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New record for Kandla

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Kandla port handled a record 64.89 mt in the year ended March 2008, ranking it the second largest port in India behind Visakhapatnam....

Transnet mulls rail tariffs

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South African rail utility Transnet Freight Rail has rejected appeals for new bulk rail tariffs from international mining companies. BHP Bil...

FMG gives junior a hand

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Although Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) continues to battle iron ore rivals BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto for third-party access to their Pilbara...

EMO returns its investment

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While coal volumes moving through EMO are currently steady, German mine closures and new Dutch power stations look set to increase traffic i...

Pakistan to build grain terminal

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Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminals, a joint venture between the army’s Fauji Foundation and Akbar Group, will build Pakistan’s first de...

Cameroon plans new ports

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The Central African state of Cameroon currently relies on the port of Douala to transport 95% of all freight travelling into or out of the c...

Stevedoring aid

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LogSYS, an IT solutions provider for the logistics sector, has launched LGS.Stevedore, an Internetbased application designed for the managem...

Manganese for Saldanha?

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BHP Billiton has proposed the development of manganese ore export facilities at the South African Atlantic port of Saldanha. The port curren...

Weighing accuracy rises tenfold

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LAS Recycling Ltd’s materials recycling facility in Ceredigion, Wales, has improved its weighing accuracy by a factor of ten and has halve...

Buy-out bid for ATI grain depot

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Filipino food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp has launched a fresh bid to acquire Asian Terminals Inc’s 1996-built Mariveles Grains Ter...

RUSAL terminal deal in Ust-Luga

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Russian Aluminium (RUSAL), Russia’s largest aluminium producer, and the Company of Ust-Luga (CUL), the principal developer of the Ust-Luga...

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