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China’s Top Ten Performing Ports

In 2011 China had an impressive number of ports ranked in the world’s top 100 container port charts. Of the 18 ports that made the grade WPD reports on the top ten best performers.

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Mombasa Port Extension well underway

Construction work on Kenya’s largest and busiest seaport at Mombasa is well underway to expand the existing facilities and build the new Berth 19 which is expected to be completed by the early next year and, when completed, will increase the Port’s facilities and cargo space. In addition the Port will be dredged of mud and silt to accommodate larger ships.

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 Balanced Crane makers all about boom and gloom

All the talk of zig zag economies and perilous fiscal cliffs hasn’t thrown the world out of balance for the major manufacturers of equilibrium cranes as Ray Dykes reports…

Haier America has chosen Georgia as its logistics hub serving the Southeast U.S.

As part of its strategic program aimed at better serving the market and cater for clients' needs, ZIM will restructure its network during February 2013, introducing several enhancements.

The Port Hedland Port Authority (PHPA) has recorded a 29% increase in throughput for the first month of 2013, compared to the same time last year.

APS Technology Group, Inc, a leading provider of optical character recognition (OCR) and process automation technology for marine and intermodal container terminals, announced it has been selected by TraPac Inc to provide a complete optical character recognition (OCR) solution for every entry and exit point for their newly redesigned automated terminal in Los Angeles, CA.  

The Swedish infrastructure company Swedegas recently conducted a survey to find out how much interest there is in LNG.

Container throughput at Marseilles Fos rose 13% in 2012 – led by a 16% surge in deepsea volumes at Fos – for a record 1,062,408 TEU as the leading French cargo port benefited from the first full year of national port reforms. 

Bid documents have been made available on 28 January for the hoist speed adjustments to three [3] STS Container Cranes.