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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Terminal Pací fico Sur Valparaí so (TPS) is to overhaul its fleet of equipment this year with the purchase of three reachstackers and six terminal tractors at a cost of $2m, and…

10th March 2008

TPS in major investment initiative

10th March 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Shaw Group has announced that its Environmental & Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract by the General Electric (GE) Company for work on the Upper Hudson River dredging project.

10th March 2008

Shaw Group awarded contract by GE

10th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Piraeus Port Authority has agreed to put out to concession for 30 years Berths 2 and 3, which are dedicated to container handling operations. These have backup land of 690,000 sq m.…

9th March 2008

Piraeus box handling offer

9th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has acknowledged the growing importance of Mexico to its orderbook by establishing a newsales office in the Americas.

9th March 2008

Kalmar plants stake in Mexican turf

9th March 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar Industries has received an order for14 forklifts trucks from one of the Beneluxregions leading suppliers of concrete products - a first for the Swedish manufacturer.

9th March 2008

Firm set for concrete debut

9th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

ICTSIhas contracted Kalmar to supply 13 fork lift trucks, four emptycontainer handlers and 18 terminal tractors for its Contecon Guayaquilcontainer terminal in the Ecuardorian port of Guayaquil.

9th March 2008

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9th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A traffic management plan in place on roadsleading to the UKs Port of Felixstowe to combat port-inducedcongestion has been revised.

8th March 2008

Operation Stack gets an overhaul

8th March 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

TheBrazilian port of Paranaguá has issued a dredging tender worth $61.6m.It is the first ever issued in that country allowing internationalcompetition in this sector. The contract is for five years and involveswork…

8th March 2008

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8th March 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Shipping line Neptune Orient Lines is tocreate a separate business for its container terminal unit known as APLTerminals.

7th March 2008

NOL terminal spin-off

7th March 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

CMACGM is to invest ¢ 130m ($188.6m) in expanding the Malta Freeportcontainer terminal, which the group first acquired in 2004. This willboost throughput from 1.9m teu to 3m teu.

7th March 2008

Malta Freeport expands

7th March 2008