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    Smiths Detection wins cargo screening contract

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Smiths Detection has developed a system that will distinguish between organic and nonorganic materials in cargo.

  • Picton, New Zealand, where the port saved a significant sum by installing automated mooring technology rather than extend the berths, as would have been necessary if conventional mooring lines were used
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    Modelling for safer solutions

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-03-01T17:58:00Z

    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.

  • Ports and marinas claim European environmental legislation makes operations such as dredging more expensive.
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    Commission Denies Deficiencies in Environmental Legislation.

    2006-03-01T15:23:00Z

    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

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    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% ...

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    RMS acquires Freshney

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Port operator RMS Europe Group has strengthened its position on the Humber following the acquisition of Freshney Cargo Services.

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    PIRAEUS

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    RMS will now have operations in five ports on the Humber and will be able to provide services to clients through handling larger ships with cargoes of up to 30,000 tonnes.COSCO Hellas has expressed interest in taking a stake in Piraeus' container port. A potential deal was discussed during the ...

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    Caledonian Canal

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    It is hoped a recent trial along the Caledonian Canal will open up a new freight logistics gateway for the Scottish Highlands. The trial was undertaken by the ship''s owner in conjunction with the Scottish Executive and British Waterways (Scotland) and demonstrated in a that with technical modifications commercial ship ...

  • Algeciras: APMT spending €48m
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    APM to boost Algeciras box lifting capability?

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    APM Terminals is to spend € 48m this year on new equipment for its Algeciras container terminal. The Argentinean manufacturer IMPSA will supply three super post-Panamax gantry cranes for delivery in July, while ZPMC is scheduled to deliver a further two in 2007 as part of an order totalling € ...

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    GREECE

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Port projects throughout Greece to the value of ¢ 1,125bn are planned whilst projects totalling ¢ 215.45m are already in the implementation stage.

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    SPAIN

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Paper products manufacturer Stora Enso is negotiating with various ports in the north of Spain in respect of a new daily ro-ro service to and from Zeebrugge. This will convey products in specially designed containers adapted for intermodal transport.

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    HULL

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports is looking to develop a shortsea coal terminal at Hull which could become operational in 2009.

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    VALENCIA

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    RMS will now have operations in five ports on the Humber and will be able to provide services to clients through handling larger ships with cargoes of up to 30,000 tonnes.The Association of Logistics and Container Transport Companies in the port of Valencia (ELTC) has presented the port authority with ...

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    THAMESPORT

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Two new resin silos are planned at Thamesport.

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    Felixstowe South gets the nod

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The Government has given the go-ahead for the reconfiguration of the southern part of Felixstowe involving the conversion of the port''s original Dock Basin and the existing Landguard Terminal, into a new deepsea container terminal.

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    ..while import-export traffic declines

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    1,350m of quay will be dredged to 16m alongside, and an approach channel dredged to 14.5m. An additional 13 ship-to-shore gantry cranes will bring the total number in operation at the port to 38. An all-new North Rail Terminal, capable of removing annually up to 500,000 lorries off the roads, ...

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    Amsterdam Ceres Paragon Termina

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    1,350m of quay will be dredged to 16m alongside, and an approach channel dredged to 14.5m. An additional 13 ship-to-shore gantry cranes will bring the total number in operation at the port to 38. An all-new North Rail Terminal, capable of removing annually up to 500,000 lorries off the roads, ...

  • Piraeus: everything on offer
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    Maritime Centres and Democracy

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    In Belgium and Holland recently it was striking to see what a deep-routed culture of maritime tradition prevails. The history of maritime activity goes back centuries and as with any such region, this breeds much more than just the port and its core activities. In Benelux you will find the ...

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    SHANDONG

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.Shandong Province in eastern China is to invest US$3.8bn in port and road construction in 2006. Of this, US$1.2bn is earmarked exclusively for port ...

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    QINGDAO

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Sustained strong demand for Australian coal has led to a need for capacity expansion at the terminal to meet the needs of existing and potential mining customers.According to Maersk, the Chinese port of Qingdao is the most efficient in the world, achieving hourly berth productivity of 181 moves. The port ...