Now in its fifth consecutive year at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, the event has evolved into a ‘one stop shop’ for shippers finding ways to optimise their supply chain. 

Manufacturers of heavy truck equipment, ranging from sideloaders to container handlers, Linde Heavy Truck Division is a dedicated facility based in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.  Their equipment is used for a vast range of heavy truck applications with capacities from 3 to 46 tonnes, including the handling of timber, steel and construction materials as well as applications at ports and terminals.”

Joining the Heavy Truck team on stand 221, the Forklift Truck Hire team at Linde Material Handling UK have recently invested in a fleet of new heavy trucks with capacities of 12 to 16 tonnes to cope with growing demand for this type of equipment from customers across the UK.

Mark Sullivan, Head of Used and Rental at Linde MH (UK) commented “The addition of these new trucks to our already 10,000 strong fleet of rental trucks now ensures that we can provide our customers with a complete range of equipment from a 1 tonne powered pallet truck, right through to a 16 tonne counterbalance truck.”

Linde Heavy Truck Division and the Linde Material Handling rental team can be found in the UKWA Pavilion on stand 221.

“The funding announced today, along with more than $180 million in state funds that have either been committed or budgeted, will allow this project to stay on track,” said Georgia Governor Nathan Deal. “We plan to work closely with the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure this project is approved and the necessary funds are in place to begin construction in the coming months.”

“This is an important step toward completing the SHEP and providing continued economic recovery and growth in the Southeastern U.S,” said Curtis Foltz, GPA’s Executive Director. “The unified leadership shown by our delegation in Washington, as well as the teamwork between Governor Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed are the major reasons this project has received so much bi-partisan support.”

The completed SHEP study is expected to receive a record of decision later this year, allowing the Corps to move to construction phase of the harbor deepening in FY 2013.

“The completion of the SHEP will have long-term positive economic benefits for Georgia, South Carolina, and a large percentage of the U.S. population served through the Port of Savannah,” said Alec Poitevint, GPA’s Board Chairman. “As the fourth largest container port in the country, the Port of Savannah serves approximately 21,000 companies in all 50 states, over 75 percent of which are headquartered outside of Georgia. This is truly a project of national significance.”

According to the Corps, deepening the Savannah Harbor up to 48 feet will bring more than $115 million in annual economic benefits to the United States, primarily by lowering transportation costs. The harbor project is necessary to prepare for a new class of larger container ships that are nearly three times the capacity of those currently able to transit the Panama Canal. In 2014, the Panama Canal expansion will be completed and increase the maximum draft of vessels traveling to and from the U.S. East Coast from 39.5 feet to as much as 50 feet. While the Port of Savannah regularly handles vessels that are too large to transit the Panama Canal, these vessels cannot load to their capacity.

“The Corps should release the final study documents this spring, clearing the way for federal approval of the project,” Foltz said. “Once construction begins, we anticipate the deepening to be completed in 2016.”

The Port of Savannah also fared well on maintenance dredging funds, receiving $22 million in federal dollars. Similarly, the Port of Brunswick received $3 million for maintenance dredging. The GPA will work with Georgia’s leadership to request additional maintenance dredging funds for Brunswick.

The old station was only able to serve to 2 land tankers and by activation of new station, filling capacity in YILPORT Liquid Terminal 2 has tripled. New filling station’s design allows to fill 5 land tankers at the same time and 3 of them can be filled from the same storage tank. Also operational performance increased to 17 minutes/tanker and 250 tones/hour with the new design of the filling station.

In addition to the capacity and performance improvements; safety, state of the art control systems and environmental friendly applications were other concerns of YILPORT when designing the new station. In accordance with these objectives, a new grounding system, a renewed fire protection system, the closed-circuit filling system and a new generation filter system, which prevent the hazardous chemicals to spread into atmosphere, are used in the new filling station.

YILPORT’s General Manager Mr. ?eyda GURE highlighted ” Our target is to provide better service to our customers in parallel with our continuous improvements targets. Last year we convert our manual pumping control systems in both of our Liquid Terminal areas into the remote controllable system.  In the future we’ll have many more development projects.  Our Target in YILPORT is to ensure continuous improvement in all fields and while doing that to prefer and to use environmental friendly Technologies and systems.”

In the budget announced today, the Administration included $3.549 million for Charleston’s post-45 foot deepening project for fiscal year 2013, which begins October 1, 2012.

“We are incredibly grateful to the Administration for recognizing the importance of the Port of Charleston in the national economic strategy,” said Bill Stern, chairman of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) Board. “This funding puts us well on our way to completing the feasibility phase of this project so we can move expeditiously to deepening Charleston Harbor.

“Sen. Lindsey Graham, along with Congressman Jim Clyburn, has gone above and beyond to champion this project with the Administration,” Stern said. “Additionally, Mayor Riley’s involvement has been invaluable as he has used every opportunity with the President to emphasize Charleston Harbor’s merits.”

Today’s announcement comes on the heels of the release last week of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Work Plan for the rest of fiscal year 2012, which included $2.5 million for the continued work on the Charleston Harbor post-45 foot deepening project. The latest allocation, if approved by Congress, also means that the federal government’s share of the study cost is now more than halfway funded.

“We welcome any future opportunity to show the Administration that their investment in Charleston is the nation’s best buy in harbor projects, with a payoff in new jobs and economic growth across the region,” Stern said.

The feasibility study is estimated at $20 million, which is cost-shared 50/50 between the federal government and the South Carolina Ports Authority. The SCPA also has committed to accelerate its half of the study funds as needed to continue to advance the project.

The Corps stated in its Reconnaissance Study in 2010 that Charleston is likely “the cheapest South Atlantic harbor to deepen to 50 feet.” Charleston’s harbor deepening project is estimated to deliver $106 million in net benefits annually for an approximately $140-million federal investment. The total deepening project is estimated at $300 million.

Funds for the nation’s Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works projects in the President’s Budget represented a 5.4 percent decrease in funding from the previous year. The Budget document stated that the savings were achieved “by prioritizing investments that will yield high economic and environmental returns.” The President’s Budget also included $15.8 million for maintenance dredging in Charleston Harbor.

With 45 feet of depth at mean low water, Charleston currently has the deepest channels in the South Atlantic region and can handle ships drafting up to 48 feet on high tide. Deepening Charleston Harbor will open the port to expanded trade opportunities and increased big-ship traffic via the new locks of the Panama Canal 24 hours a day.

Already in 2012, the Port of Charleston has handled 24 ships with actual docking or sailing drafts 40 feet or greater, too deep for today’s Panama Canal.