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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Handlingequipment manufacturer Hyster has increased the capacity of its 7-high single emptycontainer handling models by 1.5 tonnes. The H16.00-22.00XM-12EC, can now lifta total of 8.5 tonnes.

7th February 2008

Extra lift for Hyster

7th February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Work to deepen the draught at the entrance to the port of Baranquilla was completed at the end of December, four months behind schedule. However, changes to the original design meant that…

7th February 2008

Draught deepened at Barranquilla

7th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Global credit crunch and port finance provision tightens but the year still starts with some new wave deals, as Mike Mundy reports

6th February 2008

Tighter belts

6th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

A significant increase in thenumber of accidents threatening assets and environment has led to anincreasing demand for the training of ship and shore personnel in thesame exercise, says VTS (vessel traffic system)…

6th February 2008

Ship and shore

6th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

What is the shelf-life of a simulator? GlobalSim says the first crane simulator it sold is now over ten years old and was recently upgraded, with new computers, motion controller, projector and…

6th February 2008

Shelf life

6th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

As new computer hardware and software technologies evolve, crane and material handling equipment simulators will continue to get more realistic, says Clyde Stauffer, vice-president of US-based GlobalSim. We take major advantage of…

6th February 2008

Game plan (please delete earlier version)

6th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A strike by dock workers in late 2007 effectively paralysed operations at the Russian port of Tuapse for three days, with dockers eventually ordered back to work following a court ruling. 

6th February 2008

Russian dockers demand salary hikes

6th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germanys Eurogate and Russias National Container Company (NCC) haveforged a North-European alliance to improve prospects for their respectivecontainer terminals in Ust-Luga and Wilhelmshaven.

6th February 2008

Northern neighbours foster relationship

6th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles-Fosis offering reduced 2008 port dues to container lines that push increasedvolumes through the French port.

6th February 2008

Marseilles incentives to woo lines

6th February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The Chinese government has agreed to fund 85% of the $360m cost of building the new Hambantota Harbour in Sri Lanka. The loan will have to be repaid within 15 years at…

6th February 2008

Chinese to fund Hambantota Harbour

6th February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

HarunJohari, chief executive of MalaysiasPort of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), has spoken out on the need for ports to investin handling to meet mushrooming container trade.

6th February 2008

Ports must invest to meet demand, says PTP

6th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian transport company Severstraltrans has bought a 50% stake in Finnish container terminal operator Multi-Link Terminals and Container Depot from Finlands Container Finance Group.

4th February 2008

Russians invest in Finland

4th February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Hutchison Port Holdings is continuing to expand its Jakarta operation to meet the demands of customers such as APL, Maersk and CMA/CGM.

4th February 2008

JICT container expansion continues

4th February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The proposed Vago Ligure container terminal at the port of Savona being promoted by APM Terminals is to be re-sized. The blow to APM comes after the proposal was referred by local…

3rd February 2008

Smaller box terminal at Savona

3rd February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

It took Africas Richard Bay Coal Terminal two weeks to return to normal operations following a lightning strike at the end of last year. 

2nd February 2008

Lightening strike slows RBCT

2nd February 2008

ASIA

ASIA

As a congestion-busting exercise, Chittagong Port authority has increased penalty rates fourfold for reefer containers remaining within the port for more than four days. The previous $9 a day charge has risen…

2nd February 2008

Chittagong ups fines on reefers

2nd February 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Small mining companies in Australia are expected to challenge Newcastle ports decision to allocate 2008 export capacity based on rail transport contracts. This follows the inability by all parties concerned to agree…

1st February 2008

Legal challenge to quotas at Newcastle

1st February 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved the second phase construction of its outer harbour extension. 

1st February 2008

Green light for Ferrol phase II development

1st February 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Mexican port of Chiapas has almost completed construction of a $2.83m container storage facility, which is due to open by the end of January 2008. There will be 750 slots for…

1st February 2008

Chiapas ups storage capacity

1st February 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports can make significant fuel savings by selecting the right drive for their container handling operations, writes Patrik Wheater

30th January 2008

Driven by efficiency

30th January 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Therecan be no greater yardstick to measure the market acceptance ofincreasingly larger containership tonnage than the increase incontainer handling capacity, especially orders for new superpost-panamax cranes.

30th January 2008

GPA cranes off Good Hope

30th January 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The pained first steps of a European Union project to encourage more traffic off the roads has so far failed to impress. Alex Hughes investigates

30th January 2008

Motorways of the Sea

30th January 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

On September 26, the Dutch shipping line Transfennica inaugurated an MoS service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and Bilbao, in Northern Spain. According to operations manager Karel van Zijl, it took…

30th January 2008

Transfennica

30th January 2008