SPANISH PORTS UP 3.8%

01 Oct 2006

In the first six months of 2006, Spanish ports handled 225.4m tonnes, an increase of 3.8%. Total box traffic amounted to 5.7m teu, 4.1% more than the corresponding 2005 period.  

ALL EYES ON TURKU

01 Oct 2006

Finland’s second largest seaport has invested in IndigoVision’s IP Video site surveillance. More than 4m tonnes of cargo and over 4m passengers pass through the Port of Turku every year.  

LNG NOD FOR TEESSIDE

01 Oct 2006

TAIM BUYS WESER

01 Oct 2006

MORE RTGS TO SPAIN

01 Oct 2006

New CEO Gottwald

01 Oct 2006

Gottwald Port Technology has appointed former chief technical officer Dr Mathias Dobner as its new chief executive, effective immediately.  

Two bid for Sagunto

01 Oct 2006

Only two companies – Eurotrasac and Terminal Polivalente Portuaria de Sagunto – bid for the concessions to manage the two multipurpose terminals at the port of Sagunto, which reports to Valencia Port Authority. 

Malta cranes cater for big boys

01 Oct 2006

Malta Freeport Terminals has taken delivery of four new super postpanamax quayside cranes to keep up with demands of ever-larger containerships.  

STILL SWEET ON CORPUS CHRISTI

01 Oct 2006

GENOVA GO-AHEAD

01 Oct 2006

KALMAR BELGIUM BUY

01 Oct 2006

Steelbro sidelifters stirring up a storm

01 Oct 2006

Sidelifters, already popular in Scandinavia, are set to change the way containers are handled throughout Europe, according to Steelbro distributor Ulf Hallqvist. Sidelifter technology allows the container to be placed with precision anywhere a truck can access to load or unload the container.   

Humber unveils new cranage needs

01 Oct 2006

Associated British Ports (ABP) is to invest £3.7m in new cranage for Humber International Terminal 1, its dedicated dry bulk handling terminal at the Port of Immingham.