Kion Group sold

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Linde AG has sold Kion Group (ex-Linde Materials Handling) to a consortium of financial investors led by Kroll, Kravis and Roberts (KKR) and...

Toll buyers shortlist

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The Toll Group’s forced divestment of parts of the combined Toll/Patrick business is moving closer to realisation with shortlists finalise...

AICTL embraces SCT

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Australian International Container Terminals (AICTL), the joint venture between ICTSI and Richard Setchell’s Anglo Ports, which hopes to b...

OETS for EDIFACT

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In response to shipping line demands that container terminals deliver fast and reliable container movement information via EDI, InPort, whic...

Magnum in demand

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Thermo King reports strong demand in 2006 for its Magnum scroll/R404A reefer machinery with a number of leasing companies ordering Magnum un...

CIMC’s 3Q earnings up

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China International Marine Containers (CIMC) saw its third-quarter profit rise 39% to Yuan834.82M (US$104.4M) as increased sales offset a fa...

New Hannover terminal

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The Mayor of Hannover Herbert Schmalstieg has officially opened the new Container Terminal Hannover Nordhafen (CTH), and at the same time ma...

Eurosib opts for Trans-Rak

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Eurosib, one of Russia’s largest private transport groups, recently organised its first block train, loaded with 24 Trans-Rak containers, ...

Landbridge trials

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TransContainer (TC), Russian Railways (RZD)’s intermodal daughter, is trialling fast transit, 150 TEU container trains on three different ...

K Line Yokohama switch

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Japan’s K Line is to move its exclusive container terminal at Yokohama from Honmoku A-8 berth to Honmoku A 5-6 berths, which are located a...

Ningbo expanding

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Ningbo, China’s fourth largest container port, will have 35 berths by 2015, increasing annual handling capacity to 15M TEU....

LHG gets second helpings

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Lübecker Hafen Gesellschaft (LHG) has purchased two secondhand, Panamax container cranes from Eurogate’s Bremerhaven container terminal. ...

Vlad eyes boxes

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The Commercial Seaport of Vladivostok (VMTP) has resumed its plans to expand container handling facilities. These have been “in mothballs...

Gulftainer targets Kuwait terminal

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Sharjah-based port operator Gulftainer will bid to operate the container terminal at Kuwait’s Shuwaikh port when the facility is offered f...

Peel sells 49% ports stake

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Confirming earlier reports (see WorldCargo News August 2006, p1), property and infrastructure group Peel Holdings Ltd, owned by John Whittak...

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