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California Cartage Company has taken delivery of 12 Kalmar Ottawa 4x2 liquefied natural gas-powered (LNG) terminal tractors that fully meet the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2010 standards for off-road vehicle emissions. Read More »

The Malaysian Port of Westports is on track to achieve its container volume throughput target of 5.5m teu this year, having reached 4.1m teu in the first nine months of the year. Read More »

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) development of the Mega Container Terminal at Chennai Port on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis with a 30 year concession, has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI). Read More »

Northern Ireland-based marine navigation data and service provider Todd (formerly Todd Chart Agency) has entered a partnership with ECDIS Ltd, one of the world’s top training providers. Read More »

Terex Port Equipment has signed a contract with Société Tunisienne d’ Acconage et Manutention (STAM) to supply 12 Terex Noell NSC634E diesel-electric straddle carriers to the Port of Radès, near Tunis. Read More »

The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, announced on October 23, 2010 that the permanent depth of the Magdalena River would be increased to 9 ft in the Puerto Salgar (Multipuerto) sector. Read More »

Global marine terminal operator DP World handled 13m teu across its portfolio of 50 operating terminals in the third quarter of 2010, an increase of 14% compared with the same period last year. The Dubai-based operator also registered a 15% increase for the first nine months of the year to 36.7m teu against the same period last year. Read More »

In its third quarter interim report, Konecranes PLC believes that the demand for new equipment is expected to remain robust in the Asia-Pacific region along with emerging markets, although customers' decision-making in Western Europe and North America is still “conditional on the sustainability of economic growth”. Read More »

The Odessa Regional Court of Appeal has ruled that the joint operation agreement between Ukrtranscontainer (part the National Container Company) and the Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk (SCPI) is to be reinstated. Read More »