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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Linde is adding to its existing reachstacker capacity with a facility in China. The factory in Xiamen has been building empty container handlers from Linde kits since 1996, but the company has…

1st December 2006

China facility to boost Linde output

1st December 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Equipment manufacturer Kalmar is participating in a two-year project to reduce pollution at ports in the US. 

1st December 2006

Kalmar spearheads hybrid technology in States

1st December 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Demand from ro-ro customers has boosted sales of Kalmars i-model tractor range.Since the launch of the product in spring this year,more than 50 units have been ordered by customers such as the…

1st December 2006

CAN-BUS tractor popular with ro-ro industry

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US West Coast ports agree that they can only tackle the many pressing issues facing them if they engage with the community, and get their message across beyond the confines of the…

1st December 2006

Local Support National Success

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mediterranean Shipping Company has had enough of what it sees as a non-competitive environment in the Port of Buenos Aires and is making a stand. Mike Mundy reports on the war being…

1st December 2006

Let Battle Commence

1st December 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In a ground-breaking move,Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has filed a major complaint with Argentina's anti-trust authority that alleges there are "no real alternatives as regards port terminal service providers"and therefore that "its…

1st December 2006

MSCs complaints on draught in Buenos Aires centre on the following:

1st December 2006

ASIA

ASIA

Three way tussle around Bohai Bay for box supremacy, as lacklustre port past is swept aside

1st December 2006

Locking horns

1st December 2006

ASIA

ASIA

Theres more to eastern Chinas ports scene than the massive Yangshan, with Taicang,Nantong and Nanjing leading the container pack

1st December 2006

Lifting eastern fog

1st December 2006

ASIA

ASIA

The port of Hong Kong is being eclipsed but its port operators are still raking it in through smart investments outside of the former number one hub

1st December 2006

Northern lights

1st December 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A widespread tyre shortage is really starting to bite and terminal operators are left with few options when the black stuff wears thin. Alex Hughes reports

1st December 2006

Running out of rubber

1st December 2006