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Bulk transport via the Internet

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Leading e-business and IT consultant Keane has been retained by Optimum Logistics to develop what is claimed to be the world's first open In...

Grabs get more specialised

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Despite the trend towards the use of "universal grabs" on shipboard cranes, many grab operators are not convinced that employing one grab to...

Chilean tender

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In January the Chilean Port of Valparaiso (Emporval) announced that it would organise a public tender for a concession to develop a modern d...

DBCT up for grabs

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The Queensland Government is calling for Expressions of Interest for the long-term lease of the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT), one of t...

Efficient idler

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With energy costs increasing, Svedala has introduced a new, more efficient conveyor belt idler support system designed to reduce friction....

Green light for Bundaberg plan

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The Queensland Government has approved a A$9 mill dredging and harbour improvement programme to expand the bulk port of Bundaberg, a move it...

ABA doubles grain intake

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The second season intake into the Australian Bulk Alliance (ABA) grain facilities in New South Wales and Victoria was more than double that ...

Langley rolling on

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In December last year, Rolls-Royce finally succeeded, after almost two years, in selling most of its materials handling interests. The buyer...

Ilo 2 coal terminal on-stream

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South American power generating utility Enersur, an international division of Belgium's Tractebel, has commissioned a new coal handling syst...

Voest Alpine cleans up in Oz

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In recent months Voest Alpine of Austria, the arm of the Finnish Roxon Group which specialises in the manufacture of heavy-duty materials ha...

Kalama elevator upgrade planned

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The Kalama Export elevator at Kalama (Wa), considered one of the largest and fastest grain export elevators on the US Pacific Coast, is bein...

Cascade of orders

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Following the delivery of a rail wagon loading chute to the Dead Sea Works terminal in the Israeli Port of Ashod last year, UK-based Clevela...

Austeel Preston on

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Details have emerged of a new dedicated steel port to be built at Cape Preston, 130 km south of Dampier, Western Australia....

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