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NewsX-ray system for Adelaide
Smith' s Detection has received an order from the Australian Customs Service for its newly introduced container/ palletised goods cargo X-ray system, HI-SCAN 250250, to go into service at Adelaide.
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NO WALTZ ON THE DANUBE
Creating an all-river route from the Atlantic to the Black Sea remains problematic. The European Union is financing upgrades along the Main-Danube canal, but barge transit times remain too long. In addition, low bridges restrict container carryings to twohigh, although a recent study showed that three-high carriage is possible with ...
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NewsCRUNCH TIME FOR THE RHINE
Barging containers along the river Rhine is an increasingly popular transport mode. But, as Neil Madden reports, congestion problems at the river''s seaport end have proved frustrating for shippers and carriers.
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PRIVATE PARTICIPATION POINTS THE WAY
Undeterred by the worries that have beset the Bombay Stock Exchange since a new government took power in India in May, port throughput volumes have continued to rise across the country, up 7% compared to last year, and it is the bulk industry which remains its main driver. Gavin van ...
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NewsCOASTAL AND TRANSHIPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAUDI
Jeremy Brown reports that when current reforms and the easing of Customs restrictions are complete, the Saudi regulatory framework will be more supportive of port trade development and should allow ports to better benefit from their unique trading position. New coastal shipping options and transhipment opportunities can then emerge.
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NewsFREE ZONE FORMULA OR FRENZY?
Many a port, both in the Middle East and elsewhere, seeks to emulate the success of Dubai''s Jebel Ali Free Zone. Already a base for 2,800 companies from more than 100 countries, the Free Zone and Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) are inextricably linked. The Free Zone is built around the ...
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NewsDUBAI INC. DRIVES REGION FORWARD
War and security concerns, political and religious tensions - none of these things have dented the region''s seemingly relentless trade surge with the principal transhipment hubs all showing remarkable throughput increases (see Table 1).
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NewsAN IDEA WITH LEGS INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY
When ICTSI took over Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) Gdynia, it became clear that much of the equipment it took ownership of had been exceptionally well looked after. Jan Mors, BCT''s executive vice-president comments: " The function in the terminal was excellent. Technical and maintenance was good and equipment had at ...
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NewsREADY FOR A CHALLENGE
As Poland accedes to the European Union, Benedict Young assesses the county''s economic prospects and visits the port of Gdynia to investigate how it is preparing for the rigours of free European trade.
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NewsTIGHTENING HIS GRIP ON THE VEHICLE SECTOR
Emanuele Grimaldi has been managing director of the Naples-based Grimaldi Group since 1986 having previously worked as line manager on the company''s various international services. Alex Hughes talks to a shipowner who takes his terminal operations just as seriously.
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NewsREACH OR LIFT WHAT'S IT TO BE?
The debate rumbles on: is a reachstacker better suited to handling full containers in the yard than a forklift? Nick Elliott finds there are arguments for either solution.
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AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT?
So how does it all stack up in terms of cost efficiency? Dan Pettersson, Kalmar' s product manager, says: " We' re not much into the argument between FLTs and reachstackers. Most of the world has recognised that the reachstacker is in most cases a more efficient and cost-effective handling ...
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NewsMORTAR IN THE WATER
Another way to reinforce steel piling that has been subjected to ALWC is to use a reinforcing concrete. UK-based Flexcrete uses a wide range of purpose-designed marine mortars, sprayed mortars and unique cementitious coatings based on its advanced microsilica, polymer and fibre technology, to protect marine structures.
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NewsSEEKING SOLUTIONS TO ALWC
Despite extensive research now being undertaken, for the time being there is little comprehensive, independent, user-friendly guidance available about Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC), perhaps the most serious problem affecting steel piling in ports and harbours today. David Foxwell investigates.
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NewsTideworks Technology for military
Tideworks Technology of Seattle has been selected to be part of a team led by Computer Sciences Corporation to provide terminal operating system support to the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) in North Carolina, USA.
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News..and reports success for medium-weight FLTs
Nearly two years on from its introduction, Kalmar is reporting success with its medium-weight FLT range offering capacities of between nine and 18 tonnes. Greater service intervals, enhanced availability and operating costs 15% lower than other models are all claimed by Kalmar in the light of operational experience. Further, the ...
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News..and Gottwald diversification
Gottwald Port Technology has announced its diversification into another sector of the cargo-handling equipment supply market - pontoon mounted cranes, or barge cranes. At the same time, it has reported the first order from its new HPK range of Harbour Pontoon Cranes, a HPK 330 EG unit destined for service ...
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ABG BAGS MORRIS DESIGNS
Tideworks is to install its Mainsail Terminal Management System and Spinnaker Planning Management System at the terminal - integrated terminal operating and planning software solutions for marine terminals, intermodal yards and container depots.The India-based ABG Group has acquired from the receiver the designs for the Morris port cranes including ship-to-shore ...
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Kalmar to open Shanghai assembly plant..
Cargo handling equipment supplier Kalmar is to invest $10m in a new assembly plant in the Shanghai area.
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Mobile achievement..
Mobile crane manufacturers are enjoying a buoyant time with Liebherr-Werk Nenzing announcing an order for its 100th model LHM 400 mobile and Gottwald Port Technology reporting that up until the midyear point it received orders for 15 of its model HMK 300 E mobile cranes with the latest order coming ...
