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BMH
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 2006. The unloaders are of the Siwertell continuous screw-type, model ST 640D, and will be used in Rizhao ...
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NewsP&O opts for Kalmar service package
P& O Ports has signed a service contract with Kalmar for the provision of preventative and breakdown maintenance, engineering support and spare parts supply for the 20 ESC 7th generation straddle carriers operating at its new Antwerp Gateway terminal. The contract, based on a fixed hourly rate, is for 8,000 ...
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NewsThe Port of Cork
The Port of Cork has ordered a new pilot launch to be built by Cobh based Safehaven Marine.
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Real-time cargo monitoring
IBM and AP Moller-Maersk have introduced Intelligent Trade Lane, a global supply chain solution they claim will transform the logistics industry and improve crossborder security.
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Palm image claimed more reliable
Ocean carriers, manufacturers, retailers and governments will be able to share reliable, real-time cargo shipment information worldwide.Palm Vein is much more reliable than digital fingerprinting and iris scanning as it can't be forged, claims Fujitsu. Its Palm Vein captures an individual's palm image with near-infrared rays. The deoxidized hemoglobin in ...
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Barco claims breakthrough
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 the country to reliably monitor its maritime traffic, protect the outer borders of its mainland, and improve the ...
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Cavotec reels in the business
Cavotec''s busy order book includes 30 power reels for Kone KCI RMGs at APM Terminals in Virginia; 20 power and control reels for stacker-reclaimers at Tianjin for China Engineering; 12 power reels for ZPMC STS cranes?the list goes on.
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VISY
The manpower required for conventional lashing of trailers on a typical North Sea freight ro-ro is 32. However, utilising the IPSI Trailer Trestle system this figure is reduced to just 10. With the high cost of port workers and seamen in northern Europe, the savings are significant, says TTS.LPR(License Plate ...
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THAMESPORT
Thamesport has ordered 13 new terminal tractors from MOL Group. Coo David Gledhill, says:
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NewsCleaner and Greener
The Californians and Scandinavians seem to lead the way when it comes to matters green so Nick Elliott turned to these two regions for the latest thinking.
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NewsCEM steps up to Irish Harbour
Dun Laoghaire: people watchingAnti-terror police reviewed thousands of hours of CCTV footage to help trace the movements of the 7 July suicide bombers, as well as to identify suspects in the attacks a fortnight later. A leading surveillance expert later warned that London was facing a "security nightmare" and that ...
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PASS ISSUE OFFICE BOOMING
Teesport''s pass issue office and CCTV control room have been a big success since opening in January. With five members of staff covering all the bases twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the facilities are proving indispensable. The team report brisk business.
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MAASVLAKTE 2
These meet the three major aims of sustainability: economic benefit, environmental balance and social development.Port of Rotterdam Authority is inviting tenders for the design and construction of Maasvlakte 2, the port site of around 2,000ha in the North Sea which will be created alongside the current Maasvlakte. The authority is ...
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Irish Sea spawns expansion plans
Liverpool, Belfast and Cork are all gearing up for expansion with plans being laid to improve facilities at all three ports. Liverpool hopes to get the go-ahead for construction of its £ 80m post-panamax container terminal which would increase capacity to nearly 1.5m TEUs.
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NewsBra wars ceasefire
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 goods which have been blocked from entering Europe''s ports and borders could be released and counting against 2006 ...
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Rotterdam's LNG plans solidify
Rotterdam''s plans for supplying LNG are advancing on two fronts. Petroplus International has taken a next step in the development of an import terminal. Having planned to have the terminal operational by the end of 2009, the European oil company has presented an environmental effect report.
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ALGECIRAS
An investment of several hundred million euros is to go into the new terminal, which will have an initial capacity of a minimum of six billion cu metres per annum and will be expanded in phases. Guaranteed longterm agreements for throughput are one of the main conditions for the investment. ...
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CAGLIARI
An investment of several hundred million euros is to go into the new terminal, which will have an initial capacity of a minimum of six billion cu metres per annum and will be expanded in phases. Guaranteed longterm agreements for throughput are one of the main conditions for the investment. ...
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Traffic growth slowing at Chinese ports
Figures released by China''s Ministry of Communications indicate a slowing of the rate of growth in national maritime traffic. For the first two quarters throughput totalled 1.87bn tons, an increase of 18.7%.
