A Damen CSD500 has been delivered to Nigeria. The stationary dredger has been assembled on the beach and pushed and tugged into the sea over a ramp. The cutter suction dredger will perform maintenance duties in and around the harbours of Port Harcourt.

At the 33rd PIANC World Congress, Trelleborg will launch two new Barometer Reports, one for port owners and operators, and one for contractors and consultants. Calling on the views of 200 industry stakeholders, the reports highlight the challenges the industry is facing and what respondents believe the future holds. The reports especially strike a chord with the theme of this year’s Congress: “Navigating the New Millennium”.

Located at the French Atlantic coast, Terminal du Grand Ouest (TGO) has opted for its first Liebherr mobile harbour crane (LHM), type LHM 550. TGO is the single container and breakbulk terminal operator at Montoir de Bretagne/Saint-Nazaire. Moreover, the company also specialises in scrap metal handling. Due to increasing business, additional crane capacity was required.

The Netherlands-based RMR Shipping has chosen London Thamesport to handle the UK call of its North West Europe - West Africa Ro-Ro service

Since May 2012 the Port Development Company has been converting the intermodal transport terminal south of pier I in cooperation with the regional subsidiary of STRABAG AG, responsible for the civil engineering works and track construction, and Kocks Krane, the company responsible for building the new, powerful gantry cranes, without interrupting day-to-day business at the terminal.

This morning (20th May) GPA Executive Director Curtis Foltz gave the Keynote Address at the Port & Terminal Technology Conference taking place in Savannah Convention Center.

CERTUS Port Automation, an end to end provider of port automation and security, have announced the award of an Automated Gate project at the MSC Terminal in the Port of Valencia, Spain.

The Georgia Ports Authority Board approved Monday $86.5 million to purchase four new ship-to-shore cranes and 20 new rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) used to handle containers at Garden City Terminal.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract in a bid by tender to supply seven hydraulically-operated linkspans to the Port of Stockholm in Sweden.

Rapiscan Systems, the leading global supplier of security inspection systems for the customs, border control and defence sectors, has officially launched the new Driverless Eagle® M60.