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Market fluctuations impact stacker-reclaimer world

Ray Dykes reports on how job cuts, slashed operations, and other restructuring continue to rock the world of mining and impact the demand for bulk materials handling equipment around the world.

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OCR makers talk of buoyant market

Tim Newbound speaks to solution providers in the burgeoning and rapidly evolving market for optical character recognition (OCR) systems, and asks what the future holds…

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Forging foundations for growth

Often we are asked by equipment manufacturers where the next port expansion project will be executed or where the next port or terminal will be built. The answer is simple - just follow where the dredging contractors are working. World Port Development reports …

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STS cranes - Back to the drawing board

Forced by the fast pace trend that shipping lines are setting under the heading ‘economy of scale’ port and terminal operators alike are forced to look at how they will handle larger container vessels. World Port Development looks at what lies ahead for STS design

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How to have a remarkable year no matter what the economy does

Ray Dykes discovers that orders keep coming in for the makers of bucket-type continuous shipunloaders (CSUs) bringing a buoyancy to this segment of the materials handling business not often seen elsewhere.

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Mixed fortunes for Benelux Ports in 2012

Sheila Moloney reports on how the Benelux Ports fared last year and discovers that 2012 was a mixed bag of growth and decline.

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Reson A/S. Headquartered in Slangerup, Denmark, Reson provides high?resolution marine acoustic imaging and measurement solutions.

Dukal Corporation, a leading supplier of disposable medical products, has chosen the Port of Savannah as its major port of entry, and established new distribution center space in Savannah's Foreign Trade Zone.

The Caribbean Maritime Institute has ordered multiple VSTEP simulators for its new high tech simulation centre at the campus in Kingston, Jamaica.

The Buenaventura Container Terminal (TCBuen) in Colombia, part of Grup Maritim TCB, is the first terminal in Latin America to implement new OCR systems, Match Maker and DGPS on quay and yard cranes, as well as in processes of gate entry and exit.