The Port of Virginia handled 175,330 TEU in October, an increase of 1.5 percent when compared with totals from the same month last year.

The installation of 28 RIS.GA  systems from Control Techniques  on Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs) and Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHCs) at a Sri Lankan port is producing significant savings of diesel fuel, giving a rapid return on investment of under two years at today's fuel prices. 

TTS Group ASA has through its subsidiaries signed two contracts with a total value of approximately 57 MNOK in Norway and China.

With the arrival of the MSC MAEVA, the largest container ship to have ever call on Haifa Port, a new era has opened for the port and the Israeli shipping. Close to 1600 containers were unloaded and loaded during this first visit in a rate of 191 containers per ship hour. 

Liebherr Container Cranes has recently secured an order for the delivery of straddle carriers to New Zealand.The Port of Tauranga has placed an order for three (3) SC350T straddle carriers. These machines will stack one over two high and will be fitted with a 50t Stinis twin lift spreader.

Effective on the 12th of November a conditional sale and purchase agreement of Vosta LMG Group of Companies and CFT International GmbH by a company of ASL Marine Group has been agreed upon.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI), through its wholly- owned subsidiary Abbotsford Holdings, Inc, (AHI), has acquired subscription rights to forty million common shares in Hijo International Port Services, Inc (HIPS), which is a joint venture company with Hijo Resources Corp (HRC).

In October 2012, Konecranes received an order for eight RTG (rubber tyred gantry) cranes from the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) in the USA.

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The great gantry

Tim Newbound reports on the rubber-tyred and rail-mounted gantry crane market, and finds that its major players have plenty to say...

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Venice Offshore Port - a novel approach to container handling and logistics

Payam Foroudi, Global Technology Leader, Ports and Maritime, and Julia Nammuni, Port Planner, from Halcrow Group Ltd, UK explain the concept for the Venice offshore port with particular focus on the novel approach for transferring containers between the offshore and inland terminals.