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Motorola/Psion now part of Zebra
Popular rugged handheld supplier sold with Motorola's Enterprise business....
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Konecranes books "very quiet" STS crane deal
The Port of Oslo has ordered two almost silent STS cranes for Sjursoya container terminal...
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Kalmar books Jebel Ali tractor deal
Kalmar will supply 125 terminal tractors and 12 ECH mast trucks to DP World for Jebel Ali T3...
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Call for data on ships' gear issues
ICHCA asks for help to convince the IMO to take action over the lack of standards for ships' lifting appliances....
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Steelbro teams with TMC
TMC trailers will manufacture Steelbro sidelifter trailers for the New Zealand market....
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Nooteboom specials for Bolk Transport
Dutch outsize load transporter Bolk Transport has invested in 35 Nooteboom pendle axle lines this year...
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Moin crane tender "deserted"
Japdeva, the port authority for Costa Rica's Atlantic coast ports, has declared the tender to supply a quayside gantry crane for the Port of Moin "deserted"...
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La Paloma row affects Paraguayan grain
The Argentinian government recently revoked permission for Paraguayan river barges to make use of a berth on the Argentinian side of La Paloma island, where they wait en route for the Uruguayan port of Nueva Palmira, their chosen port of transhipment...
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ZPMC scoops £100M crane order for Liverpool2
Peel Ports has announced that it has ordered five STS cranes and 12 cantilever RMGs for its Liverpool2 container terminal project...
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Messina continues fleet development
Messina Line is continuing its fleet modernisation programme...
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Ambrogio scoops haulier award again
SABIC Europe, one of the world's leading petrochemical companies, has named Ambrogio as its "haulier of the year" for the second year in succession...
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Arkas orders new ships
The Turkish operator has ordered two 2500 TEU containerships in China, with an option for two more...
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Rotterdam traffic stable in 1Q/2014
The Port of Rotterdam's throughput in the first quarter of 2014 was 0.2% below the level for the corresponding period last year, at 109 Mt...
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DNV GL/MPA in R&D pact
DNV GL and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote research and development and innovation in the maritime industry....
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Chinese for Argentine port?
The Argentinian government is said to be considering a proposal from a Chinese investor to build a new container and general cargo terminal at Fray Luis Beltran, in the province of Santa Fe close Rosario. However, the local mayor, Liliana Canut, expressed surprise when she saw the report in local media....
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Sines books Paceco Espana
Paceco Espana SA has received an order from PSA to supply three more Paceco Portainers for its Terminal XXI facility at the Portuguese port of Sines....
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Used crane moved to Larvik
An erect, ship-to-shore container crane has been shipped by barge from Antwerp to Larvik in Norway. The crane was originally built in 2004 by Kalmar (still known at that time as Kalmar-Nelcon for STS crane purposes) for P&O Ports Antwerp (subsequently DP World)....
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Panul opts for Ardelt
German crane manufacturer, Kirow Ardelt GmbH, a member of Kranunion, formerly known as TAKRAF or Kranbau Eberswalde, recently supplied its second crane to Chile. This was a stationary Tukan 750 double jib level luffing crane for Puerto Panul, the biggest dry bulk handler in the Port of San Antonio....
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MacGregor lands bulk ships deal
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a deck equipment contract for a series of eight 58,500 dwt bulk carriers under construction at New Times Shipbuilding in China. The vessels are being built for Lemissoler Navigation (Front Marine), based in Cyprus, with the delivery of the first two vessels scheduled to start around August 2015....
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US West Coast on tenterhooks
This year's contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) are expected to be a battle about jurisdiction and cost control....
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Kalmar crane upgrades...
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has reported important new contracts in respect of existing, installed equipment in Chile and Indonesia....
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HPH sells Hong Kong stake
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPHT) has sold 60% of its interest in Asia Container Terminals (ACT) Holdings Ltd little more than a year after investing HK$3.2B (US$412M) to purchase the operation from PSA and DP World (see WorldCargo News March 2013, p7)....
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Charleston commissions new heavy lift crane
The Port of Charleston's latest floating crane, OCEAN RANGER, made its first commercial lift this month, unloading a 308t generator onto a barge at the Columbus Street Terminal....
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Gaussin books ATT order in Hamburg
Gaussin Manugistique has reported that it has signed an order with German company FSH to supply 20 automotive terminal trailers (ATTs) with diesel-hydraulic drive. FSH is Gaussin Group's licensed distributor in Germany and the 20 ATT-V4s will be delivered during 2H/ 2014 and 1H/ 2015 (10 and 10). This is Gaussin's first commercial order for ATTs in the European market....
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Chainflex data sheets
What is described as the "broadest ever range of Chainflex data sheets for energy chain cables" from Igus is now available online. Chainflex cable customers can look up detailed technical information on over 1100 cables in more than 790 pages....
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Hirtshals bulks up
The Danish port of Hirtshals in Jutland has put a new mobile harbour crane, a Sennebogen 850M with a pantographic cab, into operation. With a maximum lift capacity of 12t (grab plus load), the crane will be mainly used to handle bulk cargoes such as wood pellets, wood chips, logs, fodder and construction materials. Lift capacity is 6t when the boom and jib are at the full extension of 21m....
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CTH expansion deferred again
Expansion work at Eurogate's Hamburg container terminal (CTH) was originally supposed to start in 2012, but was postponed due to the financial situation of the City of Hamburg and reduced container volumes through the port, which meant that insufficient investment funds were available for the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA)....
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LB's electric future
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) has announced that new electricity rates approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will save its tenants US$350M over 24 years....
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...new electric FLT
Kalmar will introduce its 'G' series 5t-9t electric forklift trucks at CeMAT in Hannover in May. The G-generation concept, already implemented in Kalmar's DCG90-180 FLT and DRG450 reach stacker, is aimed at improving synchronicity between truck and driver, increasing the operators' productivity and reducing ownership costs....
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Ventanas concession questioned
A report issued by the Comptroller of Chile's V region, undertaken following a request by a private individual, has stated that land on which the Ventanas port is located is privately-owned, which means that the concession to operate there is similarly affected....
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More Latin American business for Liebherr
Liebherr has reported recent orders for seven more mobile harbour cranes in the Latin America region....
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