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Click here for information on advertising in print or online. | | | | | | | | Kalmar to raise Barcelona cranes
Kalmar has been awarded a contract to raise the height of three STS cranes in Barcelona by Grup Maritim TCB...
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Container weighing debate moves on
While various trade bodies have congratulated IMO for adopting the amendment to SOLAS, both the IAPH and BIFA have made interesting statements in addition...
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People on the move
The Port of Los Angeles has a new Executive Director...
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LNG for Containerships
Finnish short sea operator Containerships is to take delivery of two dual-fired LNG/IFO 1400 TEU ships during 2016, with an option for two more later...
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More post-Panamax for TTS
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Marine AB in Gothenburg, signed two separate contracts with Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea...
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Montreal holds its ground
The Montreal Port Authority was pleased with the 28.2Mt its terminals handled last year....
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New RSA ports regulator
A new Chief Executive has been appointed at the Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA) by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters...
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BNSF, Ferromex announce new service
The new intermodal service will operate between Chicago and Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico...
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Grant for Gdansk
The Polish port of Gdansk is to receive a grant of 4.1M from the EU Centre of Transport Projects towards the cost of modernisation of the Szczecinskie quay in the inner port. Gdansk Container Terminal (GTK) is operated by the Port of Gdansk The entire project cost is estimated at 10.5M and on completion capacity of the terminal will reach 100 000 TEU/year....
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New dry port for Russia
Aqua Resources (AR), a group of fishing companies operating in Russia's Far East waters, has started construction of the country's first dry port near the town of Artyom, 40 km from Vladivostok and 160 km from Nakhodka/Vostochny....
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TWS opts for RAM software
TWS Tankcontainer-Leasing GmbH in Germany has become the latest tank container lessor to implement RAM Intermodal's Rental4000 tank leasing software....
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Thermo King introduces CARB-compliant genset
Reefer machinery manufacturer Thermo King has introduced the SG-4000, an advanced genset platform that exceeds new requirements introduced this year by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as well as the most stringent requirements of the EPA Tier IV final regulations....
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Esperance undecided
Western Australia's deepwater port of Esperance now has A$120M worth of better landside access but still no decision on its proposed Multi-User Iron Ore Facility (MUIOF)....
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TML goes smaller
Following extensive market investigation, tank container lessor Taylor Minster Leasing (TML) has made its first foray into the small bulk container (SBC) market....
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New engines for Transnet
The South African government's local content strategy is feeding through into the procurement of rolling stock. In late March, transport utility Transnet awarded R50B worth of contracts for a total of 1064 new locomotives, in what is the biggest locomotive supply contract in South African history. A joint venture of General Electric South Africa Technologies and CNR Rolling Stock South Africa has secured a deal to produce 465 diesel-electric engines, while CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive and Bombardier South Africa is to manufacture 599 electric locomotives. Bids were assessed on the proportion of local content, as well as the technology and price on offer....
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Box demand set to rise
The demand for new containers is expected to strengthen in the next two/three years according to Charles-Hadrien Lassalle, associate director, shipping and intermodal, ABN AMRO Bank NV's Singapore Branch....
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Five on Kribi shortlist
The government of Cameroon has announced a shortlist of five companies to operate the new multipurpose terminal at the Gulf of Guinea port of Kribi. The five successful bidders include two consortia: Necotrans and KPMO, and Sea Invest and CLGG; plus three individual bidders: Morocco's Marsa Maroc, ICTSI of the Philippines and APM Terminals. The shortlist was announced just weeks after the 14 March deadline for expressions of interest. The company that won the contract in the original tender that was later cancelled, Bollore Africa Logistics (BAL), has not resubmitted a bid....
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DfT extends BMT deal
BMT Reliability Consultants (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been awarded a one year contract extension by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) which will see it continue to provide maritime statistics support as part of the statutory legislative requirements set out in the Maritime Statistics Directive....
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Refrigerant management programme from Carrier
In a bid to raise standards of service and quality in refrigerant-handling operations for the container shipping industry, Carr ier Transicold has launched the CareMAX programme, a comprehensive, new refrigerant management recognition programme, for its authorised service centres....
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SPCT open to bigger ships
Earlier this month, MSC's 2,378 TEU containership XUTRA BHUM became the first vessel to navigate the new channel on the Soai Rap River to DP World's Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam....
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Maersk's Knudsen speaks out
Thomas Riber Knudsen, CEO, Asia Pacific, for Maersk Line, believes that the challenges of slower demand growth, overcapacity and poor freight rates are here to stay, but that the P3 Alliance planned between Maersk, CMA CGM and MSC will make a real difference in the market....
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TFI to market Protekto box seal range
Los Angeles-based supply chain consulting firm Trade Facilitators Inc (TFI) has signed a commercial representation agreement with Protekto Americas, a Colombian manufacturer of container and trailer security seals that feature integrated GPS tracking capabilities....
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Etihad/DB in UAE Rail joint venture
Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE's national railway network, has entered into a joint venture with DB Schenker Rail, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn (DB), to operate and maintain the railway....
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New Tilbury distripark infrastructure complete
The joint owners of London Distribution Park (LDP), Forth Ports Ltd and Roxhill Developments Ltd, recently announced the completion of the infrastructure works for their bespoke 70-acre warehousing development located beside the Port of Tilbury....
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Townsville orders new MHC
Northern Stevedoring Services (NSS) in the Port of Townsville, Queensland, has placed an order for a Liebherr LHM 420 mobile harbour crane to operate on Berths 3 and 4. NSS operates in all of Queensland's major port facilities and the company already operates an LHM 550 and an LHM 1300 model....
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Mulhouse- Rhin steady
The French Rhine ports of Mulhouse-Rhin (Mulhouse Hunungue, Ile Napoleon and Ottmarshiem) notched a 3% increase in river traffic last year, to just over 5 Mt, with 3300 barge calls. Rail and road traffic added another 0.8 Mt and 3 Mt respectively. Agricultural products, minerals and oil products each generally account for around 1 Mtpa of traffic....
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Empty boxes get a windbreaker
Netherlands-based StarBox International has launched a new hook called "WindBreaker" to connect empty containers and reduce the risk of a stack being blown over in high winds....
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CNMP changes hands
CNMP (Compagnie Nouvelle de Manutention Portuaire), the third biggest container handler in Le Havre with a 15% share, has changed hands, as reported recently in Les Echos, by businessman Roger Cavelier. The purchase was made through the vehicle of one of his wholly-owned companies, Tecmat, based in Saint-Etienne, which specialises in construction and decommissioning of industrial buldings....
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Florida ILC up and running
CSX affiliate, Evansville Western Railway, has announced the start of operations at a new state-ofthe-art intermodal terminal in Winter Haven, Florida....
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Kembla boosts expansion plans
NSW Ports, the consortium that took over a 99-year lease of Port Botany and Port Kembla last May, has considerably upsized its planned Stage One Outer Harbour expansion at the latter port....
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Queensland opens rail contracts
Rail company Aurizon faces a challenge to parts of its core business with the Queensland Government throwing open the state's rail freight contracts to allcomers....
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New Rostock terminal open
The new, on-dock trimodal terminal in the Port of Rostock has opened for business. After almost two years of construction work, the two existing rail tracks have been extended and a third train length (600M) track has been added. The tracks are worked by two double cantilever, 45t SWL RMGs from Kocks Krane, a member of Kranunion....
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Towards smart, green, lightweight boxes
Smart, green, lightweight boxes are the future. At least that is what Shi Yan Qiu, secretary general of the China Container Industry Association (CCIA) believes are the main challenges confronting the container shipping industry....
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ICTSI in Umm Qasr venture
International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) is partnering with the Government of Iraq to invest in Umm Qasr Port. ICTSI will operate and expand container and general cargo facilities in the port. Phase 1 of the Umm Qasr expansion will include a new 200m quay wall and storage yard, with a capacity of 300,000 TEU. At full build, the facility will have 600m of quay and a 900,000 TEU capacity....
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Hamburg green incentives
The Port of Hamburg is to offer "Green Award" incentives to oil tankers, product and chemicals tankers and LNG carriers. Ships with Green Award certificates will be entitled to a 3% rebate on port charges in the Port of Hamburg, following the decision of Hamburg Port Authority to join the Green Award Foundation (GAF), the Rotterdam-based NGO led by Jan Fransen....
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Major expansion planed for Tema
The Ghanaian Government has confirmed that it is to pump up to US$1B into expanding the port of Tema and further substantial funds into improving the port's highway and rail connections....
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Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach
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24-26 June 2014
Excel, London UK
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30 September - 2 October 2014
Rotterdam The Netherlands
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14-16 October 2014
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11-13 November 2014
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Click here for information on advertising in print or online. | | | | | | | | Big trucks launched at CeMAT
A number of new lift trucks and reach stackers have been launched at the Hannover Fair...
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APM Terminals posts "5% market growth" in 1Q/2014
The global CTO says its 9% increase on volume to 9.4M TEU outstripped general market growth of 4%...
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Montreal terminals complete N4 transition
Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership (MGT) is now running N4 at its Cast and Racine terminals....
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Hamburg reports "brilliant results"
Seaborne cargo throughput in 1Q/2014 increased by 8.6% to 35.6 Mt...
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Konecranes books Turkish RTGs
Konecranes has reported an order for 18 RTGs from DP World's Yarimca container terminal in Turkey...
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Dana Rexroth shows HVT R2 at CeMAT
The R2 hydromechanical variable transmission is available for prototype testing on equipment such as reach stackers, ECHs, large FLTs and ro-ro tractors...
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Model 2 for Fjordbase
One of Terex Port Solutions' (TPS) "small" mobile harbour crane is now in service in Norway....
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Fantuzzi name back in the market
FTMH launches new reach stacker series at CeMAT in Hannover...
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ASCs on-line at Brisbane
DP World Brisbane has officially opened its semi-automated terminal at the Australian port....
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M&S drops London Gateway
Marks & Spencer has cancelled its plan to build an automated distribution facility at DP World London Gateway....
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Carrier launches anti-tamper refrigerant seal system
Carrier Transicold has introduced a new anti-tamper seal system designed to help ensure a higher level of refrigerant integrity and traceability for container refrigeration systems....
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People on the move
Latest round-up of appointments known to WorldCargo News...
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Coscon, Evergreen and MOL to start direct call Asia/West Africa service
Three of Asia's most prominent liner shipping companies are to start a new direct call Asia/West Africa container service. Sailings will commence in early June and deploy 12 ships with an average loading capacity of about 3,500 TEU....
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Toyota diverts 29,000 cars
A rail car shortage has forced Toyota Logistics Services Logistics to deviate 29,000 vehicles in North America so far this year....
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Everett adding equipment
The Port of Everett has is looking to buy four reachstackers and a mobile harbour crane....
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Londonderry order for Mantsinen
Cooper Specialised Handling has announced details of a new deal that will see the company supply Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners (LPHC) in Northern Ireland with a Mantsinen model 120M hydraulic material handler....
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Transnet eyes home front
South African ports utility Transnet has revealed that its procurement policy for cargo handling equipment in South Africa is now heavily influenced by the proportion of local content in project proposals....
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Edge Innovate launches RTU2200
Northern Ireland-based Edge Innovate has designed and built a new high capacity, track-mounted radial truck unloader....
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Paraguay deal for Kalmar and Navis
At the start of April Kalmar and Navis, both part of Cargotec, announced that Puerto Caacupe-mi in Paraguay has chosen Navis' N4 terminal operating system (TOS) and Kalmar's SmartPort process automation solutions for its Asuncion and Pilar facilities - the first Paraguayan customer for both products....
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More Motherwell Bridge deals
Motherwell Bridge Ltd has reported construction and erection contracts for another 16 RTGs for container terminals in West Africa. As previously reported (see WorldCargo News August 2013, p4), the company's Malta facilities are widely used by Konecranes for fabrication of its port equipment....
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Marseilles Fos is "a match for rivals"
Container terminal performance at leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos is as competitive and reliable as at other major European ports, according to the port authority, citing 2013 data gathered by Via Marseilles Fos. The port's marketing consortium identified 17 key performance indicators across three service categories - maritime, landside links and cargo-handling - in an exercise to build customer confidence following the French port reforms implemented in 2011....
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New medium heavy FLTs from Hyster
Hyster has launched four new 16-18t FLTs for steel products, concrete, pipe and other heavy handling operations....
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More Portek crane deals
Portek Systems & Equipment, the main engineering arm of Portek International, has recently completed the relocation of a batch of fully erect STS container gantry cranes and RTGs from Busan to Laem Chabang. The entire project from design, site execution to commissioning took around 100 days....
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All change at Sort & Store
From the beginning of this month, the business activities of Germany-based Sort & Store GmbH, which manufactures special spreader attachments for ports worldwide, will be taken over by another German company, MWB GmbH....
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Enter the Bison
After 18 months of development and testing, Bison Group from New Zealand has launched a lightweight jacking system for lifting containers....
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New engines from Volvo Penta
Volvo Penta is introducing new 5-and 8-litre engines that are available in several emissions standards - EU Stage II, Stage IIIA and Stage IV and US EPA Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 final respectively. Developed in cooperation with Volvo Trucks and the Volvo Group, these D5 and D8 engines are said to benefit from a redesigned platform and advanced fuel injection and after treatment systems....
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Port Adelaide adds Gottwald
Flinders Ports subsidiary, Flinders Logistics, has added a new Terex Gottwald mobile harbour crane to its Port Adelaide equipment pool to handle burgeoning containerised mineral export trade....
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..and gets a raise
South African port tariffs have been increased for the first time in two years but at a lower rate than requested by TPT. The Port Regulator of South Africa actually imposed tariff reductions last year in line with government policy to encourage exports, particularly of manufactured goods. Charges on containers bound for export were cut by an average of 43.2% in 2013. In addition, the Port Regulator imposed a cut in tariffs to be paid into the new excessive tariff increase margin credit (ETIMC) fund....
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TVH CAM System
Forks and fork extensions from Belgiumbased lift trucks components supplier TVH are now exclusively sold under the brand CAM System. The FEM-certified forks meet all applicable European ISOstandards. The rebranding applies to both FEM-forks and pin-type forks for lift trucks and telehandlers, as well as "blank forks" and all fork extensions....
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WWL gets all clear for Webb
In a move symptomatic of regulatory hurdles now facing port investors, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given its approval for a Melbourne development that may never happen....
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MacGregor bulks up
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a series of orders for bulk versions of its cargo handling cranes from five Chinese shipyards. The cranes are destined for 15 bulk carriers for various owners. The orders were booked in the first quarter 2014 and include:...
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Excel, London, UK
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Featured Event
RORO 2014
RORO 2014 will bring the entire roll-on/roll-off industry together for three days of buying, meetings and networking opportunities, an essential visit for any logistics professional involved in the movement of cargo using roll-on/roll-off shipping. 24-26 June 2014
ExCeL, London, UK
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Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach
A major study by Dr Itsuro Watanabe (Container System Technology). This comprehensive 245 page study is an in-depth analysis of capacity constraints, productivity, selectivity and flexibility of different container handling systems in terminals of different types and sizes: common-users or dedicated; hub centre (transshipment and/or relay) or import/export vocation; gateway or feeder port; intermodal rail or truck distribution inland; with or without CFS, etc.
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3-5 June 2014
Montjuic-Plaza Espana Exhibition Center at Fira de Barcelona Spain
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TOC Europe 2014
24-26 June 2014
Excel, London UK
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RORO 2014
24-26 June 2014
ExCeL, London UK
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Cool Logistics Global
30 September - 2 October 2014
Rotterdam The Netherlands
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TOC CSC: Americas 2014
14-16 October 2014
CCCI, Cartagena Colombia
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Intermodal Europe 2014
11-13 November 2014
AHOY, Rotterdam Netherlands
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TOC Market Briefing West Africa
10 - 11 December 2014
The Auditorium, Tenerife Canary Islands
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- Managing Director, Turku Repair Yard Ltd
- Manager, Delta Express Line
- Managing Director, Euro Terminal Co. Ltd.
- Corporate Account Manager, Linde
- Senior Operations Manager, Metro Shipping Limited
- CCO, Port Authority Of Dunkirk
- Comercial Manager, Port Of Cartagena
- General Manager Business Development, Port Of Dover
- CEO, Port Of Waterford Company
- Director, Port Solutions Ltd
- Director, Ports Of Sweden
- Director, Shipping & Port Management Limited
- Director, Vector Port And Transport Solutions
- Managing Director, MDS Transmodal
- Business Development Manager, Plymouth Marine Labs
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