New CIS box corridors

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Earlier this year, the Ukraine’s state-run seaport administration, Ukrmorport, and the Samara Regional Administration (RA) in Russia, sign...

Alliances to cooperate

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The member lines of the Grand Alliance (GA) and The New World Alliance (TNWA) have announced an agreement to cooperate on key trades from ea...

New depot for EMS

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Equipment Management Services, LLC (EMS) of Houston, Texas, has teamed up with Off Dock USA Inc to set up a new container depot on the US we...

…Patrick/FCL still on?

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Despite the ACCC’s rejection of Patrick’s earlier bid for FCL Interstate Transport Services (see WorldCargo News September 2005 p19), th...

Landbridge costs too high

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The only shipper known to have made substantial use of the Adelaide-Darwin landbridge capacity of the AustralAsia Railway (AAR) for internat...

Curtainsides in demand

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Container Leasing UK/AS reports a strong level of demand for its innovative 45ft palletwide curtainside container design, with sales now top...

Low cost Tectyl launched

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Shanghai Tectyl Oil & Chemicals Co Ltd (STOC), a satellite factory of the Korea Houghton group of companies, has commercialised a low cost v...

Tanzania considers rail network options

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Tanzania’s Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) is examining two bids for the contract to operate the country’s main rail network....

Two in the bidding for Mombasa rail

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Just two bids were received in the tender to operate freight services on the Mombasa-Kampala railway at the end of September. A large number...

Biggest for MacAndrews

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MacAndrews, part of CMACGM, has introduced the largest ship it has ever operated in trade between the British Isles and Spain....

Boost for Jadran

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Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF) SA has added a further weekly block train to its Jadran Express service from Koper to Budapest Bilk, increas...

Newcomer in Oz coastal trades

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A Melbourne-based freight forwarder appears to have stolen a march on higher profile rivals by announcing that it is to revive Australian co...

Hybrid floor put to the test

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A number of major shipping lines are trialling China International Marine Containers (CIMC)’s new “hybrid” larch/birch plywood contain...

Jones Act farm waiver opposed

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The US-flag shipping line association, Maritime Cabotage Task Force (MCTF), has urged President George W Bush to reject a call by US agricul...

Savi taps into chemicals market

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Savi Technology has unveiled a new software solution designed to provide continuous, real-time information on the location and status of haz...

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