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The market for port handling technology is expanding globally at an annual growth rate of approximately 7%. Simultaneously, the demand for high-quality customer-specific solutions is also increasing. In response to these trends, Linde Material Handling is launching several container handlers that are all set to be on the market by 2009. The launch begins ...
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has received an order for 12 E-One rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from South America's largest container terminal operator, Santos Brasil S/A, operating at the Port of Santos. The 7+1 wide and 1-over-6 high units will come equipped with Kalmar's auto-steering and container...
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission said Friday it has temporarily blocked a key component of the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports' attempt to overhaul the Southern California drayage system. The FMC, the federal regulatory agency overseeing regulation of ocean transportation within the foreign commerce of the United States, requested more informatio...
The Shanghai Port International Group has laid down the gauntlet to Singapore — we'll pass you by the end of 2009. So reported the South China Morning Post Tuesday, after news that SIPG plans to bring 30 million TEUs through its container terminals in 2008, a 15 percent rise over the 26.5 million it handled in 2007. Singapore handled more than 27 mil...
One Louisiana state legislator is proposing consolidating several ports on the Lower Mississippi River, while another is proposing creation of a cabinet-level post to oversee the state's ports. House Speaker Jim Tucker, R-Terrytown, has introduced two bills dealing with consolidation. HB 1086 would consolidate the ports in Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bern...
Eurogate Tanger, the second stage development at the Tangier Med Container Terminal in Morocco, Monday received its first five ship-to-shore cranes ahead of its opening in the fall. The cranes, each able to lift 65 tons and with a 65 meter reach over the edge of the quayside, arrived on the heavy lift ship Zhen Hua 11 after a 60-day voyage from Shangh...
Two officials from the Port of Kaohsiung were arrested over the weekend for allegedly falsifying the Taiwanese port's container volumes to reach a lucrative government target, according to various local news outlets. The arrests followed overnight questioning of more than 50 people from the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau and various shipping companies. ...
Hamburg-based container terminal and intermodal operator Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus AG (HHLA) today reported net income of 111 million euros ($164 million) for 2007, up 15 percent compared to 97 million euros in 2006. The company's annual earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose 32 percent to 288 million euros ($424 million) with revenue up ...
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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