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Click here for more Doubling intermodal over London Gateway DB Schenker Rail UK has doubled the number of intermodal services it runs from London Gateway to Trafford Park in Manchester. In a separate development, Pentalver is to upgrade its presence at London Gateway to offer a full suite of services there... Click here for more Puget Sound ports take a dip Combined figures from Tacoma and Seattle show container volume falling nearly 1% in 2014.... Click here for more First ATT docking station delivered Gaussin Manugistique has successfully tested and handed over the first ATT Docking Station to PT Pelebuhan Indonesia (Persero) (IPC III) at its new terminal in Lamong Bay, Surabaya.... Click here for more Clemence Cheng to be ECT's next CEO? Clemence Cheng, CEO of HPUK and MD of the Port of Felixstowe, could be adding the post of CEO of Hutchison's biggest European operation, ECT in Rotterdam... Click here for more Kalmar lands €15M automation contract Kalmar has announced it has been awarded a contract to provide automation systems integration for ICTSI's new terminal in Melbourne, Australia.... Click here for more Tractors/trailers for Bronka Fenix Investments has ordered Terberg tractors and Novatech trailers for a new terminal at St Petersburg.... Click here for more Rotterdam container traffic up 5.8% in 2014 Lo-lo container traffic increased by 5.8% in both tonnage and unit terms, to 127.598 Mt and 12.297M TEU. Overall throughput increased by 1% to 445 Mt... Click here for more Contship first in Italy to welcome 2M "The market's eagerly awaited launch of new networks and partnerships in 2015 is now with us," said Contship Italia... Click here for more Liebherr claims all-time MHC record Liebherr says it supplied 112 mobile harbour cranes to customers worldwide in 2014, its 40th anniversary for MHCs... Click here for more New financing for Hansa Heavy Hansa Heavy Lift has agreed a new financing deal covering most of its fleet.... Click here for more PSA International reports 65.44M TEU in 2014 PSA International Pte Ltd has reported a 5.8% year-on-year increase in container throughput worldwide in 2014... Click here for more SAN SHA 1 HAO delivered The first ro-pax ferry built in China specifically for the Chinese market has entered service in China's southernmost city Sansha, in Hainan Province... Click here for more Transnet improving inland links South African transport utility Transnet is introducing new technology to improve the reliability of its track and other rail infrastructure. Major highway improvements are also on the way... Click here for more Dunkirk up 8% in 2014 The port of Dunkirk has reported an 8% year-on-year increase in throughput in 2014, to 47.04 Mt... Click here for more Hansa Heavy Lift finance deal Hansa Heavy Lift has announced the completion of a long-term financial agreement with its core banking group for its fleet of heavy lift vessels... Click here for more Setubal launches ro-ro tender The Port of Setubal has launched a public tender to expand its ro-ro terminal to accommodate more automobile business... Click here for more PSA OCR tender PSA Singapore is tendering for a quay crane OCR system... Click here for more Grimaldi launches Rome-NAEC direct service Grimaldi will launch a new direct ro-ro service between Civitavecchia and the North American ports of Baltimore and Halifax... Click here for more Dockers' protests at the RWG gate Around 200 Rotterdam dockers, from various companies, have this morning (Friday, 16 January) blocked the main entrance of the Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) terminal on Maasvlakte II... 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