New Guam crane tender

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The on-again off-again crane tender from the Port Authority of Guam (PAG) has taken a step forward, with the PAG approving US$14M in loans f...

ECT/Euromax drops Embarcadero

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As speculated in the May 2007 edition of WorldCargo News (p1), ECT has ousted Embarcadero Systems Corporation (ESC) altogether from the Euro...

TICTS short of space

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Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) has indicated that it will run out of container capacity at Dar Es Salaam by 2010...

MacGregor scoops ship crane orders

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Cargotec’s MacGregor business unit has received an order worth €27M for 88 shipboard cranes from China’s Yangzijiang shipyard. The cra...

Four listed for Khalifa

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Four consortia have been shortlisted for the first phase construction package for the Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone in the United Arab Em...

Enter the MATTS

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A new container tracking system, developed under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract for the US Department of Homeland Secu...

Savi grants licences

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Savi Technology has announced the first six companies that have agreed to license its intellectual property, which is now incorporated into ...

Sydney growth speeds Newcastle

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Unexpectedly high throughput growth at Sydney/Port Botany has prompted New South Wales Ports Minister Joe Tripodi to suggest that Newcastle ...

NY/NJ’s US$1.94B spend

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The port of New York/New Jersey is planning to invest US$1.94B in infrastructure upgrades for marine terminals, shipping, road and rail acce...

BBI extends its European net

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Australia-based investment fund manager Babock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has extended its European ports portfolio by taking a majority s...

New cable trolleys from Wampfler

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Three new series of festoon cable trolleys for ship-to-shore container cranes and high capacity process cranes have been developed by German...

Hirschmann for Doosan

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Germany-based Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH has won an order worth €70,000 from Doosan Heavy Industries to supply overload protec...

El Salvador considers its options

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The El Salvador national ports authority CEPA is considering three different options for the privatisation of the ports of La Unión and Aca...

Cobelfret in HIP replacement

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Having taken over Ferryways two months ago (see WorldCargo News June 2007, p1), Cobelfret has maintained its Haven call from Ostend but repl...

Dutch ports up in first half

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The port of Rotterdam handled 196 mt of cargo in the first half of 2007, 4.2% more than the same period last year. General cargo accounted f...

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