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Kalmar moves to widen
flexibility in customer support for
customer-specific issues.
Kalmar is also challenging ac-
Fines imposed on
cepted thinking about crane de-
container crane appeal
liveries. “We have changed our
cranes so that it is easier to make
Livorno operators
the final assembly on the custom-
er’s site. This makes transportation
Kalmar says it will in future offer simpler and less expensive.
ship-to-shore container cranes to “Some customers may still
customers in the Asia Pacific and need to have the cranes fully as-
the Americas, and not just to the sembled before delivery, especially
European market as it has done if they lack space for assembly at
up to now. “Our customers have the terminal, but most will value
asked us to consider delivering the cost-effective logistics,”
STS cranes to terminals outside Tirkkonen said
Europe,” said Jorma Tirkkonen, The location of the Asian STS
president, Kalmar Container site has not been declared, but
Crane System Division. Kalmar’s existing production fa-
“We decided that now it is a cility in Shanghai has been en-
good time to target increased vol- larged. It could also involve a move
umes by starting to offer our STS away from sub-contracting, as has
cranes in all continents. The deci- been the case with some large STS
sion supports our strategy of grow- crane orders in Europe.
ing our business and presence in
Kalmar is aiming to bring its ship-to-shore cranes to the wider global market
Kalmar’s Rotterdam site has a
the Asia Pacific region and the prime waterfront location close to
Americas, where we also have a changing from manufacturing to and services including mainte- the city centre and could be a The Italian competition author- TDT has stated that it will appeal
strong local service network for our become a crane competence cen- nance, inspection and training. valuable property to sell for rede- ity (AGCMI) has decided to im-
against the fine
customers. Naturally we also value tre. This will support Kalmar glo- All Kalmar’s STS cranes will velopment when real estate picks pose fines totalling €1.248M on
the lower production costs in Asia bally with marketing, sales and be delivered with a new Kalmar up again. two operators in the Port of companies, which between them
that makes it possible for us to product support as well as cus- crane control system that includes Meanwhile, Cargotec, has also Livorno - Terminal Darsena account for 90% of the port’s con-
maintain our competitive pricing.” tomer specific engineering. The the crane’s controls, crane man- indicated that a new assembly Toscana (TDT),the 50:50 joint tainer traffic, reportedly agreed to
The focus of the Kalmar STS regional organisation in Europe agement and fault diagnostics. plant will be opened in Poland, venture of the CLP dockworkers’ charge a higher price than the of-
unit in Rotterdam (ex-Nelcon) is continues to provide spare parts Kalmar says this will provide more mainly for Kalmar products. company and Contship Italia Spa, fer that CCL had previously been
and Sintermar, the Fremura, Neri made by them separately. The end
China ups Nouakchott stakes
ZPMC bags
and D’Alesio company. TDT has result was that when CCL agreed
been fined €960,000 and a new contract with Sintermar in
Sintermar €288,000. January 2007, the price was higher
than the original offer.
China is to continue helping with to extend the quay by 900m to to become operational in Septem-
ASC order
AGCMI has ruled that the two
companies colluded over prices TDT has protested the decision
the development of Mauritania’s 1,485m in order, as the Chinese ber 1986. Over the past five years, offered to a customer, Costa Con- of AGMI as a mistake and stated
Nouakchott Port in spite, or, more embassy in Nouakchott puts it, to the Chinese government has Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp tainer Lines (CCL), in violation that it will appeal against it in the
likely, because of the military coup extend “exemplary relations” be- greatly increased its diplomatic and subsidiary Kao Ming Container of A81 of the European Treaty. competent court, which in this case
that took place last August and tween the two countries. economic presence in Sub-Saha- Terminal Corp (KMCT) has or- The alleged offence dates back to will be the TAR (Regional Admin-
resulted in financial sources from The port has a designed capac- ran Africa, offering investment in dered 22 automated stacking cranes the end of 2006, when the two istrative TribuanL) in Lazio.
other donors being pulled. ity of around 0.9 mtpa, but, fol- rail, hydroelectric and other (ASCs) from ZPMC for its new
While the African Union, EU lowing years of fast growth, han- infrastructural projects in return for container terminal in Kaohsiung.
and USA all imposed sanctions on dled 1.5 mt last year (mainly im- oil, gas or mining concessions. KMCT had earlier said it would
the country, the Chinese govern- ports of wheat, flour, cement, However, this appears to be the purchase 40 ASCs to support its
TIDE out in Ecuador
ment has announced US$282M semolina, dried milk and general first instance in recent years in planned 2.8M TEU annual capac-
of new investment. Few details equipment and exports of plaster, which Chinese investment diplo- ity, so its order for 22 cranes could Terminales Internacionales de “TIDE will cooperate with
have been released, but the port animal skins and fish). A spokes- macy has been extended into the indicate a more phased approach Ecuador SA (TIDE), the Hut- the Port Authority of Manta to
investment is almost certainly be- person for the Mauritanian gov- port sector on such a scale, al- to ramping up capacity in the cur- chison Port Holdings (HPH) facilitate an orderly transition of
ing made in exchange for up- ernment indicated that the port’s though in August 2007 the gov- rent economic climate. Group, company that won a 30 the operations,” the statement said.
stream oil and gas concessions in handling capacity would be in- ernments of China and Sudan As reported in last month’s year concession in 2006 to oper-
the country. creased to 4.5 mtpa. agreed to help finance the con- WorldCargo News (p2), ZPMC has ate the Port of Manta in Ecuador,
China’s plans for Nouakchott The Chinese first became in- struction of a 435 km long rail- already won the US$100M con- has announced that it is pulling
IN THIS ISSUE
therefore run counter to interna- volved in Nouakchott in 1979, pro- way from phosphate mines at tract for eight twin hoist quay out of the deal.
tional opinion. Beijing has pledged viding funding to allow the port Bofal to Nouakchott. cranes for the facility. The move comes shortly af-
ter Ecuadorean President Rafael
NEWS
Correa threatened to cancel the Fantuzzi/Terex arbitration 2
concession agreement due to
New call for Colombo bids 6
claimed delays in developing the
Maglev for Long Beach? 15
port’s facilities. “If they [TIDE]
don’t comply with the Manta
SCL out of Chapter 11 22
port concession, they’ll simply
have to leave the country,” Correa
ICT FOCUS
said in a radio and television ad- Spinnaker sails solo 24
dress last month.
SmartTurn proves a point 25
Manta was handed over to
TIDE at the beginning of 2007.
New Wave rolls in 26
HPH said the company had been
Tracking goes mesh 27
working closely with the local Towards hybrid GPS/RFID 28
authorities to develop modern
container handling facilities at the
PORT DEVELOPMENT
port and was fully in compliance
Two join top 10 club 31
with its concession agreement.
TIDE and the Port Authority
Enter the GPMs in France 32
of Manta had planned to invest Russian ports review 35
around US$523M to build new
container, general cargo, bulk and
CARGO HANDLING
vehicle handling facilities on a 63
Advanced Brake Technology for Container Handling
Assessing tandem lifting 37
hectare site with 1,700m of quay
and a water depth alongside of 16m
Big trucks survey 39
CONTACT US FOR DETAILS
As reported in the November
Annual results review 42
Siegerland Bremsen · Auf der Stücke 1-5 · D-35708 Haiger, Germany
2008 issue of WorldCargo News
(p34), TIDE had been seeking to CONTAINER INDUSTRY
Phone +49 2773 94000 · Fax +49 2773 940010 · Mail
info@sibre.de · Web
www.sibre.de
renegotiate a number of clauses
Papering over the cracks 43
in the concession contract but its
efforts seem to have been unsuc-
REEFER INDUSTRY
cessful. A statement from TIDE
said the Ecuadorian government
Reefer output steady 44
had now “unilaterally imposed
CONTAINER SECURITY
Germany China Belgium Malaysia
changes in the concession agree-
Netherlands
ment, which TIDE finds unac- US box scan rethink? 45
ceptable.”
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