High speed river cat

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A new, high speed, cargo catamaran could significantly reduce the number of truck trips on Europe’s roads, according to FP6UK, the body wh...

Policy void at the top hurts

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Capacity constraints at the main container ports need to be addressed not in a piecemeal manner but in the light of a national ports and tra...

Vibrations in the cab

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Southampton University and Amba Dockside Technology Ltd, based near Portsmouth, UK have been approached by an international terminal operato...

East set to meet west?

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As reported in last month's WorldCargo News (p42), Associated British Ports (ABP) has opened the first multi-deck vehicle terminal in a UK p...

Banana switch?

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One of northern Europe's biggest fruit stevedoring contracts is rumoured to be changing hands. The Fyffes/Geest traffic is said to be revert...

Hutchison takes a Bath

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Hutchison's announcement that it had acquired the Bathside Bay area from Sea Containers (for around �10 million) to develop a new containe...

Soton forges ahead

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Associated British Ports (ABP)'s Port of Southampton recorded growth in every major cargo sector in the first six months of 2000....