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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Patrik Wheater and Alex Hughes talk to customers and manufacturers about the reachstackers suitability, leasing options, price, and more.

1st July 2005

Renting in the full Operational Concept

1st July 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Kalmar has landed an order from Libra Terminais of Brazil for 13 ContChamp DRF reachstackers for Santos and Rio de Janeiro. The machines will have a lifting capacity of 45 tons and…

1st July 2005

Kalmar secures Brazilian Order

1st July 2005

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Gustaaf de Monie considers the eternal argument over port tariffs and THCs and concludes it is an inevitable result of a timeless principle.

1st July 2005

Port Tariffs and THCS The Perpetual Controversy

1st July 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Jordans only commercial port currently handles annual traffic of around 20m tons. Situated on the Red Sea, it occupies a unique location, being virtually at the crossroads of Israel, Egypt and Saudi…

1st July 2005

On the Move

1st July 2005

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

There is little doubt that for many in the ports and terminals industry the build-up to and implementation of the ISPS Code in July 2004 came as something of a shock to…

1st July 2005

ISPS A Year On

1st July 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Debate has raged in Australia over who was asleep on the job when more coal terminal capacity should have been under construction. But it has turned out to be more complicated than…

1st July 2005

More Heat than Light

1st July 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Following the deployment of the three new Wafmax class ships serving the cocoa trades from West Africa, Safmarine has invested in new trucks and warehousing facilities in Abidjan in Cote dIvoire. Best…

1st July 2005

Safmarine expands landside presence in Abidjan

1st July 2005

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Ben Hackett is exasperated by the absence of invaluable statistical data to tell us what is actually happening to all those containers

1st July 2005

The Inland Mystery

1st July 2005

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

TOC provides a wealth of ideas and material for a magazine like ours and the recent event in Antwerp was no exception. We catch those conference sessions we can and download the…

1st July 2005

Let there be ports

1st July 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Indias ABG Heavy Engineering in partnership with Genovabased Voltri Terminals has been awarded a contract to develop and operate a US$46m container terminal at Kandla port. Its bid, which involves a 48.997%…

1st July 2005

ABG/Voltri win Kandla box terminal concession

1st July 2005