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EUROPE

EUROPE

The reaction wasn't because it was the Bollore group that had secured the contract but that it had happened apparently behind closed doors without other parties being invited to tender - an…

1st March 2004

Felixstowes Chinese equipment arrives

1st March 2004

ASIA

ASIA

Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) has purchased two super post-Panamax quay cranes to strengthen the terminals productivity as well as enhance the competitiveness of the Haicang Port Zone.

1st March 2004

XICT buys new cranes

1st March 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

Its been quite a year for Nigeria and its ports in particular. The successful elections last year marked the first civilian transfer of power in the countrys history and growing international support…

1st March 2004

NIGERIA TAKES THE PLUNGE

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new service from container crane lift specialist Alimak, contains a threefold testing procedure to eliminate all errors before the lift is put into operation. The lift is scrutinised through a 24-hour…

1st March 2004

Alimak supervises

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global Transportation Solutions (GTS) is to implement its Terminal Operations Productivity Solution (TOPS) at the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), the 600,000 sq metre, 2.6 million TEU capacity APMT/ECT venture.

1st March 2004

SCCT opts for GTS

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jeddah North Container Terminal, run by Gulf Stevedoring, has taken delivery of two additional super post-Panamax cranes and five heavy duty RTGs from Liebherr. The crane outreach is 55 metres, capable of…

1st March 2004

Liebherr orders for Jeddah and Barcelona

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MWH has been selected by Port of Antwerp to provide an innovative solution to its sediment problems. It will be among the first times that mechanical dewatering using a chamber filter press…

1st March 2004

Sediment solution for Antwerp

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In addition to its work for parent ABP, UK Dredging has found work at a number of UK ports recently including Forth Ports, Aberdeen, Tyne, Portsmouth, Workington and Belfast and in Eire,…

1st March 2004

UKD wins third-party work

1st March 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The design for a mechanical dewatering plant will save over €7m per year, while delivering processing and sustainability benefits. The MWH solution requires only 20 ha of land to process the sediment,…

1st March 2004

PALLIETER

1st March 2004

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