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TCEEGE, the Grup TCB container terminal located in Nemrut Bay (Izmir, Turkey), has incorporated new equipment with the latest technology in its facilities. The equipment consists of a reach stacker, an empty container handler and six platforms and these seek to optimise loading and unloading operations for all ships operating in the terminal. The...

A new modern fishing vessel being built by Simek in Norway on behalf of the U.K. operator Antares (Whalsay) Fishing Company, will feature an integrated Wärtsilä propulsion solution including main engine, controllable pitch propeller and gearbox. The Wärtsilä 2-speed gearbox, PTO/PTI, and floating frequency solution will provide the vessel with high levels of operational...

The Port of Felixstowe has celebrated the 50th anniversary of Roll-on/Roll-off operations at the Port of Britain. The anniversary was marked by a reception for guests and local dignitaries followed by a visit to the Ro/Ro ferry Suecia Seaways at the port’s Dooley Terminal. The event was also attended by a number of retired...

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Van der Vlist have recently arranged the shipment of an enormous geotechnical drilling tower, from the Manufacturer in the Netherlands to Hong Kong. The drilling rig, weighing 250t had to be dismantled before shipment, but even so the weight of each piece was up to 66t, 24m long and 6m high. With the total...

Sif Group, Verbrugge International and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed an agreement in principle for the construction of a production and storage/handling terminal in Rotterdam. Sif Group and Verbrugge are planning to set up a joint venture to bring the storage and logistics of the foundations, so-called monopiles, under one roof. At...

A growing number of ships worldwide run on liquefied natural gas, LNG. Now they can bunker this cleaner fuel alternative at the Port of Gothenburg. New regulations for LNG bunkering have been introduced by the Gothenburg Port Authority in collaboration with the Port of Rotterdam. New bunkering regulations for ships operating on LNG have...

On 11 June the freighter Meri was the first vessel handled in the new Russian Baltic port of Bronka. She delivered the first three of a total of ten RTG cranes from Konecranes in Finland. The firm is among the world’s leading manufacturers of cranes and lifting gear. Arriving from Hanko in Finland, the...

E.ON reached an important milestone for Arkona Becken Südost, a wind farm it plans to build in the German Baltic Sea, by selecting the Port of Sassnitz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as the farm’s logistics base during construction and its future operations center. With Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Energy Minister Christian Pegel in attendance, E.ON Project Director Holger Matthiesen...

The Damen-built ART 80-32 Hybrid Rotortug RT Emotion was named in the Port of Bremerhaven during KOTUG’s annual Herring Party. Ms. Annika Bootsman-Kleberg, Member of the Wallenius’ Board and granddaughter of Olof Wallenius, Swedish entrepreneur and founder of Wallenius Lines, performed the naming of RT Emotion in attendance of her family, friends and KOTUG’s...

The UK’s first cross-platform terminal operating system has been implemented at Teesport. Following the successful implementation of the new system across Teesport’s container terminals in 2013, the decision was taken to introduce the Ro-Ro module into the ferry operations the following year. The system is now integrated and fully operational. This new technology built...

APM Terminals Mobile will add two new super-Post Panamax STS cranes and expand the container yard by 20 acres as part of a USD 40 million infrastructure investment to expand the terminal’s capacity in response to growing demand in the US Southeast by Alabama’s primary port. APM Terminals Mobile has a current annual throughput...

Alex Duca, head of design and automation for APM Terminals called for a sensor revolution. “We want to have sensors everywhere – on all moving equipment, on all operational interfaces and transfer points. Sensors give us data power and metrics – so we can make things better and improve services. A whole new world...

Since 2010, a consortium including Jan De Nul Group has been constructing the new lock complexes at the Panama Canal, one of the most prestigious infrastructure works in the world. The works comprise the construction of two lock complexes, each having three lock chambers, of which each chamber has approximately the same size of...

After a more than two-month-long sea voyage from Shanghai, yet another three giant cranes arrived at the ECT Delta Terminal at the Maasvlakte this morning. The cranes have a lifting height of 50m under the spreader and a reach of 24 containers wide, more than sufficient to handle the very largest container ships of...

On 11 June the freighter Meri was the first vessel handled in the new Russian Baltic port of Bronka. She delivered the first three of a total of ten RTG cranes from Konecranes in Finland. The firm is among the world’s leading manufacturers of cranes and lifting gear. Arriving from Hanko in Finland, the...

Mr. Ottonel Popesco, President of the Board of PEMA, and Mr. Gunther Bonz, President of FEPORT, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding PEMA, representing global port equipment and technology sectors, including crane, equipment and component manufacturers, automation, software and technology providers, consultants and other experts; and FEPORT, the Federation of European Private Port Operators...

Canadian energy infrastructure company Inter Pipeline has acquired Royal Vopak’s storage terminal at the Port of Gothenburg. The purchase sum was SEK 865 million. The Dutch storage company Royal Vopak is selling its terminals in Sweden, including those at the Port of Gothenburg, to the Canadian energy company Inter Pipeline. The Swedish company will...

APM Terminals – in partnership with Bolloré Africa Logistics and the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority – will invest USD 1.5 billion in a massive upgrade of Tema, Ghana’s most important port. The new project consists of both a new greenfield port outside the present facility and a needed upgrade of the adjacent road...

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order from Port Newark Container Terminal LLC (PNCT), Newark, New Jersey, a 50/50 joint-venture between Ports America and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), for 20 new Terex straddle carriers. The equipment will be in service by the end of July 2015, increasing the total number of Terex machines...

A GBP 22M investment project, which included the reconstruction of 305m of the quay to enhance and expand handling facilities at Teesport, has been successfully completed. The infrastructure and reconstruction works carried out on the quay will ensure the port can continue to handle modern cargo ships for the next generation. It will enable...

Speaking at the 4th Annual Black Sea Ports and Shipping Conference 2015 on the subject of Black Sea Ports as agents of economic growth for the region, APM Terminals Poti Deputy Managing Director Joseph Crowley discussed the advantages of Poti Seaport as the prominent gateway for Black Sea, Mediterranean and Central Asian trade. “While...

United Arab Shipping Company’s first ultra-large container vessel has entered service equipped with a MacGregor high-efficiency cargo handling system, which is designed to maximise payload potential and operational efficiency and reduce environmental impact by minimising emissions per TEU carried. Delivered by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries’ (HSHI) Mokpo shipyard on 8th May, Barzan is the...

Yellow & Finch Publishers likes a challenge! Today, friday june 5 2015, we sponsor a unique competition for true marksmen at the first edition of the Zeeland Seaports International Golf Tournament, held at the Goese Golf Golfclub in Goes, The Netherlands. At Hole 6 participants get a chance to win a brand new Hyundai i10!...

The Port of Hamburg handled total throughput of 35.6 million tons (up by 0.1 percent) in the first quarter of 2015. Bulk cargoes at 11.7 million tons (up by 12.3 percent) and container transport between the port and its hinterland at 602,000 TEU (up by 11.1 percent) were the strongest contributors to throughput growth....