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    CSN to expand Sepetiba facility

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Brazil''s National steel company, Companhia Siderugica Nacional (CSN), is to spend US$150m on transforming part of its coal terminal at the port of Sepetiba, in Rio de Janeiro, into an export bulk and iron ore terminal.

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    Katrina's ill wind

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    At time of press US Gulf ports were showing signs of getting back to something vaguely resembling normality. New Orleans'' port was just reopening, Gulfport had reopened, Biloxi remained closed as did several others whilst along the coast yet more were operating on restricted draughts. The Mississippi itself had re-opened ...

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    Who's Building What?

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    DALIAN: COSCO Pacific/Dalian Port Container Co/PSA China/APM Terminals: Two berths at Dalian Dayaowan Phase II, quay length 652m, capacity 700,000 TEUs annually.

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    Have they gone overboard?

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Well on the road to becoming the world''s workshop, a port building frenzy has hit China in recent years. But does it amount to too much, asks Neil Madden .

  • Table 1: Sources of No xand PM 10 at US Container Ports
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    Cleaner and Greener

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Californians and Scandinavians seem to lead the way when it comes to matters green so Nick Elliott turned to these two regions for the latest thinking.

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    What comes next?

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Hydrogen can be made from a number of different sources, including natural gas and the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen (electrolysis). The hydrogen is then liquefied by and delivered to the fuelling site where it is dispensed as a gas into pressurised cylinders.

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    Peering inside the box

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Bill Mawer of Smiths Detection explains to Alex Hughes how those who need but cannot afford scanning equipment, can be helped out.

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    Katrina - The shame of it all

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Ben Hackett laments the tardiness of the US Administration and its agencies

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    Bring back the Big Easy

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    In the short life of this magazine we have had to report on three major calamities wrought upon us by Mother Nature: Typhoon Maemi flattened Busan''s container terminal; then the Boxing Day tsuname wiped out whole coastlines; and now Hurricane Katrina. Each one an Act of God.

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    New Zealand: Whither ports after mergers?

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Merger and acquisition activity has left New Zealand’s main container ports facing months of uncertainty.

  • Port Botany: new terminal will be built at right angles to furthest quayside, along same axis as airport runways (background)
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    Australia's growing pains

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Growing trade, bigger boxships and politics make for a potent brew Downunder. Kevin Chinnery has been tracking it all from Sydney.

  • Australias Wharfies: urban myths?
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    Australia prepares worker history screen

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Up to 130,000 of Australia''s stevedores, seafarers and long-haul truck drivers are to be screened for criminal history from this October. This is prior to being issued a new identification card that will be mandatory for access to the docks. Government officials have predicted that the vetting will cause some ...

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    The Insurance Cost of Katrina

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Atlantic storm season this year has been very disheartening for port insurers. In a competitive market they have quoted keen rates, taken on exposed realty and equipment and laid off diligently to catastrophe insurers.

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    Kenya Ports Authority

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Kenya Ports Authority has selected Total Soft Bank, as its IT partner to provide terminal management and planning software assistance. ...

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    Mersey gets VTS upgrade

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.The safety and security of shipping moving in and out of the Mersey and its approaches is to be enhanced ...

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    NAVIS

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Navis is to provide the Terminal Operating System at APM Terminals' new Virginia terminal on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. ...

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    UNITOR

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (WW) has acquired 90.4% of the outstanding shares in Unitor. The acquisition represents a strategic investment for WW ...

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    TIDEWORKS

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Tideworks has been selected by Stevedoring Services (SSL) to provide terminal operations solutions and professional IT services for managing container ...

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    Liebherr

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Liebherr has delivered a LHM 400 mobile harbour crane to stevedore BUSS in Sassnitz. Equipped with a motor grab control ...

  • HMK260E in Jakarta: same model for Bangkok
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    Gottwald Thais things up

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald has recently received its first order from Thailand. Two 100-tonne HMK 260 E cranes have been ordered by the leading Thai agency and stevedoring group, Ngow Hock nd, the two new cranes will be operated by Thai Prosperity Terminal (TPT) on a private wharf on the Chao Phraya River ...