Container & Cargo Handling – Page 67
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NewsDave Mac Fendering 2nd Story
Vacuum mooring systems are now generating a lot of market interest and while the number of installed systems is a fraction of the overall market for bollards and quick release mooring hooks, a strong marketing push is being headed by Cavotec MSL.
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NewsThe horse’s mouth
Dave MacIntyre learns it’s best to go direct to get the definitive line on best fender practise.
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NewsValparaiso interview
A Chile-China partnership gives Valparaiso boss reason to be cheerful, as Michael Mackey finds out
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NewsTough times ahead for Stateside grain shippers?
The US slowdown in container imports has a knock-on effect on grain exports, leaving ports feeling the pinch from bulk as well as boxes. Stuart Pearcey reports
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NewsNew grain terminal speeds up Panamax turnaround times
Panamax vessels loading grain at the newly-opened grain terminal at the Russian port of Novorossiysk will be able to do it much faster than had previously been possible.
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Grain shorts
Ukraine''s leading sunflower oil producer Kernel Holdings has bought a large bulk grain export terminal in the Black Sea port of Iliychivsk in the Ukraine. It''s the Ukraine''s second largest grain terminal, with a loading capacity of up to 4.5m tonnes of grain annually and it can store 200,000 tonnes. ...
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NewsCounting the cost
The rising costs of raw materials are putting even more emphasis on the need for long-lasting, high-performance cables. Felicity Landon reports on the latest trends
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NewsEnvironmental issues
Port operators need to take environmental conditions into account when choosing cables for their terminals, says Don Nester of igus.
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NewsPower Conversion
The conversion of rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from diesel to electric power, or to switchable diesel/electric power, is an emerging trend in container ports around the world - and one that has prompted extensive field testing by Conductix-Wampfler.
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NewsMaritime crane transport article
Are there too many port cranes and not enough transport options? Opinion is divided as Alex Hughes finds out
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Nose to tail solutions
Portek is one of very few companies offering turnkey solutions, organising the entire logistics chain in the movement of maritime handling equipment. Specialist maritime transporting companies also do this, although invariably feel more comfortable leaving it up to others to implement.
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NewsOpinion piece: impact of Tanger Med on Spain
Spain''s ports are having to seriously re-think long term strategic goals in the light of Morocco''s Tanger Med success. Alex Hughes investigates
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NewsBook your dredgers now!
In the race to secure increasingly scarce dredgers, land reclamation projects could fall at the first hurdle unless you book the contractor ahead of budget approval or buy your own dredgers, writes Patrik Wheater
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NewsMore capacity to take up the slack
Van Oord has taken delivery of HAM 318, the world''s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, after Chinese shipbuilder Cosco lengthened the vessel by 52m, increasing capacity from 23,783 m³ to 37,293 m³ .
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NewsHeavy weight haul
The iron ore magnates are back to blows, which could have repercussions for Australia''s port industry, as Stevie Knight reports.
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NewsTurning heads
Oakland is trying to divert attention away from the more familiar west coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, writes Alex Hughes
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NewsConsultants' article
Sometimes it pays to break with tradition, as consultants dealing with port citings in the US are discovering. Alex Hughes investigates
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NewsSwamp-thing
Most global port authorities are painfully aware that virtually all the best locations for the citing of major maritime terminals have already been used up. Nevertheless, modern engineering techniques nowadays allow even marginal terrain, including swampland, to be stabilised prior to the establishment of new working areas.
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NewsThe Prince of intermodalism
Facing a decline in its bulk exports of pulp, paper and lumber to intermodal markets, the Canadian Port of Prince Rupert had to seek alternatives.
