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  • Capacity's Illumination system throws light on trailer safety
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    Capacity drives trailer development

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    US manufacturer of terminal trailers, Capacity of Texas has increased the size of its standard 50 gallon step fuel tanks from 6in to 10in and now offers a seatbelt light option,where a top of the cab light indicates if the operator has their seatbelt engaged.

  • Eight-rope reeving system promises increased spreader stability
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    Kalmar product range progression

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Kalmar has launched an anti-sway spreader design to make cycle times for rubber-tyred gantry cranes faster and more efficient. 

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    AMP'd up, Cavotec style

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Viewed by many on the US west coast as the driver in greener solutions for powering ships in dock, Cavotec has developed three different types of its branded Alternative Maritime Supply (AMP) units. Ship-based systems, semi-fixed systems and shore-based systems offer a supply of electrical power to docked vessels, obviating ...

  • Freestyle: HPH has not neglected its existing prots, such as Freeport in the Bahamas, in its quest for investment opportunities
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    Godfathers of ports

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Felicity Landon asks whether the flurry of concessions and expansions being announced by the world’ s major port dons is sustainable

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    PSA buys into Great Yarmouth

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    PSA has been named as an unexpected partner in Great Yarmouth’ s development plans. 

  • Come together: PST wants to consolidate several opertions scattered throughout the Port of Los Angeles
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    The spice of life

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Contrasting schemes from two major consultants prove that there’ s more than one way to skin a port cat, as Alex Hughes discovers

  • Creativity call: To keep disruption to a minimum BMT had to pre-cast Vopak's terminal expansion components on shore
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    Gas-guzzlers help Vopak expansion

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Increased demand for petroleum drove Vopak Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd to revisit its jetty layout and capacity at its Petroleum Storage Terminal at Banyan Basin on Singapore’ s Jurong Island. 

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    Another beast in the offing

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    In late April this year, King Mohammed VI announced that yet another mega-port is planned in the Strait of Gibraltar. It will be situated between Tangier and Tangier Med and completion is expected by 2015. 

  • Digging deep: the new Tangier Med port development will boast a depth of 18m
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    African dreams realised

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Continent’ s new super-port takes shape, with a facility to rival the traditional Mediterranean mega-hubs. Henrik Byrn reports

  • Material girl: MOL's Pacific Glory regularly shifts iron ore around the world
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    Iron Grip

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Stuart Pearcey discovers that burgeoning demand for iron ore is having a monumental impact on port development in China and Australia

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    Workers challenge the Indian dream

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    India wants to ramp up operations at the 13 ports it controls to 24/7 operation by December this year. 

  • Stepping out: it's high time ports and containership operators worked together to create a safer environment for lashing crews
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    The line on lashing

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    With hundreds of containers going overboard each year, Felicity Landon looks at the container lashing issue from the ports perspective

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    Lashing@Sea puts crew safety centre stage

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Health and safety aspects for lashing crews and ship crews are a central part of the Lashing@Sea joint industry project which was launched last year to look at the need for the right balance between safety and operational efficiency for container,ro-ro and heavy lift transport. 

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    Where does the buck stop?

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    For the P& I clubs, the dangers associated with lashing operations are only too clear. 

  • Beauty and brains: Kalmar has paid particular attention to driver comfort and machine productivity in its new icon series
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    Powerful Pulling

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Manufacturers are responding to demands for enhanced productivity by introducing more cost-effective, environmentally friendly terminal tractors, as David Foxwell explains

  • Extra headroom: Terberg has introduced a new, fuel efficient transmission, and raised roof option for its tractors
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    Transmission re-vamp

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    Terberg’ s overhaul of its terminal tractors’ powering gear has made a significant dent in fuel consumption, as David Foxwell reports

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    Handling success for innovative TTS cassettes

    2007-07-01T16:26:00Z

    In recent weeks, TTS Liftec Oy has secured a substantial contract from UPM-Kymmene Seaways, one of the world’ s leading forest products groups, for the supply of 200 cassettes that will be used to transport products such as paper and timber on routes between Finland and Santander and Ferrol in ...

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    FIRST SEA MOTORWAY CONTRACTS

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    The governments of Spain and France have issued the first tenders covering seven motorway services between ports on their Atlantic and northern coasts. These are expected to enter into service in 2008 and attract a subsidy of € 15m ($20.3m) per service from the Spanish state, while France has put ...

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    BEJAÏA INVESTS

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Bejaïa Mediterranean Terminal, a joint-venture between Enterprise Portuaire de Bejaïa and Singapore’ s Portek International, will invest $20.2m in upgrading the container terminal it manages in the port of Bejaïa.

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    MOTA-ENGIL ACQUISITION

    2007-06-01T16:26:00Z

    Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil has acquired port terminal operator Multiterminal for € 25m ($33.8m).