Author: Importer

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of London handled over 50m tonnes for the seventh consecutive year in 2007, increasing volumes overall by 800,000 tonnes compared with 2006, Port of London Authority (PLA) chairman Simon Sherrard…

10th April 2008

PLA reception

10th April 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar is celebrating a raft of new orders from Asia, cementing its position on the continent.

10th April 2008

Kalmar proves popular in the East

10th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Polish and German ports are vying for Northern European business but with so much to go around it seems no one will lose out. Stuart Pearcey reports

9th April 2008

germany/poland outstanding 1

9th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Polish port of Gdynia is to invest about ¢ 170m ($258.6m) between now and 2010 on a series of five enhancement schemes.

9th April 2008

germany/poland (second)

9th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal is to bebuilt at the Polish port of Ś winoujś cie at a cost of ¢ 350m ($523.4m), and isexpected to be commissioned in 2011.

9th April 2008

germany/poland (third)

9th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A major bottleneck to continued expansion of car handling atBremerhaven will be removed by 2010 with the completion of a ¢ 223m($339m) project to upgrade the 110-year-old Kaiserschleuse lock.

9th April 2008

germany/poland (fourth and final)

9th April 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Could variable speed generators be the RTG cost-saving measure they appear to be? Alex Hughes investigates

9th April 2008

RTG article

9th April 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Tandem lifts have come of age and both small and large terminals can now justify the benefits of multi-lifts. Alex Hughes reports

9th April 2008

Capacity spread

9th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Substantial insurance claims loom following accidents  at two UK ports this year, but the exposure of the major mutual insurer TT Club will be limited to $1m in each case. Reinsurers will…

9th April 2008

TT Club limits crane exposure

9th April 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Van Oord has signed the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project in Rotterdam - which means the company will show off its capabilities at home after land reclamation projects in…

9th April 2008

Van Oord comes home to Rotterdam

9th April 2008