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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has awarded the Port of Houston Authority for its development of a trash-skimming programme along the Buffalo Bayou. The Houston project, initially developed by Houstons…

1st June 2004

AAPA

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lorantec Systems says it has proved its unmatched claim to enable tracking of Anything, Virtually Anywhere, Anytime by continuously tracking a container shipped by Matson Navigation from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agencys…

1st June 2004

LoranTrack claims first to achieve seamless in-transit visibility

1st June 2004

ASIA

ASIA

"The feat marks the first time that a container has been successfully tracked intransit without any 'blackouts' associated with limited satellite or cellular network coverage, line-of-sight obstructions or reliance upon costly ground-based…

1st June 2004

Klang introduces CSI surcharge

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

"The feat marks the first time that a container has been successfully tracked intransit without any 'blackouts' associated with limited satellite or cellular network coverage, line-of-sight obstructions or reliance upon costly ground-based…

1st June 2004

Port and ship installations the next target

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Continuing its work with organisations that need to check for people attempting to illegally cross borders, Gas Data has won the tender to provide gas detection instruments to the UKs Home Office.

1st June 2004

Dual-Gas Stowcheck seeks and it finds

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Intertek Foreign Trade Standards (FTS) and PMSi (Port Maritime Security International) have announced a strategic alliance to offer a complete non-intrusive inspection solution applicable throughout the logistics supply chain.

1st June 2004

Non-intrusive inspection solution

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Smiths Detection has announced a new screening system for large air and sea freight. The HI-SCAN 250250 detects contraband and threats in shipments. It is designed for the inspection of large size…

1st June 2004

New scanner from Smiths Detection

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A set of 11 videotapes or DVDs, along with accompanying facilitator and student guides, has been designed by Moxie Media in the US to empower vessel operators, ports and facilities to present…

1st June 2004

ISPS training courses

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The TT Club has secured an important clarification for its members from the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) service regarding the continued ability to utilize the term " said to contain"…

1st June 2004

TT Club verifies STC protection allowed under AMS rules

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operations at Sines Container Terminal XXI (Terminal XXI), a collaborative effort between Sines Port Authority and PSA Corp, commenced on 31 May with the arrival of MSC CRISTIANA. PSA Corp says it…

1st June 2004

Sines Container Terminal Receives First Vessel

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Phase I of Terminal XXI offers 320 metres of berth with 16-metre draught, two post-Panamax quay cranes and three RTGs providing it with an annual handling capacity of 250,000TEUs.Halfway through the fruit…

1st June 2004

Rotterdams fruit throughput up

1st June 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Sharjah' s new ICD ( PS May 2004 ) has been designed to handle containers moving from Khorfakkan to the West Coast Terminal at Sharjah. According to operators Gulftainer, the ICD is…

1st June 2004

New ICD Emirates fourth port

1st June 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

There has been a boom in sea trade between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in the post-Saddam era, mostly using traditional dhows plying between Dubai Creek and ports such as Umm…

1st June 2004

UAE cements maritime ties with Iraq

1st June 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DONT OVER-COMMIT!

1st June 2004

TERMINAL PERFORMANCE EASING CONGESTION

1st June 2004

ASIA

ASIA

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

1st June 2004

Online payment facility at MICT

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Poland offers the largest market out of all the new countries joining the EU and has recently been the subject of strong container traffic growth at the nations premier port gateway, the…

1st May 2004

POLAND: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Inadequate port infrastructure or specific operational economics still prompt some stevedores to make use of sophisticated floating terminals, reports Alex Hughes .

1st May 2004

TOUGH OPERATIONAL ECONOMICS MAKE THIS A MARGINAL BUSINESS

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germanys seaports, including its now integrated former GDR facilities, expect to benefit greatly from the EUs eastern extension, reports Tom Todd.

1st May 2004

GERMAN PORTS BATTLE BULGES AND EYE THE FUTURE

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Its the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and…

1st May 2004

THE SHORTER THE VOYAGE THE MORE LIKELY THE VIABILITY

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The idea of having lines of trucks backed up outside the terminal while gate operators deal with several troublesome containers and cranes in the port stand idle, is the stuff of nightmares…

1st May 2004

CLEAR THE WAY

1st May 2004