Container & Cargo Handling – Page 24

  • Apps for GIS have become easier to use
    News

    Cross-port benefits of geospatial technology

    2019-06-05T16:41:00Z

    Modern GIS systems do not need to be restricted to just one or two experts in a port. Alex Hughes finds out who else can put geospatial data to good use

  • 2038
    News

    2038: Humans vs. automation

    2019-05-23T20:59:00Z

    A world where artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to the point where we can compare it to a human and judge it by its actions accordingly is the scene set in the latest instalment of a futuristic port story.

  • News

    Cargotec projects tackle industry inefficiencies

    2019-05-14T15:18:00Z

    Cargotec is to continue its joint projects with multiple startups to address maritime industry inefficiencies introduced to it through maritime startup collaboration platform, the Rainmaking Trade & Transport Impact Programme.

  • Itapoá is championing its successes. Credit: Porto Itapoá
    News

    Bucking the national trend

    2019-05-02T11:46:00Z

    Porto Itapoá invests beyond increased throughput and potential automation for its future success, writes Carly Fields

  • A worker walking across a suspended bridge.
    News

    The Umbilical Cords of Port Machinery

    2019-05-02T11:45:00Z

    Dave MacIntyre finds out if crane cable chains deliver everything they promise.

  • RAM's pipe-handling system improves handling speed and safety. Credit: RAM Spreaders
    News

    Putting spreaders to work for bulk

    2019-05-02T11:43:00Z

    John Bensalhia investigates attachment options that look beyond pure container operations

  • bulk carrier
    News

    A stronger future for short sea shipping

    2019-05-01T15:12:00Z

    As shipping gets smarter and more sustainable, the Coastlink conference addresses how short sea and container feeder shipping can best secure a stronger future.

  • Port of Piraeus
    News

    Global port links forged at China's BRI Forum

    2019-04-29T14:05:00Z

    Cosco’s investment in Greece''s Port of Piraeus will play a key part in a drive to establish Greece as a “bridge” between the West and the East, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said at China''s second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing.

  • Jeremy Nixon in a screengrab of a video from 2018
    News

    Logic of mega-containerships questioned

    2019-04-29T10:26:00Z

    A top shipping line executive questioned whether 22,000 teu ships are “really the right way to go” at TOC Asia’s Container Supply Chain Conference.

  • BOXBAY
    News

    HBS system to boost efficiency

    2019-04-18T12:17:00Z

    A new and intelligent High Bay Storage (HBS) system which packs maximum capacity into a condensed area could boost operational efficiency, a port expert has said.

  • The model will see Kalmar get paid on the basis of performance — such as completed container moves per hour (image is for illustrative purposes only)
    News

    Performance model “not a science project”

    2019-04-15T10:46:00Z

    Kalmar executives have stressed that the equipment provider’s new performance guarantee model is “proven technology and not a science project”.

  • News

    Stop unfair port access practices

    2019-04-11T16:49:00Z

    The International Shipsuppliers & Services Association (ISSA) has said its association members continue to experience unwarranted delay, obstruction and unfair charges when they wish to enter ports to deliver stores to ships.

  • PSA International
    News

    Tech startups to innovate ports and beyond

    2019-04-11T16:04:00Z

    PSA unboXed, the Singapore-based innovation and corporate venture capital arm of PSA International, and Israeli-based theDOCK Innovation Hub have entered into an agreement to invest in startups to leverage innovative technologies that will benefit the port, maritime and supply chain sector.

  • Richard Koh
    News

    Digitalisation for innovation initiative

    2019-04-10T16:48:00Z

    Over the next three years, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will focus on digitalisation to help companies innovate and improve productivity.

  • PEMA Student Challenge winners
    News

    PEMA 2019 student challenge announced

    2019-04-09T21:38:00Z

    The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association has announced the PEMA Student Challenge theme question for 2019 is ''Exploring the drivers behind change: Defining the port of the future''.

  • News

    Safety features ‘must be standard’

    2019-04-09T09:21:00Z

    Container crane manufacturers that fail to apply minimum safety features as standard are putting lives at risk, a TOC Asia audience heard today.

  • Liebherr provides different training methods for dry bulk cargo handling, including simulator training. Credit: Liebherr
    News

    Taking handling training to the next level

    2019-04-04T09:41:00Z

    Modern training techniques go head-to-head with traditional teaching methods to improve bulk cargo handling. John Bensalhia reports

  • Long Beach Container Terminal as recognised in the local trucking community for its quick turn times. Credit: National Renewable Energy Lab, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
    News

    Time to be open about gate turnaround times

    2019-04-04T09:38:00Z

    US ports are embracing a public appetite for port information and making truck-wait data available to all. Alex Hughes reports

  • Sultan Bin Sulayem
    News

    No “profitable” US opportunities for DP World

    2019-03-18T14:29:00Z

    DP World is holding off on US investment as it has not identified any profitable opportunities, the company’s chairman has said.

  • Antti Kaunonen
    News

    Manufacturer aims for ambitious performance guarantees

    2019-03-05T17:06:00Z

    Kalmar is gearing up towards a performance-based business model, the company’s president has stated.