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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas is to supply a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system for Drogheda Port Company (DPC) in Ireland.

1st July 2005

TRANSAS SIGNS UP NEW CLIENTS

1st July 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bemo Rail's general manager, Teun Druijf told PS that the three partners were selected from a shortlist of six bidders. The award followed a lengthy pre-selection process which was narrowed down to…

1st July 2005

MAFI RoRo Tractor MT 36

1st July 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

To cope with growing container traffic the Finnish forest products port of Rauma has acquired a second CH 6600 TA FT fixed twin spreader with both horizontal and transversal adjustment, from VDL…

1st July 2005

Container moves increased by 30%

1st July 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Patrick Stevedores has confirmed a warranty/ service contract with Kalmar for its automated straddle carrier fleet at the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane.

1st July 2005

Patrick Stevedores signs service contract with Kalmar

1st July 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

According to CCTV specialist AtView, a high proportion of installed CCTV systems are nonoperational, either because they were poorly installed or specified at the outset, or because something has subsequently gone wrong.…

1st July 2005

Is your cctv system working for you?

1st July 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Sierra Leones President Kabba recently opened the 10-year BOOT container security scanning concession awarded to Intertek Foreign Trade Standards and partners Port Maritime Security International (PMSi).

1st July 2005

Intertek invests in Sierra Leone

1st July 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Chinas burgeoning export presence may be of concern to many neighbouring East and Southeast Asian countries, but evidence is mounting that some secondary ports in the ASEAN region are finding opportunities to…

1st June 2005

Emerging ASEAN eye trade opportunities ANports

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

An updated and revised version of a European standard for cathodic protection of harbour structures, EN 13174, which will be of direct use for port and harbour engineers planning protection against ALWC…

1st June 2005

Revised Standard due next year

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A new report from CIRIA, and a revised European Standard for protecting harbour installations, offer new tools in the fight against Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC) as David Foxwell discovers.

1st June 2005

CIRIA Project provides new solutions for ALWC

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Controlling and managing dust emissions can best be accomplished if a few simple guidelines are adhered to; and plant used to control emissions is selected with life cycle costs in mind, writes…

1st June 2005

Careful costing key to effective dust control

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Coatzacoalcos port in the central-eastern state of Veracruz and the Pacific coast port of Salina Cruz are contemplating a joint concession to run their respective container terminals. Salina Cruz lost its container…

1st June 2005

Transisthmus corridor planned

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Veracruz, Mexicos largest port in the Gulf of Mexico, is to reactivate the concession process covering three terminals, following an examination by the countrys antitrust authorities. The process began in November last…

1st June 2005

..and Veracruz reactivates..

1st June 2005

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In keeping with the rest of North Africa, the two Spanish Moroccan enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta believe that there is still money is to be made from developing major container transhipment…

1st June 2005

..while Tamaulipas state to upgrade El Mezquital…

1st June 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Dave Macintyre talks to Tauranga’s Jon Mayson about his passionate commitment to strategic cooperation and much else of value to publicly-owned ports and their prospective partners.

1st June 2005

Partnerships underpin Mayson’s Port Strategy

1st June 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Undoubtedly however, Maysons greatest legacy will be MetroPort. Commencing with 60TEU capacity trains, the initial weekend-only service handled 32,000 TEUs and processed 18,000 trucks in its first 12 months of operation.

1st June 2005

Greatest Legacy will be MetroPort

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Canny ro-ro tractor operators should focus on through-life costs, say the manufacturers. David Foxwell reports.

1st June 2005

Terminal Workhorses have through-life costs in tow

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Clearly port congestion is not the only driver encouraging terminals to increase throughput.

1st June 2005

Its not all about easing congestion

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With congestion seemingly almost endemic on the US West Coast, what are the systems providers doing to help? Cathy Hayward investigates.

1st June 2005

Out-Smarting Congestion

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As a result of these trends, PTP is not just expanding its berths, it is also adding another 300 acres of land under phase B of its FTZ project to the existing…

1st June 2005

Logistics, Logistics, Logistics . . .

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is in the middle of its next stage of expansion, based around its burgeoning free trade zone. James Macpherson reports.

1st June 2005

Shifting the Balance

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Tony Restall warns of the problems and pitfalls of setting up a free zone - and reveals some straightforward advice on how to avoid them.

1st June 2005

Tried and Died

1st June 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Paul Grant reports on progress at the Middle Easts latest free zone initiative in Oman.

1st June 2005

Salalah A Case Study

1st June 2005

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Some insurance issues have arisen in connection with the risk of terrorism and the ISPS Code which give us all pause for concern. A ship under construction is clearly a marine risk…

1st June 2005

A shipyard in your backyard?

1st June 2005