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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Belgian company Katoen Natie, majority shareholder in Terminal Cuenca de la Plata (TCP), is to ask the government of Uruguay to cancel the second container terminal project at the port of…

24th July 2009

Katoen Natie seeks to stop second Montevideo box terminal

24th July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published its second annual survey on global port equipment deliveries.

24th July 2009

PEMA report

24th July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Innovative thinking canensure new port development projects are delivered on time and within budget.Alex Hughes reports

23rd July 2009

Port Development article

23rd July 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World and leading Australian operator Flinders Ports have announced a new partnership agreement. The two are to jointly manage a new container terminal at the port of Adelaide, with DP world…

23rd July 2009

DP World/Flinders JV

23rd July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An inexpensive wireless Real Time Locating System (RTLS) that will automatically find assets, shipments and consignments in busy port yards has been released by Savi Technology.

23rd July 2009

Low-cost location technology

23rd July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Helped through the clean air initiative of the Port of Los Angeles, the development of the new Balqon electric truck was co-funded by the port and South Coast Air Quality Management District…

22nd July 2009

LAs helping hand

22nd July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

To cut quay-to-yard container handling times Fantuzzi has developed two new transporters, capable of handling large numbers of containers quickly and efficiently.

22nd July 2009

Raptor speeds up cycle

22nd July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Kalmar isnt the only manufacturer racing to get on board the green machine.

21st July 2009

Saving grace

21st July 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A nudge or two from Government is required to encourage councils in New Zealand to take a commercial view of their dominant port sector shareholdings, says Port of Tauranga chairperson John Parker.

21st July 2009

Ports require government nudge

21st July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The use of wireless local area networks (WLAN) is taking on a greater role in the ports sector than ever before, driven particularly by productivity and security issues, according to Michael Muller…

21st July 2009

Productivity and security issues drive demand for wireless networks

21st July 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ever increasing value-add for tractors is improving choice for ports, as Stevie Knight explains

20th July 2009

By the yard

20th July 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Accusations of corruption at Port Klang Free Trade Zone have prompted the government to appoint a committee to oversee the re-launch of this body.

20th July 2009

Port Klang corruption tackled

20th July 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Aucklands ownership and financial situation have been lambasted by Chris Carr, managing director of Auckland-based logistics company Carr & Haslam.

20th July 2009

Turbulent times for Auckland

20th July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Amsterdams Ter Haak Group has turned to Tideworks for the upgrade of its terminal operating platform at its Amerikahaven multipurpose terminal.

20th July 2009

Tideworks nets Ter Haak

20th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The worlds first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) facility with automatic synchronisation and 50/60 Hz conversion has been formally switched on at the Port of Antwerp.

19th July 2009

Onshore power at Antwerp

19th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles Fos port is to take a 10% stake in a multimodal hub at Pagny in a bid to strengthen its hinterland connexions. Pagny is strategically located at the northern end of…

18th July 2009

Marseilles grabs a bit of Pagny

18th July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Introducing new technologies to companies and their users can be donesmoothly if the issues are addressed properly and all parties withinthe company are involved, says Psion Teklogix.

17th July 2009

Psion

17th July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The 14,000-teu MSC Daniela recently became the largest container ship to have ever left the port of Rotterdam fully laden - a European record.

17th July 2009

Record for Rotterdam

17th July 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Civil works have begun at the Pacific port of Rodman in Panama, where PSA intends to build a container terminal to provide competition for the established Panama Port Company, which is a…

17th July 2009

Rodman work under way

17th July 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Camera solutions should be used to reduce excess expenditure from damage to stock, racking and forklift trucks themselves, as well as improving safety and efficiency, according to supplier Transmon Engineering.

17th July 2009

Forklift cameras given wider angle

17th July 2009