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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ExtremeCCTV has launched a suite of new products to improve port surveillance options.

11th February 2008

Extreme surveillance solutions

11th February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) expects to get the green light for its third container terminal within the next six months, according to the ports operations director Chris Kauffmann.

11th February 2008

Jaxport set for Hanjin terminal green light

11th February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Therejuvenation of the port of Prince Rupertcontinued apace in 2007 with throughput climbing to 10.6m tonnes, up 237% since2005 on the back of strong Pacific demand for Canadian coal, petcoke andagricultural products.

11th February 2008

Coal nibs

11th February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The European Investment Bank has made available a loan of $41.6m to Terminal Cuenca de la Plata and to Nelsury SA to enable expansion of the container terminal at the port of…

11th February 2008

EIB to finance Montevideo terminal expansion

11th February 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port of Tauranga set a second-successive container throughput record of 50,466 teu during November - a 6% increase on the previous record set only a month before.

8th February 2008

Records for Tauranga

8th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Siemens PowerTransmission and Distribution has thrown its offering for combating airpollution in port in the ring with a ship-to-shore cold ironing product thatallows ships in port to be connected to the medium…

8th February 2008

Siemens powers down with cold ironing

8th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vesseltracking specialist Kongsberg is to supply ship monitoring and port managementsolutions to the Port of Rijeka. All componentswill be installed by the second quarter and training is also included as partof the…

8th February 2008

Kongsberg eye on Rijeka

8th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Handlingequipment manufacturer Hyster has increased the capacity of its 7-high single emptycontainer handling models by 1.5 tonnes. The H16.00-22.00XM-12EC, can now lifta total of 8.5 tonnes.

7th February 2008

Extra lift for Hyster

7th February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Work to deepen the draught at the entrance to the port of Baranquilla was completed at the end of December, four months behind schedule. However, changes to the original design meant that…

7th February 2008

Draught deepened at Barranquilla

7th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Global credit crunch and port finance provision tightens but the year still starts with some new wave deals, as Mike Mundy reports

6th February 2008

Tighter belts

6th February 2008