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On 20 September during his State of the Port address GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch detailed GPA's 10-year, USD2.5 billion plan to expand the capacity of the nation's fastest growing and single largest container terminal from 5.5 million TEUs to 8 mil...
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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Nusrat Ghani recently visited the Port of Tyne. During the visit the Minister enjoyed a boat trip on the River Tyne aboard the Port's pilot boat – Collingwood and was able to see first-hand the offsh...
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Hutchison Ports Harwich International has become a new base for the British Antarctic Survey's two ice-strengthened Royal Research Ships, the RRS James Clark Ross and the RRS Ernest Shackleton. The two ships are making their inaugural calls at the port in...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, has described the container shipping industry's recent imposition of a 'sulphur surcharge' as unjustified and blatant profiteeri...
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Ahead of the Greenport Congress from 16-19 October, Hyster Company has announced the receipt of a grant from California Climate Investments (CCI) to support the development of a zero-emissions container handling truck powered by a Nuvera fuel cell.
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The GPA has approved USD92 million for the Mason Mega Rail Terminal. The project will double the Port of Savannah's annual rail capacity to 1 million containers and deliver the largest on-terminal rail facility in North America by 2020.
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Total monthly container volumes in August 2018 dropped 6.9 percent compared to the same month last year, for a total of 314,321 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Contributing factors included weather conditions in Asia, which caused vessel delays and t...
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Six Konecranes forklift trucks ordered back in November 2017 by DP world were delivered to DP World Jebel Ali Terminal 1 in Dubai, UAE in June this year (2018).The forklift trucks delivered in June are the model Konecranes SMV16-1200C.
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On September 12th The Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox MP, welcomed over 200 senior port executives, MPs, Peers and industry representatives to the Houses of Parliament to celebrate the UK ports industry and its contribution to and rol...
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Konecranes has supplied a mobile harbor crane with a new drive concept to Weserport in Bremen in June 2018. Weserport uses the crane in Terminal 1 of Bremen's Industriehafen for loading and unloading general cargo and handling project loads.
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Bright Light Systems (BLS), a US Georgia-based manufacturer of energy-efficient LED luminaires and wireless lighting controls, recently completed Phase 1 of the transition to high-mast LED lighting along with the Bright Light Management System (BLMS) soft...
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The Port of Virginia processed a record-setting 258,821 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in August, an increase of nearly 8 percent when compared with the same month last year.
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South Carolina Ports Authority recorded the highest monthly container volume in its history, with 206,541 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled in August.
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The investment needs of European ports over the next ten years amount to 48 billion EUR. Many port investments score high in creating societal value but the return on investment for the investor, the port managing body, is often low and slow. For these in...
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At the beginning of January 2018, GENMA, part of Rainbow Heavy Industries (RHI), delivered 3 mobile harbour cranes to PICT India and has now announced a further new order for one more mobile harbor crane GHC100, also for India.
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JSSC Klaipedos Smelte in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania, has placed a large repeat order with Konecranes for ten Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes and two Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes. The delivery of the RTG cranes will be completed in November 2019 and th...
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Mantsinen Group Ltd Oy is extending its production capacity at Rauma in Finland. The company's Material Handling Machinery unit is setting up a new assembly unit in September 2018, in premises which have been leased from Euroports Rauma Oy. This move is p...
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Navis's ship-specific MACS3 Sealash module on board a 8,000 TEU container vessel has been successfully approved by the classification society DNV GL.
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MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is one of a consortium of leading marine industry players that have signed an agreement to collaborate in developing new levels of performance and environmental efficiency for container vessels.
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A new rail shuttle linking the leading French container ports Marseille Fos and Le Havre with Switzerland is being launched today (September 4) in a joint initiative with intermodal operator Naviland Cargo.
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