.5 per cent for the region as a whole compared to 4...

On a high

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UK-based High-Point Rendel will provide planning, construction, commercial and contract management services for Phase II of Batangas port....

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