SAGEPs in Galicia end

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Anesco, the Spanish port employers’ association, and stevedoring union representatives led by Coordinadora, have agreed to liquidate the s...

Euroports to cover up in Ghent

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Euroports Group is building the first All Weather Terminal in the Port of Ghent in Belgium, for lead client ArcelorMittal and other customer...

OBA to diversify from coal

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Going along with the aim of Amsterdam municipality to "green" port activities, dry bulk stevedore OBA has agreed to dedicate around 14 of it...

Dockers secure lashing rights

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The International Transport Workers’ Federation met with representatives of maritime employers in the Joint Negotiating Group and agreed a...

Spanish port labour reforms

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In Spain, stevedores and employers have set a deadline of 30 September to reach an agreement for the overall reform of the sector, as requir...

Melbourne’s privatisation pains

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The Victoria state government has embraced concessions and long-term leases to the private sector as a way to fund infrastructure developmen...

Auckland to automate

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Ports of Auckland (POAL) in New Zealand has announced that it has decided to “partly” automate its straddle carrier terminal. Auckland w...

Nordic port consultants

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Three port consultants in the Nordic region have started to cooperate to build a consulting network. Together, Jari Pirhonen (ex-Kalmar) of ...

Getting attached to TEC

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TEC Container SA in Spain recently supplied Mammoet Europe BV with a number of its attachments, including a BA-185L lashing cage, a 20ft saf...

Linde extends hydrodynamic range

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Linde Material Handling extended its range of hydrostatic drive forklift trucks to 18t capacity in 2006, and has now done the same for torqu...

Las Palmas dispute ruling

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The Supreme Court of the Canary Islands has ruled that local construction firm Gramelcan SL must contract port stevedores to handle its aggr...

Tender for Southport

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Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) has issued a request for qualifications for its Southport Marine Terminal Complex. This project ...

TTS introduces SafeRoll

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TTS Liftec Oy, part of TTS Group ASA, has introduced a new, patented product, Liftec SafeRoll, to increase the safety of driving cassette/tr...

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