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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As more terminals are increasing capacity as a result of an increase in demand, equipment companies Kalmar and Konecranes are receiving new and repeat orders for rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes.

7th May 2014

More capacity, more RTGs

7th May 2014

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Australia is about to welcome a new global terminal operator into its mix. An ICTSI-led consortium was the surprise winner for the concession of the new third container terminal in the Port…

7th May 2014

New kid on the block

7th May 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Carriers facing hard times face another round of terminal asset sales. Mike Mundy reports

7th May 2014

Terminal yard sale

7th May 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

After a four-year study involving more than 1,300 scientists from 95 countries, in 2005 the United Nations issued a report: the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. In this report the concept of Ecosystems Services…

6th May 2014

Joining forces to protect ecosystems and achieve port expansion

6th May 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Fisher Associates has been appointed by the UK government’s Department for Transport (DfT) to develop a UK Port Traffic Forecasting Model. The work will go ahead this year, and will include consultation…

6th May 2014

UK traffic picture never static

6th May 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland’s Johanna Hofmann is understood to have become the youngest female portainer crane operator in New Zealand and possibly the world.

5th May 2014

Auckland has youth on its side

5th May 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Perus private investment promotion agency, Proinversión, has revealed that the Paracas consortium presented the winning bid for the $102.4m concession to operate the Port of San Martín, in Pisco.

5th May 2014

Paracas consortium awarded Pisco concession

5th May 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Valencias two container terminal operators, Noatum and TCV, are reported as being unhappy with the preferential treatment being given to MSC by the port authority.

5th May 2014

MSC now handling vessels from other companies

5th May 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has bolstered its health and safety budget by NZ$200,000 to NZ$300,000 following two fatalities within a month late last year and a forklift driver being injured by…

5th May 2014

Lyttelton raises safety bar

5th May 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of San Diego honoured 78 of its tenant businesses, representing a mix of visitor-serving and industrial businesses, for their environmental achievements.

2nd May 2014

San Diego honours ‘green’ tenants

2nd May 2014