Latest News – Page 1153
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NewsEarls spreads capacity
Earls Industries has moved its engineering, fabrication, sales and service activities to a new facility in greater Vancouver.
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NewsSimulation tests viability of the choice
Kalmar is offering a new range of services through its Terminal Development Unit. Its clients can now use a simulation software application for the planning of logistics solutions and investment decisions at various types of container ports.
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NewsGottwald MHC for Tecon
Gottwald Port Technology has sold another 100-tonne HMK 300 E Mobile Harbour Crane to Tecon in the port of Rio Grande on the Uruguay border.
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NewsTransas scores with ABP
Transas Marine is to supply a Vessel Traffic System for Associated British Port' s (ABP) South Wales Ports of Cardiff, Barry, Newport, Swansea and Port Talbot. The system will provide vessel position, movements, timings and speed.
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NewsTERMINAL SOLUTIONS for Smaller Ports
Terminal operating systems are well-established features of the bigger container ports but smaller terminals are grasping their benefits too. Cathy Hayward reports.
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TT Club to shine the light
Starting next month, the TT Club will be contributing to Port Strategy on the ubiquitous topic of port security.
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NewsUNDERWRITING FOR BEGINNERS
Looking at your average modern container port during one of its quieter moments in the day you would hardly credit how many risks are concentrated in these few acres of hard stand, sheds and handling equipment.
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CAPACITY, CONNECTIONS, CONTROL AND THE CUSTOMER
Sometimes an item of news will, without us always knowing it, provide a glimpse into the future. It might also teach us a lesson or two.
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NewsTERMINAL ATTRACTION: WHAT'S THE DEAL?
In the first of a two-part analysis, Nick Elliott talks to institutional lenders about their criteria for lending to the developing world' s port sector.
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NewsTAKING THE RISK: Heavyweight Strategies
Neil Davidson , a director of Drewry Shipping Consultants, evaluates the strategic aims of the global container terminal operators with a particular eye on the risk factor.
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NewsCHINA HOOVERS UP WORLD IRON ORE PRODUCTION
Alex Hughes talks to major iron ore exporters and finds them all responding to China''s spectacular demands
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Tarragona eyes EU SSS subsidies
Changes in EU legislation next year have prompted Tarragona Port Authority, BASF, Dow and the Tarraco line to explore ways of using short sea shipping to move chemical products between Tarragon''s adjacent petro-chemical estate and ports in Italy. Subsidies may become available to put more hazchem products on vessels rather ...
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Mombasa audited and re-equipped
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has formed a committee to investigate waterfront operations at Mombasa Container Terminal. The team is expected to recommend an appropriate IT system for the management of water and yard operations at the port.
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News"Mighty Tidy" beats out "Stinky Pinky"
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership with the Port of Houston and the local flood control agency, have commissioned a new trash skimmer vessel named " Mighty Tidy" , designed to remove floating rubbish and debris from the Buffalo Bayou.
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EU OKs investment subsidy to Dutch box terminal
The EU has announced that the investment subsidy obtained by Huisvuilcentrale Noord-Holland (HVC) to build a new river container terminal at Alkmaar in The Netherlands does not breach community regulations.
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NewsHumber habitat safeguarded
An agreement between Associated British Ports (ABP) and UK conservation organisations has helped to safeguard the future of the Humber Estuary as one of Britain''s key habitats for migrating birds.
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NewsBillions for airline security, pennies to ports
Helen Delich Bentley, former Chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission, has called on US Congress to reconsider pending legislation that requires private sector terminal owners and the nation''s seaports to absorb nearly all the costs involved in a massive security overhaul of America''s maritime industry.
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Gothenburg gets help on ISPS
Hudson Trident has been appointed by the port of Gothenburg to conduct an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code assessment of the port authority' s facilities.
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NewsJamaica spends a billion on upgrade
The Port Authority of Jamaica has committed over $1bn to upgrade port security in Kingston and Montego Bay.
