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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mention of the term workboat conjures up a variety of images and frequently means different things to different people, reports Jack Gaston .

1st April 2004

FROM RIB TO TUG SOMETHING FOR EVERY OCCASION

1st April 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As reported in PS (November/December 2003) Australia' s ambitious Patrick Stevedores is betting that low-cost terminal automation based on driverless straddles will give it a fresh competitive edge.

1st April 2004

THE HANDS-FREE BOX TERMINAL

1st April 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Container ship-to-shore gantry cranes. Not only are these pricey behemoths the key interface between the ship and the landside, they also represent today and tomorrow' s boundary between manual and automated operation…

1st April 2004

MAN vs MACHINE THE CONTROL SYSTEM CONUNDRUM

1st April 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

This feature looks first at the potential for multi-loading systems at ro-ro terminals, and secondly at the market for, and recent developments in, the ro-ro tractor sector.

1st April 2004

CLIMBING THE HILL

1st April 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

There is a view that all the facts are not being properly presented in conjunction with future UK container port expansion.

1st April 2004

MASTER-CLASS OF MISTAKES

1st April 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port Strategy (PS) continues its focus on the role of government in UK containerport expansion, which, sadly, continues to represent a master-class in how it shouldnt be done, writes Mike Mundy

1st April 2004

UK PORT PLANNING BLIND SPOTS?

1st April 2004

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

In a series of special reports on Security, this month PS presents a paper arguing the case for scanning each and every container.

1st April 2004

END THE APATHY BEFORE IT CRIPPLES INTERNATIONAL TRADE

1st April 2004

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

One thing which you may take from the current ports and terminals scene is that the industrial demand for new capacity in container ports is likely to come up against the NIMBYism…

1st April 2004

NO SPACE PROBLEMS IN MIDSTREAM

1st April 2004

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

That salty old scribe Mike Grey wrote in Lloyds List recently of the dangers of buying into the notion that pilots could be replaced by sea traffic controllers based in the VTS…

1st April 2004

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD

1st April 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Following months of debate, Perus Transport & Communications ministry has issued regulations governing a new National Port Law. An 11-person directorate has been established with a remit to determine the best way…

1st April 2004

Peru to introduce concessions

1st April 2004

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Lebanon' s second port of Tripoli reports a boom in vehicle imports thanks to resumed trade with Iraq. Over the past year new vehicle imports have averaged 7,000 a month, an increase…

1st April 2004

Tripoli in Iraqi car boom

1st April 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia port authority has adopted a plan which will ensure that sufficient capacity will be available at the port until at least 2015. Both the main port of Valencia and the secondary…

1st April 2004

Valencia to expand facilities

1st April 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Steen Lund, Maersk' s senior vp Asia for line management, recently made some extremely high profile remarks to the press regarding what he sees as capacity bottlenecks at some container ports in…

1st April 2004

Maersk warns Indians

1st April 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Cheayee Dee, md of Liberias National Port Authority claims that at least $40m will be needed to bring Freeport back to internationally acceptable standards following 15 years of civil war.

1st April 2004

Freeport seeks investment

1st April 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Chittagong Port Authority and the China Harbour Engineering Group have signed an agreement for the construction of the New Mooring Container Terminal at the port. Phase I, which will involve the building…

1st April 2004

New terminal capacity in Bangladesh

1st April 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Three bidders have been selected to bid for Puerto Ricos Puerto de la Americas container terminal development project, which is centred on the two southern coastal towns of Ponce and Guayanilla. Two…

1st April 2004

Three in the frame for Puerto Rico

1st April 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA 1st April 2004

Durban port privatisation under way

1st April 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.Phased operations have now commenced at CT9, Hong Kong's newest…

1st April 2004

Scott Wilson in Hong Kong

1st April 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The disputed container terminal concession at Vridi, Abidjan, awarded to SETV and the Bollore group continues to cause problems. Last week 30 people were killed in Abidjan during anti-government protests that were…

1st April 2004

Abidjan and Douala concessions up in the air

1st April 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.PSA Corp has expressed a strong interest in investing in…

1st April 2004

PSA Corp interested in Vizhinjam

1st April 2004