August, 2003 ‣ WorldCargo News

Lessors still on track for a good year

News1 Aug 2003

Despite some signs of a slight slowing in demand, the container leasing industry is still expecting to turn in a good performance for 2003...

New standards for cleaning facilities

News1 Aug 2003

Three Brussels-based organisations - the European Federation of Tank Cleaning Operators (EFTCO), the European Chemical Industry Council (CEF...

Palletmovers scrapped

News1 Aug 2003

Goteborgs Hamn AB says it has been forced to scrap prematurely its two mobile “Palletmover” ship unloaders built by Wiab and installed a...

Safety squeeze on tank depot margins

News1 Aug 2003

Increasingly stringent safety, health and environmental legislation continues to drive up costs for operators of tank container repair and c...

Biting into the apple

News1 Aug 2003

Market reform and diversification are behind the leap in containerised fruit exports from New Zealand...

TFG expands

News1 Aug 2003

Coeclerici Group is considering extending the remit of Genoa Fruit Terminal (TFG) to other foodstuffs, such as rice and coffee. Company pres...

Liebherr secures Tauranga business

News1 Aug 2003

The Port of Tauranga in New Zealand has signed a contract with Liebherr Container Cranes of Ireland for one post-Panamax crane and refurbish...

Kunz chalks up new RMG orders

News1 Aug 2003

Austria-based Hans Künz has received orders for three more pairs of “big” and “small” automated RMGs for the second phase of HHLA�...

Incotec’s Parnas deal

News1 Aug 2003

The Incotec group, one of Russia’s leading forwarders and part of ICT, is investing US$1.5 mill in modernising the Interterminal goods com...

Another SJPC deal for Kocks

News1 Aug 2003

On top of its order for a 40 tonne- 35m outreach, ship-to-shore container gantry crane, featuring a rotating trolley, from South Jersey Port...

Straddle deals

News1 Aug 2003

In the past two months HHLA has ordered a total of 28 straddle carriers for its Burchardkai operation - 24 from Kalmar and four from Noell....

Gdansk makes progress?

News1 Aug 2003

While ICTSI has announced plans to boost capacity at Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) Gdynia to 800,000 TEU/year (last month’s WorldCargo N...

Piraeus on the blocks

News1 Aug 2003

Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) went public last month with the sale of a quarter of the state-owned company’s shares to private investors on...

EWS goes Forth

News1 Aug 2003

EWS is starting up a new, daily (Monday-Friday) intermodal service from Grangemouth, following reactivation of a port railhead by Forth Port...

New port in Brazil

News1 Aug 2003

A new port is being constructed at Itapoa in Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil to help cater for the big increase in container throughpu...

Green switch engine

News1 Aug 2003

A low emissions, hybrid shunting locomotive from Canada-based RailPower is on trial with port switch operator Pacific Harbor Line in Los Ang...

Lessors still on track for a good year

New standards for cleaning facilities

Palletmovers scrapped

Safety squeeze on tank depot margins

Biting into the apple

TFG expands

Liebherr secures Tauranga business

Kunz chalks up new RMG orders

Incotec’s Parnas deal

Another SJPC deal for Kocks

Straddle deals

Gdansk makes progress?

Piraeus on the blocks

EWS goes Forth

New port in Brazil

Green switch engine

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

Lessors still on track for a good year

New standards for cleaning facilities

Palletmovers scrapped

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

Fire breaks out on Maersk container ship, one crew member dead

Cape Town Container Terminal takes delivery of 15 new terminal tractors

Fire on Maersk Frankfurt nearly out

Valenciaport’s container traffic up 14% in H1

Tanker capsizes near Manila claiming one life, cargo ship sinks off coast Taiwan