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Bucket type CSUs  There’s more than cost-cutting at stake

In tight times, budgets for bulk material handling equipment get squeezed putting pressure on Original Equipment Manufacturers to slash model costs. Ray Dyes reports…

That seems to be an emerging trend in the world of bucket-type continuous shipunloaders as a hint of recovery tantalises world markets and more and projects are dusted off and come up for bid in 2011.

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Missing link

The impact of an economic downturn has not only affected movement of goods it also has hit many Ro-ro ports and terminals as the number of passengers and freight transport declined. But who gives any thought to the linkspan manufacturer - bridging the gap between land and vessel? Sheila Moloney reports…

Although we have been reporting on improved throughput figures for ports and terminals around the world, there is only one particular figure that manufacturers of linkspans are interested in – the Ro-ro figures.

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World Port Development talks to Dertje Meijer, CEO & President Port of Amsterdam.

Dertje Meijer is the Director of the Port of Amsterdam. She works on realising the Port Vision 2020, in which international logistics, sustainability, trade and cooperation with companies and regions converge.

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Keeping it simple

For the last couple of months we have been reporting on a new design for container cranes and new technology for container cranes, but is there anything else that we should be looking at? Peter van Schie reports…

The November issue of World Port Development featured an article on a new design concept – FastNet - from APM Terminals and to kick off this article we have been ‘testing the water’ to see if such a design is not only feasible but also if this is going to shape the future?

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The heart of the matter

Crane component manufacturers are continuously improving or re-designing their products and they are certainly not doing it for fun as World Port Development discovered when approaching component manufacturers for this feature. Components are truly the beating heart of container cranes.

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Benelux Ports beginning to see recovery

Looking back, 2010 was not such a bad year at all for many ports in both Belgium and the Netherlands. Many of them report on a year of recovery but all agree that 2011 will even be better. Sheila Moloney reports…

The number one European port – the Dutch mega-hub Rotterdam – continued to consolidate its position by reporting an increase in cargo flows. The number one container maritime gateway, not only reported growth in container throughput, but also in total throughput tonnages, vessel calls and dead weight tonnage.

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The right to defend

We have covered the issue of piracy in the Gulf of Aden several times in this magazine but the continued attacks in the Gulf are prompting the question whether those under attack should be able to defend their property. Inevitably, the use of weapons is under discussion.  GAC Protective Solutions looks at the issue...

The Board of Directors of Cavotec MSL Holdings Ltd has reviewed an extensive corporate re-organisation proposal, which would see the incorporation of a new Swiss parent company, Cavotec SA, and a restructuring under a Scheme of Arrangement.

There will be a height restriction for trailers at Mina Zayed Port from 27 February onwards. Abu Dhabi Terminals have installed height detectors on Security Gate No 2 to monitor the total height of loaded trailers exiting Mina Zayed port.

Trade figures from the US Department of Commerce's for 2010 rank Florida as the nation's fourth largest export state.