Box builders under the cosh

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Dry freight container production dropped by over 20 per cent last year and with even more capacity coming on stream, builders could have an ...

ABP results improve

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Associated British Ports (ABP) has reported a 3% increase in underlying profits from its ports and transport operations in 2005 to £151.3M,...

Vizhinjam moves on

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Plans to develop Vizhinjam as a mega port facility in the south Indian state of Kerala (see WorldCargo News June 2005 p12) have finally move...

Adelaide wins dredging race

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Adelaide has stolen a considerable march on main rival Melbourne with the completion of dredging work in its A$45M deepening of the main Out...

UBC Innovene deal

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Following a competitive tender, Innovene, the former BP olefins, derivatives and refining subsidiary acquired by INEOS in a US$9B deal last ...

Speeding up cargo on the Yangtze

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The Yangtze River Navigation Affairs Administration is to spend up to Yuan10B (US$1.23B) over the next five years to dredge and clean up Chi...

New folding flatrack hinge

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What is described as the first major advance in collapsible flatrack design in more than a decade has been unveiled by Duraloc Ltd....

Toll/Patrick battle rages on…

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Toll Holdings’ fight to acquire Patrick Corporation looks likely to drag on for many months as the opposing sides continue to battle in th...

Tampa commissions three box cranes…

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Tampa Port Authority (TPA) in Florida has commissioned three low profile Paceco Portainers and expanded its container terminal facilities at...

Boost for Savona

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An agreement between two of Italy’s biggest bulk handling players, Paolo Campostano and Antonio Barone (TRI), brokered by the port authori...

Langh books box ships

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Finnish shipping company Oy Langh Ship Ab has ordered two 907 TEU container ships for delivery in February and March 2007 from the J J Sieta...

Patrick straddles hitch a lift

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Following the relocation of its Brisbane container handling activities from Fisherman Islands Berths 1, 2 and 3 to the new AutoStrad termina...

Spanish rise

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Trade at Spain’s ports increased 7.3% in 2005, when 410.4 mt were moved at the country’s 42 commercial ports, Spain’s government-run p...

…QR/B&B buy ARG

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The future of Pacific National (PN) has been brought into even starker relief by the announcement that the Australian Railroad Group (ARG), ...

Fort Vale extends global service network

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In recognition of the continuing shift eastwards of the global tank container axis, tank component manufacturer Fort Vale Ltd has opened a n...

Eurosib plans inland terminals

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, is considering a credit for the corporate investment programme of Saint...

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