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Port of Los Angeles to Break Ground

Jan 15, 2013

Port of Los Angeles to Break Ground on $137 Million Intermodal Rail Yard  Who: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino, Port of Los Angeles officials break ground on $137 million intermodal rail yard project in Wilmington…

Hybrid-powered Container Reach Stacker for UK Market

Jan 14, 2013

The world's first hybrid reach stacker, developed by Konecranes, is soon to be available in the UK through Cooper SH.With a 45 tonne lifting capacity, the new SMV 4531 TB5 HLT features a hybrid diesel/electric driveline, an electrified hydraulic lifting system…

Modern Terminals, WNS, Form BPO Alliance

Jan 14, 2013

Modern Terminals Ltd. and WNS (Holdings) in strategic partnership to provide Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services.Modern Terminals Limited, a leading container terminal operator headquartered in Hong Kong, and WNS (Holdings) Limited…

Vessel Arrivals Up, Bunker Sales Down: Port of Singapore 2012

Jan 13, 2013

The Port of Singapore says it is still the global leader in arrival tonnage & bunker sales, despite a slight drop in the latter.In an uncertain global economy and the challenges faced by the global maritime industry last year, the Port of…

Wilson Sons Expand Brazil Towboat Operational Centre

Jan 13, 2013

Company vessels in the Brazilian ports of Paranaguá & Vitória will be tracked to enhance security and improve planning.In the beginning of 2013, the company will begin tracking its vessels serving the ports of Paranaguá (Southern Brazil) and Vitória (Southeastern Brazil)…

NRF: Imports Rising as Strike Looms

Jan 11, 2013

Retail Imports to Increase 2.3 Percent in January as Port Strike Threat Continues. Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 2.3 percent in January over the same month last year as retailers…

Marine Terminal Operators Launch Initiative

Jan 10, 2013

PierPass Inc. has  announced an initiative to reduce the number of transaction problems experienced when trucks pick up or deliver containers at the marine terminals at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.  These problems – exceptions…

Pirate Horizons in the Gulf of Guinea

Jan 10, 2013

This article deals with the evolution of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. It was proclaimed in 2012 that the Somali pirate business model had been broken by a combination of coordinated naval patrols, heightened vessel security, and the ubiquitous presence of armed guards aboard valuable ships…

World's Largest Grab Unloader Operational

Jan 10, 2013

EMO’s new 85-tonne unloader, the largest of its kind in the world, is now fully operational in the Missisippihaven in the Port of Rotterdam.The unloader, fabricated entirely in Europe, strengthens the terminal’s unloading capacity by 10 million tonnes per year…

Argus Launches Marine Fuels Service

Jan 09, 2013

Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched a daily marine fuels pricing and analysis service, Argus Marine Fuels. It provides market data and intelligent analysis of the increasingly complex marine fuels market. Trade in marine fuels is changing quickly…

'Get to High Ground' Tsunami Warning Contract

Jan 08, 2013

LRAD Corporation. provider of long range acoustic hailing devices (AHD's) wins Tsunami warning contract from an Asian city port.The company has received a US$369,000 LRAD 360X order for an earthquake and tsunami warning mass notification installation in an Asian port city…

AWO, WCI: 9' Drafts Must be Maintained in Mississippi

Jan 08, 2013

Waterways Operators Commend Administration, Senator Durbin, Corps of Engineers; Stress Need for Continued Assurance of 9-Foot Navigation Channel on Mississippi River. The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI)…

Major Oil Spill Recovery Reception Facilities: New EMSA Report

Jan 07, 2013

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) publishes its report on facilities for discharge of oil collected following a major oil spill in the sea.This report is the main deliverable of the project 'Study on discharge facilities for oil recovered at sea – Geographical distribution…

Impact of Potential Mississippi River Closure Revised

Jan 02, 2013

Effective Shutdown of Nation’s Busiest Water Transportation Artery Looms Between Early- to Mid-January.   The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) have released revised data on the economic impact of an effective…

Jebel Ali Mega Ship Expansion on Track

Dec 31, 2012

Last of the 65 ton blocks that make up the foundation of the extended quay wall of the 1 million TEU expansion laid in place.The Jebel Ali port expansion, scheduled to open for business in the second quarter of 2013, extends the quay wall by 400 metres to 3000 metres…

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