Container & Cargo Handling – Page 66
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Tractors to stand idle as market plummets
While current orderbooks will keep suppliers busy with deliveries until about August next year, the irony is that ports may be wondering what to do with their new machines when containership operators begin to lay up their vessels and the flow of containership traffic retracts.
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NewsTracking the tractor
Changes in requirements and emissions legislation have spurred tractor development, as Patrik Wheater finds out
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NewsTaking the load off
With the advancements in ship cargo handling technology, the pneumatic unloader should offer significant advantages over its mechanical cousin. But does it? Patrik Wheater investigates
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NewsSupplier solutions
Leading suppliers of port storage solutions are continuing to rack up orders for their ''non-conventional'' systems which can be used as temporary, semi-permanent or permanent warehouses for a range of cargoes.
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NewsTemporary port storage
Temporary on-dock storage might not always be the cost effective option it first appears, as Mike King explains
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NewsSheerness flies the RMG flag
Proof that rail mounted gantry cranes (RMGs) have a significant working life can be seen by the two currently deployed at the UK port of Sheerness.
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NewsRMG article
RMGs get short shrift when operators consider quayside container handling options, but are they unfairly tagged as ''unflexible''? Alex Hughes believes so
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NewsNewcastle Fender Study
Last month’s Port Strategy highlighted the importance of fender research, something that Australia’’s Newcastle port heartily supports.
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NewsGate Systems article
Automated gates should keep things moving at box ports and terminals. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsPort Louis
Port Louis is making sure that it secures a long term future to evade the threat of extinction. Stevie Knight reports
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NewsDP World ZPMC article addition
Do large operators get preferential service agreements with the Asia crane manufaturers? Alex Hughes talks to DP World to investigate
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NewsStraddle carriers
The popular reackstacker isn''t always the right tool for the job; low volume operators should weigh by the merits of straddle carriers instead. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsReach stackers
Training drivers to use reachstackers more efficiently is just one way to cost effectively improve productivity, as Alex Hughes reports
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NewsSize matters
Stephanie Knight finds that ship-to-shore crane manufacturers are already thinking beyond the ''standard'' 22 container outreach
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Dave Mac Fendering Filler
In many countries there are regulations covering the fender construction phase, operation, maintenance and eventual decommissioning.
