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NewsWeser expands again as records fall
Germany''s second biggest port complex, Bremen/Bremerhaven, just missed the 50m tonne handling mark in 2003 but says the record will be broken this year amid further extension of the Bremerhaven Container Terminal.
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Java's new BIP port gets lift-off
Construction of the Bojonegara International Port (BIP), west of Jakarta, began in December with the inauguration of the project in Banten by President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
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Baranquilla: legislation will boost role
Legislation recently passed by the Colombian parliament may have the effect of boosting the importance of the Pacific coast port of Barranquilla. The new law makes it easier to put together viable public-private partnerships in the maritime sector meaning that privatisation of ports should become a lot easier. This, it ...
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Lazero Cardenas and Ningpo opt for Navis
Lazaro Cardenas Terminal Portuaria de Contenedores (LCT), operated by Hutchinson Port Holdings, has selected Navis SPARCS, the terminal planning and control software, to optimise container-handling operations at its new terminal.
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NewsNamibia and Taiwan opt for Transas
Transas has installed two VTS systems in the Namibian ports of Walvis Bay and Luderitz. The independent port surveillance systems fitted are to assist port control operators to supervise ship traffic within the port and help ship masters and pilots avoid collisions when following the port approach channels.
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NewsLiebherr's uplifting figures
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing delivered 48 units last year including 11 of its biggest crane in its 7-model range, the LHM 500, characterised by a maximum outreach of 51 meters and a lifting capacity up to 140 tonnes suitable for handling post-panamax vessels and claimed to be the most powerful harbour mobile ...
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NewsGreenSeas Trust
GreenSeas Trust, established by Fazilette Khan (one of Port Strategy''s regular contributors), has been officially registered as a charity organisation.
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NewsAntwerp takes 99th MHC from Gottwald
Gottwald has recently supplied an HMK 360 EG MHC to Antwerp Bulk Terminal (ABT), operator of five bulk terminals in the port. The new crane is also the ninety-ninth to be delivered to Belgium by Gottwald. The HMK 360 EG is the largest four-rope grab MHC ever built.
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NewsMetalock Engineering
Having ascertained that the slew ring on its 20 year-old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Forth Ports, Leith called in Metalock Engineering to machine the 3.28 metre diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new slew ring to be ...
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Kalmar supplies ASCs to Delta
Rotterdam' s European Container Terminal (ECT) is continuing the expansion of its Delta container terminal with fully automated stacking equipment developed together with Kalmar.
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IHC pulls new orders worth €130m
Besides the orders for a 1,000m 3trailing suction hopper dredger for Iran, three standard cutter suction dredgers and a Delta Pusher, the final order for the construction of a selfpropelled mega cutter suction dredger was received from French customer, SDI, part of Belgian-based DEME.
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NewsMINI-SPRINTER-SHUTTLE-CONTRUNNER-STRADS COME OF AGE
Fazilette Khan reports on how the fast new mini-strad carrier is finding its rightful place in the terminal equipment hierarchy.
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NewsISPS: THE APPROACHING DEADLINE
In the first of a series, Nick Elliott reports from Teesport on its preparations for ISPS Code compliance
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NewsLESSONS FROM THE 'CAT' MARKET
Recent events in Busan have served to concentrate the minds of people who have to think about the risk management of ports and terminals. It is probably fair to say that the minds of many of them have mostly been focused on the hitherto much neglected subject of security caused ...
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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Terrorist attack, human error, the weather - whatever the cause, oil pollution is a messy business. Last month, seven and a half years after the SEA EMPRESS grounded in Milford Haven''s approaches spilling 72,000 tonnes of crude into the sea and onto the shore, the port authority finally settled the ...
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NewsDrewry privatises the world
Drewry Shipping' s Dean Davison weighs up privatisation opportunities and discusses the criteria that may be applied in the evaluation process
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New container sensor system
Three supply chain security companies, E. J. Brooks Company, RAE Systems (AMEX: RAE), and Savi Technology have unveiled an interconnected sensor system that adds new levels of intelligence to cargo containers, enabling them to automatically detect intrusions, sense interior environmental changes in temperature or humidity, detect hazardous cargo such as ...
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NewsDangers of excessive working hours
Hong Kong''s Marine Department has warned of the dangers of fatigue due to excessive cargo handling. It quotes two recent accidents - one fatal and the other resulting in permanent disability - in which fatigue played a key role. The victims had been working for extended periods of 21 hours ...
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NewsMUSC urges faster uptake
Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) have been made a Recognised Security Organisation (RSO) for Irish ports. The London-based maritime consultants were awarded the status by the government department of Maritime Safety. It means MUSC can now assist port facilities to comply with the security measures enforced by the new ...
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NewsUK's northern ports promote safety
Launching a new initiative to improve port and harbour safety throughout the north of England, PD Teesport md David Robinson said: " We are pleased to announce a threepronged attack to improve our record: more support for safety training and research into solutions; establishing a regular forum for all northern ...
