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Hupac volume off by 10.7% in fiscal 2013
The Swiss UIRR company carried 646,214 shipments (1.3M TEU) in the 2012-13 financial year ended 31 March More
Hapag-Lloyd turns in better results
Hapag-Lloyd has reported improved 1Q results, with freight rates up 4.2% year on year and losses significantly reduced More
Tanjung Priok "superport" plan
The new 400-ha North Kalibaru Terminal development project could eventually have a capacity for 13M TEU/year More
Terex hybrid strads for Freeport
Hutchison's Bahamas affiliate recently ordered 10 (Noell) hybrid straddle carriers, with options for up to 12 more More
People on the move
Latest round-up of comings and goings known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and allied sectors More
Hamburg secures new mud dump
The Port of Hamburg has secured urgent relief for the mud dumping required to maintain minimum draughts in in-port waters More
Montreal goes post-Panamax
The Canadian Coast Guard has authorised passage of vessels up to 44m wide in the Quebec-Montreal section of the St Lawrence Navigation Channel More
Virginia loads box ship to 49ft
The Port of Virginia has claimed a new record for the US East Coast by loading the MSC CHICAGO to a draught of 49 ft three inches before it departed for Jeddah via the Suez Canal More
ZPMC Xiamen deal confirmed
ZPMC has confirmed that it has signed a contract with Cosco Pacific for automated container handling equipment for Phase I of the Xiamen Ocean Gate "fully-automatic terminal." More
New cocoa shuttle for Amsterdam
Ter Haak Intermodal (THI) and Katoen Natie have won a new 70,000 tpa cocoa beans contract from Cargill with an innovative handling and intermodal package deal that further consolidates Amsterdam's position as Europe's leading cocoa port. More
Four line up for Melbourne
The Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) has released a shortlist of bidders for the new 1M TEU/year container terminal project at Webb Dock, which is scheduled to come on line by the end of 2016. More
Corpus Christi outlines new rail yard project
The Commissioners of the Texas port of Corpus Christi have approved a TIGER grant agreement with US MARAD outlining the terms and conditions for the use of the US$10M grant for the Phase I construction of the Nueces River Rail Yard (NRRY). More
Transnet opts for more empowerment
South African transport utility Transnet has awarded its internal audit contracts for the next five years to two black empowerment enterprises (BEEs), SekelaXabiso and Nkonki Inc, to work alongside KPMG. More
Ukraine steps up port spend
The Ukrainian government has set a target of reforming and upgrading the country's seaport sector, with the aim of expanding total cargo handling capacity by 50 Mtpa to 200-210 Mtpa by 2027. The infrastructure ministry is already working on a US$3B programme covering the period 2013-17. More
Vizag expansion plan
India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a project to expand the container terminal at Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh state. More
Automated container store for Dunkirk
An automated container storage and retrieval system worked by an automated overhead travelling crane will form part of a new logistics complex to be built in the western part of the Port of Dunkirk. The development is known as Dunkerque Logistique International Sud (DLI Sud) and the container stacking system will be the first of its kind in France. More
Portek moves into Latvia
Singapore-based international port operator and engineering firm Portek International has expanded its ports portfolio with the acquisition of 80% of the share capital of Rigas Universalais Terminals SIA (RUT) in Riga, marking its market entry into the Baltic and northern Europe. More
Botany/Kembla bring A$5B bonanza
The sale of 99-year leases of Port Botany and Port Kembla has reaped twice the expected return for the New South Wales Government from a consortium of Australian superannuation funds and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). More
Tribulations at Tanger Med
Agence Speciale Tanger Mediterranee (TMSA) hopes that by early 2017 its Tangier Med port complex in northern Morocco will have four container terminals capable of processing 8.5M TEU/year (see page 26). More
Cork unveils development plans
Ireland's Port of Cork Company has unveiled details of potential port development plans in Ringaskiddy. More
Moresby on the move
The Papua New Guinea Government has announced plans to relocate the main facilities of the capital Port Moresby's port to a new site in Fairfax Harbour. More
Multidocker launches rubber-tyred crane
Sweden-based hydraulic mater ials handler manufacturer Multidocker Cargo Handling AB has launched its first rubbertyred crane, designated the CH70. The first machine was shown at Bauma in Munich and is due to be installed for a Swedish port customer shortly. More
Truck queues at DP World in Melbourne
DP World has had issues with the transition to new IT systems at its two Melbourne terminals, West Swanson Terminal (WST) and Melbourne Intermodal Terminal. More
Temporary contract for Bunge
Antaq, Brazil's national waterways transport agency, has declared that the concession agreement between Bunge Alimentos and Paranagua and Antonina Port Authority (APPA) has now officially ended. However, it has approved a new 180-day contract, which will stay in effect until a new tender can be issued. More
Katoen Natie up for more in Montevideo
Uruguay's national ports authority (ANP) has announced that Katoen Natie has indicated an interest in investing US$75M to build a second container terminal in the port of Montevideo. The Antwerp-based port operating and logistics group already operates the port's dedicated container handling facility - Terminal Cuenca del Plata (TCP) - in partnership with ANP, with the latter holding a 20% stake. More
HHLA in upbeat mood
As reported in WorldCargo News Online on 9 April, the Steinwerder site in the middle of Hamburg port may be redeveloped for cruise activities rather than container handling in the medium term, but this reflection on the future for container business in the port has not stopped HHLA, the port's biggest operator, being positive about its own immediate prospects. More
 Special Reports
Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach
A major study by Dr Itsuro Watanabe (Container System Technology). This comprehensive 245 page study is an in-depth analysis of capacity constraints, productivity, selectivity and flexibility of different container handling systems in terminals of different types and sizes: common-users or dedicated; hub centre (transshipment and/or relay) or import/export vocation; gateway or feeder port; intermodal rail or truck distribution inland; with or without CFS, etc.
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 Feature articles
Kranunion sets out its stall
The privately-owned group sees new opportunities in the port sector. More
Automation coming to Indonesia
A buffer will be created at the stacking crane waterside interchange area. More
Virginia proves a soft touch
Virginia International Terminals has installed the Maxview Smart Landing system from TMEIC on eight quayside cranes at the APMT Virginia terminal. More
Weighing the pros and cons
As a matter of iron logic, if progress is to be made on mandatory, pre-shipment container weighing, port operators have to be involved. More
Liebherr launches marine crane simulators...
After further development of the model simulator it debuted at TOC CSC Europe 2011, Liebherr has now launched its new range of training simulators. Liebherr Simulations, (LiSIM). More
Heavy lift operators still build capacity
The outlook in the heavy lift and project cargo shipping sectors remains "cautiously optimistic". More
Energy cost of automated stacking cranes
Weight is a bigger factor than speed and acceleration in ASC energy consumption. More
San Pedro Bay ports eye the future
Los Angeles and Long Beach believe they can develop a new generation of green container terminals and maintain their position as the leading US gateways. More
Blue sky thinking
The general public is demanding more information from suppliers on how their goods are produced and delivered, with sustainability in the manufacturing and transport processes and impact on the environment among their key concerns. More
Brazil stumbling towards a consensus
Provisional law 595 is proving highly controversial in port and shipping circles. More
Asian ITOs dance to the Latin beat
Asia-based international terminal operators are investing in box handling facilities throughout Latin America and their footprint is set to increase further as Chinese companies target the region. More
Virtual training takes hold
Crane simulators and virtual tools for terminal planners are increasingly popular training tools in container terminals. More
Testing time for lighting design
LED lights offer energy and maintenance savings, but some terminals are staying with conventional HID fixtures. More
Miami's mainstream mission
The US port of Miami is investing heavily for a future that will involve handling substantially more gateway cargo while rekindling its role as a regional hub for Latin America and the Caribbean. More
Reefer output stabilises again
After attaining an all-time high in 2011, global reefer container output slowed during 2012, although it still managed to top most other years. More
Getting the twins mixed up
The TT Club is calling for action to reduce the number of incidents involving mistakes with twin 20ft lifts. More
TSR still falling short
The Trans Siberian Railway has never fulfilled its promise as a serious contender in the Far East-Europe container trade, but could this be about to change? More
Box scanning gains momentum
The US may have delayed introducing its controversial 100% box scanning requirement until mid-2014, but the global uptake of container scanning technology is on the increase. More
Stick with the knitting you know
A new study of different unaccompanied combined transport (UCT) techniques for semi-trailers commissioned by the UIRR from Kombi-Consult GmbH in Germany (authors Rainer Mertel, Kai Petri and Klaus- Uwe Sondermann), focused on the transalpine routes via Switzerland, has come down firmly in favour of established lifting techniques and standard P270 pocket wagons. More
Floating a new container terminal concept
A radical proposal has been made for a pure transhipment terminal that, it is claimed, would be capable of turning around a complete 18,000 TEU ship (2 x 18,000 TEU) in just one day. More

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