Container & Cargo Handling – Page 70

  • News

    GPA cranes off Good Hope

    2008-01-30T16:33:00Z

    There can be no greater yardstick to measure the market acceptance of increasingly larger containership tonnage than the increase in container handling capacity, especially orders for new super post-panamax cranes.

  • Port Strategy: Hybrid technology that Kalmar is developing for terminal tractors such as this one will also be suitable for its ro-ro tractors
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    Hybrid option offers green gain for ports

    2008-01-16T16:33:00Z

    A hybrid option for ro-ro tractors will offer a green gain for ports, as David Foxwell finds out

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    Growing demand for secondhand

    2008-01-16T16:33:00Z

    Although manufacturers such as MAFI concentrate on the market for newbuild ro-ro tractors, the company acknowledges that there is a growing demand for secondhand machines.

  • Port Strategy: A temporary six-metre-tall warehouse measuring 30m x 50m came to the rescue of the manufacturers of Magners cider when demand mushroomed
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    temporary storage feature 1

    2008-01-09T16:33:00Z

    Sub-letting of temporary storage structures could prove and important revenue stream for wiley port operators. Stuart Pearcey explains

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    Testing the grade in Alaska

    2008-01-09T16:33:00Z

    It took a decade of searching before an Alaskan ship repair company could find a suitable building to house some of its dry docking facilities -  but once it did, erection took only a fortnight.

  • Port Strategy: Los Angeles is still the no.1 container port in the US
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    Long Beach / Los Angeles profile

    2007-12-19T16:33:00Z

    The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach take their environmental responsibilities very seriously, as Felicity Landon finds out

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    Still time to shine on the West Coast

    2007-12-19T16:33:00Z

    While the past couple of years have been "varied" for volumes into Southern California ports, and this year has been rather flat, the longer-term forecast is put at 6%-7% growth a year in the region''s ports, according to Halcrow''s Stacey Jones.

  • Port Strategy: Large amounts of material stored in the open offer huge potential for loss through wind erosion. Picture: Elisabetta, Dreamstime.com
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    Profit is blowing in the wind (dust feature main)

    2007-12-12T16:33:00Z

    With ever stricter environmental legislation, dust is becoming public enemy no.1, as Stuart Pearcey explains

  • Port Strategy: Loading iron ore at Port Hedland, Western Australia, where a hearts and minds approach is being taken to tackling dust problems.
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    Port Hedland tackles dust head on

    2007-12-12T16:33:00Z

    A unique combination of factors gives Port Hedland one of the world''s worst dust problems.

  • Port Strategy: MTL describes RMGs as an "essential cog" in terminal operations
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    Scratch the surface

    2007-12-05T16:33:00Z

    There''s a lot more to RMGs than meets the eye, not least a proven track record in container handling, as Alex Hughes discovers

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    Liebherr stays on track

    2007-12-05T16:33:00Z

    European crane manufacturer Liebherr had designed and supplied RMG cranes for over 30 years before developing its first RTG design in 1998.

  • Port Strategy: Great Yarmouth is preparing its bid for world port domination
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    Yarmouth outer harbour moves ahead

    2007-11-28T16:33:00Z

    Construction of Great Yarmouth's new outer harbour is now well under way. Felicity Landon reports on the ambitions of East Port UK

  • Port Strategy: Grimaldi believes ancillary services are a must
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    Euro Auto Trades

    2007-11-21T12:46:00Z

    These are exciting times for Europe''s car handlers, as transhipment trade swells. Alex Hughes reports

  • Port Strategy: CMP Prominent Ace arriving
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    Malmö

    2007-11-21T12:46:00Z

    Not content with a 30% increase in cars handled last year, Copenhagen-Malmö Port''s (CMP) general manager (cars), Bart Steijaert, hopes to bump that 382,323 cars to 500,000 annually by 2010.

  • Port Strategy: Maasvlakte 2 will give Rotterdam's port activity room to breathe - but it's still a few years away
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    Rotterdam nails colours to the mast of sustainability

    2007-11-21T12:23:00Z

    Sustainability is paramount in Rotterdam''s vision of its future, as Stuart Pearcey explains

  • Port Strategy: Tideworks recognise that 'one size' gate systems rarely fit all
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    Gate Systems

    2007-11-14T12:46:00Z

    Operators shopping for a new gate management system must take time to consider the unique needs of their port or terminal. Felicity Landon reports

  • Port Strategy: HTS' Elovic
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    Simple identification is now old hat

    2007-11-14T12:46:00Z

    Where gate systems in the past were limited to identification only, today''s systems require container and truck optical character recognition (OCR), IMO label detection, video files, voice over IP, biometric identification of driver, damage inspection of the container, seal integrity - and so on, says Hi-Tech Solutions Phil Elovic.

  • Port Strategy: Make a plan and stick to it says Visy
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    Something to aim for

    2007-11-14T12:46:00Z

    When goals are clearly defined at the beginning, it is relatively easy to work towards them, says John Lund, sales manager of Finland's Visy.

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    Optimising

    2007-11-14T12:46:00Z

    Proper integration and clear advance planning are key factors for ports looking to install automated gate systems, says Phil Elovic, chief executive of optical character recognition (OCR) specialist Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS).

  • Port Strategy: Hyster sees port "decision makers" placing more emphasis on driver's truck preference in FLT purchases
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    Forklifts article

    2007-11-07T16:59:00Z

    Forklift trucks for empty container handling are proving their prowess on the quay, as Felicity Landon discovers