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Konecranes to Undergo Major Changes

The Board of Directors of Konecranes have appointed new members of the Group Executive Board (GXB) subject to the closing of Konecranes’ pending acquisition of Terex Corporation’s MHPS business (MHPS Acquisition) and is also making changes to the Strategy and Technology function of the business by splitting it into two parts

Massive Terminal Tractor Order for Malaysia

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Malaysia will start to receive an order of 93 terminal tractors this month (December 2016) from cargo handling specialist Kalmar, part of Cargotec

Mega-ships Boost Terminal’s Trade

Megaships help set a new record for North Charleston container terminal after November saw containerised cargo increase despite 6.4% fewer ships docking this fiscal year.

Brexit Trade Deal May Take 10 Years

Uncomfortable news for the shipping industry today as the UK’s EU ambassador, Sir Ivan Rogers, has claimed that it may take till 2020 before a UK-EU trade can be finalised.

Another Long Beach Bid Cancelled!

HMM has withdrawn from a joint bid with MSC for a controlling stake in the US port operator that runs Long Beach, California’s biggest container terminal

Port Chemical Spill Causes Chaos

Port of Melbourne has ordered a clean-up operation and instated an exclusion zone after up to 20 litres of a potentially dangerous chemical called ferric chloride was found leaking from a barrel in shipping container

Navis Goes Nordic

Royal Arctic Line Denmark is using Navis to further support Denmark and Greenland’s shipping lanes as part of an expansion into increasingly competitive markets

Terex Breaks Into Market

Terex Cranes is re-entering the City class crane market with a 300 ton six-axle crane in early 2017

World Maritime Day 2017 Host Announced

It has been revealed that Panama will host the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) centennial ship registry event in 2017. The event will run from the 1-3 October.

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