Container & Cargo Handling – Page 49
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NewsSafety stance
How are fork-lift truck manufacturers helping to raise health and safety levels in their products? What add-ons are available to cement safety levels? What can port operators do to ensure that their fork-lift truck operators know all the ins and outs of safety? John Bensalhia investigates...
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NewsRemote breakthrough could catch on fast
The two Maasvlakte 2 terminal orders show that the remote control of STS cranes has made its breakthrough, according to ABB. The company expects other terminals and terminal operators to follow.
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NewsRemain grounded
Europe''s first remotely controlled STS crane orders get pulses racing, as Felicity Landon discovers
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NewsCustomer collaboration counts
Many crane grab manufacturers are working in close collaboration with customers in order to provide them with the right choice.
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NewsEvery last detail
Grab manufacturers are meeting the demands of the job, as John Bensalhia discovers
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Plan for it 'going wrong'
An inherent Achilles’ heel with greater reliance on computer-based terminal maintenance management - ie, system failure - can be negated with appropriate planning, according to industry experts approached by Port Strategy, writes Iain MacIntyre.
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NewsMaintaining control
The ''if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ maintenance mentality needs a serious rethink, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out
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NewsLook to a more automated future
APM Terminals'' Frank Tazelaar sees a future speckled with automated terminals, particularly in north-western Europe and the US.
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NewsCargotec enters the AGV fray
Earlier this year, PSA announced that it had asked ZPMC and Singapore Technologies Kinetics Limited to each develop an AGV prototype with energy-efficient hybrid technology. As part of the project, Cargotec was contracted to supply a common equipment navigation system.
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NewsAutomation justification
Automated guided vehicles make sense on a productivity and a labour cost front if the expense can be justified. Alex Hughes report
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NewsTowards a zero emissions reachstacker
As governments across the world insist on engines being ever cleaner, is it realistic to assume that one day we can expect to see a 100% green reachstacker? The manufacturers we approached were split on this point.
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NewsMoving targets
Comparing apples with apples is mission near-impossible when it comes to reachstacker emissions, as Alex Hughes finds out
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NewsBridging the gap
Finding access that will adapt to suit future ship design changes can be a challenge, Stevie Knight explains
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NewsEpicentre of Gulf trade
Characterised by steady growth, Houston remains the main anchor of the Gulf. Martin Rushmere reports
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NewsSpeed study will mould future design
In its effort to determine reasonable and relevant berthing velocities for the design of fender systems, PIANC Working Group (WG) 145 is continuing to collect and analyse berthing data from sources around the world.
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NewsCredibility check
Do third party assembled fenders compared with original equipment manufactured products?
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NewsDusting off the handling questions
It’s a conundrum: although dry, granular bulk is traditionally a simple and low cost cargo, Stevie Knight finds out the handling machinery is being pushed relentllessly in the other direction.
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NewsEuropean LNG infrastructure in the spotlight
The upcoming ECA limit on sulphur in marine fuel was the driver behind the EU-funded TEN-T study into LNG infrastructure in Northern Europe.
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NewsTaking the leap
Which comes first, the LNG bunkering facility or the LNG fuelled ships? Felicity Landon reports
