Container & Cargo Handling – Page 64
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NewsBottom up approach
One factor tells more than any other. "Preparation," Dave Herrod of ABP admits, "is always a problem." He adds: "Virtually all paint manufacturers specify that the steel should be shot blasted to a certain standard."
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NewsShining up your kit
What about painting machinery? Quayside cranes, passenger walkways, link spans etc are all important and expensive to take out of service. ABP''s approach is to specify a high quality coating from new and, ideally, carry out maintenance repainting "before corrosion sets in and the steel would have to be stripped ...
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NewsCracking up?
It''s a pay off between maintenance and robustness when it comes to paint choice. Stevie Knight reports
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NewsCuckoo in the nest
There is no doubt about it, trouble seems to be brewing on Germany''s North Sea coast. A couple of years ago, Bremerhaven box port started throwing itself body and soul into an expansion plan that included the construction of a new container terminal and 90 hectares of operating and storage ...
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NewsDifferential GPS improves return on investment for Humber port
Associated British Ports'' operation at Immingham on the Humber, which handles 200,000 teu every year, has taken advantage of DGPS to make its container terminal work harder; to move more cargo in less time; and to do it in a way that protects the safety of employees.
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NewsTotal recall: thinking outside the boxes
Forget expansion, focus resources on better box placement on dock, advises Stuart Pearcey
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Moves division secures CLPE future
Some years ago, CLPE decided not to rely wholly on second-hand sales in order to stay in business over the longer term.
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2nd hand photos
Operators looking for relatively youthful second-hand equipment in today''s market may have to consider acquiring slightly older units, for which demand is less strong.
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News2nd hand equipment
A lack of new sales has hit the supply of equipment to the second hand sector, as Alex Hughes explains
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R22 just won't do!
Topping up chillers for air conditioning and refrigeration units with the refrigerant R22 will be illegal in the European Union by the end of the year and food and other perishable cargo store operators have been warned that they must act now or risk the continuity of mechanical cooling services ...
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NewsKeeping dangerous cargoes safe (REVISED)
Taking care of shore-side workers handling dangerous cargoes can be tough with mis-declaration and a lack of understanding rife, as Patrik Wheater explains
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NewsJakarta port profile
Jakarta''s key port is taking a leaf out of Rotterdam''s books on management, as Mike King discovers
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NewsMore than just unloaders
There are other, interesting options for ports looking at cement handling.
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Port Everett
For ports looking for a change, there have been some conversions worth appraising.
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NewsCement handling
Vacuum or mechanical? It is an issue that the industry is beginning to be familiar with - but which kind of unloader do you go with when the material in question is as low-cost, but potentially difficult, as cement? Stevie Knight investigates
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Sign of the times
The global economic crisis, which began to seriously impact on the manufacturing industry last autumn, has left many suppliers scratching their heads to identify where new orders might come from. How times have changed.
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NewsRTG article
Spanish RTG users argue a strong case with Barry Cross for keeping maintenance in-house
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NewsThe bio-barrier
All three plates shown here were submerged for six months at the Thames Barrier. The results show clearly corrosion of the bare aluminium sample, some protection with the sol-gel coating without bacteria and no corrosion/biofouling of the biocoat sample. Currently a similar test is being conducted in the warm and ...
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NewsGood Bacteria to Save the Day?
Professor Robert Akid explains how research into bio-active ''sol-gels'' could result in an effective, low-cost and environmentally-friendly means of combating bio-fouling
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NewsRob van Hove
Despite financial turmoil around the world, Ports of Auckland has not initiated a major equipment outsourcing programme, preferring to make better use of in-house staff.
