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IHC Merwede launches a series of small hopper dredgers known as 'Easydredge'

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The sophisticated design, standardised components and smart production choices make the easydredge vessel an extremely cost-effective concept with a short delivery time. The Easydredge series bridges the gap between the existing line-up of IHC Beagle standard hopper dredgers and the standard IHC Beaver® cutter suction dredgers. Available in three sizes (Easydredge 1300, 2300 and 3300), the new vessels are tailor-made using option packages and can provide a solution for any situation. The Easydredge can be used optimally for maintenance dredging, land reclamation, and the extraction of sand and gravel at sea. The option packages can also be added later to the ship, making it a highly flexible concept. The vessels are produced using the IHC Merwede network of partner sites or on a local-for-locaol basis.

The Easydredge range incorporates the latest technology and engines to ensure green propulsion and durability. This reduces fuel consumption and will help the dredging market to meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations. The Easydredge vessels already comply with the requested requiredments for 2016 (Tier 4) and are suitable for ‘unrestricted navigation’. Bram Roelse, Director of the IHC Merwede Dredging Division, says: “The Easydredge concept underlines IHC Merwede’s reputation as ‘the technology innovator’. With this new series, IHC Merwede broadens its range of dredgers with an extremely efficient solution and provides a complete range, from the smallest IHC Beaver® to the largest hopper dredger.”

Port of Immingham celebrates the handling of the 100 millionth tonne of cargo

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The terminal – the UK’s busiest dry bulk facility – was developed by ABP as an expansion of the inner dock facilities which opened 100 years ago on 22 July, 1912.

Charleston fastest-growing Top 10 U.S. Container Port in first half of 2012

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Charleston container volume grew 7.4 percent from January to June this calendar year, edging out other top 10 ports on both the U.S. East and West coasts.

Additionally, in fiscal year end results announced at today’s regular Board meeting, South Carolina’s public seaport system grew volumes across all business segments during FY 2012, capping a year marked by new shipping services, the addition of transloading facilities and a rail drayage program, and significant progress on Charleston’s Harbor Deepening Project.

Container business at the Port of Charleston was up 3.5 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30, with 1.43 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled last fiscal year. Representing further recovery in trade activity following the global recession, the fourth quarter of FY12 (April-June) was the Port of Charleston’s highest quarter for container volume in more than three years.

“With volumes rebounding, we’ll continue our aggressive business development posture highlighting Charleston’s deep water advantage relative to other ports in the region,” said Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). “We are laser focused on attracting new business, adding shipping services and growing our cargo base, particularly exports that require deep water facilities.”

Demonstrating the SCPA’s focus on diversifying its cargo business, breakbulk volumes surged to a more than 42 percent gain from the previous fiscal year, with 1.4 million pier tons recorded at South Carolina’s public port facilities in FY12. In the Port of Charleston, the SCPA handled 863,471 pier tons of non-containerized cargo last fiscal year, a nearly 21 percent increase from the previous year. Major improvements to Columbus Street Terminal completed last year have boosted the SCPA’s breakbulk handling of vehicles, heavy equipment, oversized/overweight and traditional breakbulk commodities.

In the Port of Georgetown, business at the dock nearly doubled last year. In fiscal year 2012, Georgetown handled 1.41 million pier tons of cargo, with major commodities including bulk cement and petroleum coke.

Newsome also highlighted the significant progress made on the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Harbor Deepening Project during the past fiscal year. The project was included for the first time in the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2013 and was one of seven priority infrastructure projects included for expediting in the Administration’s “We Can’t Wait” initiative. This expediting, along with new streamlining measures from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, means that the project could be completed by 2019, or five years earlier than initially announced.

Charleston’s Harbor Deepening Project got another major boost when the South Carolina General Assembly moved to fully fund the project’s construction phase by setting aside the entire $300 million estimated cost. This allocation would not only cover the state’s 60 percent share, or $180 million, of the cost, but it would also fund the federal share of deepening Charleston Harbor to 50 feet or greater, if needed.

In addition, Newsome noted several key accomplishments from FY12, including:

Adding four new shipping services with five weekly calls in the Port of Charleston, including a first-ever direct service to Vietnam and an Australia service.

Bringing on new transload infrastructure and business for retail and agricultural products.

Incorporating a rail drayage program to improve the efficiency of cargo movement in the area. The program matches loads of containers to and from the intermodal rail yards in North Charleston.

Laying the preliminary ground work on the development of an inland port in Greer, SC. The facility is expected to convert as many as 50,000 truck trips on I-26 into rail moves.

Boosting the port’s non-container handling capabilities by partnering with Charleston Heavy Lift to provide heavy lift services.

July Business Results:

In July, the Port of Charleston handled 131,767 TEUs, a 16 percent increase from the same month last year and a nearly seven percent gain from June.

“We are beginning to see the additional volume from new shipping services in our port, which are performing very well,” said Newsome.

Liebherr Container Cranes continue to thrive in Russia

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The cranes delivered to the JSC Commercial port of Vladivostok have gone into operation at the port and join a pair of Liebherr RMG cranes in operation since 2011. The new cranes have an outreach of 38m, a back reach of 11m and have a span of 15.3m. The 60t twinlift cranes have a spreader height over rail of 28m and all drives are Liebherr A.C. Both cranes feature remote diagnostics which can be accessed from the port or from the Liebherr Container Cranes service department in Ireland.

Meanwhile Liebherr has taken an order to deliver a second Post Panamax crane to JSC Nutep in Novorossiysk. The crane, which is identical to a previous Liebherr STS crane commissioned in 2009, has an outreach of 46m, a backreach of 15m and a span of 15.24m. It has a S.W.L. of 50 tonnes under a single lift spreader. Remote diagnostics and crane to crane anti-collision systems will be supplied with the crane. The proprietary Liebherr crane management system, Visuscan will be localised with a Russian user interface as is standard on all Liebherr container cranes supplied to Russia.

 In St. Petersburg, Liebherr has signed a major contract with OJSC Petrolesport for the supply of 3 Panamax Ship to Shore cranes. The cranes have an outreach of 38.5m, a backreach of 15m, a span of 22.5 m and a S.W.L. of 50t with a single lift telescopic spreader. The spreader has a lift height of 28m over rail and can hoist at speeds of 60m/min to 140m/min and is capable of trolley speeds of 180m/min. The drives on the cranes are Liebherr A.C. and the cranes can gantry at 45m/min. The new ship to shore cranes will join 10 Liebherr RTG’s (model RT 6/5/4/ws) already at the port and 5 further Liebherr RTG’s (model RT 7/5/4/ws) which are scheduled for delivery over the next few months.

Speaking about the recent activity, Liebherr product manager Paul Bolger commented: “The last number of years has seen Liebherr Container Cranes gain significant market share in Russia. Indeed we have received numerous repeat orders for both our ship to shore and stacking cranes from east, west and southern Russia. This level of business is however, nothing new for Liebherr and is testament to the quality, availability, longevity and the low lifetime costs of our cranes.”