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SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS TAKEN UP FROM A BROADER INDUSTRY BASE
ESC's gate technologies will be deployed for the inbound and outbound security gates at Global Terminal and Container Services, Inc. in Jersey City and at New York Container Terminal (NYCT), formerly Howland Hook Container Terminal, on Staten Island.Software-based terminal management and operating solutions are on the increase as the industry ...
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NewsMafi tractors arrive in Piraeus
ESC's gate technologies will be deployed for the inbound and outbound security gates at Global Terminal and Container Services, Inc. in Jersey City and at New York Container Terminal (NYCT), formerly Howland Hook Container Terminal, on Staten Island.Twelve Mafi ro-ro tractors have just been delivered to Piraeus. Supplied in full ...
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KOPER ORDERS UP SSG
Konecranes VLC Corporation has received an order for a Panamax dimension ship-to-shore gantry from the Luka Container Terminal at the Port of Koper.
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NewsSearch mirror redesign
UK-based security equipment specialist PW Allen has redesigned its range of CEM Search mirrors - mirrors used to look under vehicles and access other normally difficult to-access areas.
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NewsThreat of sanctions won't help
The UK''s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has criticised the port of Felixstowe for introducing a controversial security surcharge and threatening to give a " lower priority" to some imported containers, delaying them within the port.
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NewsKongsberg completes Aberdeen project
The North Sea oil port of Aberdeen can now utilise a new observation system recently completed by Kongsberg Maritime. The system utilises Internet Protocol (IP) technology to supply high-resolution camera pictures and AIS information.
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MOMBASA FACES LOSS OF UGANDAN TRADE
Uganda and Sudan are in discussions to develop a new trade route through Port Sudan as an alternative to Mombasa which the Ugandan government regards as inefficient.
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NewsValencia woos China Shipping and MSC
China Shipping is reportedly evaluating Malta Freeport against Valencia as the hub where it will deploy its new fleet of 8,100TEU vessels. In July 2002, the carrier agreed with Malta that it would use facilities there to tranship boxes between its Asia, Mediterranean and East Coast US services. However, a ...
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ADANI OPTS FOR SMALLER IRON ORE TERMINAL
China Shipping initially deployed 5,500TEU vessels on its Far East-North Europe service which called solely at Valencia.India's Adani Group has chosen the small Belekeri jetty in northern Karnataka state rather than the larger port of Mormugoa to concentrate exports of iron ore to China saying the facility is experiencing too ...
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MUMBAI'S LUXURY MARKET
The Indian government has added Mumbai to a list of ports now licensed to handle new vehicle import traffic.
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APL cuts new deals in China and India
APL and Chiwan Container Terminal (CCT) have signed a 20-year agreement which will give APL additional efficiency and berth capability at the western Shenzhen port of Chiwan. CCT, in turn, will benefit from APL''s business expansion and container volume growth in western Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta. Parent NOL''s ...
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W-W warns of over-capacity
CCT adds the agreement provides impetus for the development of Chiwan's terminal with a fifth berth.By 2008, South Africa's vehicle exports will have doubled in volume, with the biggest markets in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, claims Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines VP Per Eitzen. He says that ports must be more ...
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DRAGADOS SPLASHES OUT
Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL intends to invest € 74.5m on various projects during the current year of which the opening of the initial phase of the Malaga container terminal will absorb € 20m.
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ASSORE'S WARNING
Assore''s financial director, Chris Cory, says capacity constraints at railways and ports in South Africa could hold back exports. " With the surging demand of China, the only limits on our exports of iron ore at the port of Saldanha are at the port and on the railway."
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FOURTH TERMINAL FOR KARACHI
The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes on 1 September.Karachi is to build a fourth container handling facility, which will be known as the Country ...
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BARCELONA PLANS THIRD TERMINAL
The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes on 1 September.Barcelona port authority (APB) is to invest €70m in building its third container terminal, which will ...
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SINGAPORE TO INVEST IN MYANMAR PROJECT?
Survey work has commenced on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in the southern Myanmar state of Mon. The new facility is intended to contribute to a major eastwest trade route across southeast Asia which links Vietnam''s Danang Port in the east to Mawlamyine in the west. These two points ...
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NewsTYNE DOCK TAPS INTO EU FUNDING
The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes on 1 September. Port of Tyne is investing £6m on an industrial development project at ...
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NewsImmingham expands ro-ro facilities
ABP is to go ahead with a £ 35m ferry terminal at Immingham. The new five berths riverside facility is based on a 25 year agreement with ferry operator DFDS. The 50 acre site is at Immingham''s outer harbour and will take 18 months to complete.
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Forth Ports hoping for better half
Forth Ports, Britain''s third-largest ports operator hopes to make progress in 2004, despite lower first-half operating profit. Forth operates eight ports, including Dundee and Tilbury, with six ports on the Forth estuary. The company said it expected first-half earnings for its ports business to fall short of the £ 16.7m ...
