Huge reach stacker tender

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The November edition of WorldCargo News (ezine version published on 24th November) contains news of what is believed to be the biggest ever ...

John Banks

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Our former colleague John Banks died on 31 July, aged 69, just two years after retiring from writing for WCN Publishing on WorldCargo News a...

Crane market takes a slide

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The 24th WorldCargo News annual crane survey shows that forward orders for STS cranes, a key barometer for the industry, are well down this ...

APMT Moín now delayed until 2019

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Following the report in the May 2017 edition of WorldCargo News (p13) that APM Terminals had run into problems with the construction of its ...

Changes in the crane market

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The market for 2018 looks lower than that of the past few years, and there are changes in market shares....

New US1.3B shipping fund

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In a bid to breathe new life into its struggling shipping industry, the South Korean Government has set up a US$1.2B support fund. It will h...

VPA to buy VIG

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As this edition of WorldCargo News was going to press, Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia announced that the state had reached an agreemen...

Seaway pilotage costs a concern

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The fledgling container/breakbulk service operated by Spliethoff linking several ports including Cleveland and Toledo with Europe via the St...

Port Botany’s remarkable transition

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Earlier in the year, Patrick closed its straddle carrier terminal at Port Botany for four days and then re-opened the facility as an automat...

Per move payment?

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As the container terminal automation story continues to unfold, the idea that terminal operators could purchase automation on a pay-per-move...

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