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It contains the information they need to assess the benefits of implementing a specialist software package and to compare costs against expensive in house systems, including sample ROI calculations, strategic benefits and cost considerations. Click here to request your free copy K Line's 14,000 TEU green drive The Japanese carrier has ordered five "new generation eco-friendly" ultra-large container vessels... Click here for more Labour deal for US ports A six-year contract between the ILA and USMX will bring social peace to East Coast and Gulf Coast ports... Click here for more Contship Italia opts for SPARCS N4 Navis has announced a significant project to implement SPARCS N4 at five terminals operated by Contship Italia SpA, part of Eurogate group... Click here for more Cyberlogitec books stow plan orders Korean software company Cyberlogitec has announced orders from Sinotrans Container Lines of China and Interasia Lines of Japan... Click here for more Busan to build more box berths The Busan Port Authority is planning to develop another 12 berths and add a nominal 5M TEU of annual container handling capacity by 2020, raising the world's fifth largest box port's design throughput to almost 21M TEU.... Click here for more Khalifa's capacity to be ramped up Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) plans to ramp up capacity at its new port of Khalifa with 1.8M TEU/year expected to be in place by the end of 2013 and 2.5M TEU/year by early 2016.... Click here for more Dutch 'U-turn' on container weighing The Dutch government has dropped its plan to introduce mandatory pre-shipment weighing of containers... Click here for more LASE's long laser vision Germany-based Lase Industrielle Lasertechnik GmbH has introduced a new laser distance sensor, designated LASE 1000D-T, a reflectorless model for measurements of natural surfaces.... Click here for more Kurum bags Durres deal Turkish steel company Kurum has been awarded a 35-year concession to run and operate Albania's biggest container terminal, in the Port of Durres, on the basis of a US$30.5M investment plan.... Click here for more New shareholders for Global Ports Global Ports (GP), Russia's leading operator of container terminals on the Baltic and Pacific coasts, has seen its biggest arrival of new shareholders since its 25% IPO offering on the London Stock Exchange in June 2011.... Click here for more New AIV demo A new Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle (IAV) developed by the EU-funded InTraDE (Intelligent Transportation for Dynamic Environment) project will be demonstrated at the Radicatel terminal at the Port of Rouen at the end of this month.... Click here for more SAAM into Buenavista Chile-based port operator and logistics company Sociedad Matriz SAAM (SM SAAM), which was spun off from shipping line CSAV last year, has signed an agreement with Colombian partners Abonos Colombianos SA (Abocol) and Compania de Puertos Asociados (Compas) to put together a management company to run the port of Buenavista in Colombia. The port is located in the Mamomal district, close to Cartagena.... Click here for more Port licence fee to rise in Melbourne Melbourne's controversial port licence fee (PLF) is to rise after trade during its first six months of application failed to meet anticipated levels.... Click here for more ProFlex for MSC Antwerp Swedish bearing and lubrication supplier SKF has installed its ProFlex automated lubrication system on container cranes at the MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp.... Click here for more Novorossiysk attracts interest After several years of "on, off " decisions in its annual budget, the Russian government has finally decided to sell the state's 20% strategic stake in the country's largest seaport, Novorossiysk Commercial Seaport (NMTP).... Click here for more Sprinter carriers for GCT Terex Port Solutions has won an order to supply 17 NSC624E 1 over 1 Sprinter carriers to Global Container Terminals, Inc (GCT) for the quay-stack shuttle operation at the automated terminal that forms GCT's expansion in Bayonne, New Jersey.... Click here for more HHLA studies use of surplus green power An ambitious project is currently under way with HHLA at Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg to find out how the batteries of heavy goods vehicles can be charged at the same time that there is a surplus of wind or solar power in the grid.... Click here for more DHS reviews scanning The Office of the Inspector General at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a report titled United States Customs and Border Protection's Radiation Portal Monitors at Seaports, highlighting the inefficient use of radiation portal monitors (RPMs) designed to prevent a nuclear device entering the US.... Click here for more Will Maher fund Rupert expansion? The decision by Canada's Minister of the Environment to allow the Fairview Terminal Phase II expansion project at Prince Rupert to proceed to the permitting stage has put the spotlight on whether Maher Terminals will fund its part of the programme.... Click here for more 1-Stop connects containers Australian ICT provider 1-Stop Connections has unveiled a new web-based application that it claims has the potential to improve shipping line and road transport operator efficiencies by cutting empty box movements by up to 30%.... Click here for more Tratos at London Gateway Specialist cable manufacturer Tratos has received an order to provide Tratosflex ESDB reeling cables for all the ZPMC STS cranes and Kalmar ASCs at DP World London Gateway.... Click here for more More ASCs for Kalmar Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed an order for 11 automated stacking cranes (ASCs) with Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Rotterdam. The order is part of ECT's investment programme, which aims at further modernising its Delta Terminal on the Maasvlakte.... Click here for more New cranes for Lobito Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) has supplied two 50t SWL, 50m outreach STS gantry cranes and an unspecified number of RTGs to the Angolan port of Lobito, where a new container terminal is being developed. The port already has a general cargo terminal and some reefer storage capacity.... Click here for more Mantsinen gets Heavy in Belgian market Finland-based Mantsinen Group Ltd Oy has started a strategic collaboration with Oudenaardebased Heavy Handling bvba for the distribution of the full range of Mantsinen hydraulic cranes and log stackers in Belgium and Luxemburg. The agreement also covers the distribution of spare parts and service on existing and new machines in Belgium and Luxemburg.... Click here for more Lasstec lands major CWV deal for ASCs France-based Lasstec Sarl has booked a major order for its spreader-based container weight vertification (CWV) system in connection with an automated stacking crane (ASC) project at a new (unnamed) terminal project. The Lasstec system, which is claimed to be accurate to +/- 200kg (+/- 0.5% at a container weight of 40t), will be installed in 50 twin 20 spreaders. It will primarily be used for CWV purposes, but since the project is for ASCs, says Lasstec, they will also be able provide a wide range of safety functions.... Click here for more Work suspended at BTP Santos Brazil's National Transport Waterways Agency (Antaq) has directed Santos Port Authority (Codesp) to suspend all work on Brasil Terminal Portuario (BTP), a joint venture of terminal Investment Ltd (closely linked to MSC) and APM Terminals, whilst at the same time applying a US$200,000 fine. Codesp is accused of failing to follow Antaq directives, which it denies.... Click here for more APMT inks Turkish deal After signing a Heads of Terms agreement last February, APM Terminals (APMT) and Petkim Petrokimya Holding AS (Petkim) have entered into a final agreement to create and operate a new container and general cargo complex at Petkim Port, near Izmir, on Turkey's Aegean coast.... Click here for more Snag overload in demand The Snag Overload System (SOS) developed by Pintsch Bubenzer and Malmedie of Germany is now said to have been installed on 80 STS container cranes worldwide. 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