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MacGregor wins Precious contract

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Cargotec-owned MacGregor has won an order from China’s Shanhaiguan New Shipbuilding Industry for advanced bulk-handling systems for a pair...

Rice advice

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The London P&I Club has advised shipowners to seek advice before loading bagged rice cargoes in view of the associated risks and an increase...

Bidders vie for Esperance port

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Despite renewed doubts over Chinese iron ore demand, 36 different firms have pursued a new Western Australian port opportunity. The port of ...

Boxes for Oz bulk terminal

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Australia’s newest and only “independent” bulk grain terminal will incorporate a container packing facility – just as changed market...

End of Oz WA grain monopoly

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The historic loading monopoly at Western Australia’s grain ports has come to an end. Bunge Australia and China’s Beidahuang Group are by...

First step for new SA rail

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Work has begun on a new railway in the heart of South Africa’s coal industry. The line, running from Ermelo to the new Majuba coal-fired p...

Deal unlocks Galilee Basin

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Queensland-based rail company Aurizon (formerly QR National) and Indian-Australian joint venture GVK Hancock have stolen a march on rivals b...

Metals terminal for Ust-Luga

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After years of delays, United Metallurgical Company (OMK) is due to begin construction of a 6 Mtpa terminal at the Russian Baltic port of Us...

Rio Tinto warning

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Rio Tinto’s CEO Sam Walsh has warned that a pit wall slide at Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon will “have a significant impact o...

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