Author: Importer

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Kalmar has acquired American service company Port Equipment Service to strengthen its position in US ports.The deal, sealed at an undisclosed sum, will see the founders of PES, Dan Stevens and Tom…

1st March 2007

US PURCHASE FOR KALMAR

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Container radiation scanning specialist VeriTainer and shipping optical character recognition developer APS Technology have teamed up to offer high-tech box identification at ports.

1st March 2007

Scanning partnership to improve security

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Libra Group, Brazils leading port container operator, is looking to invest $12m in Terminal 37 at the port of Santos, which would also involve the acquisition of two quayside gantry cranes,…

1st March 2007

Libra moots Santos investment increase

1st March 2007

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has asked the Port Authority Council (CAP) to be allowed to keep offering 50% discounts for transhipment and cabotage traffic in the port for at least a further…

1st March 2007

Port wants to keep short sea discounts

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Australia is taking advantage of the dry bulk boom to push through port developments as David MacIntyre finds out

1st January 2007

Coals from Newcastle

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Moving coal from A to B is simply not enough. Todays coal handling systems need to offer more, as Iain MacIntyre explains

1st January 2007

Conveying the load

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Samskip and terminal operator PSA HNN have announced that they are to cooperate in the development of the Port of Zeebrugge as an important hub for shortsea container activities in Northern Europe.

1st January 2007

Zeebrugge lures the big boys

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Across the Port of Rotterdam there are nearly 50 major development projects either under way or close to starting, including two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, four electricity plants and eight new…

1st January 2007

A hive of Activity

1st January 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdams new port and industrial zone, is to be built right on the North Sea.Development is expected to take place over the next 20 to 30 years. The development will…

1st January 2007

Maasvlakte 2 in figures

1st January 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Crane classification is increasingly important in the market, but what does it mean? A crane must be a high-performance machine,with high lifting capacities, but what use is a powerful crane if it…

1st January 2007

A question of classification

1st January 2007