Author: Importer

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has been recognised through the port of Long Beach’s Green Flag award for the fifth consecutive year.

4th May 2010

K Line wins Green Flag for fifth year

4th May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An axle for heavy-duty empty container handlers has been introduced by AxleTech. The axle incorporates wheel-end technology that can reduce tyre wear by as much as 60%.

4th May 2010

New axle extends tyre life

4th May 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

As trade volumes have fallen and times have become less frenetic, port insurance claims have slowed, reports Felicity Landon

3rd May 2010

Claims camouflage

3rd May 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Two consortia have bid to operate the multipurpose terminal at the Italian port of Genova. These are headed by Messina/Gavio and Grendi, Spinelli and Pastorino, with the former having been assessed as…

3rd May 2010

Two bid for Genova MP terminal

3rd May 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A $32m contract is to be offered by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise RosMorPort for the development of technical documents and construction of eight terminals at Sochi seaport. Three of these will…

3rd May 2010

Sochi to have eight new terminals

3rd May 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian port of Portland has brought another bank into its funding portfolio as part of its moves to refinance its senior secured debt facility. The port had an existing relationship with…

3rd May 2010

Portland adds bank to secure debt

3rd May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Itapoá Terminais Portuários, a port located in Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil, will implement the NavisTM SPARCS N4 system from Zebra Enterprise Solutions with plans to go live by 2011.…

3rd May 2010

Itapoá Terminal gets SPARCS system

3rd May 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Iraqi Transport Minister, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, has announced that an Italian consortium is to construct a new port at Al-Faw.

2nd May 2010

New Al-Faw port project

2nd May 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has unveiled a new energy-saving hybrid drive, employing state-of-the-art diesel generators in connection with dynamic brake resistors and short-term energy storage to achieve fuel savings in the double-digit percentage range.

1st May 2010

Gottwald cranes get onboard energy store

1st May 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

HFWs Flora Stewart asks if the disjointed safety regimes in place in the UK go far enough to protect dockworkers

30th April 2010

Safe and sound

30th April 2010