Hazchem alliance

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The Dow Chemical Company, Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Union Tank Car Company (UTTC) and the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Rai...

DB Logistics restructure

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DB Logistics, the freight transport and logistics arm of Deutsche Bahn AG, has a new structure that sees rail freight production and sales c...

Södertälje on the up

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Sweden’s Port of Södertälje is continuing to grow. The container quay is to be doubled in length to 310m in order to handle the coming g...

US Gulf venture

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With the first phase of Houston’s new Bayport container terminal coming on stream this month, Marine Terminals Corp and CMA CGM have forme...

Singapore stays top

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Singapore has retained its title as the world’s No 1 container port for the second year by handling 24.8M TEU in 2006, up 7%....

Corrigan heads DPW/Kaplan JV

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As forecast in last month’s issue of WorldCargo News (p6), former Patrick Corporation supremo Chris Corrigan is returning to waterfront st...

Morris reduces risk

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The maintenance services division of UK-based lifting services provider Morris Material Handling is rolling out a new managed service across...

Seaport in Jeddah BOT deal

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Saudi Trade and Export Development Company (Tusdeer) has formed a joint venture with Seaport Terminal of Malaysia to develop the third conta...

Electric tractors under study

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The Port of Los Angeles and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) have joined forces to explore the feasibility of replac...

FICT opens second container berth

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PSA International’s Fuzhou International Container Terminal (FICT) in China’s south eastern Fujian province, has commissioned its second...

For William Cook read ASTRUM

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ASTRUM has been chosen as the new name for William Cook Intermodal and William Cook Defence following a Bank of Scotland-backed management b...

Coega goes full steam ahead

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Following Alcan’s decision to go ahead with the development of an aluminium smelter at Coega (also known as Ngqura), South Africa’s Nati...

CDO hanging on

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The International Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) in northern Mindanao, the Philippines, is “feeling the pinch” of competition from its big...

DPW to invest in Kulpi

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DP World (DPW) will invest Dh500M (US$136M) to develop the first phase of a new container terminal at Kulpi in the Indian state of West Beng...

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