Twin hoist boom over?

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Fewer terminals are taking the decision to invest in twin hoist container cranes for tandem 40ft operations than in previous years. As of Fe...

Hoist gearbox monitoring

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Sweden-based bearing manufacturer SKF is piloting an on-line bearing monitoring system for container crane gearboxes at Yantian Internationa...

Minimum STS crane safety standards

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This article examines the long travel brake aspects of the PEMA, ICHCA and TT Club proposals aimed at preventing “runaways”....

Terex/Demag deal edging closer…

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As this issue was going to press, Terex Corp stated that its public tender offer for Demag Cranes AG had been accepted for at least 14M shar...

Cargotec 2Q sales up 25%

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Cargotec has reported that its 2Q/2011 sales increased by 25% compared to 2Q/ 2010, to €795M, while orders received increased by 4% to €...

Itapoá terminal opens

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Brazil’s newest container terminal, the Reais500M (US$315M) deepwater Porto Itapoá facility, finally opened for business last month with ...

…hot stuff for Terex reach stackers

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Terex Cranes recently delivered three specially-tailored, Frenchbuilt long wheelbase TFC45LX reach stackers for hot steel handling to the Ar...

NTtank appoints European agent

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Chinese tank container manufacturer Nantong Tank Container Co (NTtank) has appointed NTC Tankcontainer Services Botlek BV as its European sa...

HIT takes delivery of supercap RTGs

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Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), part of Hutchison Port Holdings, has taken delivery of 10 new hybrid RTGs from ZPMC. The new machine...

Mitsui bids for Portek

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Japan’s Mitsui & Co revealed a S$221M (US$180M) bid for all the shares of Singapore-based international port operator Portek International...

Embraport a step closer

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Thanks to a fresh injection of cash and the urgent need to provide more container capacity in Santos, the opening of the DP Worldbacked, Rea...

…bags Dammam concession

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Saudi Global Ports LLC (SGP), a joint-venture company, formed by PSA International and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of the Kingdom of Sa...

SSA scoops Tuxpan deal

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US terminal operator SSA Marine has won a 20 year concession to build and operate a new container and general cargo terminal at Tuxpan on th...

Sri Lanka’s shipping hub ambitions

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Sri Lanka is aiming to become an Asian shipping hub capable of competing with Singapore and Dubai by investing US$3.4B in the expanion of it...

Box terminal for Moldova

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A new general cargo and container terminal is scheduled to open in late September at the Giurgiulesti International Free Port (GIFP), the on...

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