May, 2008 ‣ WorldCargo News

DP World posts 52% profit growth

News31 May 2008

DP World has announced revenue growth in excess of 30% and EBITDA and profit growth in excess of 50% in 2007, with volumes growing 18% to 43...

Iron logic in Berlin?

News31 May 2008

The federal German government has come under renewed pressure from Belgian politicians to support the reopening of the Iron Rhine railway th...

Freightliner to be sold to Arcapita

News26 May 2008

According to British broadsheet The Daily Telegraph, Arcapita, a Bahrain-based Sharia-compliant but non-sovereign investment fund, is in tal...

MacGregor books Delmas con-ro access equipment deals

News25 May 2008

Four deepsea con-ros under construction at the Hyundai Mipo shipyard for French owner CMA CGM will be equipped with electrical drive liftabl...

ZPMC buys SPMP

News20 May 2008

China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has sold SPMP to ZPMC, which effectively brings the world’s first and second largest cont...

Oman, Netherlands and India link in new Sohar project

News17 May 2008

Sohar Industrial Port Company SAOC (SIPC), the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, the Port of Rotterdam and India’s SKIL Infrastructure ...

Eurasia Rail Logistics formed

News17 May 2008

Eurasia Rail Logistics (ZAO ERL) has been founded in Moscow as a joint venture of Railion Deutschland, RZD Russian Railroads, PKP Cargo (Pol...

MISC to make PTP its Asian hub

News16 May 2008

Malaysia’s MISC will be the third container line, after Maersk and Evergreen, to use the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP)as its transhipment ...

China building Asia’s largest rail container terminal

News16 May 2008

Construction work on the Chengdu rail container terminal in China, which is billed as Asia’s largest, is expected to start soon....

CAI acquires Consent

News11 May 2008

In the latest round of consolidation in the container leasing industry, CAI International, the world’s seventh largest lessor by fleet siz...

Textainer receives military award

News11 May 2008

Textainer, the world’s largest container lessor, has won the prestigious National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) Quality Award....

Record deal for TTS Ships Equipment

News9 May 2008

TTS Ships Equipment has won a record-breaking contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan....

Novatrans returns to Chunnel

News9 May 2008

Novatrans will return to the Channel Tunnel market this autumn with a new service that will link its hub at Lille-Dourges with a terminal in...

DP World/ZIM for Tarragona

News8 May 2008

It is understood that DP World has entered the Spanish container handling market in a joint venture with Israel’s ZIM Lines that has taken...

POLA re-issues China Shipping DEIS

News8 May 2008

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) has re-released the draft environmental impact statement and report (DEIS/DEIR) for the Berth 97-109 China Sh...

War over different visions of the future

News1 May 2008

Plans to change the law and open up ports in Brazil to more private investment, including at new greenfield sites, have split the business c...

DP World posts 52% profit growth

Iron logic in Berlin?

Freightliner to be sold to Arcapita

MacGregor books Delmas con-ro access equipment deals

ZPMC buys SPMP

Oman, Netherlands and India link in new Sohar project

Eurasia Rail Logistics formed

MISC to make PTP its Asian hub

China building Asia’s largest rail container terminal

CAI acquires Consent

Textainer receives military award

Record deal for TTS Ships Equipment

Novatrans returns to Chunnel

DP World/ZIM for Tarragona

POLA re-issues China Shipping DEIS

War over different visions of the future

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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

DP World posts 52% profit growth

Iron logic in Berlin?

Freightliner to be sold to Arcapita

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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

Port of LA cuts China exposure