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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Yeoman Bontrup, the first ship carrying stones for the hard sea defences for Maasvlakte 2, was unloaded in Rotterdam.

17th January 2010

1st Stones shipment for Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 sea defences

17th January 2010

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Ports are as vulnerable as any other business to problems sprung on them from the blind side. Take the outbreak of swine flu, which hit Ukraine in the autumn, causing initially 30…

13th January 2010

The Insurer

13th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Electronic heavy machinery online marketplace Mascus has added three new languages to its platform: Korean, Japanese and Chinese.

13th January 2010

Mascus speaks up

13th January 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Early indications on final import figures for US ports in 2009 reveal a 17% slump in traffic, despite overcoming a trough in the first half of the year.

13th January 2010

Limited growth in 2010 best US ports can hope for

13th January 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The Port Authority of Thailand has been ordered to complete a new set of safety measures for emergencies in a bid to help make its deepwater port Laem Chabang the countrys first…

13th January 2010

Thailand safety rules

13th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Noting a container rebound on the far horizon and a year ahead that will continue to be challenging, Drewry Shipping Consultants has questioned the financial bail-outs of suffering shipping lines.

13th January 2010

Rescues not in industrys best interests?

13th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Netherlands court has finally given its approval for the Scheldt deepening project on the Dutch side, removing a thorn in the side of neighbour Antwerp who has already completed its dredging…

13th January 2010

Dutch bow to Scheldt dredging pressure

13th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The port of Gothenburgs new CATOS terminal management system has, after just a week of the system roll-out, allowed Gothenburg to hit 137 moves per hour at peak.

12th January 2010

Gothenburg goes live

12th January 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The London Gateways port construction site got a visit from Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson in January as work started on the project. The Prime Minister called the…

10th January 2010

DPW still committed to London Gateway

10th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DP World has returned to cable reel specialist Cavotec to equip its new container terminal at Jebel Ali Port.

8th January 2010

Cavotec reels in DP world

8th January 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Light at the end of the tunnel or just a train coming the other way?

6th January 2010

PS PAGE

6th January 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Telestack has designed and manufactured a customised Hopper feeder and Radial Telescopic ship-loader to load woodchips to handymax and panamax ships in Africa.

6th January 2010

Chip off the old block

6th January 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Spreaders have an impressive working lifetime on the frontline, with up to 10-20years service the norm rather than the exception.

30th December 2009

A question of timing

30th December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec is to work with Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics) to develop and launch hydraulic hybrid technology in terminal tractors as an option for Kalmar terminal tractors.

30th December 2009

Cargotec partners ST Kinetics

30th December 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Many of the key global operators source quayside gantry cranes from ZPMC; butthat doesnt necessarily mean they also buy Chinese spreaders.

29th December 2009

Eastern treasures

29th December 2009

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

It sounds like a tired refrain already, but the legislators to the south of New York in Washington, DC ought not to take their eyes off the infrastructure funding issues, amid attention-grabbing…

23rd December 2009

New Yorker, opinion Dec 2009

23rd December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Thousands of workers at UK ports are set to benefit from higher safety standards as with the recent launch of an updated Port Marine Safety Code.

23rd December 2009

Safer UK ports

23rd December 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

At Imminghams DFDS Nordic Terminal the existing fleet of Terberg tugs iscomposed of four different models and this is reflected in their deployment.

22nd December 2009

The right tool for the job

22nd December 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Its a tough job, but modern-day ro-ro tugs seem up to the challenge. Alex Hughes reports

21st December 2009

Ro Ro tugs

21st December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lean times lie ahead for companies on the hunt for maintenancedredging work, with the real effect of the economic downturn nothitting their balance sheets until next year and beyond.

18th December 2009

maintenance dredge main again

18th December 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Flexibility in product handling has been helped along by the wide range of unloaders available. For example, besides the larger machines, Vigan produces compact, trailerable units which can deployed in some interesting…

16th December 2009

A flexible arrangement

16th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The northeast England port of Teesport could lose the equivalent of aquarter of its total annual throughput following the announcement thatCorus is to close its steelmaking facilities on Teesside, with thedirect loss…

16th December 2009

Corus announcement deals a blow to Teesport

16th December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new flexible narrow quay installation to load copper and gold ores for the Gold Fields La Cima facility at the Port of Salaverry in Peru has been commissioned from B&W Mechanical…

16th December 2009

Shiploader for narrow quay work in Peru

16th December 2009