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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

APS is to provide APM Terminals with a Rail Equipment Tracking system for its Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles. The solution will include Rail OCR Portal and RailTrack which will give…

1st November 2005

APS supplies rail tracking system

1st November 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SEABERTH, a new web-based berth scheduling tool developed by the UKs Cirrus Logistics enables users to plan terminal activity and reduce demurrage costs. A product extension, SEABERTH Simulation acts as a strategic…

1st November 2005

Berth scheduling tool launched

1st November 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Associated British Ports has upgraded the terminal management system at its 200,000TEU a year Exxtor Terminal at Immingham. The new solution is AUTOSTORE from UK-based Central Systems and Automation.

1st November 2005

ABP upgrades to AUTOSTORE

1st November 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Since the switch, the faster, centrally controlled container management processes have helped improve container stack management at Exxtor.BMH Marine is to deliver two grain unloaders for Rizhao Port Group for delivery in…

1st November 2005

BMH

1st November 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Visualization specialist Barco has been awarded a contract by EADS of Munich to deliver software and services for a large-scale Vessel Traffic Control System (VTCS) in Portugal. The new system will allow…

1st November 2005

Barco claims breakthrough

1st November 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Growing trade, bigger boxships and politics make for a potent brew Downunder. Kevin Chinnery has been tracking it all from Sydney.

1st October 2005

Australias growing pains

1st October 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Well on the road to becoming the worlds workshop, a port building frenzy has hit China in recent years. But does it amount to too much, asks Neil Madden .

1st October 2005

Have they gone overboard?

1st October 2005

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

In the short life of this magazine we have had to report on three major calamities wrought upon us by Mother Nature: Typhoon Maemi flattened Busans container terminal; then the Boxing Day…

1st October 2005

Bring back the Big Easy

1st October 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

MSC has reportedly chosen the port of Beirut as its transhipment hub for the Eastern Mediterranean.

1st October 2005

BEIRUT

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The so-called bra wars may not be entirely resolved, but there is now a ceasefire in the form of an agreement between China and the EU. If approved by EU members, the…

1st October 2005

Bra wars ceasefire

1st October 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils National steel company, Companhia Siderugica Nacional (CSN), is to spend US$150m on transforming part of its coal terminal at the port of Sepetiba, in Rio de Janeiro, into an export bulk…

1st October 2005

CSN to expand Sepetiba facility

1st October 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Up to 130,000 of Australias stevedores, seafarers and long-haul truck drivers are to be screened for criminal history from this October. This is prior to being issued a new identification card that…

1st October 2005

Australia prepares worker history screen

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The proposed EU directive on port services is again coming under fire.

1st October 2005

ANOTHER BROADSIDE

1st October 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

If your quay cranes arent big enough to handle new generation containerships, it may be time to replace them - but there are alternatives. Benedict Young investigates two very different approaches to…

1st September 2005

Biting the Bullet

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Another alternative being examined could see regional or continental chains of linked VTS systems exchanging data originally derived from AIS that would not require ships to transmit data once they had entered…

1st September 2005

Belligerent Nations?

1st September 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nevertheless in the meantime, infrastructure bottlenecks are creating major congestion.The West African state of Benin is understood to be negotiating with Dubai Ports International (DPI) in respect of a management contract to…

1st September 2005

BENIN NEGOTIATES WITH DPI

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar will supply four RTGs to Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia.

1st September 2005

BCT GOES SHOPPING

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Of the total, Santos will receive US$59.32m, which is 600% higher than money allocated in 2004. Much of this is allocated to the construction of a perimeter road to serve the 16km…

1st September 2005

BELEM PRIVATISATION TIMETABLED

1st September 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ADT has provided an integrated security system at Cork to help satisfy the requirements of the ISPS Code. CCTV technology enables access control from a central point. Access gates to berths can…

1st September 2005

ADT installs system for Cork

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The aim is to bring all the agencies in the port and others together to recognise and mitigate risks, and for new types of risk, to nominate a lead agency responsible for…

1st September 2005

ABP warns children

1st September 2005