USA-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has been awarded a USD3 million maintenance dredging contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Approximately...

UK-based George Hammond Plc has secured a new service from Seatrade with the backing of the Port of Dover. The port, in providing a degree of organisational flexibility, has ensured that Hammond can concentrate on winning new business - confident that it has the port's co-operation. George Hammond Plc, which provides fresh produce stevedoring and marine services from its base at the Port of Dover has enjoyed good growth from its three weekly services in 2010 in terms of pallet volumes discharged and containers handled and this success looks set to continue in 2011 with the addition of a new service from Seatrade.

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District has awarded a USD4.2 million dredging contract to King Fisher Marine Service for the maintenance pipeline...

Nigerian Ports Authority is in anticipation of their ‘first’ vessel arriving from Asia. The port authority has been working hard to deepen the access channel to...

Unaffected by the unrest in Egypt, transits and the movement of vessels are still continuing at the Suez Canal. Port operations are continuing, with...

Shipping Minister Mike Penning MP has been walking across a brand new piece of Britain - where this time last year there was nothing but water. New land, enough to fill 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, has so far been created at the London Gateway deep sea port and logistics park, which is under construction on the Thames in South Essex. Accompanied by DP World CEO Mohammed Sharaf and London Gateway CEO Simon Moore, Mr Penning was invited to view the new land being created as part of the works.

Dredging International and Middle East Dredging Company (MEDCO), have been awarded a contract for mixed dredging and civil engineering works to construct two artificial energy islands, including their service harbours, aimed to provide Abu Dhabi with energy based on facilities for oil drilling, etc. from the previously untapped offshore Satah al-Razboot (SARB) field.

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Built to last

It's probably the humblest of the heavy cargo-handling machines you'll see in operation at a port terminal. In comparison to more sophisticated straddle carriers, reachstackers and mobile harbour cranes, the forklift truck (FLT) looks almost antiquated. Developments within the market and technological enhancements, however, contradict the ostensibly humdrum functionality of FLTs as Tim Newbound reports...

As in all sectors of port cargo-handling equipment, the forklift truck market suffered a notable downturn because of the global recession. However, companies are beginning to benefit from a recovery in orders.

Russian businessman Gennady Timchenko has agreed to buy Murmansk Commercial Sea Port for $250 million. The deal is expected to be closed in the...

India's Visakhapatnam container terminal has obtained ISO 28000 certification and it has also got connected to Thailand through a new service, according to Captain  Sriram Ravichander, Chief Operating Officer. At a press meet, Ravichander said, "It is a double whammy for us. We have the ISO 28000 certificate from the Indian Register Quality Systems (IRQS), Mumbai, and it is the first time an organisation in Andhra Pradesh has got the certificate.