March, 2009 ‣ WorldCargo News ‣ Page 2

Polysius to install new logistics operations in Duisport

News18 Mar 2009

Polysius AG, part of ThyssenKrupp Technologies Group and a leading plant engineering company, is to move most of its packaging and spare par...

Elbe deepening subject to further delay

News17 Mar 2009

The deepening of the Elbe River will not start this year, as hoped by the Port of Hamburg...

Veolia and CMA CGM part company

News17 Mar 2009

Rail-Link, the CMA-CGM affiliate, and Veolia Transport are putting an end to their intermodal rail joint venture Veolia Cargo Link...

PD Ports plc up for sale

News17 Mar 2009

Babcock & Brown Infrastructure has hired Royal Bank of Scotland and Dresdner Kleinwort to sell UK ports operator PD Ports...

Long Beach comes up short by 40%

News17 Mar 2009

The port of Long Beach has reported a 40% drop in throughput in February 2009 compared to February 2008...

Terex/Fantuzzi deal back on?

News15 Mar 2009

According to market rumours, Terex and Fantuzzi are back at the negotiating table...

Konecranes says the market continues to be weak

News14 Mar 2009

Konecranes’ CEO Pekka Lundmark commented on the overall market situation at the company’s AGM in Helsinki on Thursday, 12 March...

Sea Motorway service crashes out

News14 Mar 2009

GLD has pulled the plug on its loss-making Toulon-Civitavecchia service...

New chief executive for South African transport

News14 Mar 2009

Transnet has appointed its chief financial officer, Chris Wells, as the company’s acting chief executive...

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems stops work on four container ships

News14 Mar 2009

The consequences of the global financial and economic crises have now reached ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems...

Norfolkline deal with Nedexco

News14 Mar 2009

The new agreement will see the Dutch logistics company transfer a hefty volume of cross-Channel freight from Eurotunnel to Norfolkline’s D...

Palm Beach and Tropical reach new deal

News14 Mar 2009

The Port of Palm Beach District has reached a five-year contract amendment with Tropical Shipping...

Stena Line Irish makeover

News14 Mar 2009

Stena Line is giving its Irish Sea fleet a makeover, to the tune of almost £14M and introducing more competitive freight schedules...

New terminal opened in Djibouti

News14 Mar 2009

DP World has opened its new container terminal at Djibouti as the centrepiece of its development plans for the port, which it controls under...

CIYB 2009 published

News10 Mar 2009

“The wheels came off the liner industry in 2008 as the global credit crunch, which had started in the US sub-prime mortgage market in the ...

Update on Manta dispute

News7 Mar 2009

As reported in the February 2009 edition of WorldCargo News, the bitter dispute between Hutchison Port Holdings and the Ecuadorean governmen...

Polysius to install new logistics operations in Duisport

Elbe deepening subject to further delay

Veolia and CMA CGM part company

PD Ports plc up for sale

Long Beach comes up short by 40%

Terex/Fantuzzi deal back on?

Konecranes says the market continues to be weak

Sea Motorway service crashes out

New chief executive for South African transport

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems stops work on four container ships

Norfolkline deal with Nedexco

Palm Beach and Tropical reach new deal

Stena Line Irish makeover

New terminal opened in Djibouti

CIYB 2009 published

Update on Manta dispute

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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

Polysius to install new logistics operations in Duisport

Elbe deepening subject to further delay

Veolia and CMA CGM part company

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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

Tanker capsizes near Manila claiming one life, cargo ship sinks off coast Taiwan