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BIMCO adds solid cargo database

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International maritime organisation BIMCO has added a cargo database to its website which, it says, “provides information on various types...

BV offers bulk advice

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French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) will shortly publish a new set of Guidelines for Bulk Carriers, aimed at helping owners to...

Lafarge big Down Under?

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French building materials giant Lafarge is boosting its presence in Australia by importing cement into South Australia through a new local s...

Hagglunds pumps it up

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Swedish company Hagglunds has launched its own hydraulic pump range - Superior Performance (SP), the culmination of a joint endeavour betwee...

Bulk loader up at Grays Harbor

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The US PNW Port of Grays Harbor, Wa, has made substantial progress in the construction of a new bulk agri-products terminal for Ag Processin...

…fast rail grain

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In what is claimed to be an Australian-first, South Australia- based grain handler and producer AusBulk is investing in innovative mobile ra...

Bathhurst Inlet port

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A proposal to build a deepwater port along Canada’s northern coast has been delayed, partly because of concerns in Ottawa that the plan co...

LHM 400 for Dunkirk

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The Port of Dunkirk has taken delivery of a new LHM 400 G harbour mobile crane from Liebherr-Werk Nenzing, with an identical “spec” to t...

Ridley moves on

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The Canadian government has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) from companies interested in taking over the operation of Ridley Terminals ...

…Ennore on track

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Ennore Port, near Chennai in south India, is planning a new rail link to bypass the current congested line....

Two for Brazil

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Gottwald Port Technology has recently sold two HMK 330 EG four-rope grab cranes Brazilian operators - Rocha Top in Paranaguá and Loxus Gran...

Practical Praxis

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Praxis Engineering, which recently came up with a railmounted, multi-purpose lemniscate crane design (see Bulk Materials International March...

Aluminium ore from Portland

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The near collapse of the aluminium smelting industry in the US Pacific Northwest has seen the first cargo of alumina re-exported....

Robson’s Lafarge deal

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Bulk handling specialist Geo Robson has inked a £650,000 contract to supply equipment to recycle kiln dust at a Lafarge plant near Lagos, N...

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