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Aussie and Brit ports face up to ISPS deadline?
Australian transport minister John Anderson has been reported by the Weekend newspaper as saying of the ISPS Code:
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NewsOUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE: Thought About it Recently?
Nick Elliott asks contractors what are the benefits to the terminal of contracting out equipment maintenance.
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NewsRTG's-R-US
Fazilette Khan casts an eye over the automation of the RTG, its perceived limitations and advantages.
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OUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
The decision whether or not to outsource maintenance is influenced by different factors in different situations, writes Ted Adlard .
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NewsCAN THE AGENT HELP BEAT CONGESTION?
By bringing efficiencies to their shipowner principals, shipping agents can help solve the port congestion problem, argue the boys from Inchcape Shipping Services.
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NewsMOBILITY EQUALS FLEXIBILITY
Mobile pneumatic ship unloaders find their place where flexibility comes before pure capacity - and if storage space is at a premium, reports Alex Hughes .
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NewsQUAY CONSTRUCTION ISSUES
The varied nature of construction works for port developments gives rise to a number of specific issues of which port developers and financiers need to be aware, writes Patrick Leece .
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NewsTHE PRICE OF A STEVEDORE
Many things in the terminal industry cost the same wherever you happen to be. The crane and reach stacker suppliers will name you a price, off-the-shelf terminal management software will cost the same, the price of dredging out new berths is pretty much governed by what the specialist companies charge.
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NewsLIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS 'THE NEXT BIG THING' IS HERE
The current main driver for change in the port sector, as in the global energy market, is the increasing demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG). As Mike Corkhill reports, for a growing number of ports, LNG represents not only a rapidly expanding traffic but also a major new responsibility.
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Lazero Cardenas and Ningpo opt for Navis
Lazaro Cardenas Terminal Portuaria de Contenedores (LCT), operated by Hutchinson Port Holdings, has selected Navis SPARCS, the terminal planning and control software, to optimise container-handling operations at its new terminal.
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NewsNamibia and Taiwan opt for Transas
Transas has installed two VTS systems in the Namibian ports of Walvis Bay and Luderitz. The independent port surveillance systems fitted are to assist port control operators to supervise ship traffic within the port and help ship masters and pilots avoid collisions when following the port approach channels.
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NewsLiebherr's uplifting figures
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing delivered 48 units last year including 11 of its biggest crane in its 7-model range, the LHM 500, characterised by a maximum outreach of 51 meters and a lifting capacity up to 140 tonnes suitable for handling post-panamax vessels and claimed to be the most powerful harbour mobile ...
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NewsGreenSeas Trust
GreenSeas Trust, established by Fazilette Khan (one of Port Strategy''s regular contributors), has been officially registered as a charity organisation.
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NewsAntwerp takes 99th MHC from Gottwald
Gottwald has recently supplied an HMK 360 EG MHC to Antwerp Bulk Terminal (ABT), operator of five bulk terminals in the port. The new crane is also the ninety-ninth to be delivered to Belgium by Gottwald. The HMK 360 EG is the largest four-rope grab MHC ever built.
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NewsMetalock Engineering
Having ascertained that the slew ring on its 20 year-old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Forth Ports, Leith called in Metalock Engineering to machine the 3.28 metre diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new slew ring to be ...
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Kalmar supplies ASCs to Delta
Rotterdam' s European Container Terminal (ECT) is continuing the expansion of its Delta container terminal with fully automated stacking equipment developed together with Kalmar.
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IHC pulls new orders worth €130m
Besides the orders for a 1,000m 3trailing suction hopper dredger for Iran, three standard cutter suction dredgers and a Delta Pusher, the final order for the construction of a selfpropelled mega cutter suction dredger was received from French customer, SDI, part of Belgian-based DEME.
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NewsPMSi and CRG team up
Control Risks Group''s international maritime division has joined forces with PMSi (Port Maritime Security International) to offer a complete security solution throughout the logistics supply chain.
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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Terrorist attack, human error, the weather - whatever the cause, oil pollution is a messy business. Last month, seven and a half years after the SEA EMPRESS grounded in Milford Haven''s approaches spilling 72,000 tonnes of crude into the sea and onto the shore, the port authority finally settled the ...
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NewsDangers of excessive working hours
Hong Kong''s Marine Department has warned of the dangers of fatigue due to excessive cargo handling. It quotes two recent accidents - one fatal and the other resulting in permanent disability - in which fatigue played a key role. The victims had been working for extended periods of 21 hours ...
