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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas has installed the first Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) in Thailand, the first step in equipping the port of Map Ta Phut with vessel traffic services as defined by…

1st March 2004

Transas launches first VTMIS in Thailand

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Seatex has joined an agreement with the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), which originates from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the EU. GJU is responsible for the development and implementation of…

1st March 2004

Kongsberg leads satnav consortium

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma claims service intervals are longer on its electric spreaders since there is no oil or oil filter to change.Lloyd's List Ports of the World 2004 is out with over 2,600 commercially…

1st March 2004

POWs security theme

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma claims service intervals are longer on its electric spreaders since there is no oil or oil filter to change.Port Salalah in Oman has selected Norcontrol IT for a new Vessel Traffic…

1st March 2004

Norcontrol for Port Salalah

1st March 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Whilst Control Risks' consultants will provide strategic assessment and advice on port and terminal security, PMSI, a subsidiary of Eurotunnel plc, will provide training on all aspects of security for Control Risks'…

1st March 2004

GPA moves forward

1st March 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Key West and Palm Beach have been selected to demonstrate a private-sector approach to waterborne antiterrorism security patrols. SeaWolf Security Group will be conducting a pilot programme to patrol the ports using…

1st March 2004

Florida joins counter-terrorism programme

1st March 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) has been selected by the Nigerian government as advisors for raising standards of security in Nigerias ports and offshore oilfield installations.

1st March 2004

MUSC helps Nigerians

1st March 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) is worried that next years federal budget provides no funds to meet port facility security requirements despite being authorised in the Maritime Transportation Security Act…

1st March 2004

AAPA concerned over funding shortfall

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) is being proposed as part of the best and most logical solution for US national homeland security needs. This suggestion has been made to the USCG…

1st March 2004

Thales puts forward its Ship Security Alert System

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

HPHs decision to charge shippers and consignees $10.20 per export container and $19.80 per import container at Felixstowe, to recover the cost of complying with the ISPS Code, has been receiving mixed…

1st March 2004

ISPS charge challenged

1st March 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

If the Blue Banana, the curve of light stretching from northern England through the Rhineland to northern Italy and first observed from space 15 years ago, is the economic heart of Europe,…

1st January 2004

NOURISHING THE BLUE BANANA

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Mobile pneumatic ship unloaders find their place where flexibility comes before pure capacity - and if storage space is at a premium, reports Alex Hughes .

1st January 2004

MOBILITY EQUALS FLEXIBILITY

1st January 2004

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The varied nature of construction works for port developments gives rise to a number of specific issues of which port developers and financiers need to be aware, writes Patrick Leece .

1st January 2004

QUAY CONSTRUCTION ISSUES

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Nick Elliott asks contractors what are the benefits to the terminal of contracting out equipment maintenance.

1st January 2004

OUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE: Thought About it Recently?

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Fazilette Khan casts an eye over the automation of the RTG, its perceived limitations and advantages.

1st January 2004

RTGs-R-US

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The decision whether or not to outsource maintenance is influenced by different factors in different situations, writes Ted Adlard .

1st January 2004

OUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN AFRICAN EXPERIENCE

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

By bringing efficiencies to their shipowner principals, shipping agents can help solve the port congestion problem, argue the boys from Inchcape Shipping Services.

1st January 2004

CAN THE AGENT HELP BEAT CONGESTION?

1st January 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The award of the Luanda container terminal concession has not been without controversy, raising local and broad-based issues regarding the management and operation of container terminals by groups with strong shipping line…

1st January 2004

LUANDA DECISION RAISES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Strategy and future planning at Europes biggest inland seaport and logistics service centre, Duisburg on the Rhine, appeared under a cloud as the year changed after reports that both the German Government…

1st January 2004

CARVE-UP THREAT TO DUISURG EXPANSION STRATEGY

1st January 2004

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Simon Gradassi compares container scanning systems and argues for a step-by-step approach to implementation.

1st January 2004

Revealing All

1st January 2004

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Many things in the terminal industry cost the same wherever you happen to be. The crane and reach stacker suppliers will name you a price, off-the-shelf terminal management software will cost the…

1st January 2004

THE PRICE OF A STEVEDORE

1st January 2004

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The diversity of activity surrounding a port never ceases to impress. Its a microcosm of trade and logistics, labour relations, security issues, IT, investment in equipment and infrastructure, insurance, the law, marketing,…

1st January 2004

SEEING THE BIGGER PICTURE

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The three ports of Spains Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Castellon and Alicante) region will invest a combined € 397.25m in 2004, up 50% over 2002. Of this, € 115m will be contributed by…

1st January 2004

Spanish ports invest

1st January 2004