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    GUAYMAS

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. At the end of February, Arizona University will present to Mexico's Integral Ports Administration (API) the results of its feasibility study in respect of the establishment of a container terminal at the port of ...

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    Ten operators interested

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    El Salvador''s La Union port authority (Cepa) has revealed that 10 international port operators have indicated an interest in operating the port as a private concession. Bids for the 25-year concession must be entered by July and will be subjected to an analysis in September.

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    ALTAMIRA

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. The Mexican port of Altamira has scheduled projects for the next few years requiring private sector investment of US$14.82m. These encompass the relocation of the dry bulk terminal, the construction of a black smoke ...

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    BRITISH COLUMBIA

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Having already been delayed by a year, the construction of new container terminals at Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia are facing further setbacks due to ongoing environmental reviews.

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    Hutchison Port Holdings

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    As a result, two government departments have been asked to look into anomalies amounting to US$3.8m. Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to expand capacity at its Lazaro Cardenas container terminal to 700,000TEUs a year by 2008. Kansas City Southern (KCS) also plans to link the port by railway to the ...

  • Piraeus: everything on offer
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    Maritime Centres and Democracy

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    In Belgium and Holland recently it was striking to see what a deep-routed culture of maritime tradition prevails. The history of maritime activity goes back centuries and as with any such region, this breeds much more than just the port and its core activities. In Benelux you will find the ...

  • itractor: getting the job done efficiently
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    Kalmar launches i tractor

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar has introduced the first ever series of tractors to use CAN-BUS control technology *.

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    TIDEWORKS

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Tideworks Technology has deployed its terminal operations management systems at Intershipping Terminal Services(ITS) in Puerto Cabello. Tideworks'' regional office in Colon managed the project implementation from requirements identification to software installation and training, and provides ongoing support.

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    CVS Ferarri

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    CVS Ferarri is to supply 34 TT2516VA terminal tractors to APMT at Algeciras.

  • Real-time information from RFID tags and readers on the location and security of cargo containers can be obtained through SaviTrak information services at ports worldwide
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    SAVI extends network

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Savi Networks, operator of the RFID-enhanced global information service for container shipments, that enables automated tracking, management and security, is now commercially available at two of the world''s busiest ocean terminals - in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

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    Kalmar go-karting

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Savi began developing the SaviTrak solution commercially in 2002 as a provider of networking technology to the Smart and Secure Tradelanes initiative, which included thousands of RFID-tagged container journeys from origins in Indonesia, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany and South Africa. The system was further refined in several other global transportation ...

  • HMK 8710s for Carrara, Italy
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    Gottwald Launches Generation 5

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    To coincide with its 100th anniversary this summer Gottwald has launched a new generation of harbour cranes.

  • Keeping engineers up to date with technology is of paramount importance - and that is not the core activity of a port
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    When business profiles change

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    If Tilbury''s experience is anything to go by, ports have much to gain by outsourcing their materials handling operations. Felicity Landon reports.

  • Felixstowe South and Bathside Bay: Doubtless there is seen to be an element of who dares wins among UK containerport developers but with annual growth in the 2% range will there be any winners?
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    Capacity tsunami

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The issue of adding new UK box port capacity is becoming more complex and the industry itself has contributed to this process. Has it shot itself in the foot or is it about to?

  • Kuzmenko: now a vice director of Ukrtranscontainer Ukraines ports are still state-owned enterprises More projects likely to surface
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    On the investor radar

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Prompted by rising container volumes and better conditions for inward investment the Ukraine is now the focus of growing interest on the part of international terminal operators and shipping lines, as Konstantin Ilnitskiy reports.

  • Rhine barges: determining the optimum route Jan de Nul at work in Argentina
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    Low Countries aim high

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The ports of Holland and Belgium, together with their watery hinterlands, have long served as breeding grounds for innovation within the cargo handling and port construction sectors. Nick Elliott offers a sampling.

  • Port operators gain expertise without going through the learning curve on their own
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    Selective outsourcing

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    " The importance of good maintenance cannot be over-emphasised, " says KS Won, president of Portek Indonesia. The company is part of Portek Group, and maintains a total of 28 quay cranes, 40 RTGs and four MHCs across the whole Indonesian archipelago.

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    Wireless workers compete

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Wireless technology continues to make inroads, but what are the advantages, how cost-effective is it and how do staff react to its introduction? David Foxwell asks the questions.

  • Wireless technology can make container handling faster and more cost-effective claim manufacturers
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    The human factor: friend or foe?

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Asked how wireless is received by those who have to use it, Frans Kok reckons ''very well''. It is seen by workers as an endorsement of their operational role. Training is not a problem either he believes, because the radio computers LXE use are fully graphical and support all languages. ...

  • Katrina: new sensitivities to storm and earthquake risks 9/11 spawned newcowers
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    Loss prone industry

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Surely, few parts of any industrial economy can approach the modern port or terminal for the variety of ways in which losses can occur. Sam Ignarski reports.