The Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port purchased new equipment for the timber terminal MNovoroslesexport - 6 new overhead cranes of 20 tons capacity produced by Lemmens-Troitsky plant. According to the press-service of the port, the total cost of the new cranes is 30 mn rubles. The new equipment was purchased in the framework of the investment program du...
BLUE BELL, Pa.—Technology services provider Unisys announced today it has been awarded with a three-year biometric ID authentication and access control contract from The Port Authority of Los Angeles that will focus on the Transportation Security Administration’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). TWIC is a biometric-based ID to be...
Navis, a Zebra Technologies company (NASDAQ: ZBRA) has won a landmark deal to replace the in-house terminal operating system (TOS) at the Santos-Brasil Tecon Terminal where efficiency is expected to improve by at least 20 percent after the upgrade. We expect to improve efficiency within a year of installing the Navis software, said Ricardo Abbruzzini F...
The Mackay Port Authority says it is disappointed the Queensland Government has decided to sell off the airport. The Government is selling the airport to raise the money needed to build a new hospital. Port authority chairman Graham Davies says the number of people using the airport grew 12 per cent last year and the port authority is prepared for f...
TACOMA, Wash.—The Port of Tacoma is ramping up its efforts to stay close to a “sister city” in China while making nice with a neighboring city in the state of Washington. This Friday, port officials will officially launch the Fuzhou Pilot Project, featuring Yuan Rongxiang, chief executive of Fuzhou Municipality and chairman of the Fuzhou People's Assoc...
Boris Wenzel has been appointed chief executive officer of the Polish container terminal operator DCT Gdansk SA. He succeeds Colin Chanter, who continues as chairman of the board of management. Wenzel has worked in both the investment banking and port business. His introduction to the port industry came when, in 1999, he joined Eastern Sea Laem Ch...
William H. Crews has joined the Port of Houston Authority as port security and emergency operations manager, a new position. Crews is a long-time security professional who most recently served as chief of security at NASA's flight research facility in California. Source: American Shipper
A United Arab Emirates real estate firm has won a bid to relocate and redevelop a port in the Jordanian seaside city of Aqaba, international news outlets reported over the weekend. The $5 billion port will be built in three phases and will cater to cargo and passenger ships as Jordan seeks a slice of increasing business on the Red Sea. Aqaba is lo...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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