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Bobcat cleans up

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The UK Port of Poole, in Dorset, has deployed a new Bobcat 863 skid-steer loader equipped with a sweeper attachment to increase productivity...

Grabbing new opportunities

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The market for grabs is only as good as the demand for the commodities they handle, which is why manufacturers have expanded their product r...

Active in the Americas

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Krupp has commissioned a number of conveyor systems in the Americas during the past year or so. In the US, earlier this year Krupp Robins co...

New shipboard bulk crane

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MacGregor-Hagglunds, part of the MacGregor Group, is developing a new type of shipboard crane aimed specifically at the bulk ship sector, wh...

Queensland bulk boost

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The Queensland government is spending big on the state's bulk ports in the 2001-2002 financial year....

Paradip behind schedule

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded mechanised coal handling facility at Paradip Port in Orissa, East India, may not be commissioned bef...

Macawber in fly ash first

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US-based Macawber Engineering has won a contract from South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&GC) for the supply of low-velocity dense-ph...

Munck moves for Dreggen

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Munck Cranes AS has acquired 66 per cent of the shares of another Norwegian crane company, Dreggen Crane, and 63 per cent of the shares of D...

Rotterdam coal volumes soar

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Coal throughput in the Port of Rotterdam shot up by 26 per cent to almost 14 mt in the first six months of this year and, says the port auth...

Making the most of opportunities

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The handling of bulk commodities on the USWC continues to be impacted by an acute electrical power shortage that can be traced to the deregu...

WA underwrites woodchip link

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The Western Australian government has brokered a new agreement with the Australian Railroad Group (ARG), to ensure that woodchips from a new...

AusBulk bulks up

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The South Australian Government has named AusBulk Ltd as the developer and operator of the proposed A$90m deepwater grain facility at Port A...

Flushing floaters

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Flushing Marine Terminal (FMT), the new Nico Vervat company due to open in the Port of Vlissingen's Quarles-haven in October (a little later...

Ibau for Providence

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Due for completion and commissioning in August for Lehigh Cement at its terminal in Providence (RI), USA, is a new 40,000t capacity silo pla...

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