September, 2005 ‣ WorldCargo News

Port investments on the up and up

News14 Sep 2005

There is no holding back as major decisions on budgets and terminal handling methods are adopted....

Lively times for straddle carriers

News14 Sep 2005

There are no reliable figures on straddle carrier output, but it looks as though this year is another good one as far as production in conce...

Domestic suppliers gear up

News14 Sep 2005

Kaliningrad-based Baltkran is due to complete this month the handover of a 40t SWL RMG for containers to Interter minal. This is Saint Peter...

Foreign investors target port projects

News14 Sep 2005

Throughput has been growing strongly in Russia’s seaports and they are struggling to keep up. According to the Russian Ports Association, ...

Box lessors face more challenging times

News14 Sep 2005

The world’s container leasing industry is bracing itself for its first downturn in over three years. The recent build-up of equipment stoc...

Volga-Dnepr buys and flies

News14 Sep 2005

Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA) has announced a 15-year financial agreement with Ilyushin Finance Corporation (IFC) to take delivery of two newbu...

Boxships on the Volga

News14 Sep 2005

Volga Shipping, a specialist in dry cargo carriage on Russia’s inland waterways and owner of maritime dry cargo operator Northwest Shippin...

NYK/LauritzenCool team up

News14 Sep 2005

NYK Reefers and LauritzenCool have received clearance from the European Commission to merge their reefer activities....

Airship goes by sea!

News14 Sep 2005

Dockwise has been awarded a contract by South African diamond miner De Beers to transport a Zeppelin NT airship from Holland to South Africa...

How big will Panamax be?

News14 Sep 2005

Your article “How big will New Panamax be?” (WorldCargo News May 2005, p68) does a nice job bringing to light some of the crucial consid...

Re Mega-carriers

News14 Sep 2005

I believe that the article “Mega-carriers pushing it to the limit” in the June 2005 issue of WorldCargo News (pp21-22) was the most inte...

Vinashin to add boxes in Vietnam

News14 Sep 2005

Vinashin Container Co (Vinashincont), a subsidiary of stateowned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corp (Vinashin), is to invest VND396 bill (US...

Samskip completes Seawheel deal

News14 Sep 2005

The acquisition of UK shortsea intermodal operator Seawheel by Icelandic shipping-to-logistics company Samskip (see WorldCargo News July 200...

Box boom running out of steam?

News14 Sep 2005

Though the world’s two biggest box builders, CIMC and Singamas, posted strong results for the first half of this year, there are clear sig...

Congestion focus at ITL

News14 Sep 2005

The Intermodal Transport & Logistics (ITL) 2005 conference in Bilbao (8-10 November) will focus on the thorny issue of congestion....

Swift in move for BNSF domcons

News14 Sep 2005

Truckload carrier Swift Intermodal and BNSF Railway Company have reached an agreement for Swift to acquire around 3,800 53ft domestic contai...

Port investments on the up and up

Lively times for straddle carriers

Domestic suppliers gear up

Foreign investors target port projects

Box lessors face more challenging times

Volga-Dnepr buys and flies

Boxships on the Volga

NYK/LauritzenCool team up

Airship goes by sea!

How big will Panamax be?

Re Mega-carriers

Vinashin to add boxes in Vietnam

Samskip completes Seawheel deal

Box boom running out of steam?

Congestion focus at ITL

Swift in move for BNSF domcons

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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

Port investments on the up and up

Lively times for straddle carriers

Domestic suppliers gear up

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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