- New Container Berth comes on-line and brings additional capacity
Doug J. Marchand, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), announced at a meeting of its board of directors today the Port of Savannah handled 173,415 Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit containers (TEUs) in the month of April 2006, a 12.7 increase over the same period last year. During the first ten months of fiscal year 2006, the GPA handled 1,688,719 TEU’s, a 15.4 percent increase over the same period last year.

According to the purchase contract signed by China Merchants Qingdao Container Terminal, the manufacturing of 4 sets of quay cranes and 10 sets of RTG for Berth #1 of the Terminal are going on smoothly. In the meantime, the first quay crane is being integrated while the other 3 are in the process of part assembling. Moreover, the main components of the 10 sets of RTG, scheduled to deliver in September and October this year, are in the making.  Source: Press release

New technology being tested for suitability in global freight transport
Test phase starts with partners in Hong Kong and Hamburg
Port of Hamburg Schenker put into service ten containers equipped with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. The official commissioning of the new equipment took place in the presence of customers and industrial partners from the Port. This is the first step in a practical test to examine the suitability of new security technology for global freight transport. The new containers will be used in a shuttle service between Hamburg and Hong Kong.

The consultant should identify capacity expansion and improvements needed to meet the future traffic requirements of the Kochi port. TransCare Logistics India Pvt Ltd has been awarded the business plan contract of the Kochi port after completing the technical and financial evaluation phases of the Cochin Port Trust.