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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A very good market for reachstackers has lifted 2008 sales volumes for equipment manufacturer Konecranes Lifttrucks over budget.

17th October 2008

Konecranes smashes sales budget

17th October 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand port company directors and shareholders need to take a wider view of the potential value and efficiencies that could be secured via combinations and mergers, according to South Port chairperson…

16th October 2008

NZ snippet articles (Nov 2008)

16th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UKsValuation Office Agency (VOA) came under fire in a heated parliamentarycommittee meeting in London yesterday for itscompletely unacceptable enforcement of backdated business rates on UK portoccupiers without adequate consultation.

16th October 2008

UK rating agency forced to explain backdated rates fiasco

16th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry Shipping Consultants has provided a brief oasis of hope for container terminals in an otherwise parched industry in its annual global container terminal operators review.

16th October 2008

Container slowdown small help to capacity crunch

16th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotecs spreader-mounted radiation detection system has been awarded the US Department of Homeland Security Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology Designation after achieving 100% accuracy with no false readings on 300 consecutive tests using a…

16th October 2008

Security spreader gets 100% mark

16th October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Training drivers to use reachstackers more efficiently is just one way to cost effectively improve productivity, as Alex Hughes reports

15th October 2008

Reach stackers

15th October 2008

THE AUSTRALIAN

THE AUSTRALIAN

As Port Botanys third terminal expansion project moves into itsdredging phase, debate about the potential flow-on effects ofintroducing a third stevedore into the Sydney container scene has takensome interesting turns.

15th October 2008

Could a third stevedore reduce long-term competition in Sydney?

15th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Shipping terminals were recently invited by the Port of Long Beach to a workshop to learn more about how the Port is using ship to shore power.

15th October 2008

Long Beach hosts ship-to shore power workshop

15th October 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Associated British Ports (ABP), which received recommendations from the Carbon Trust, implementation of which resulted in an immediate 8% saving in energy consumption, has carried out extensive work to its water supply…

14th October 2008

A water solution to cut costs

14th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

State Development and Investment Corporation subsidiary SDIC Communications plans to sell the 12.32% stake it holds in Nantong Port Group Company. The other two shareholders in the company have first refusal in…

14th October 2008

Nantong stake sold

14th October 2008