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A new port management tool, based on the MarNIS port assessment toolkit, has been implemented at Associated British Ports (ABP) 21 facilities across the UK.

10th April 2009

Modular overviews from ABPmer

10th April 2009

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Liebherr has strengthened its presence in the Middle East with two crane deliveries.

7th April 2009

Liebherr taps Middle East growth

7th April 2009

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When Harwich Haven Authority was looking to replace its 27-year-oldsurvey vessel, a starting point was recognising that, because of thevaried nature of the survey work involved, one launch could not totallyfulfil the…

6th April 2009

Egret design

6th April 2009

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Hydrographic surveying is definitely best left to the experts, says William Heaps, chairman of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS).

2nd April 2009

Leave it to the experts

2nd April 2009

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Effective hydrographic surveying demands a great deal more than simply buying in the latest equipment or calling in outside contractors, as Felicity Landon explains

1st April 2009

A clear understanding

1st April 2009

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Liebherr has won a contract to supply six megamax ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes and ten rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG) to the Jeddah North Container Terminal.

20th March 2009

Liebherr wins repeat Jeddah order

20th March 2009

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Mutual insurer TT Club has recommended that port and terminal operators fit electronic sensor devices to all quayside crane booms to prevent them accidentally colliding.

18th March 2009

Crane sensors could save thousands

18th March 2009

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Swedens Port of Gothenburg has awarded a second software contract to Total Soft Bank to install the providers Port Logistics Unifying System in place of the ports vessel traffic management system.

13th March 2009

TSB supports Gothenburg

13th March 2009

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Kalmar has announced that the design and construction of its quayside gantry cranes is to move to Asia, from where cranes will be sold to terminals around the world.

11th March 2009

Kalmar moves crane production to Asia

11th March 2009

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Twist-locks and other high-wear metal components that get pounded in port could see their working lives extended through a new treatment process.

11th March 2009

The long chill

11th March 2009

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Faced with a handling challenge at Herne Container Terminal in Germany, port equipment manufacturer Hyster came up with an innovative solution.

4th March 2009

Overcoming the logistics

4th March 2009

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Fender specialist start-up, SystemFender aims to help keep fenders in one piece for longer, with solutions to extend operating life while keeping down costs - without sacrificing safety or efficiency.

9th February 2009

Fending off the problems

9th February 2009

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Kalmar has delivered its 4,500th straddle carrier to Eurogate at Bremerhaven, Germany.

4th February 2009

Kalmars 4,500th straddle carrier

4th February 2009

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Livorno port in Italy has invested in a set of six all-electric RTGs from Kalmar. Two cranes have just been delivered and the rest are expected in the summer of 2009.

3rd February 2009

Electric RTGs for multipurpose port

3rd February 2009

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An exhibition embracing everything from Polar expeditions to 1930s Christmas parties is being opened to tell the stories behind the well-known face of the Port of London Authority.

1st February 2009

A century on the Thames

1st February 2009

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International Container Terminal Services Incs new Subic Bay container terminal has boosted its gate efficiency through new software.

28th January 2009

Software boosts Subic Bay

28th January 2009

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Multinational engineering company, Linde, has opened a second 900 m² heavy truck assembly facility at its UK Merthyr Tydfil plant as part of a £ 16.5m investment program in new products and…

27th January 2009

Port equipment manufacturer expands

27th January 2009

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Logistics company Import Services has found a niche for storage combined with high volume retail pick and pack, close to Southampton container port.

16th January 2009

Logistics winner for Southampton

16th January 2009

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Work is now underway on a high efficiency coal loader, rated at 2,000 tonnes per hour, for Slovenian company Luka Koper, to be installed in the Port of Koper.

11th January 2009

Loads more for Koper

11th January 2009

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The Port of Dover has had its own dredger for some time. Nigel Stokes, assistant harbour master, explains that the David Church, which carries out both suction and grab dredging, is in…

9th January 2009

Doing it for themselves

9th January 2009