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NewsTony Berkeley to step down from UK Rail Freight Group; new CEO at Transinsular; ZIM creates digitsation post; important changes in Italy; ad...
P&O Ferries Zeebrugge-Tilbury record
NewsP&O Ferries has reported that it carried more freight between Zeebrugge and Tilbury in 2017 than in any other year in the decade long histor...
Africa rising on a wave of burgeoning trade
NewsThe container trades between countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the world have staged a strong recovery this year....
Reefers off the pace
NewsIt is generally accepted that the global GDP container trade growth multiplier has weakened in recent years, and this has important implicat...
Another testing year for dry box builders
NewsDry freight container manufacturers have faced a difficult 2017, with the challenge of switching to waterborne paints coinciding with a shar...
Rising with the economic tide
NewsEconomic growth has lifted container volumes across the largest US container ports on all three coasts....
CentrePort back on the rails
NewsCentrePort Wellington in New Zealand has announced that regular scheduled container services are to resume shortly, following repair work to...
Briggs to supply more Hysters to Pentalver
NewsLeading UK container services provider Pentalver is to acquire a further 19 new Hyster big trucks from Briggs Equipment as part of a supply,...
Reefer boxes by rail
NewsRZD Logistics and Transcontainer, affiliates of Russian Railways (RZD), have begun testing door-to-door reefer container services....
Standards harmonised
NewsIn a move the Container Owners Association (COA) is hailing as a “significant breakthrough”, the two container interchange inspection st...
Canada eyes reform
NewsA review of Canada’s Transport Act has recommended the gradual phasing out of cabotage, provided for under the Coasting Trade Act. The rev...
Scandinavian/Nordic ports stride on
NewsNew locations are being sought for several ports, as authorities look for deeper water, less congested sites and greener solutions....
MtlLINK expands
NewsMtlLINK Multimodal Solutions Inc. recently inaugurated its fully renovated terminal in Montreal-Est. Majority owned by Quebec-based Logistec...
NZ feeder
NewsThe Port of Timaru on New Zealand’s South Island has started its role as a feeder to the Port to Tauranga....
Latest awards round-up
NewsSummary of recent awards known to WorldCargo News for organisations and individuals...