APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services’ Managing Director, Halfdan Ross, discussed solutions to the challenges presented by the latest and future generation of Ultra-Large Container Vessels (ULCV) that confront port and terminal operation and design at the TOC Container Supply Chain Asia Confere
The U.S.-flag Great Lakes fleet is returning to service to keep industrial America on the mend. The first vessel to get underway was the tug/barge unit DOROTHY ANN/PATHFINDER on March 5. The vessel will spend the month shuttling iron ore within Cleveland Harbor. Next to sail was the cement carrier S
The 4th EMSAGG conference will take place on 20th and 21st June 2012 at Thermae Palace, Ostend, Belgium. The conference builds on the success of the three previous conferences delivered by EMSAGG. The last conference was held in Rome in 2009 and attracted delegates from across Europe including Belgi
Harbor Resources Manager, Chris Miller, stated that the deadline for completing the Newport harbor dredging project has been missed due to complications, and now the Newport Beach officials have until June to get the next project phase underway, reports Daily Pilot. Approximately 350,000 cubic yards
The Port, one of the UK’s major deep sea ports, has increased tonnage of cargoes handled by 66% compared to 2010 and has broken its own records for handling cars, containers and bulk cargoes in the form of wood pellets. Total tonnage recorded for 2011 increased by 2.1 million tonnes to 5.3 million t
The Port of Oakland welcomes the largest containership ever to call any seaport in North America. The MSC Fabiola is a 12,562 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent-unit) vessel; an average container equals two TEUs. It is part of the fleet of the world’s second-largest shipping company, Geneva-based Mediterra
Caterpillar is confident about its Tier 4 technology that the company now provides a no-cost, three-year/5,000-hour powertrain protection plan for nearly 40 machine models equipped with Cat® emissions-control systems. The new Equipment Protection Plan (EPP) allows Cat machine owners to reduce risk,
With demand for multibeam echosounders on the increase, Ashtead Technology has invested in six new Reson SeaBat 7125ROV2 high-resolution multibeam echosounders. SeaBat multibeam sonars are designed to meet surveyors need for fast and reliable operation with ultra wide swathe coverage and outstanding
The long-awaited $451 million Onondaga Lake dredging project is about to begin, according to Syracuse.com. As Honeywell officials have stated, dredging of the contaminated lake bottom will commence this spring or summer. The work is expected to continue over four construction seasons. State Departme
On March 16, TERCAT took delivery of four Super-Post-Panamax quay cranes for its new container terminal at Muelle Prat, making a total of eight such cranes at the facility. TERCAT, a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings Group, received the first four quay cranes for Muelle Prat on 6 March. The cran
Dredging on the Dania Cutoff Canal that will boost the economy of Broward and Palm Beach counties by $18 million a year is scheduled to begin next month. Following almost 15 years of planning and permitting, the $6.5 million yearlong project will deepen the canal’s water from 10 feet to 17 thus mega
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has consented to proceedings before the South Carolina Supreme Court to determine the agency’s legal jurisdiction regarding the Savannah River. “While the parties seek clarification on the law, we all agree this issue demands the kind of reason
The floating dry dock, 165 x 35 meter in dimension, broke loose from its mooring at the southern quay of Oresund DryDocks premises in Landskrona on the 27th of November 2011. The dock drifted in an eastern direction towards bay of Lundåkra, due to the high sea water level occurring at that day it pa
As National Mirror reports, the Federal Government has commenced dredging and opening up of Magodo canal as one of the constituency projects inherited by Lagos East Senatorial District. Senator Gbenga Ashafa stated that this dredging project is to address erosion and flood in the area which, if not