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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SSA Terminals has deployed a position detection system (PDS) in its US Oakland International Container Terminal.

17th April 2008

Cell-level detection for Oakland

17th April 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Since opening a sales office in Brazil five years ago, crane manufacturer Liebherr claims to have boosted the mobile harbour crane (MHCs) population in the country from five to 22.

17th April 2008

Liebherr captures South American dream

17th April 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Money from vigourous cement demand continues to pour in for ports happy to handle this needy minor bulk, as Stuart Pearcey reports

16th April 2008

cement feature

16th April 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Stowaways pose a significant threat to port security and should not be overlooked, as Felicity Landon discovers

16th April 2008

At the sharp end

16th April 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

At the Port of Dover, once a magnet for truck-loads of stowaways,juxtaposed immigration controls have put the lid on the problem.

16th April 2008

Juxtaposed controls (stowaway article)

16th April 2008

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

A particularly tricky operation at a port - we had better withhold its identity - was beginning to get a reputation as akin to a ride on the wall of death. Drivers…

16th April 2008

The insurer

16th April 2008

ASIA

ASIA

PSA International has introduced the first Containerised Traffic System (CTS) in Asia at its facility at Pasir Panjang terminal in the Port of Singapore. 

16th April 2008

PSA box traffic system first

16th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Bremerhaven must urgently develop their infrastructure to accommodate rapidly rising traffic, or risk a loss of business, a study by HypoVereinsbank has urged.

16th April 2008

Capacity crisis brewing in north Europe

16th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

In 2007, the Eurogate group handled a combined 13.87m teu, which was 10.6% higher than the previous year. Bremerhaven and Hamburg saw traffic rise by 12% to 7.8m teu; Contship Italia reported…

16th April 2008

Eurogate on a roll

16th April 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Christchurchs Syft Technologies is to supply up to five Voice200 SIFT-MS units to the Canada Border Services Agency. The units are designed to help protect border services officers and port workers from…

16th April 2008

NZ news snippets

16th April 2008