by admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Ports & Terminals
A telescopic mobile truck crane owned by Eng Lee Shipping Pte Ltd. tipped onto a lorry at Jurong Port on Thursday (July 14) afternoon, injuring two people. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at 37, Jurong Port Road, at 3.20pm....
by admin | Jul 13, 2016 | Ports & Terminals
The MOL Benefactor is the first vessel to call on Savannah through the new locks of the expanded Panama Canal. At a capacity of 10,100 twenty-foot equivalent container units, the Benefactor is also the largest ship ever to call the Port of Savannah. The massive...
by admin | Jul 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
A U.S. Department of Transportation grant is expected to fund half of a $15.4 million expansion at the burgeoning International Marine Terminal. The Forcaster reports, the Maine Department of Transportation grant proposal, which still faces review by Congress,...
by admin | Jul 11, 2016 | Ports & Terminals, Workforce News
The wider Panama Canal opened two weeks ago – servicing more massive post-Panamax ships. On Saturday PortMiami received its first vessel of that kind from the Canal. And it may mean a new era for Miami as a world commercial hub. The Chinese ship MOL Majesty measures...
by admin | Jul 10, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
Holt Logistics Corp. and Greenwich Terminals LLC’s purchase of two new Super Post-Panamax container cranes should help operations at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal and the Port of Philadelphia, according to a news release. The container cranes are expected to be...
by admin | Jul 9, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
The successful arrival and departure Monday night of the Hammonia Venetia at the Port of Tuxpan, the first ever ship to dock there, was more than just the inauguration of a new Mexican port. It also ushered in what could be a fierce fight among Mexican ports on the...