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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Having recently invested in new manufacturing facilities, Italy's CVS Ferrari says it will deliver the first examples of its new FSC 4013E electric straddle carrier - a 40 tonne capacity, one-over-three stacking…

11th October 2007

Electric strad from CVS Ferrari

11th October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Earlier this year, Hyster's Big Truck Division at Nijmegen in The Netherlands unveiled eight additional models in its RS Series reachstackers, expanding the range, which was introduced in September 2006, from six…

11th October 2007

More new models from Hyster

11th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Leading port equipment manufacturer Kalmar is ploughing ahead with research and development on hybrid technology in a bid to be ahead of the environmental protection game.

10th October 2007

Kalmar trailblazes hybrid technology

10th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish port of Gijón will attract ¢ 615m ($866.9m) in private sector investment in 2007-2010.

10th October 2007

Gijón attracts private cash

10th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Tarragona is to offer a concession for a multipurpose terminal, consisting of a 670 metre quay and 250,000 square metres of backup land by the end of this year.

10th October 2007

Major new MP terminal at Tarragona

10th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Ferrol has issued a tender covering the remodelling of its outer quays, which involves paving the operating area and building internal roads at a total cost of ¢ 1.5m…

10th October 2007

Ferrol to remodel outer quays

10th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains Environment Ministry has approved the environmental impact assessment governing the port of Valencias expansion project.

10th October 2007

Valencias EIA given green light

10th October 2007

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports married the old with the new at the centenary celebrations of the Port of Cardiff Queen Alexandra Docks.

10th October 2007

Cardiff upbeat on future prospects

10th October 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

With ports increasingly waking up to the potential of renewables, lawyers have been kept busy this year. Felicity Landon reports

9th October 2007

Legal Eagles thinking ahead

9th October 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

With a ports team that covers the Middle East, India, Asia Pacific and Europe, legal eagle Pinsent Masons is keeping itself busy.

9th October 2007

Legal Eagles Pinsent Masons

9th October 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Law specialist Norton Rose has seen demand for container port financing services explode, as Felicity Landon discovers

9th October 2007

Legal Eagles Norton Rose

9th October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Take the time to make crane grab choice  right from the offset and save problems down the line, Stuart Pearcey advises

9th October 2007

Fit and forget

9th October 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The presence of radiation in cargoes presents real risks not only to continued operation of ports, but also to the people who work in them. In other industries, particularly metals recycling, plants…

9th October 2007

Radiation risks

9th October 2007

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

During a recent visit to Egypt my attention was caught by the enthusiastic expansion plans for the Egyptian port sector, particularly on the Mediterranean coast.

9th October 2007

Caught Between a Very Public and a Somewhat Private Place

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The aborted merger between the New Zealand ports of Tauranga and Auckland cost Tauranga alone NZ$1.2m ($890,484) in third-party research costs.

9th October 2007

Aborted Merger Expensive

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has signed a contract with Lawson Software to install its M3 Enterprise Asset Management, Finance and e-Procurement applications, which are expected to minimise downtime and optimise maintenance resources.

9th October 2007

LPC software signing

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Improved productivity at existing Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) container berths may see a planned NZ$26m ($19.3m) upgrade of Cashin Quay Number Two delayed by two years.

9th October 2007

Efficiency gains may delay LPC upgrade

9th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has rejected criticism from Queensland premier Peter Beattie describing Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) as the worst port in the state.

8th October 2007

Coal Criticism

8th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A 7.7-hectare former Norske Skog Tasman site has been acquired by the Port of Tauranga to supplement future bulk shipping opportunities.

8th October 2007

NZ Snippets 2

8th October 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland outlined its future-proofing commitments at its annual customer conference in preparation for increased cargo throughput and larger ships call.

8th October 2007

Future-proofing focus for Auckland

8th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Consulting firms have been asked to submit proposals to Port Klang Authority on a feasibility study of the development of a piece of land adjacent to Northport.

7th October 2007

Port Klang wants to expand

7th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Dhamra Port Company, is looking into the possibility of securing of foreign loan to fund dredging at the port project it is developing in Orissa.

7th October 2007

Dhamra seeks foreign loan

7th October 2007

ASIA

ASIA

PSA, HPH, APM Terminals, SSA and CMA CGM have all registered to bid for the project to build Bojonegara Port in Indonesia.

7th October 2007

New Indonesian port attracts global interest

7th October 2007