Latest News – Page 807
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NewsNew boarding tower in Venice
Last week the Venice Port Authority presented its Multipurpose Boarding Tower, an environmental-friendly solution for passenger logistics.
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Chinese eye port opportunities in Papua
Nine Chinese companies have indicated an interest in building new ports in Papua and West Papua. Locations so far identified are Sorong, Biak and Jayapura, with the latter scheduled to become a dedicated container terminal.
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OTR burning rubber with hire scheme
Tyre specialist OTR is pushing its Tyre Hire service as an “affordable and convenient” option, with the added benefit of improving cash flow management.
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Gottwald goes large in Chile
Demag subsidiary Gottwald Port Technology is celebrating an order for the largest mobile harbour crane for container handling in the Americas. The Generation 5 G HMK 8410 MHC will be supplied to Puerto Angamos, Mejillones, Chile, allowing the operator to service super post-panamax vessels in future. Commercial operation is scheduled ...
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NewsGreen pressure piled on port consultants
The pressure to ‘green’ port equipment is being keenly felt by consultants, according to a survey by Trelleborg Marine Systems.
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NewsMombasa privatisation plans stall
Kenya’s government has shot down plans to privatise Mombasa port, contrary to a proposal from its Transport Ministry and against World Bank advice.
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NewsSydney penalises under-achievers
Sydney has flicked the switch on a penalty system for underperforming stevedores and truckers, following a month-long trial.
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NewsGreen pressure piled on port consultants
The pressure to ‘green’ port equipment is being keenly felt by consultants, according to a survey by Trelleborg Marine Systems.
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NewsFirm foundations for Bristol
The Bristol Port Company has started the site investigation for a £STG600mil deep sea container terminal in Avonmouth.
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NewsBCT celebrates first heavy load
Baltic Container Terminal in Poland recently handled its first heavy cargo using its new Liebherr LHM-400 mobile harbour crane.
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NewsHull 'ticks all the boxes'
Hull''s proposed site for Siemens'' wind turbine factory ''ticks all the boxes'' in terms of location, deepwater, lock-free access and space, says Matt Jukes, ABP''s port director for Hull and Goole.
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Global Ports to expand port investment
Russian company Global Ports Investments has hinted that it is to acquire new port assets in the near future, although declined to give specifics. The group, Russia''s largest container terminal operator, is owned by N-Trance.
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Two new ports for Indonesia
Indonesia''s Ministry of Public Housing is to shortly commence construction of two ports, at Tanjung Bulu and Tanjung Bumi, costing a combined $1.12bn. These will ease pressure on Suramadu Bridge and also at Tanjung Perak port. The latter is operating at its peak capacity of 1.3m teu and is also ...
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Taim Weser to supply holistic systems
Spain-headquartered Taim Weser group is to design, manufacture, and supply a conveyor belt system and stockyard machinery for the new Porto Sudeste Port Terminal to be built in Itaguaí (Brazil) by LLX.
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NewsZero Emissions Terminal Embarks on World Tour
The Castor Green Terminal is considered to be the ocean cargo terminal of the future - powered by the sun and wind.
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A new twist on an old method
It would be wrong to assume that performance measures in the port industry are a recent phenomenon.
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NewsAn indication of worth
HPTI''s Thomas Gondermann considers how best to tackle workable port-wide performance measures
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NewsCutting costs or corners?
Alex Hughes asks whether cutting equipment maintenance spending is a sensible measure
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Costa Rica to modernise ports
The government of Costa Rica is intent on modernising its national port network, which currently occupies the 128th position in the world ranking of container terminals.
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Indra signs major Portuguese deal
The Spanish company Indra has signed an agreement with the Portuguese ports of Leixões, Lisbon and Sines, which will involve the implementation of the second generation of the Single Port Window (JUPII) management system.
