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News..while Patrick goes all the way
Meanwhile Patrick Stevedores of Brisbane has placed an order for 14 Kalmar ESC straddle carriers to be equipped for unmanned operations.
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New fertilizer terminal for Muuga
UK based AS-C Materials Handling has won a contract for the system design of all mechanical, structural, electrical and control elements at a new fertilizer terminal at Muuga, Estonia. AS-C has also supplied all control components for the facility as well as upgrading and integrating the control system for the ...
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NewsKalmar strads for Hesse-Noord Natie..
Belgium' s Hesse-Noord Natie has ordered nine Kalmar EDRIVE ESC straddle carriers for operation in its River Schelde terminals, Quay 869 and Quay 913. This latest order calls for five ESCs with normal spreaders and four with extendable twinlift spreaders equipped with a 50-ton capacity.
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NewsGottwald's fruits of success
HHLA Frucht-und Kuhlzentrum which runs Hamburg' s fruit terminal, has ordered two leading-edge HMK 90 E Mobile Harbour Cranes from Gottwald to enable faster discharging of banana and other fruit cargoes on pallets. The HMK 90 E is a 30-tonne crane with dieselelectric drive. Gottwald says the crane is ideally ...
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NewsAntwerp rationalises terminal space
Antwerp Port Authority (APA) has transferred a terminal concession it originally awarded to PSA subsidiary Hesse Noord Natie (HNN) to rival stevedore P& O Ports. Henceforth, HNN will manage all three container terminals on the left bank of the Deurganck Dock development, leaving P& O Ports with two concessions on ...
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Unions protest Nigerian privatisation plans
Nigerian dock workers'' unions have issued an ultimatum to the government to withdraw plans to privatise port operations and management or face a series of strikes by stevedores. They claim that earlier attempts at injecting private sector know-how resulted in monumental losses to both the National Ports Authority (NPA) and ...
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PM urges lines
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called upon international shipping lines to choose container terminals in Malaysia over those in neighbouring Singapore.
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China planning new LNG terminals
China is considering developing three new LNG terminals, one at Qingdao and two near Shanghai. Energy planners expect gas demand in the eastern coastal provinces to hit 37bn cbm/year by 2015, an average annual growth rate of 12.5%. Sinopec, one of China''s largest oil companies, is leading development effort in ...
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New terminal paves way for junction role
The first cargo hall on a planned new € 30 million terminal aimed at consolidating Lubeck''s leading role in Baltic paper products handling has been inaugurated in the suburb of Schlutup. The 9,618 sq m Hall 33 has cost the Lubecker Hafen-gesellschaft E6.2m to develop and is part of the ...
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Logistics park for Qingdao
Hong Kong-listed China Merchants Holdings and the government of Qingdao are to jointly develop a $500m, international logistics park in Qingdao. The project includes the development of seven container and multi-purpose berths as an integrated terminal and logistics facility that extends port services into the supply chain.
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NewsSassnitz-Mukran flexes cargo muscles
Europe''s biggest fish processing plant has opened near the port of Sassnitz-Mukran closing a gap in the supply chain between product and consumer in the German Baltic state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The former GDR seaport is better known for its ferry and ro-ro traffic. The settlement of the € 80m Dutch-owned ...
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First berth of YICT's Phase III operational
Phase III at Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) has opened its first berth and piloted its " Next-Generation System" which will gradually replace the existing terminal operation control system. nGen has been jointly developed by YICT and Hongkong International Terminals to cope with the increasing demand of terminal operations.
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Russian investor to complete Giurgiulesti?
A Russian investor intends to pay off Moldovan debt to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) arising from the Giurgiulesti Oil Terminal project, and develop a multifunctional port on Moldova''s section of the Danube.
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NewsNew post-Panamax cranes for PAMT
Two new post-Panamax container cranes have arrived at Philadelphia' s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal (PAMT), operated by Greenwich Terminals LLC. The cranes, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, have an outreach of 45.7m and are capable of a 65-tonne twin 20' lift. On a dramatic voyage from Busan via the Cape ...
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Halifax LNG plant by 2007
Access Northeast Energy (ANE) of Halifax, Nova Scotia is in the initial stages of building a $376m LNG plant at the ice-free port of Bear Head, Nova Scotia. ANE is conducting a technical and economic feasibility study as well as an environmental assessment of the site.
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LNG terminals for India
The Petronet consortium is due to open a new LNG terminal at Dahej by the end of the year. It has also acquired 400 acres of land at the port of Kochi, where preliminary studies have been completed for construction of a second LNG terminal, which should begin in December.
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Chittagong rejects accusations
Chittagong Port Authority chairman Shahadat Hossain has rejected accusations from western countries that Chittagong is both hazardous and expensive.
