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INTERNATIONAL DREDGING COMPANIES ATTRACTED BY BA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Five companies have acquired the bidding rules to undertake dredging work at the Argentinean ports of Mar del Plata, Quequen and Bahia Blanca in the province of Buenos Aires. The contract, ...
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CONCESSIONAIRE TAKES OVER IN ARICA
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.The Arica Port Consortium will invest $25m during the first five years of its operating concession at the northern Chilean port. This will be spent on warehousing facilities for dry bulk, ...
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YANG MING AND TACOMA TO TIE THE KNOT
This will require investment of $95.65m up to 2006 and will make it possible to boost exports by $10 billion.Yang Ming and Port of Tacoma have signed an MOU acknowledging negotiations to work toward a terminal lease agreement at the Port's Terminal 7-D by the close of 2004. Located on ...
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NewsBA Terminal 6 to be re-tendered
The troubled Terminal 6 at Buenos Aires is to be once again put out to tender, according the General Ports Administration (AGP), the state controlled organisation which overseas national ports.
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NewsENSURING SECURITY WHILST INCREASING EFFICIENCY
Despite a lack of agreed standards, there''s a wide range of technologies available to increase security while enhancing efficiencies in container terminals, writes Benedict Young.
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NewsA SWELL SOLUTION FOR DOVER
Dover is to be the first European port to install an automated mooring system using vacuum technology and developed by Mooring Systems (MSL), following the signing earlier this year of a European licensing agreement between MSL and Cavotec Group in the Netherlands. David Foxwell explains.
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NewsLOCATION CONTAINERISATION AUTOMATION
The question of whether the reefer container will take over from traditional cold storage systems is still open to debate. Alex Hughes asks three terminals around the world for their thoughts on this and the investment in equipment and technology needed to keep their facilities in business.
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NewsONE CAREFUL OWNER FULL SERVICE HISTORY. . .
The trade in secondhand (or pre-owned) cargo handling equipment is booming. From forklifts and terminal tractors to ship-to-shore gantries and entire bulk terminal projects, demand is outstripping supply as Nick Elliott finds.
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CUSTOMERS WANT LEASING OPTION
Dirk Groth says in the past the trend was to buy secondhand equipment but customers are now asking for the option of leasing which can be expensive, depending on country and/or the client, as banks and leasing companies have their own differing risk assessments for this country or that borrower. ...
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DON'T MENTION THE R WORD
reports on the possibility of rationalisation in Singapore''s ports sector - both at home and abroad. The Republic''s new pm has recognised that competition is played out on the world stage, and the stakes are high.
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LOWER LIFTIME COSTS AND AUTOMATION GIVE THEM THE EDGE
As with all cargo handling equipment, in theory at least, the bigger and more productive the machine, the lower the lifetime costs. VoestAlpine' Manfred Schaffer emphasises that in order to evaluate capital investment, lifetime costs and return on investment factors, you must compare the stacker reclaimer with alternative technologies - ...
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NewsSHIPPING SURGE CREATES CONGESTION
Despite relief efforts, congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest port complex in the United States, was worsening as the holiday shipping season kicked into high gear. With the backlog at the ports expected to continue for the next several months, pressure to deliver holiday ...
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NewsCHINA AND INDIA DEMAND FUEL MARKET
It is said that stockyard operations dictate the overall capability and efficiency of a bulk terminal.
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Neglecting a joined-up strategy
The high rates of port expansion currently written about the ports of China during these boom years prompts people to think: why shouldn''t one of the new dragons supplant North East Asia''s traditional hub port Busan. That fine location, which resembles Hong Kong in certain respects in that it is ...
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Norcontrol IT launches port management software
Norcontrol IT has released an ' off-the-shelf' version of its Port Management Information System (PMIS).The company says the PMIS Standard Edition is a cost-effective, scaleable solution designed to provide small to medium sized ports with advanced marine management functionality to enable the safe and efficient management and reporting of vessel ...
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I/D BADGES FOR UK PORTS
Recognition Express South Wales is to supply identity badges for all staff and visitors to Cargo Services UK, a cargo handler operating in the Cardiff, Swansea and Uskmouth ports. The move is part of a wider effort across all sectors of the transport system, which includes ports, to comply with ...
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NewsKalmar sharpens its strategy
Kalmar is to sell the entire share capital in the cab manufacturer Velsa Inc to Finland' s Rautaruukki Corporation, part of its continuing strategy to concentrate on the marketing, development, assembly and servicing of container and heavy materials handling equipment.
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NewsLiebherr Container Cranes
The company says port marine departments are experiencing an ever-growing requirement to provide statistical data to either internal or external organisations. PMIS Standard Edition has been designed to meet this requirement. It follows a recent proof-ofconcept software trial conducted at several UK ports which showed that the PMIS could be ...
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Wising up in Tampa
SSA GULF' s Tampa Terminal, formerly Tampa Bay International Terminal (TBIT), is to implement Tideworks' new product line for conventional cargo terminal management, the Wise Product Suite, the first time the Suite will be deployed in the Americas. The Wise products are currently used in facilities throughout northern Europe.
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NEW ANTENNA MEETS AIS REQUIREMENTS
In order to meet the USCG Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements necessary for many commercial vessels, Shakespeare Electronic Products Group has introduced a new antenna.
