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EUROPE

EUROPE

Dermot O' Mahoney, chairman, Port of Cork Company, referring to the port' s 2002 strategic development plan, says an investment of € 350m is required if the port is to stay in…

1st October 2004

Cork calls for investment

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Felixstowe has taken delivery of another STS quay crane from ZPMC, part of an order for ten RTGs and three quay cranes. The new crane will be amongst the largest in the…

1st October 2004

NEW CRANE FOR FELIXSTOWE

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Chiles national environmental board Conama has given the go-ahead for a $12m package of works at the northern port of Antofagasta.

1st October 2004

GO AHEAD GIVEN FOR ANTOFAGASTA PORT WORKS..

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port Everglades set a record among the nations top 15 container ports for the calendar year through July with a 22% increase in containerised cargo from 2003 to 2004. " Our container…

1st October 2004

..and Port Everglades follows the trend

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The port complex has increased its first half year traffic by 10% over 2003 with Asia continuing to drive the increase in containerised cargo. 630,000 TEUs to and from Asia were handled…

1st October 2004

10% rise for New York and New Jersey traffic..

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Chinese Zhe Jiang consortium has announced that it is to invest in a new distribution development at the port of Progreso, from where containers will be rotated out to markets in…

1st October 2004

.. WHILE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES AT OTHER MEXICAN PORTS

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready…

1st October 2004

..WHILE VALPARAISO TO ADD LOGISTICS ZONE..

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

"It is no longer a question of if our nation's transport infrastructure will start to fail, but when," Mr Raymond said. Short-sea shipping services could move cargo from congested ports to ready…

1st October 2004

…as HPH prepares to develop Punta Colonet

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Maersk Sealand has officially pulled out of Manzanillo, instead transferring its regional box traffic to Lazaro Cardenas which currently receives calls also from APL and CP Ships.

1st October 2004

MAERSK PULLS OUT OF MANZANILLO..

1st October 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Four new ZPMC quay cranes have been delivered to the Pierce County Terminal at Tacoma, with a fifth to arrive shortly. The cranes arrived fully assembled by one of ZPMC' s own…

1st October 2004

ZPMCs for Evergreen at Tacoma

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

KCI Konecranes is to acquire SMV Lifttrucks of Sweden whose product range consists of heavy-duty reachstackers and forklift trucks with lifting capacities of 10 to 60 tons.

1st October 2004

. . . and KCI Konecranes, SMV

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has introduced a remote control system for both its HMK mobile and HSK portal harbour cranes, developed with HBCradiomatic. Equipped with an LCD screen, hard buttons and joysticks, the system packs…

1st October 2004

Remote control system for MHCs and PHCs

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Since all crane functions, e. g. crane driving and propping, can be executed by the remote control system, there is no need for an additional cabin fitted to the crane's chassis or…

1st October 2004

Portek

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Orders for 25 Alimak SE-L access lifts for container cranes have been placed by Kalmar for port installations in Rotterdam and Antwerp.

1st October 2004

Kalmar lifts Alimak

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SeaBat Multibeam echosounders are becoming essential equipment for port survey activity, says John Fraser, business development manager at Reson Offshore.

1st October 2004

Multibeam echosounders detect sunken objects

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terminal management and planning software provider, Tideworks, has acquired Sonu Software Solutions. Based in Rotterdam, Sonu is known for its coverage of the conventional cargo and warehousing sector which Tideworks says will…

1st October 2004

Tideworks acquires Sonu Software . . .

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two very different types of vessel can now be berthed in comfort at Kristiansand with a new fender installation from Trellex Fender. A new catamaran has joined the existing ferries that operate…

1st October 2004

Trellex fenders for Kristiansand

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald has received an order for two HSK 360 EG four-rope grab portal harbour cranes for a new coal-handling facility from ABP at Immingham. The order is part of ABP' s largestever…

1st October 2004

Portals for Immingham

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

" After 9/11 we were getting intelligence briefings saying the next attack may well not be an airline - it may be a vessel. So you have the potential for a vessel…

1st October 2004

The next target..

1st October 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

PMSi, is to install and operate a scanner at the port of Freetown, Sierra Leone to scan all containers entering and exiting the countrys main port. PMSi has a ten-year concession agreement…

1st October 2004

PMSI WINS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR FREETOWN SCANNER

1st October 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US Senator Patty Murray has declared the test phase of Operation Safe Commerce (OSC) a " resounding" success.

1st October 2004

Operation Safe Commerce gets thumbs-up

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Creating an all-river route from the Atlantic to the Black Sea remains problematic. The European Union is financing upgrades along the Main-Danube canal, but barge transit times remain too long. In addition,…

1st September 2004

NO WALTZ ON THE DANUBE

1st September 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Undeterred by the worries that have beset the Bombay Stock Exchange since a new government took power in India in May, port throughput volumes have continued to rise across the country, up…

1st September 2004

PRIVATE PARTICIPATION POINTS THE WAY

1st September 2004