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SETHU CANAL TO GET EXTRA DREDGING
Pakistan's Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping has praised the recent performance of Port Qasim Authority, saying the port has proved itself to be very efficient, cost competitive and having great potential vis-a-vis competing regional ports. The committee also emphasised that established procedures were being followed and that the PQA ...
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..AND NEW EQUIPMENT TOO
Calcutta Port Trust is to undertake a major investment in the Calcutta Dock System, involving MHCs, RTGs, reachstackers and terminal tractors/trailers. One RTG will enter operation by May, bringing to four the number of RTGs available within the Dock. At present, there are seven reachstackers operational. of which two are ...
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NewsMultilift: for and against
Terminals pursuing growth want to maximise the productivity of every lift cycle. That is why the trend is towards twin-lifts from ship-to-shore and twin-lifts on the yard, says Bromma. But does it necessarily follow that a universal rush to multilift spreaders is justified? Felicity Landon reports.
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NewsIn-house or outsourced?
When it comes to towage and workboat operations, there is a case to be made for either route. Felicity Landon reports.
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Stick to your core activities
VT Halmatic is reporting increasing interest from ports in its fleet contract hire scheme in which it will provide workboats, maintenance and service, agree a replacement schedule, and even source crews.
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Rosslare Europort gets upgrade
Consultants Royal Haskoning recently became involved in an upgrade project at the Irish port of Rosslare. The project addressed the repair of berths 1 and 2 at Rosslare Europort where the pier is 260m long and was built in the 1950s using two parallel walls of concrete blockwork founded on ...
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NewsDouble deal for consultants
Royal Haskoning, the engineering, architecture and environmental consultancy, describes its experiences working on two projects for the Yemeni government''s investment arm.
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NewsNo longer all at sea
While the recent emphasis on port security has been centred on cargo, little attention has been paid to actively scanning individuals, many of whom regularly access port terminals as part of their legitimate employment. Alex Hughes reports.
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To unsung heroes?
Felicity Landon, one of PS'' trusty band of freelance contributors, commented the other day that she found ports and shipping by far the most interesting of the industries she writes about. She might have just been saying that to make the editor feel good but we doubt it. Your average ...
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..including Fraulein Gantry Crane Driver
As reported in our Europe news this month, the Hamburg stevedore HHLA is training its first female port workers as gantry crane operators and van drivers.
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The DPW Debacle: On the Edge of a Precipice
As one follows the unfolding political fallout of the DPW takeover of P& O and the repercussions in the US one wonders if we are living in a sane world or are we about to fall over the precipice of xenophobia and religious discrimination.
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Grasping the big issues
This is the last Viewpoint I shall be writing. I''m returning to my old business of ships agency, and to my old firm, Inchcape Shipping Services after three terrific years editing PS.
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NewsGetting it right
The TT Club explains how the right policy can lead to greater operational efficiency - and better terms from your insurer.
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TT Club weathers market volatility
This is the time of year when many insurers report their results. The TT Club, which nowadays can be considered as the market leading specialist insurer for the ports and terminals sector, reports very fair results for 2005 and indeed says that the loss ratio for the year has been ...
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NewsTruck crime: the good news
Now the TT Club''s TT Talk is always an interesting read. From a recent edition comes this statistical gem: " Good news reaches us from the United States where reader Alan Spear, reports that there has been a remarkable reduction in cargo crime, mainly as an indirect consequence of some ...
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NewsShips that go bump in the night
TT Club in Sydney are highlighting the problems of enforcing claims on those (hopefully rare) occasions when ships cause damage to terminal property during berthing/unberthing, loading and discharge operations.
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NewsModelling for safer solutions
Mooring ships can be dangerous. Every year thousands of terminal and ship staff are injured in mooring line accidents, and in some cases, the accidents can be fatal. David Foxwell reports on the risks and how to mitigate them.
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Sabah chooses Kalmar
Sabah Ports has placed an order with Kalmar for seven shuttle carriers, four reachstackers, nine 5-high empty container stackers and 26 terminal tractors for its facility at Kota Kinabalu.
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NewsCommission Denies Deficiencies in Environmental Legislation.
Speakers at the first GreenPort Conference in Antwerp in February had a clash of opinion as to whether European environmental legislation, and in particular the Habitats and Water Framework Directives, has inherent deficiencies causing bottlenecks for port development.
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2015 Mediterranean box traffic to reach 91.6m TEU
According to Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC), container throughput in southern Europe and the Mediterranean will increase somewhere between 35% and 48% by 2015. This would mean terminals in the area needing capacity of between 78.2m and 91.6m TEUs. In the shorter term, traffic is predicted to rise by between 62% ...
