Container & Cargo Handling – Page 86
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NewsBOT GIVES BUILDERS THE EDGE
Construction firms in the international contracting business are often tempted to invest in the projects they are building in order to realise better returns. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsTHE SHORTER THE VOYAGE THE MORE LIKELY THE VIABILITY
It''s the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and also have to accommodate bigger ships - either as feeders or direct callers - so they too need ...
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NewsCLEAR THE WAY
The idea of having lines of trucks backed up outside the terminal while gate operators deal with several troublesome containers and cranes in the port stand idle, is the stuff of nightmares for terminal operators. But congestion at the terminal gate is a perennial problem for the industry.
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NewsSYNCHRONISING TOS WITH CHE
The Equipment Control functions within today''s generation of Terminal Operating Systems are capable of talking directly with the robotics interfaces of today''s container handling equipment (RMGs, RTGs, AGVs). By taking advantage of these technologies, combined with GPS and automated gate technologies, the marine terminal industry is poised to make major ...
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NewsA DESPERATE RACE TO ADD MORE CAPACITY
The Indian west coast port of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNPT), with two container terminals already operational, is on the verge of awarding a third box handling concession. However, even with plans being progressed to open a fourth and a fifth terminal, the port remains hard pressed to keep up with demand. ...
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NewsWHICHEVER GRABS YOU
The choice between rope and electro or motor hydraulic grabs depends principally on the cargo for which it is intended. But there are other considerations. Nick Elliott talks to the manufacturers to weigh up the pros and cons.
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NewsTOUGH OPERATIONAL ECONOMICS MAKE THIS A MARGINAL BUSINESS
Inadequate port infrastructure or specific operational economics still prompt some stevedores to make use of sophisticated floating terminals, reports Alex Hughes .
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NewsTHE HANDS-FREE BOX TERMINAL
As reported in PS (November/December 2003) Australia' s ambitious Patrick Stevedores is betting that low-cost terminal automation based on driverless straddles will give it a fresh competitive edge.
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THE DRIVE FOR BETTER CRANE CONTROL
To gain an insight into the way system designers can build intelligent controls into a crane, PS asked Wales-based Control Techniques Ltd to explain their approach.
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MAN vs MACHINE THE CONTROL SYSTEM CONUNDRUM
Container ship-to-shore gantry cranes. Not only are these pricey behemoths the key interface between the ship and the landside, they also represent today and tomorrow' s boundary between manual and automated operation on the terminal.
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NewsCLIMBING THE HILL
This feature looks first at the potential for multi-loading systems at ro-ro terminals, and secondly at the market for, and recent developments in, the ro-ro tractor sector.
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NewsCRANE WARS
At anywhere upwards of $6m apiece, ship-to-shore container cranes don' t come cheap. So it' s hardly surprising that price is an issue in this specialist sector where a handful of European and Far Eastern manufacturers battle it out for market share. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsSPEND A LITTLE SAVE A LITTLE
David Foxwell highlights the issues to consider when choosing new fendering, and the growing number of standards and guidelines port engineers can use to correctly specify a long-lasting product.
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NewsOUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE: Thought About it Recently?
Nick Elliott asks contractors what are the benefits to the terminal of contracting out equipment maintenance.
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NewsRTG's-R-US
Fazilette Khan casts an eye over the automation of the RTG, its perceived limitations and advantages.
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OUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
The decision whether or not to outsource maintenance is influenced by different factors in different situations, writes Ted Adlard .
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NewsCAN THE AGENT HELP BEAT CONGESTION?
By bringing efficiencies to their shipowner principals, shipping agents can help solve the port congestion problem, argue the boys from Inchcape Shipping Services.
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NewsMOBILITY EQUALS FLEXIBILITY
Mobile pneumatic ship unloaders find their place where flexibility comes before pure capacity - and if storage space is at a premium, reports Alex Hughes .
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NewsMINI-SPRINTER-SHUTTLE-CONTRUNNER-STRADS COME OF AGE
Fazilette Khan reports on how the fast new mini-strad carrier is finding its rightful place in the terminal equipment hierarchy.
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NewsTERMINAL SOLUTIONS for Smaller Ports
Terminal operating systems are well-established features of the bigger container ports but smaller terminals are grasping their benefits too. Cathy Hayward reports.
