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    Hull and Goole upwardly mobile

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    ABP''s two north Humberside ports have each ordered a Liebherr LHM 320 MHC, primarily for container handling. Both are equipped with automatic telescopic spreader. They also include Liebherr''s economy software for optimised fuel consumption as well as a second cabin on the slewing platform offering the same features as the ...

  • NYCT: four truck lanes under each crane.
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    Trailer positioning system for New York

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Four super post-Panamax cranes recently delivered to New York Container Terminal (NYCT) by Liebherr Container Cranes feature an ultramodern trailer positioning system (TPS).

  • APLs Kaohsiung yard: new records
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    Navis/APL get results

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    APL Kaoshiung recently set a new productivity record at the port loading and discharging an average of 164 containers per hour over 21 hours from a single vessel. This record exceeds the port''s standard of 55 containers per berth hour by 198%.

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    BCT GOES SHOPPING

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar will supply four RTGs to Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia.

  • The ASC: linking terminal to hinterland
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    Gottwald supplies Varna and Antwerp

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald has recently delivered its first MHC to Bulgaria. The 100-ton HMK 300 E, Gottwald''s current bestseller, will be operated as a container crane at Varna.

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    Gantry cranes

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The third of five gantry cranes was taken ashore at berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg from ZPMC''s ZHEN HUA 8. ZPMC ensured the 1,800 ton giant was pulled onto the quay wall when the water level was at its highest.

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    Consens brings fresh thinking to strad market

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Consens'' straddle carrier range will be launched early next year and its new machines trialled at terminals in Europe and the US at the end of this year. The company, formed by former FantuzziNoell staff including Bjorn Riechers as Consens'' managing director, will focus on developing its strad carrier range ...

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    Cargo scam warning

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    UNCTAD carried out a global government and industry survey on ISPS Code implementation, costs and related financing (available for downloading at www.unctad.org/ttl/legal). A total of 55 completed questionnaires were received from respondent ports, the majority of these being in developed countries.The TT Club warns of increasingly sophisticated cargo theft methods. ...

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    New scanner for Banjul

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Gambian Government has signed up with Scanning Systems for the installation and operation of scanners in Banjul.

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    ADT installs system for Cork

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    ADT has provided an integrated security system at Cork to help satisfy the requirements of the ISPS Code. CCTV technology enables access control from a central point. Access gates to berths can be opened and closed remotely using information passed along fibre optic cables to the control centre.

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    MATRA trialled at ports amidst lax security reports

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Six UK ports are to be the subject of a new security review. The project is part of the Multi Agency Threat and Risk Assessment (MATRA), a government initiative to cut the risk of crime and terrorism in airports. It has been reported that the study was prompted by concern ...

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    Security training on screen

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Videotel Marine International in conjunction with the IMO and a number of port security authorities, has produced an interactive, computer-based training course which could form the basis of official Port Facility Security Officer (PFSO) accreditation, as called for under the ISPS Code.

  • P&Os NSICT: stands to lose around US$9m
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    You cannot be serious!

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    You would think that after at least ten years of full-on port privatisation that countries wishing to attract new investors, and the investors themselves, would know how to get it right. Two recent events, however, suggest otherwise.

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    Five bid for Busan expansion

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Around US$604.85m in investment will be required.Five companies have put forward bids to build four new berths at the South Korean port of Busan. These are PSA International, Hyundai Development, Daewoo Engineering & Construction, Posco Engineering & Construction and Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction. 30 new berths will be added ...

  • Txatarra works with MHCs
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    China forcing up prices

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Demand from China, notes spokesperson Fernando Azpiri, is very definitely impacting on price which affects the ability of importers in Spain to source scrap abroad at a price they are willing to pay.

  • Live ordinance can cause explosions
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    Asian Market potential 'enormous'

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes talks to scrap metal terminal operators in Europe and the US discovering that while prospects for the trade are excellent there are inherent risks in handling the commodity.

  • Embraport: development by the Coimex Group
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    Goodbye to the City Centre

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes reports on developments at Brazil''s leading port.

  • Discharge operations at EMO: 35m tons annually
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    Look to the supply chain

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Europees Massagoed Overslagbedrijf (EMO) terminal at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam is the largest dry bulk terminal in Europe specialising in the discharge and storage of iron ore and coal. Handling over 35m tons annually, EMO feeds into the supply chains of Europe''s steel and electricity industries. Around one third ...

  • The HVCCLT supply chain: operating improvements have eased delays
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    'Trust Me' pays off

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Whilst forecasters warn dry-bulk volume growth is expected to slow - though not just yet - on opposite sides of the world terminal operators are working with their partners to streamline supply chains. Kevin Chinnery and Nick Elliott report.

  • TABLE 1: Seaborne Trade by Service Type (Millions of metric tons) Shares of Total Sea Trade in 2005
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    Slowing - but not by much

    2005-09-01T00:00:00Z

    This year, according to the latest update to Global Insight''s World Trade Model, total world (international) trade will climb by 4.1%, slower than last year''s 5.0% and even slower than the "record" growth of 6.2% in 2003. Total tonnage this year will hit more than 8.7 billion metric tons.