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The ZPMC cranes, with a capability of handling containerships stacking 24 containers, were transported from Shanghai to Malta on a dedicated barge. Meanwhile, ZMPC has also delivered the largest container cranes in…

The ZPMC cranes, with a capability of handling containerships stacking 24 containers, were transported from Shanghai to Malta on a dedicated barge. Meanwhile, ZMPC has also delivered the largest container cranes in…

In the first six months of 2006, Spanish ports handled 225.4m tonnes, an increase of 3.8%. Total box traffic amounted to 5.7m teu, 4.1% more than the corresponding 2005 period.

Finlands second largest seaport has invested in IndigoVisions IP Video site surveillance. More than 4m tonnes of cargo and over 4m passengers pass through the Port of Turku every year.

The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Middlesbrough-based PD Ports and…

DP World is said to be considering the possibility of floating P& O Ports on both the London Stock Exchange and Dubai International Financial Centre less than 12 months after acquiring it.…

The Overseas Shippers Association has been taking part in trials to track containers using a device called TripLock, supplied by UK-based telematics company Aeromark.

Savona port authority in Italy has received three bids to operate a multipurpose terminal at Vado Ligure, which will handle both liquid bulk and containers.

An area of 250,000 sq m will be reclaimed from the sea, giving the terminal alongside draught of 15 metres-20 metres. In all, 200,000 sq m will be dedicated to container handling…

A feasibility study undertaken on behalf of Ravenna Port Authority has shown that it would be both financially and technically possible to justify deepening the draught of the port to 14.5 metres.

The Port of Rotterdam handled 186m tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2006, 1.1% more than in the first half of 2005.

Gioia Tauro has taken delivery of what it claims are the largest cranes in the Mediterranean.

Robin MacLeod, technical director at DCT Gdansk in Poland, has told Port Strategy that terminal automation in Poland will only become an option when Polish wages increase substantially, or when it proves…

Further expansion is required in order to meet future demand and the aim, in respect of the Kotka project, is to add container terminal equipment equivalent to a capacity of up to…

Piraeus port authority has reported a 3.8% drop in revenue during the first quarter. This amounted to € 34.5m compared with € 35.9m in the corresponding 2005 period.

Senator Lines has accused Italys ports of failing to invest adequately in terminal and hinterland infrastructure. Chief executive Hans-Hermann Mohr said that, with notable exceptions such as Contship, PSA and Cosco, investment…