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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

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Jeremy Brown reports that when current reforms and the easing of Customs restrictions are complete, the Saudi regulatory framework will be more supportive of port trade development and should allow ports to…

1st September 2004

COASTAL AND TRANSHIPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAUDI

1st September 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Many a port, both in the Middle East and elsewhere, seeks to emulate the success of Dubais Jebel Ali Free Zone. Already a base for 2,800 companies from more than 100 countries,…

1st September 2004

FREE ZONE FORMULA OR FRENZY?

1st September 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

War and security concerns, political and religious tensions - none of these things have dented the regions seemingly relentless trade surge with the principal transhipment hubs all showing remarkable throughput increases (see…

1st September 2004

DUBAI INC. DRIVES REGION FORWARD

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

As Poland accedes to the European Union, Benedict Young assesses the countys economic prospects and visits the port of Gdynia to investigate how it is preparing for the rigours of free European…

1st September 2004

READY FOR A CHALLENGE

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Emanuele Grimaldi has been managing director of the Naples-based Grimaldi Group since 1986 having previously worked as line manager on the companys various international services. Alex Hughes talks to a shipowner who…

1st September 2004

TIGHTENING HIS GRIP ON THE VEHICLE SECTOR

1st September 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The debate rumbles on: is a reachstacker better suited to handling full containers in the yard than a forklift? Nick Elliott finds there are arguments for either solution.

1st September 2004

REACH OR LIFT WHATS IT TO BE?

1st September 2004

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Another way to reinforce steel piling that has been subjected to ALWC is to use a reinforcing concrete. UK-based Flexcrete uses a wide range of purpose-designed marine mortars, sprayed mortars and unique…

1st September 2004

MORTAR IN THE WATER

1st September 2004

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Despite extensive research now being undertaken, for the time being there is little comprehensive, independent, user-friendly guidance available about Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC), perhaps the most serious problem affecting steel piling…

1st September 2004

SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO ALWC

1st September 2004