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Pusan favours Bromma
Pusan is to add to its cache of Bromma spreaders with a contract for a further 26 STS45 ship-to-shore separating twin-lift spreaders to fit recently-ordered ZPMC cranes.
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Private sector welcome in Nicaragua
A new National Ports Law that will allow private sector operators to undertake management of domestic maritime terminals is planned to be introduced in Nicaragua by the end of the first quarter of 2008.
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NewsTreating your piles
While cathodic protection is an acknowledged preventative measure for new construction, the technology is seldom used on ageing structures, reports Patrik Wheater
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PS Viewpoint
Drewry Shipping Consultants has revised its estimate of world container traffic in 2006 to 128.3m teu and expects the figure for 2007 to be 142.9m teu, a significant increase driven by rapidly expanding westbound traffic from Asia. The 2008 figure is tentatively put at 158.3m teu. So, the growth goes ...
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NewsScarcity of traffic at Busan new port
Busan new port, which will be completed by 2015 at a cost of $9.2bn, is currently struggling to attract sufficient traffic to make a return on investment. The facility, which will eventually have 30 berths, is supposed to establish South Korea as a logistics centre in Asia.
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PrimePort flies regional port flags
PrimePort Timaru chairperson Sid McAuley has said regional ports need increased weighting in Government decisions on New Zealand''s shipping future.
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NewsBarloworld expands
Five new ''big'' truck designs have been launched by manufacturer Hyster, consisting of three new heavy forklift (FLT) trucks and two new container handlers.
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Science behind the magic
Cathodic Protection reduces the corrosion of metal surfaces by making the steel surface the cathode of an electro-chemical cell by using either a galvanic sacrificial anode, usually an electrochemically active alloy such as aluminium, zinc or magnesium, or by using an impressed current system.
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NewsGate Systems
Operators shopping for a new gate management system must take time to consider the unique needs of their port or terminal. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsSimple identification is now old hat
Where gate systems in the past were limited to identification only, today''s systems require container and truck optical character recognition (OCR), IMO label detection, video files, voice over IP, biometric identification of driver, damage inspection of the container, seal integrity - and so on, says Hi-Tech Solutions Phil Elovic.
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NewsSomething to aim for
When goals are clearly defined at the beginning, it is relatively easy to work towards them, says John Lund, sales manager of Finland's Visy.
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Optimising
Proper integration and clear advance planning are key factors for ports looking to install automated gate systems, says Phil Elovic, chief executive of optical character recognition (OCR) specialist Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS).
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Yang Ming in Kaoshiung
Kao Ming Container Terminal Corporation has been awarded a 50-year BOT contract to operate the initial phase of the International Container Terminal at the Port of Kaohsiung, the port''s sixth container terminal. Investment of $458m is planned for what will be a four-berth facility.
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Chinese port work up and running
Work has begun on the new SP-PSA International Port joint-venture container terminal located on the Cai Mep-Thi Vai River in Vietnam. Development will be in two phases, with the first operational in 2009 and eventual capacity will be 2m teu.
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Qianwan development on the way
Work on the fourth phase of the Qingdao Qianwan container terminal development has begun.
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NewsLegislation clears Melbourne for dredging
The Victorian Government has moved to clear a legislative path for dredging to begin in the Port of Melbourne.
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Barloworld Christmas gift
Lift truck hire specialist Barloworld Handling is preparing for a rush of orders to supplement carrgo handling fleets for the Christmas rush.
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NewsBreakbulk is king at Tacoma
While most eyes are on the explosion in container growth buoying ports around the world, the US port of Tacoma is singing the praises of its non-containerised exports.
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NewsColombo being swamped by containers
The Sri Lankan Port of Colombo desperately needs to move to 24-hour operation on a permanent basis to bring levels of efficiency up to its hub port status, claims the national exporters association.
