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While the burden of extra R&D as a result of legislation may force smaller players from the market, the bigger ones can turn the screw on th...

Tideworks for OPM

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Terminal operating software vendor Tideworks has landed another contract to replace Navis software with its own Mainsail and Spinnaker syste...

Enter the Padflex

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Padflex, a new style of high security cable seal targeted specifically at the container transport industry, has been launched by UK-based IT...

Vallarpadam delayed again?

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India's Kochi Port Trust (KPT), which has floated international tenders to select an operator for the proposed Vallarpadam International Con...

Dunkirk opts for second LHM 400

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The Port of Dunkirk has taken delivery of a new LHM 400G harbour mobile crane from Liebherr-Werk Nenzing, with an identical "spec" to one de...

Saving space in the warehouse

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Hyster "Spacesaver" trucks are compact, cushion-tyred FLTs available from 1.5 to 7 tonne capacity which are popular in warehousing operation...

No waiting down under

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With Australia's empty container saturation problem showing little sign of receding (see WorldCargo News February 2003, p8), carriers are em...

Tranz Rail fire sale

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Beleagured New Zealand rail operator Tranz Rail (TR)'s problems continue to mount and lack of working capital is now threatening its ability...

Enter the Grim Falcon

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Grimaldi Naples has inaugurated a new service from Monfalcone in the north Adriatic, with fixed weekly departures....

Van Doorn takes Buiscar

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Van Doorn Cargo Solutions BV has taken over the assets of Dutch special trailer designer and builder Buiscar Constructie- en Transportwagenf...

No more tying up

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Mooring Systems Ltd (MSL) of New Zealand has signed a NZ$2.775 mill contract for eight units of its QuaySailor Series 40 automated mooring s...

New top man for Eurotainer

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Olivier Ghesquiere has been appointed managing director of the Eurotainer worldwide tank container leasing business with effect from April 8...

…Thai PM plea fails

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Despite a plea to the Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (see WorldCargo News March 2003, p12), Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has failed...

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