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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Tideworks has…

1st October 2005

TIDEWORKS

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Liebherr has…

1st October 2005

Liebherr

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has recently received its first order from Thailand. Two 100-tonne HMK 260 E cranes have been ordered by the leading Thai agency and stevedoring group, Ngow Hock nd, the two new…

1st October 2005

Gottwald Thais things up

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Prior to the arrival of the 345 metre Queen Mary II at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth recently, Fathoms conducted a pre-dredging multibeam swath survey of the entire port area for the…

1st October 2005

FATHOMS

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As a special feature the two cranes are equipped with six axles. Usually, the HMK 260 E features a 5-axle chassis but is designed such that a sixth axle can be fitted…

1st October 2005

KALMAR

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has received an order for one post-Panamax shipto-shore (STS) container crane from Bristol Port Company, destined for the Royal Portbury Dock. With an outreach of 45 metres, this heavy-duty crane will…

1st October 2005

Kalmars Royal success

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

VECON LPNR and CNR systems will be installed on the six berths at the Busan New Port North Container Terminal, whilst in Hong Kong AVT will provide the River Trade Terminal, which…

1st October 2005

Latvians choose Transas

1st October 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) is to build a US$200m container terminal at Jacksonville, which will open within two years. The 30-year lease agreement was signed in August with the Jacksonville Port Authority.

1st October 2005

MOL builds Jacksonville terminal

1st October 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port of Olympia has announced a US$1.5m a year deal with timber company Weyerhaeuser which plans to move its log export business to the Washington State port from Tacoma, just up the…

1st October 2005

OLYMPIA

1st October 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Having learned last years hard lessons, Americas ports are successfully avoiding gridlock after investing in both equipment and personnel. More contingency time has been built into schedules, and while ships are still…

1st October 2005

So far so good with US war on congestion

1st October 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The 360,000TEU facility will be built at Dames Point where projected traffic could eventually climbed to 800,000TEUs. The hope is that the new terminal will act as a major gateway for trade…

1st October 2005

CALLAO, ICA, PAITA

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two supply chain security system providers have announced the successful completion of wide-ranging field trials of active RFID devices, designed to automatically detect cargo door intrusions and security breaches while communicating their…

1st October 2005

Savi and Brooks complete tag trials

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

British Standards Institutions Business Information has published four new international standards on biometric technology, aiming to protect UK business and consumers. The BS ISO/IEC 19794 series of standards cover the science of…

1st October 2005

New Standards from BSI

1st October 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Security matters in the UK have been high on all agendas in the wake of the events of 7 July, and this month the Board of Croma Group has announced the formal…

1st October 2005

CROMAS NEW CCTV SYSTEMS

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Anti-terror police reviewed thousands of hours of CCTV footage to help trace the movements of the 7 July suicide bombers, as well as to identify suspects in the attacks a fortnight later.…

1st October 2005

CEM steps up to Irish Harbour

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Teesports pass issue office and CCTV control room have been a big success since opening in January. With five members of staff covering all the bases twenty-four hours a day, seven days…

1st October 2005

PASS ISSUE OFFICE BOOMING

1st October 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

This year Africa has hardly been out of the spotlight with the G8 summit in Scotland, Live 8 concerts around the world and the UKs Commission for Africa, all focusing on solving…

1st September 2005

Trade not aid

1st September 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Cameron reports on terminals, transport and trade. And you cant have the first two if you dont sort out the latter.

1st September 2005

Privatisation proceeds apace

1st September 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Europees Massagoed Overslagbedrijf (EMO) terminal at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam is the largest dry bulk terminal in Europe specialising in the discharge and storage of iron ore and coal. Handling over…

1st September 2005

Look to the supply chain

1st September 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Whilst forecasters warn dry-bulk volume growth is expected to slow - though not just yet - on opposite sides of the world terminal operators are working with their partners to streamline supply…

1st September 2005

Trust Me pays off

1st September 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

This year, according to the latest update to Global Insights World Trade Model, total world (international) trade will climb by 4.1%, slower than last years 5.0% and even slower than the record…

1st September 2005

Slowing – but not by much

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Byron Hock is director of Trade Development for the Georgia Ports Authority. In speaking with him Nick Elliott discovers what makes for a successful marketing strategy.

1st September 2005

The Solution Provider

1st September 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

You cant have a successful marketing strategy if your core product isnt right. As a quasistate agency, the GPA is one of the states largest public employers, directly employing more than 900…

1st September 2005

Getting the basics right

1st September 2005