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MultiDocker debut

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Based on its experience in designing loading and discharging systems for its fleet of Baltic-trading bulkers, Swedish ship operator Osterstr...

Marra Mamba first

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BHP Billiton has loaded the first 60,000t of MAC Marra Mamba iron ore aboard the 188,000 dwt HANJIN SYDNEY at Port Hedland, for trial by Asi...

Gunning for dust

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US-based Martin Engineering has launched the Martin Fog Cannon dust suppression system to improve dust control at open-air bulk material han...

Gottwalds for China

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Demag Mobile Cranes GmbH-Gottwald is to deliver two HSK-type (railmounted) portal harbour cranes, both HSK 360 EGs, to the Qinhuangdao Port ...

New NS TBT terminal

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Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) has opened a new "Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer" (TBT) terminal in Augusta, Georgia....

HIsmelt green light

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Rio Tinto has announced it will proceed with its A$400m commercial HIsmelt pig iron plant at Kwinana, near Fremantle, Western Australia, pos...

K-Tron gets smarter

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US-based K-Tron's Smart Weigh Belt feeder is now available in both 300mm and 600mm belt widths and in open and closed frame versions....

Stockton on line

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Portland Cement's new handling and storage terminal the Port of Stockton, California, was due to open officially in May....

Big bucks for WA ports…

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The Western Australian government is pouring big money into the state's port infrastructure, highlighted by a A$100m commitment to deepen th...

Mississippi makeover

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Associated Terminals (AT), which provides stevedoring and logistics services for bulk cargoes along the lower Mississippi River and Gulf Coa...

Indian action

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The new port of Ennore, near Chennai in south India, is examining options for carrying out dredging operations as it goes ahead with the con...

Panamax for Great Lakes?

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A US Army Corps of Engineers' plan that would see Panamax vessels operating throughout the Great Lakes as far as Duluth, Minnesota, has rece...

EWS improves coal management

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English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) now manages its coal transport ordering, delivery and booking system with an Electronic Customer Orde...

Bulks in the Bay

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California's San Francisco Bay is seeing a substantial increase in bulk cargo traffic as a major retrofit of the area's bridges gets underwa...

Liebherr digging in

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Mobile hydraulic cranes from Liebherr Hydraulikbagger (LH), based on its popular excavator range, are gaining popularity in inland ports and...

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