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The first three ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes have been delivered to the new Felixstowe South development in the UK. The cranes, the biggest of their type in the world, are capable of handling future generations of container ships carrying 24 containers wide on deck. Built by Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) of Shanghai and transported full...
Peel Ports has appointed David Huck as the new head of port operations at the Port of Liverpool, UK, to lead operational performance at the group’s Mersey Port facilities and take responsibility for the 16,000 vessel movements it handles each year. Huck joins from Hutchison Ports Felixstowe, where he was senior manager for container terminal opera...
FRANKFURT Airport's (Fraport) air cargo hit 204,332 tonnes in May, an increase of almost 40 per cent year on year with maximum take-off weights reaching a record high of 2.49 million tonnes, attributed mostly to an eight per cent jump in intercontinental flights. "The high growth rates in air freight tonnage result especially from Asia's dynamic econo...
CHINA's container ports recorded their highest-ever monthly throughput in May, with 12.4 million TEU and if things continue, Shanghai stands to replace Singapore as the world's top container port. Shanghai's liftings have exceeded Singapore for two consecutive months since April and now Shanghai stands to end the year surpassing Singapore as the busi...
At a three-day assessment seminar of the International Committee for Seafarers Welfare (ICSW), held at Hotel Trident, Willingdon Island, Kochi, from May 6 to 8, the welfare activities at Kandla Port were declared as a Role Model for other ports to follow, Exim News Service informs. In addition, Mr Joseph Chacko, the Administrator-cum-Treasurer of Kandla Se...
In its latest appraisal of progress on the major port expansion project in Rotterdam at Maasvlakte 2, Port of Rotterdam Authority and contractor PUMA report that construction of the project is running smoothly. The global ships service provider Wilhelmsen Ships Service is managing up to 14 of the in total 21 trailing suction hopper dredgers which are provid...
Cargotec has confirmed new orders worth around EUR 20 million to deliver MacGregor bulk handling cranes and hatch covers for 17 Handysize bulk carriers (37,000 dwt) and hatch covers for nine Kamsarmax bulk carriers (82,000 dwt) to be built at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China. Each 37,000 dwt bulk carrier will be equipped with four cranes with a...
THE US Port of Tacoma commission has appointed interim port director John Wolfe as the permanent port director. Mr Wolfe, previously deputy executive director, has led the port on a temporary basis since January 1 following the departure of former executive director Tim Farrell. Mr Wolfe has served as the deputy executive director of the Port of Tacoma ...
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