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  • Tilbury - a tailormade solution for Stora Enso from vessel discharge to warehousing and despatch The Enterprise Distribution Centre in the background Inside the warehouse - supply chain strategy dominates
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    Paper Mate

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The deployment of supply chain expertise in the set-up and operation of the Port of Tilbury''s Enterprise Distribution Centre has proved a decisive factor in its success

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    Reach stackers: six big questions

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Steve Cameron put six critical questions to reach stacker producers and users. The answers supplied offer major assistance to identifying the right machine at the right price

  • Sea Vision is a positive initiative in the employment market - here Commodore Bob Thornton, Royal Fleet Auxiliary with Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports at the opening of Sea Vision Power Time to break out of the silo mentality
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    Career transitions: an agenda

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Steve Cameron* argues that the maritime employment market will benefit from greater facilitation of personnel movements between sectors 45Anyone who reads the maritime press on a regular basis will have heard the concerns voiced by employers that the maritime sector is not attracting sufficient numbers of high calibre people required ...

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    Scale Returns

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Since last reporting, your columnist has been to Colombo, to take part in a Conference organized by Ceylon Association of Ship Agents (CASA) and to hear the news of this island which always seems to perching on the brink of something much better. The shipping industry in Sri Lanka is ...

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    VTS confirmed for Saudi

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Kongsberg Norcontrol IT and its partner, National Advanced Systems Company (NASCO), have won a contract to supply Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), AIS Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and high performance radar systems for eight ports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  • Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is the first facility to employ the new Navis SPARCS N4 management system
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    Lyttelton Port pioneers SPARCS N4

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has become the first port in the world to go live with the new Navis container management system SPARCS N4.

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    PACECO-MES FLEXES MUSCLE IN THE USA

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Paceco-MES has signed a contract with TraPac, Inc. (USA) for the supply of new super post-Panamax quayside cranes and RTGs destined for service in various terminals in the US.

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    ..Bega signs-up

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    During the official opening ceremony for the new Liebherr factory, BEGA Baltic Stevedoring company signed a contract with the company for a crane to handle bulk commodities at its terminals in Klaipeda.

  • TripLock device being fitted at Sterling Corporate Relocation in the UK
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    Triplock Tracking Technology

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Using the latest wireless telematics technology, the Overseas Shippers Association (OSA) is taking part in trials to track containers using a device called TripLock. TripLock is supplied by Aeromark, a UK based telematics company, and has the ability to position a container anywhere within the mobile phone network and send ...

  • Liebherr has formally opened its new Rostock manufacturing plant for cargo handling equipment
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    Factory opens and..

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    On 12 May, in an official opening ceremony, the Liebherr Group opened its new works in Rostock for maritime cargo handling equipment. The LiebherrMCCtec Rostock GmbH production plant, erected on a site measuring 226,000 square metres in the port of Rostock, includes two production halls and an administration block together ...

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    Stub dark dealings

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The following interesting " ditty" was highlighted in the TT Club''s newsletter - it adds a new dimension to air travel!

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    KONECRANES INC SHARE PURCHASE

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    HMM Acquisition Corp. , a wholly owned Konecranes Inc. subsidiary, has increased its shareholding from 59.2% to 74.5% in MMH Holdings, Inc. , the owner of US based Morris Materials Handling, Inc.

  • The new unit is a bespoke design machine tailored to Tees particular needs
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    Mobile power

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The addition of a new bespoke design mobile has significantly enhanced steel slab handling operations at Tees Port

  • Smiths Detections Peter Mottur (right) talks with a US senator The T4000 Thruvision terahertz scanning device will image any concealed object irrespective of what it is made of L3s CX-9000F high-energy cargo X-ray screening systems supplied to S...
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    No longer all at sea

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    While the recent emphasis on port security has been centred on cargo, little attention has been paid to actively scanning individuals, many of whom regularly access port terminals as part of their legitimate employment. Alex Hughes reports.

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    To unsung heroes?

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Felicity Landon, one of PS'' trusty band of freelance contributors, commented the other day that she found ports and shipping by far the most interesting of the industries she writes about. She might have just been saying that to make the editor feel good but we doubt it. Your average ...

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    ..including Fraulein Gantry Crane Driver

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    As reported in our Europe news this month, the Hamburg stevedore HHLA is training its first female port workers as gantry crane operators and van drivers.

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    The DPW Debacle: On the Edge of a Precipice

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    As one follows the unfolding political fallout of the DPW takeover of P& O and the repercussions in the US one wonders if we are living in a sane world or are we about to fall over the precipice of xenophobia and religious discrimination.

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    Grasping the big issues

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    This is the last Viewpoint I shall be writing. I''m returning to my old business of ships agency, and to my old firm, Inchcape Shipping Services after three terrific years editing PS.

  • Chuck Raymond (third from right): sees no unusual risk in DP Worlds case
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    Line boss adds his voice

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Chuck Raymond, ceo of Horizon Lines, has commented on port security in the wake of the DP World debacle. Raymond is past Chairman of the National Advisory Council on the Maritime Transportation System and the Security sub-committee of that council and also a member of the National Maritime Security Advisory ...

  • The new Hayovel container terminal in Ashdod before it went into operation: part of a US$3bn investment programme
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    Finally Reform

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes reports on how Israel is finally wrenching its ports into the 21st century.