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New Box Terminal for Vancouver
The Vancouver Port Authority has announced that it expects to begin construction of a new $800m container terminal at Roberts Bank by 2007.
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OnePort to Enhance Hong Kong's Competitiveness
Major Hong Kong terminal operators Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), Modern Terminals Limited and COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited have formed a new joint venture company, OnePort, that will provide an open, secure and neutral platform for electronic information exchange between all port users.
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NewsICTSI Signs for Gdynia & Plans Big Capacity Boost
Senior executives of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) and of the Port Authority of Gdynia gathered in Gdynia Friday 30 May for the official signing ceremony that marked the completion of the privatisation process for the port of Gdynia''s Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) and its acquisition by ICTSI as ...
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PSA acquires stake in ESCO Laem Chabang
PSA Corporation has made an undisclosed investment in Thailand''s Laem Chabang container port which will help PSA consolidate its presence in the regional market where the competition have been busy lately.
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Maersk Sealand weigh up Tarragona
Lluis Badia, president of Tarragona Port Authority, has revealed that representatives from Maersk Sealand (MSL) are discussing the possibility of transferring the company' s current Algeciras-based transhipment operation to the Catalan port.
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NewsMSC Commits to New Venice Terminal
Terminal Intermodale Venezia (TIV) signalled its entrance to the container handling business in Venice, Italy, with the handling of its first Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) vessel in mid-May. Four MSC vessels per week are now scheduled to call at the terminal which anticipates a throughput of 120,000TEU in its first ...
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Accelerated Korean Development
A new port authority is to be set up in early 2004 in Busan and Gwangyan, South Korea in order to speed up the development of a new container terminal and general cargo complex in the area.
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NewsDFDS Tor Line go for rental
DFDS Tor Line has expanded its rental and maintenance agreement with Kalmar to cover its terminal in Maasvlakte, Holland and the North Sea Terminal in Norway.
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Retrofitting Smartrail
Kalmar' s automatic steering and container position verification system, Smartrail, introduced in 1997, has been granted an international patent.
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Atlas Copco provide site power at Hong Kong's Terminal Nine
Jv contractors Hyundai and China Civil Engineering Construction are using Atlas Copco portable compressors and generating sets for quay wall piling works on Hong Kong' s new six-berth container terminal.
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Long Beach Beefs Up Security..
The US West Coast port of Long Beach has called for tenders for a video surveillance system that will include up to 50 cameras and is estimated to cost around US$5.5m.
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Massive Crane Order
Yantian International Terminals has placed a massive order for 57 container cranes with Chinese crane builder Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co.
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NewsGottwald adds Wide Span Gantry cranes
Gottwald Port Technology is supplying four of its new Wide Span Gantry (WSG) cranes to riverside terminals on the Rhine.
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..and Cleans-Up Its Act
The port has also recently announced its intention to use cleaner-burning diesel fuel in all terminal equipment and to fit the equipment with pollution control devices.
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APM Terminals at Constantza using TOPS through VAR arrangement
APM Terminals of Copenhagen has signed a contract for support of its TOPS terminal optimisation software system in Constantza with Global Transportation Solutions (GTS).
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New safety tracking system unveiled at Dover
Vessels passing through the Dover Strait will be among the safest in the world following the recent launch of the latest in ship safety and surveillance by Alistair Darling, British Secretary of State for Transport.
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Spy in the Box
911 continues to prompt the ongoing application of new technology in the container system designed to prevent terrorist acts and as a useful bi-product reduce cargo crime; one of the latest innovations being All Set Tracking''s " Smart and Secure" electronic seal for containers.
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NewsHarbour towage sector looks to lower manning
Jack Gaston explains why compact and manoeuvrable harbour tugs are the future.
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Felixstowe South Piles Ahead
The first shipment of piles for the new quay wall at the Port of Felixstowe’s Felixstowe South development recently arrived at the UK’s largest container port. Nineteen of the large tubular steel piles were discharged from the vessel Arklow Rainbow directly onto the Felixstowe South construction site. Each of the ...
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NewsTPA Time for a rethink on DAR concession?
The Tanzania Port Authority (TPA) has stated repeatedly that it wants a terminal operator that can deliver an improved performance compared to its previous experience at its Tanzania International Container Terminal (TICTS), but the question is will it get this via a selective bidding process?
