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Embarcadero is to provide the North Carolina Ports with a new terminal operating system. ESC will install container terminal operating systems in Wilmington, Charlotte and Greensboro. Morehead City and Wilmington will have…

1st April 2006

..AND NORTH CAROLINA FOR EMBARCADERO

1st April 2006

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Kalmar is to acquire the business of East Coast Cranes and Electrical Contracting Incorporated (ECC), a US company specialising in crane construction services and maintenance in ports. The acquisition boosts Kalmars service…

1st April 2006

Kalmar to expand its service business in the Americas

1st April 2006

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A Cardiff University management expert is helping to improve and develop labour relations in major ports around the world. Peter Turnbull, professor of Human Resources at Cardiff Business School, has written a…

1st April 2006

Cardiff academic helps develop port relations

1st April 2006

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Halyard Marine has helped achieve lower noise levels on the Thames with a new exhaust system fitted to a Port of London Authority (PLA) survey vessel. The PLA is responsible for surveying…

1st April 2006

QUIETER WATERS FOR LONDONS RIVER

1st April 2006

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Kalmar has received an order from P& O Ports Australia for six all-electric E-One RTGs - three 8+1 wide and 1-over-5 high units for its Port Botany Container Terminal in Sydney and…

1st April 2006

Kalmars E-One RTGs for Botany Bay

1st April 2006

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Mafi has received an order for 32 of its new MT 25 YT terminal tractor from MSC Terminal in Valencia. The new terminal is under construction and the first containership is scheduled…

1st April 2006

Mafi trailers for MSC Valencia

1st April 2006

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Once deployed, the system will automatically confirm the container load/discharge movements on each of the 14 ship-to-shore cranes in operation.Navis will replace the inhouse terminal operating system (TOS) at ICTSI's Madagascar International…

1st April 2006

MADAGASCAR TERMINAL PLUMPS FOR NAVIS?

1st April 2006

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Liebherrs LRS 645 reachstacker has found a market in Saigon New Port. Due to its curve-shaped telescopic boom, Liebherr claims the LRS 645 gives unrivalled reach allowing access to 2nd and 3rd…

1st April 2006

REACHSTACKERS HEAD EAST

1st April 2006

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German spreader manufacturer Bubenzer Systems has ceased sales activities and declared itself insolvent.

1st April 2006

BYE-BYE BUBENZER SYSTEMS

1st April 2006

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The contract for Phase 2 of the Malta Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) project, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, has been signed with Transas. It is an advance…

1st April 2006

Transas surveys Malta shipping

1st April 2006

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Global cargo container shipments now can be monitored automatically in especially harsh environments with the latest Savi Technology active RFID tags - the ST-656, a lowprofile, highly durable container tag option with…

1st April 2006

Savi releases new RFID tag

1st April 2006

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Chuck Raymond, ceo of Horizon Lines, has commented on port security in the wake of the DP World debacle. Raymond is past Chairman of the National Advisory Council on the Maritime Transportation…

1st April 2006

Line boss adds his voice

1st April 2006

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Smiths Detection has developed a system that will distinguish between organic and nonorganic materials in cargo.

1st April 2006

Smiths Detection wins cargo screening contract

1st April 2006

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Sabah Ports has placed an order with Kalmar for seven shuttle carriers, four reachstackers, nine 5-high empty container stackers and 26 terminal tractors for its facility at Kota Kinabalu.

1st March 2006

Sabah chooses Kalmar

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

The issue of adding new UK box port capacity is becoming more complex and the industry itself has contributed to this process. Has it shot itself in the foot or is it…

1st March 2006

Capacity tsunami

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Prompted by rising container volumes and better conditions for inward investment the Ukraine is now the focus of growing interest on the part of international terminal operators and shipping lines, as Konstantin…

1st March 2006

On the investor radar

1st March 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

The ports of Holland and Belgium, together with their watery hinterlands, have long served as breeding grounds for innovation within the cargo handling and port construction sectors. Nick Elliott offers a sampling.

1st March 2006

Low Countries aim high

1st March 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports and terminal operators are continuing to invest heavily in additional ship-to-shore container gantry cranes, in order to keep pace with the sizeable annual growth in box traffic volumes. Rowland Armstrong reports.

1st March 2006

Demand holds strong

1st March 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

" The importance of good maintenance cannot be over-emphasised, " says KS Won, president of Portek Indonesia. The company is part of Portek Group, and maintains a total of 28 quay cranes,…

1st March 2006

Selective outsourcing

1st March 2006

EQUIPMENT

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Asked how wireless is received by those who have to use it, Frans Kok reckons very well. It is seen by workers as an endorsement of their operational role. Training is not…

1st March 2006

The human factor: friend or foe?

1st March 2006