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CARGO HANDLING/PORT NEWS
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APL into Oman
Clean equipment
Railpower seeks
APL and the Port of Salalah have west coast of Oman makes it one
formed a 50:50 joint venture to of the most ideal transhipment
operate a new two-berth con- hubs connecting the east-west
deal for SeaTac
court protection
tainer terminal at the Omani port. container routes to the fast-grow-
The new company will start ing Middle East and South Asia
The ports of Seattle and Tacoma “The Port of Seattle is com-
operations in 2011 after comple- regions.”
and the Puget Sound Clean Air mitted to creating jobs while pro-
tion of the planned expansion of The Port of Salalah currently
Agency (PSCAA) have an- tecting our environment,” said
the existing container terminal of has six container berths, with an
nounced a combined match of port commission president Bill
which the Port of Salalah is both annual capacity of 4.5M TEU.
US$318,000 in additional fund- Bryant. “We are building partner-
the facility owner/operator and APM Terminals owns 30% of Port
ing for the Clean Air Agency’s ships that help us do both. Ret-
port authority. of Salalah and manages the con-
Puget Sound Ports Cargo Han- rofitting our equipment with
The new deepsea terminal will tainer terminal, with public and
dling Equipment Replacement these funds will help give us
cover 28 hectares and have a total private Omani interests owning
and Retrofit Program. cleaner air now.”
quay length of 700m with an an- the balance.
This comes on top of His counterpart at Tacoma,
nual capacity of 1.6M TEU. It will The Salalah investment adds to
US$850,000 from US-EPA for Clare Petrich, added: “These
be capable of servicing container APL’s global portfolio of termi-
this initiative, which combines the funds will help build on the col-
vessels of more than 10,000 TEU nals, which includes wholly
environmental stewardship efforts laborative efforts under way by
capacity. The joint venture will owned terminals on the US West
of several agencies. Each port is both ports, our customers and the
equip the new facility with Coast (Los Angeles, Seattle,
contributing US$100,000 and Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
Canada-based Railpower Tech- Railpower’s core products are the
superpost-Panamax cranes and Oakland and Dutch Harbor), Ja-
the PSCAA is contributing to make our region a cleaner, safer
nologies Corp has announced that
“Green Goat” hybrid loco and
other container handling equip- pan (Kobe and Yokohama) and
US$118,000. place to live and work.”
it and its US subsidiary, Railpower
EcoCrane drives for RTGs
ment and systems. Taiwan (Kaohsiung), as well as
The funding supports the ret- Reducing pollution from die-
Hybrid Technologies Corp, are
Commenting on the deal, Ron joint venture interests in Thailand
rofit or replacement of 38 off- sel engines “is one of the highest
seeking court protection under said in a statement, adding that it
Widdows, Group CEO of APL’s (Laem Chabang) and Vietnam (Ho
highway trucks, cranes and FLTs priorities for our agency,” said
the Companies’ Creditors Ar- “remains focused on serving and
parent company Neptune Orient Chi Minh City).
at the Port of Seattle (around 10% Dennis McLerran, executive di-
rangement Act (Canada) and will supporting its customers during the
Lines (NOL), said,“The partner- APL is also part of the con-
of its fleet). At the Port of Tacoma, rector of the PSCAA. “Public
also file a petition under Chapter restructuring process.”
ship with Port of Salalah is part of sortium that won the concession
50-60 terminal tractors, cranes, health experts have recently con-
15 of the US Bankruptcy Code Railpower said it is in discus-
our long-term commitment to to operate the first container ter-
off-highway trucks and general cluded that people live longer
with the United States Bank- sion with third parties and On-
enhance our service to custom- minal of Maasvlakte 2 in Rotter-
industrial equipment will be ret- lives when their exposure to PM
ruptcy Court for the Western Dis- tario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board,
ers. Salalah’s location on the south dam in 2007.
rofitted, equivalent to around 14% (soot) is reduced.” The PSCAA
trict of Pennsylvania. its main creditor, in connection
of the fleet. All the replaced and says it has already cleaned up
Railpower’s normal day-to-day with the restructuring process.
retrofitted equipment will use ul- more than 5000 diesel engines
operations are expected to continue The board also announced the
tra-low sulphur diesel. in the region.
without interruption, the company departure of José Mathieu as presi-
dent and CEO, to be replaced byWorldCargo
Richard Laliberté, the company’s
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vice president, engineering, as
“chief restructuring officer.”
EDITORIAL:
Railpower’s main products are
CHRIS MUNFORD • PUBLISHING DIRECTOR
the GreenGoat, a hybrid rail lo-
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comotive, and, derived from that
used container forklift trucks
development, its EcoCrane drives
VINCENT CHAMPION • EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
for RTGs.
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PAUL AVERY - ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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and terminal equipment
JOHN BANKS - CONSULTING EDITOR
GlobalSim
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ADVERTISING:
simulator
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MIKE FORDER • COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR in Freeport
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US-based GlobalSim, Inc has de-
STEPHEN CATCHPOLE • BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
livered a MasterLiftTM4000
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(ML4000) crane training simula-
JAYANA AUSTIN • ASSISTANT ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER
tor to Hutchison’s Freeport con-
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tainer terminal in the Bahamas.
Training of new and experi-
ADMINISTRATION & CIRCULATION:
enced operators is regarded by
GILL TILBURY • OFFICE MANAGER
HPH as a critical component of
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Forklift trucks, reachstackers
port operations and growth.
NICCI VIGORITO • SALES & MARKETING COORDINATOR GlobalSim was awarded a contract
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and terminal equipment
to provide the new training sys-
tem following an international
ITALY AGENT:
tender process.
GENERAL ADVERTISING MEDIA & EXHIBITIONS SRL
“The benefit of having the
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ML4000 simulator is the ability to
8 t. Svetruck 16CS5H 04 12500 mm Reachstackers
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train individuals step-by-step with
8 t. Svetruck 16CS5H 05 12500 mm 41 t. Kalmar DC4160RS4 93 12400 mm
9 t. Valmet TD4ECR 99 11900 mm
increased complexity. These sce-
42 t. Linde C4230TL5 02 15900 mm
JAPAN AGENT:
12 t. Linde H120D/354 97 3700 mm
42 t. Linde C4230TL5 03 15900 mm
narios include slipping clutches or
13,6 t. Svertruck 136120-35 87 4000 mm
45 t. Linde C4531TL5 04 15900 mm
brakes, snapped mooring lines, hy-
HIDEO NAKAYAMA, NAKAYAMA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL INC.
15 t. Svetruck 15120-35 02 4000 mm
45 t. Linde C4535TL5 02 15900 mm draulic failures, or emergency stop
Telephone: +81 3 3479 6131 Fax: +81 3 3479 6130
16 t. Svetruck 16120-38 92 3500 mm
45 t. Linde C4531CH5 05 15900 mm
16 t. SMV SL16-1200A 01 4000 mm
situations,” said Freeport’s training
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Terminal tractors
16 t. SMV SL16-1200B 07 4000 mm
25 t. Kalmar TTX181 4x4 02 1000 mm
instructor Oneil Wildgoose.
16 t. Svetruck 16120-38 97 5000 mm
The ML4000 is a fully
KOREA AGENT 16 t. Svetruck 16120-38 00 6500 mm
30 t. Mafi MT30R 4x4 02 1000 mm
reconfigurable training system with
JO, YOUNG-SANG, BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
18 t. Svetruck 1875/33 95 5500 mm
32 t. Sisu TRL182 4x4 03 1000 mm
25 t. Svetruck 25120-45 81 4000 mm
34 t. Terberg TT222 4x2 04 1009 mm
a student/operator cab, five visual
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25 t. SMV SL25-1200A 01 4000 mm
34 t. Terberg YT182 4x2 05 1009 mm
channels, and a three degree-of-
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25 t. Svetruck 25120-45 97 4000 mm
34 t. Terberg RT222 4x4 06 1059 mm
freedom motion system. The
45 t. Svetruck 45150-57 89 6500 mm
34 t. Terberg TT222 4x2 05 1114 mm
45 t. Fantuzzi FD C450 05 7500 mm
35 t. Terberg RT26 4x4 95 1000 mm
ML4000 for Freeport is equipped
SPAIN AGENT with crane models for a ship-to-
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