Larger Ships

DP World Melbourne Is The First Local Stevedore to Assemble a Ship-to-Shore Crane
Sep 11, 2013
DP World Melbourne's newly assembled 'post-Panamax' ship-to-shore (STS) container crane has commenced operations, providing a boost to productivity whilst also handling the increasingly larger ships visiting West Swanson Terminal. In what ...

Tags: Service, logistics
ULCV Are Making Large Container Ships Available for Smaller Trade Routes
Mar 26, 2013
Ultra large container vessels (ULCV) being deployed in increasing numbers on the Asia-Europe trades are making large container ships available for smaller trade routes, such as intra-Asia feeders and the Asia-Australia trade. Drewry ...

Tags: Larger Ships, ULCV, container ships
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT WILL GO UP -- Very Slightly -- in 2012
Feb 8, 2012
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT WILL GO UP -- very slightly -- in 2012, contractors predicted in a survey released Monday by the Associated General Contractors of America. Modest improvements in hiring in 2011 and equally modest forecasts for 2012 ...

Tags: Market View, tool demand, Construction