Liebherr lands a Hook in NY

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Ireland-based Liebherr Container Cranes has secured an order for four superpost Panamax container cranes (18-wide deck stow on a 50m outreac...

Port Chalmers noise issue

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New Zealand's Environment Court is considering case brought by local residents seeking tighter noise controls at Port Chalmers, which is own...

US ports take Eagle

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Following the earlier announcement of a contract worth over US$40 mill, placed by the US Customs for the supply of its mobile Eagle X-ray sc...

Making the right turns

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Crane turntables are expensive and curved rails are preferred for "90 deg turns." This usually means cutting off the corner from access by t...

Putting a stop to braking problems

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Crane brakes are back in the spotlight after "runaway" incidents in Vancouver, BC, and Surabaya but there is little consensus on how to prev...

WA spends on ports

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The Western Australian government has announced port upgrades worth A$98 mill, including A$18.5 mill on infrastructure associated with the H...

Kuwait plans ahead

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Proposals are under consideration to upgrade facilities at Kuwait's Shuwaikh and Shuaiba container terminals to increase handling capacity a...

Subic pipe row smoulders on

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The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has dismissed suggestions that the bidding rules for the US$136.5 mill Subic container terminal ...

TransNepal a year on

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TransNepal Freight Services (Pvt) Ltd (TFS) has successfully completed one year of managing and operating both the new, road-only ICDs in Ne...

HK operators dismiss Shenzhen challenge

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Hong Kong container terminal operators are not worried by plans to build two new ports at Dachan Bay and Nansha in the Pearl River Delta acr...

Pandora opens the box

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Working on a commission from the Home Office's Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Roke Manor Research, Siemens' UK-based research and ...

Going Dutch over funding

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While the Port of Rotterdam has gained outline government support for Maasvlakte II, there are still doubts in some quarters that it will go...

Corrigendum

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We regret that lack of clarity of expression led to some confusion in our last article on RTGs (March 2003, pp30-31)....

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