Extending the brake range

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Several brake manufacturers have introduced new brakes as they look to improve market share by covering a wider range of applications...

Taking the knife to ECT

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ECT is undergoing some painful changes and Hutchison will have to take care to ensure that customers retain confidence...

Israel invests

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While Lebanon's Port of Beirut is looking for US$35 mill to finance new equipment and management systems (last month's WorldCargo News, p1) ...

Wrong place at the wrong time?

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Despite being one of the most modern and well-equipped container terminals in Europe with excellent road, rail and inland waterway connectio...

Robots’ new milestone

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Patrick Corporation has staged at its Brisbane terminal a first-hand demonstration of the robotised straddle carrier...

D&L’s DIY

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Last month the first non-B Cargo (SNCB Freight) train rolled on the Belgian network, with containerised car parts for BMW from Duisburg to A...

Facing terminal reality in Oz

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The failure of Melbourne's Westgate Container Terminal project to attract a firm bidder, despite the attention of world players such as HPH,...

Box financing opportunities remain

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Predictably, given the recent poor performance of the global transport sector, demand for container funding has fallen dramatically during t...

Paper handling changes gear

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Kalmar has launched a new FLT for paper roll handling. The DCD80-6H truck was shown at both the Hannover Fair and the CV show in Birmingham,...

Maersk big push

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As part of the deal to increase its stake in ECT to 79 percent, the EU required Hutchison to sell its 33 percent stake in the Maersk Delta t...

Mobiles up for grabs

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Mobile cranes are popular for many kinds of bulk handling work. They can be sourced quickly and generally can be easily sold on if required....

Amsterdam to share an IT future

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Hans Gerson, chief executive officer of the Amsterdam Port Authority (Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Amsterdam) has some very clear ideas on what...

Bandar Abbas plan shelved

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Tehran has shelved its plans to set up a private container terminal at Bandar Abbas. Instead the state Ports and Shipping Organisation (PSO)...

Different avenues to IT

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A standard IT solution is to purchase software built around a relational database, but alternative solutions may slowly be gaining ground in...

Thinking inside of the box

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Despite some customer criticism, the Port of Zeebrugge Authority (MBZ) remains committed to the port's lo-lo container handling vocation....

Road/rail “quick change”

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A new self-sustaining (no cranes or reach stackers needed) road/rail transfer system, initially aimed at 7-9m swap bodies, has been introduc...

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