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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As yard space becomes an increasing problem, careful forklift truck selection to optimise yard space should be a growing concern on dock.

18th August 2008

Space saving forklifts

18th August 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Dighi Port Ltd has entered into an agreement with the Maharashtra Maritime Board, State Government of Maharashtra, to run a 50-year development and operations concession at the port near Mumbai.

18th August 2008

Dighi Port concession

18th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terminal and ro-ro tractors will now be distributed by a jointpartnership between Cooper Specialised and MAFI, the manufacturer ofin-plant transport systems.

15th August 2008

One-stop for port equipment

15th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish company Fabrisem SL has broken into the Russian/CIS marketwith a contract for 17 trailers for National ContainerCompany. Twelve trailers will be delivered to First Container Terminalin St Petersburg with the other…

14th August 2008

Russian market for Spanish engineer

14th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

With lines increasingly seeking cold chain solutions around the world, ports are today under pressure to deliver reefer capacity. Alex Hughes reports

13th August 2008

Reefer article

13th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Garden City container terminal at the Port of Savannah, administered by Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), first introduced fixed, direct-wired reefer plugs in the 1970s, but in recent years has had to…

13th August 2008

Reefer

13th August 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

VanOord has taken delivery of HAM 318, the worlds largest trailingsuction hopper dredger, after Chinese shipbuilder Cosco lengthened thevessel by 52m, increasing capacity from 23,783 m³ to 37,293 m³ .

13th August 2008

More capacity to take up the slack

13th August 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hanjin Shipping subsidiary Total Terminal International Algeciras is going to build and run what is set to be the third container terminal at the Port of Algeciras Bay.

13th August 2008

Third terminal for Algeciras Bay

13th August 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK-manufacturer Highway Energy Systems is set to take the global ports industry by storm with its innovative kinetic energy recovery system.

13th August 2008

Movement capture all the rage

13th August 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Valparaiso Port Company has stated that the new jetty that it is going to develop will be taken forward using a mixed capital process. It has appointed BBVA Banco de Inversiones SA…

13th August 2008

Mixed funds for Valparaiso

13th August 2008