Last week, Transnet National Ports Authority held a successful Compulsory Briefing Session in Port Elizabeth pursuant to the issuing of a Request for Qualification for the Financing, Operation and Maintenance of Ngqura Container Terminal in the Port of Ngqura for a non- renewable period of 25 years.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has gained an order to supply a further 18 rough terrain container handlers to the United States Department of Defense. Destined to replace older equipment, the Kalmar RT240s will be delivered to multiple military bases across the United States by the end of the year 2013. The customer currently operates 1246 Kalmar RT240 machines.

TecPlata SA, the Argentinian subsidiary of international container terminal group ICTSI, has selected the RFID-based Reefer Asset Management System (RAMS) from Identec Solutions to wirelessly automate refrigerated container monitoring and control at its green-field terminal in Port La Plata, close to Buenos Aires. 

Kathrin Obst has been appointed as the new Director of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP). She succeeds Isabelle Ryckbost, who took on the position of Secretary General at ESPO this summer. Kathrin (photo) comes with a solid background in EU policy making and transport.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order to supply six E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) in Indonesia. TPS started operations in 1999 and is a joint venture between PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III, a major state owned terminal operator in Indonesia and DP World.

A new customer for Kalmar, TPS confirmed the o

US-based Phoenix Products Company Inc is proud to present its latest lighting innovation for port equipment: The EcoMod Series. The EcoMod LED floodlight offers an option of 150W and 300W with light outputs of 12,500 and 25,000 lumens, respectively.

Last week, Spanish TCV Stevedoring Company, a stevedoring company in the Port of Valencia belonging to Grup TCB, took delivery of the components of its four new Konecranes RTG cranes. The new machinery, part of an ambitious investment programme at the terminal, will be erected on the Muelle de Levante dock in the coming months.

Bromma, the world leader in crane spreaders, continues breaking records reporting to have received a good order intake over the period March-August 2013. In an interview with World Port Development, Vikram Raman, Vice President Sales & Services at Bromma, explained that the received orders had a 'good geographical spread' emphasising the company's leading position on all Continents.

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) handled 144,649 TEU in August and recorded its highest monthly volume since October 2008. August container volumes increased 5.6% year-over-year and helped drive a 4.5% increase in container volumes since Financial Year (FY) 2014 began. In July and August, the Port of Charleston handled 280,808 TEU compared to 268,806 TEU during the same period last year, and year-to-date TEU volumes are ahead of FY2014 plan by 1.8%.