Container & Cargo Handling – Page 32

  • Uplifting: picking up a connected ‘Blok’ of empties is likened to picking up a six-pack of beer rather than a single can at a time
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    Reinventing the box

    2017-06-03T21:23:00Z

    Innovations for the humble container never seem to stick. Stevie Knight investigates

  • Growth: Russia has significantly expanded grain handling capacity since 2010. Credit: Valeri Pizhanski
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    With the grain

    2017-06-03T21:22:00Z

    Bulk terminal investments and equipment upgrades are surging, finds Michael King

  • Tying up: Amsterdam is focusing on the port’s role in improving quality of life in Amsterdam and its surrounding area
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    A coal-free future

    2017-06-03T21:19:00Z

    Amsterdam is bucking trends to carve its own path, as Felicity Landon explains

  • Odessa
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    Steady growth for Black Sea terminals

    2017-05-23T18:58:00Z

    The Black Sea container terminals of Ukraine, Romania, Russia, and Bulgaria handled 642,308 teu in Q1 2017, a Container Market Review for Q1 2017 has shown.

  • Stregthening: Forth Ports has invested heavily in Dundee's quayside
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    Setting the groundwork

    2017-05-05T09:12:00Z

    Carly Fields examines the potential impact of Forth Ports’ heavy investment in infrastructure

  • Confused: ports are still in the dark when it comes to accurate ship ETAs. Credit: Budak
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    The digital age

    2017-05-05T09:11:00Z

    It’s high time that the port and logistics industry embraces the age of digitalisation, finds Carly Fields

  • Contained: bagging services can be a lucrative value-add. Credit: TW Logistics
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    At your service

    2017-05-05T09:10:00Z

    Providing value-added services can be worth the time and effort, as John Bensalhia explains

  • Full pelt: Kalmar is focusing on optimising the full ASC system
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    Next generation automation

    2017-05-05T09:09:00Z

    What’s in the design bank for the next wave of automated stacking cranes? Alex Hughes investigates

  • Listening: Vancouver is trying to understand the impact of ship noise on at-risk whales. Credit: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
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    Sound probe

    2017-05-05T09:08:00Z

    Dave McIntyre examines the emerging trend to monitor underwater noise levels at ports

  • Accommodating: Esbjerg Port has made space for the demands of turbines, along with other components
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    Rising wind

    2017-05-05T09:07:00Z

    Exactly what will a supersized wind industry ask of its ports? Stevie Knight investigates

  • Growth: Eurogate Tanger will gain an advantage from the new infrastructural developments.
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    Industrial strength

    2017-05-05T09:07:00Z

    Felicity Landon takes a closer look at new developments and opportunities in Tangier

  • Run out: Lamor's solution deploys booms and skimmers that can be attached to and operated by vessels. Credit: Lamor
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    Plugging leaks

    2017-05-05T08:53:00Z

    Oil spill technology needs more interest from the private sector, finds Martin Rushmere

  • Transparency: hostility towards Darwin's sell off to foreign interests prompted the launch of an asset register
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    State intervention

    2017-04-03T16:46:00Z

    Governments face increased pressure to take more interest in foreign port investment, finds Martin Rushmere

  • Next generation: Port Elizabeth is looking forward to a new era of operations
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    The middleman

    2017-04-03T16:46:00Z

    Changes at Port Elizabeth’s port have allowed it to re-invent itself, finds Kerry Dimmer

  • On trend: Multi-touch tables for navigation planning are just one output of HPA’s smartPORT programme
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    A digital journey

    2017-04-03T16:44:00Z

    HPA is well along the path of digital optimisation, but it still has some surprises in store, finds Carly Fields

  • News

    Getting the message out on the CTU Code

    2017-03-27T17:29:00Z

    Applauding the launch of the Guidelines for Packing Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code), IMO and European Commission officials have lent support to a campaign to get the message out on best practice in packing and securing cargo and compliance across all modes.

  • Credible performance: The operator has been helped along by the application of digital technology
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    PSA overcomes 2016’s “trials and tribulations”

    2017-03-23T16:56:00Z

    PSA International achieved credible results in 2016, despite the year being beset with what the operator calls “a period of unrelenting trials and tribulations.”

  • Throughput surge: The 12% increase was mainly due to continuing volume ramp-up at ICTSI Iraq
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    Throughput surge boosts ICTSI financials

    2017-03-14T15:27:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has reported a 7% increase in port revenue from last year, with the US$1.128 billion total being helped along by a surge in throughput.

  • UK monopoly: All of the mainline UK calls by THE Alliance carriers on the Asia-Europe trade will be handled by DP World’s terminals at London Gateway and Southampton
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    Ports for THE Alliance, but no ship sizes

    2017-03-09T13:29:00Z

    THE Alliance may have finalised port calls for its new vessel sharing agreement, but without news on the size of ships due to call at ports questions still remain.

  • Mr Castwall and Mr Cheng seal the deal for Norvik
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    Hutchison seals Stockholm terminal deal

    2017-03-08T12:08:00Z

    Hutchison Ports has signed a formal agreement with Ports of Stockholm to operate the new container terminal under construction at Stockholm Norvik Port.