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Turkey’s Yilport has implemented Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating system to support the terminal’s anticipated capacity growth of 2m teu in five years.

22nd February 2010

Yilport harnesses SPARCS

22nd February 2010

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Puerto Rico Port Authority has added to its training suite with Globalsim’s ML4000 crane simulator.

22nd February 2010

GlobalSim lands Puerto Rico order

22nd February 2010

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Kalmar has launched an economy reachstacker, designed for medium capacity and average operational requirements. The company claims the DRF420-450L provides flexible container handling with increased customer value.

13th February 2010

Low-cost reachstacker

13th February 2010

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Cargotec, best known for its Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor brands, is growing its Moroccan presence through the acquisition of the port service and equipment part of Maghrepic SA.

10th February 2010

Cargotec in Morocco

10th February 2010

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Port turnaround times at US container terminals could be reduced if pilot projects to integrate radiation detection devices in container handling equipment are successful.

8th February 2010

Cargotec scanners negate turnaround concerns

8th February 2010

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The actual weight of a container should be specified on documentation rather than its declared weight, so that a ships stowage plan can have more integrity, a new report has recommended.

8th February 2010

Report calls for actual weight of container on documentation

8th February 2010

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Kalmar has begun testing terminal tractors with a custom-built dynamometer at its Tampere facility in Finland.

5th February 2010

Testing times

5th February 2010

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The Russian Port of Visotskiy has recently installed two more Lancaster ship loaders to double the number at the port.

3rd February 2010

Loaders get magnetic boost

3rd February 2010

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The efficient operation of an empty depot depends very much on its layout. As well as the obvious gate, it is important to have sufficient queuing space so that trucks do not…

29th January 2010

The layout

29th January 2010

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Despite simple appearances, theres a myriad of issues surrounding empty depot operations, as Felicity Landon finds out

28th January 2010

Running on empties

28th January 2010