All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 915

  • News

    Hapag-Lloyd in the Red Q1

    2011-05-17T16:54:00Z

    While the German-carrier’s revenues reached €1.4bill, 16.5% up year on year, it reported a loss €22.1 million.

  • News

    Low radiation in Zeebrugge

    2011-05-17T16:42:00Z

    Authorities in Zeebrugge have found a container from Yokohama with low radiation levels.

  • News

    Manitex finalises CVS deal

    2011-05-17T16:36:00Z

    US based Manitex has finally received approval to acquire the key assets of Italian port handling equipment manufacturer CVS.

  • News

    Terex Bids $USD1.3bil for Demag

    2011-05-17T16:25:00Z

    Terex, the U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer, has made an $US1.31 billion takeover offer Demag Cranes.

  • News

    Santos Brasil orders 12 all-electric RTGs

    2011-05-17T15:56:00Z

    Brasil S/A has ordered 12 Kalmar E-One2 RTG cranes. With a total of 41 machines, the agreement confirms them as the biggest customer of Kalmar E-One RTGs worldwide. The units are for the newly inaugurated Tecon Santos Terminal 4 expansion.

  • News

    Gangavaram port to grow

    2011-05-17T15:45:00Z

    India''s deep, multi- purpose port at Gangavaram will be expanded with an investment of Rs9.40bil.

  • Environmental issues may well force ports into co-operation, despite resistance
    News

    Smaller ports gain from short sea shift

    2011-05-17T10:00:00Z

    Although in the main, ports tend to be reactive to supply chain and eco-initiatives like short sea shipping are traditionally based on demand. However, a group of small Californian ports have reversed this pattern.

  • News

    Eco-straddle carriers for Burchardkai

    2011-05-16T15:28:00Z

    Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.

  • Sharing the same air and waters, it is impractical to keep environmental policies separate at Long Beach and Los Angeles. Credit: Bruce Perry, Department of Geological Sciences, CSU Long Beach
    News

    United on the green

    2011-05-16T10:00:00Z

    Stevie Knight looks at the merits of a combined approach for ports looking to capture the green dream

  • News

    NCC dry port to simplify logistics

    2011-05-15T12:25:00Z

    In April 2011 Russia’s National Container Company (NCC) started to use the recently approved dry port technology at Logistika-Terminal (LT).

  • News

    Conveyor training goes online

    2011-05-15T12:25:00Z

    Martin Engineering’s online Operations & Maintenance Seminar takes an in-depth look at methods to improve the safety, performance, and payback of belt conveyors by controlling fugitive material and improving system efficiency.

  • Chennai port with two dusty cargoes
    News

    Dusty cargo, a headache to Chennai port

    2011-05-15T11:59:00Z

    Chennai port has been ordered to stop handling polluting coal and iron ore.

  • News

    Q1 Losses for Hanjin too

    2011-05-15T09:04:00Z

    The Korean shipping giant also reported a Q1 2011 operating loss, despite higher revenues.

  • News

    Konecranes Product Review

    2011-05-14T12:29:00Z

    Konecranes heavy-duty fork lift trucks and reach stackers with a lifting capacity between 10 and 65 tons offer maximum efficiency, economy and safety in container and goods handling.

  • Gulftainer's UAE container terminals
    News

    Record for KCT & SCT

    2011-05-13T16:11:00Z

    Gulftainer''s UAE container terminals Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) and Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) have experienced significant growth of around 10% per annum for the last two years.

  • Green Port Hull, at Alexandra Dock
    News

    Building of Green Port Hull set to create hundreds of jobs – contractors sought

    2011-05-13T10:10:00Z

    HUNDREDS of jobs could be created in Hull with the start of one of the biggest construction projects the city has ever seen.

  • Operational hours displayed on the meter can tell buyers a lot about a machine
    News

    It's not always down to fuel efficiency

    2011-05-13T10:00:00Z

    The rising cost of diesel fuel and the availability of more fuel efficient new pieces of equipment aren''t factors necessarily undermining the second-hand market.

  • News

    S$100mil Green Boost

    2011-05-12T11:45:00Z

    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has launched a comprehensive package to promote environmentally-friendly shipping.

  • International Container Terminal Services, Inc
    News

    ICTSI Q1 up 25%

    2011-05-12T10:56:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has reported unaudited Q1 2011 revenue from port operations of $US154.9 million, an increase of 28% over last year, with EBITDA 26% higher at $US71.2mill.

  • News

    Green agenda stunts US second-hand sales

    2011-05-12T10:00:00Z

    It is getting harder to sell older handling equipment to some parts of the US, according to Port International Equipment''s chief executive Terry Troutman.