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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar' s automatic steering and container position verification system, Smartrail, introduced in 1997, has been granted an international patent.

1st June 2003

Retrofitting Smartrail

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jv contractors Hyundai and China Civil Engineering Construction are using Atlas Copco portable compressors and generating sets for quay wall piling works on Hong Kong' s new six-berth container terminal.

1st June 2003

Atlas Copco provide site power at Hong Kongs Terminal Nine

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The US West Coast port of Long Beach has called for tenders for a video surveillance system that will include up to 50 cameras and is estimated to cost around US$5.5m.

1st June 2003

Long Beach Beefs Up Security..

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Yantian International Terminals has placed a massive order for 57 container cranes with Chinese crane builder Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co.

1st June 2003

Massive Crane Order

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald Port Technology is supplying four of its new Wide Span Gantry (WSG) cranes to riverside terminals on the Rhine.

1st June 2003

Gottwald adds Wide Span Gantry cranes

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The port has also recently announced its intention to use cleaner-burning diesel fuel in all terminal equipment and to fit the equipment with pollution control devices.

1st June 2003

..and Cleans-Up Its Act

1st June 2003

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vessels passing through the Dover Strait will be among the safest in the world following the recent launch of the latest in ship safety and surveillance by Alistair Darling, British Secretary of…

1st June 2003

New safety tracking system unveiled at Dover

1st June 2003

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Oakland is in discussion with two leading liner operators regarding the enlargement of their respective terminal facilities.

1st June 2003

Oakland Maersk and Evergreen Negotiations

1st June 2003

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Commission is to introduce anti-terrorism legislation that goes further than the agreements made within the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

1st June 2003

EC goes further on security

1st June 2003

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The first shipment of piles for the new quay wall at the Port of Felixstowe’s Felixstowe South development recently arrived at the UK’s largest container port. Nineteen of the large tubular steel…

1st January 1970

Felixstowe South Piles Ahead

1st January 1970

NEWS

NEWS

The Tanzania Port Authority (TPA) has stated repeatedly that it wants a terminal operator that can deliver an improved performance compared to its previous experience at its Tanzania International Container Terminal (TICTS),…

1st January 1900

TPA Time for a rethink on DAR concession?

1st January 1900