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Steelbro New Zealand has gone into voluntary receivership and will close its Christchurch manufacturing facility....
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Eurotunnel welcomes MyFerryLink "victory"
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has overturned the ruling of the Competition Commission that required Eurotunnel to cease ferry operations at the Port of Dover and divest its ferry assets...
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Navis for Modern Terminals
Modern Terminals is replacing its in-house TOS with Navis N4....
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Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV in talks
Discussions are taking place "about a possible business combination or other form of association"...
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Kalmar books €17M order for eight RTGs
The order from the Port of Oslo for the Sjursoya facility concerns what Kalmar claims to be "revolutionary" RTGs...
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MCID to go 100% waterborne
Maersk Container Industry (MCI) has announced that it will abandon the use of solvent-borne coatings at its dry freight container manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China, in favour of an environment-friendly waterborne system....
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Everett plans new crane
The Port of Everett is considering buying a new mobile harbour crane and reachstacker in 2014....
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Phoenix LEDs for RTGs
Phoenix Products Company won orders for LED fixtures on RTGs in Houston Texas and Lome, Togo....
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IVANA calls Jubail
The 12,000 TEU MSC IVANA has called at the Jubail Container Terminal in Saudi Arabia....
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MSC eyes expansion in Antwerp
MSC has officially asked Antwerp Port Authority to expand its activities in Antwerp with a terminal in the Deurganck dock...
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Ferry order for Damen Shipyards
The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government recently awarded Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands a contract for an 80m long ice class ferry...
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People on the move
Latest round-up of personnel changes known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and related sectors...
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CVS Ferrari books Metrans
Eight F400 class reach stackers have been ordered by the Czech intermodal operator...
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Kaliningrad-Moscow intermodal link
Russian Railways' intermodal affiliate TransContainer has started a new block train service between Kaliningrad and Moscow...
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ITIC warning for ship managers
ITIC has warned ship managers of the potentially severe financial implications of nominating unsuitable ships for the carriage of specific cargoes...
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Brasil Terminal Portuario official opening
Brasil Terminal Portuario was officially opened on 28 November with a gala celebration held at the new 1.2M TEU annual capacity facility at the Port of Santos...
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Qube squares up in western Oz
In a move apparently intended to outflank problematic Australian unions, energy giant Chevron has switched the container logistics for its massive Gorgon LNG project off the Western Australian coast from stevedore Patrick to rival Qube Logistics....
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Unifeeder adds Dunkirk
Danish shipping company Unifeeder is adding the Port of Dunkirk to its shortsea/feeder network, with a new weekly service to Saint Petersburg, starting at the beginning of November. Unifeeder operates the largest feeder network in Northern Europe and Dunkirk will bring the number of ports it serves to 40....
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TWS on right track
Hamburg-based TWS Tankcontainer-Leasing GmbH reports positive results with a new tracking and monitoring system developed for a customer transporting tank containers by rail throughout eastern Europe....
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Intermodal terminal plan for Neumunster
The Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebull (NEG) is planning to build and operate a new intermodal rail terminal in Neumunster, Schleswig-Holstein....
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ICTSI in Sudan deal
The Sudanese Seaports Corporation is reported to have signed a contract with International Container Terminal Service Inc (ICTSI) aimed at improving services at Port Sudan....
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Hanover hub gets the go-ahead
The long-debated project for a mega intermodal hub in Lehrte, near Hanover, has finally got the green light....
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Cold Train expands reefer fleet
As a result of continued growth in demand, US-based Cold Train has recently expanded its refrigerated container fleet to over 400 53ft units and added new destinations on the East Coast....
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Scandlines sale falls through
The attempt to sell the remaining activities of Scandlines has failed again after the offer presented by DFDS earlier this year was rejected as being too low....
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Chempark project gathering speed
From this month, the companies in Chempark in Duisburg, operated by Currenta, will be able to use additional services at Logport III in Duisport....
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New mega swap body
Germany-based trailer builder Krone recently came up with a new mega swap body and "low liner" chassis combination aimed mainly at automotive components logistics. The combination is the result of a collaborative project with a number of parties, including DB Schenker, Bruggen and MAN....
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CyberLogitec offers Japan AFR service
Korean terminal operating system (TOS) provider and software developer CyberLogitec has signed a contract with Japanese container carrier Kambara-Kisen to be its service provider for Japan's new Advanced Filing Rules (AFR)....
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and rewrites the record books
Qube Holdings has reported a 2012-13 EBITA of A$128.8M, up 58% on the previous year's pro forma result, as it continues to expand across all areas of its business....
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New Koper-Wroclaw intermodal service
Rail freight company AS Baltic Rail, a Lithuanian-Polish company that operates both standard gauge and Russian gauge services, has started a new intermodal service between the Port of Koper and Wroclaw in Poland....
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Carrier launches new container CA system
Carrier Transicold launched a new container atmosphere control system at the Cool Logistics Global conference in Rotterdam at the end of last month....
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Assessing reefer service
International food freight forwarder foodcareplus has announced the results of its first reefer handling inspection programme, naming container depot ICTC and shipping line OOCL as the best perishable shipping performers in the Port of Antwerp....
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CSTD's Lianyungang stake up for grabs
China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) subsidiary China Shipping Terminal Development (CSTD) is looking to sell its 55% share in Lianyungang New Oriental International Container Wharf for around US$123.5M....
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New leak detector
Estonia-based Xmetra OU is launching a new wireless hazardous materials leak detector at the Intermodal Europe 2013 exhibition being held this month in Hamburg. The system is designed to detect leaks of hazardous materials, such as chlorine, bromine and ammonia, during transport by ISO tank containers, road tankers or rail tank cars and to alert users to potential hazards....
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UWC forges US links
A long-term cooperation agreement has been signed by Russia's United Wagon Company (UWC), the company that manages the Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant and operating lessor RAIL1520, and US-based Timken Company, a global leader in cassette bearings production....
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IUMI warns on flexitanks
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has warned that proposals to increase the size of flexitanks could pose a risk to container safety and stability....
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