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UK ports dealt another blow in rates fight
The fight against crippling backdated rates bill for UK port tenants may have hit a stumbling block - one put there by the nation's House of Commons.
Queensland ports up for grabs in mass asset sell off
Queensland is to tackle a drop in its credit ratings by conducting a huge sale of infrastructural assets including the Port of Brisbane Corp and Abbot Point Coal Terminal. Other assets with the “for sale” sign include the state’s rail coal business.
Moin tender pitched at exclusive level
A tender has been released for a new Greenfield container terminal at Costa Rican’s port of Moin, sister to the Caribbean port of Limon.
Product News
Cabling that copes with permafrost
A new cable has just been released that will help ports that are prone to extremely low temperatures.
Mobile cranes get a move on
Forth Ports has taken the mobile crane concept to heart; since the UK operator added four Sennebogen 870 Mobile Special machines to its traditional port crane fleet the machines have been moved, on average, between seven and eight times a month between port locations.
Top Features
In for the long game
International port operating expert APM Terminals tells Ben Hackett you should have a plan and stick to it
Konecranes grabs unloader orders
Konecranes has been racking up the orders for its range of AGD Grab Unloaders many of which will be rail-mounted to maximise mobility and efficiency, according to Kimmo Nyman, director of Bulk Handling Cranes.
Moving options
New products offer added mobility and dust-free operation as their unique selling points. Mike King reports
Comment & Analysis
Turn up the volume to raise US port profile
It usually takes an oil spill, collision or, lately, a pirate attack, for maritime stories to make the front pages of newspaper, or the top of the hour on prime time TV news.
The great guessing game
When will the fall off in trade, slow, stop and then start to recover – whatever market sector your in this is the big issue that everyone is thinking about. So do we see green shoots yet in the container sector?
