Container & Cargo Handling – Page 71
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NewsSheet piling
Wider, thinner, more strength for less steel - Felicity Landon reports on the evolution of sheet piling in the ports sector
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Sheet piling side
ESC broke the mould by supplying clients with the exact lengths that they required rather than just standard six metre and 12 metre. General manager Bruce Colson says this ensures there is no wastage, so there are savings for the client.
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Sheet piling side 2
A notable sheet piling project under way in the UK right now is within the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)''s project to turn the 8.35 km of waterways that intersect the Olympic Park into "green corridors".
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NewsClydeport investment
Clydeport has invested in a fleet of Hyster Fortens H5.5FT-A, 5,500 kg capacity diesel-powered lift truck supplied by Barloworld.
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Emissions focus
The reduction of emissions is a key driver in designing new heavy duty and empty container handling forklifts, says Ray Zuschlag of Hyster Company.
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NewsSydney Third Terminal SIDEBAR
A "once in a generation" opportunity to widen competition needs to be taken at Sydney''s Port Botany, says one of potential bidders for the new terminal concession.
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NewsSydney Third Terminal Operator
Just as all hope seemed lost, Sydney’’s incumbent operators find they may yet be invited to the Botany concession hoedown.
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NewsInterview: PANYNJ's Admiral Rick Larrabee
At the helm of the largest port complex on the US East Coast, Rear Admiral Rick Larrabee takes it all in his stride, as Barry Parker finds out
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"Broader environmental strategy" propels PANYNJ forward
Head of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's (PANYNJ) Port Commerce Department, Rear Admiral Larrabee, whose Coast Guard career including three years as Captain of the Port in New York, takes a long term view of the port's future.
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NewsNo immediate fix for bridge contraints
Raising a bridge to improve access to a port is a thorny undertaking at the best of times, but hoisting a bridge that in 2006 accomodated 8.4m vehicles and is one the longest steel arch bridges in the world is a league apart.
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A Challenge to Tradition
Cavotec MoorMaster is challenging port executives to relinquish rope-based vessel mooring systems and instead embrace technological advancement to achieve significant efficiency gains, writes Iain MacIntyre. Through its vacuum-based mooring systems, the company says vessels can be secured on average 12 seconds faster than via traditional methods. Furthermore, with no need ...
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NewsValencia shines
But a dwindling labour force pool is already having an impact on productivity, warns Alex Hughes
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NewsDesign and Deliver
Fender specialists advise that taking take a holistic look at berthing aids will give long term solutions.
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NewsStrads and stackers get to grips with key issues
It can be difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff when choosing the optimum container handling solution, as David Foxwell finds out.
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Electric strad from CVS Ferrari
Having recently invested in new manufacturing facilities, Italy's CVS Ferrari says it will deliver the first examples of its new FSC 4013E electric straddle carrier - a 40 tonne capacity, one-over-three stacking machine - in October. Also new from CVS Ferrari is a mini-straddle carrier, which has been given the ...
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NewsMore new models from Hyster
Hyster has recently unveiled additional models in its RS Series of reachstackersEarlier this year, Hyster's Big Truck Division at Nijmegen in The Netherlands unveiled eight additional models in its RS Series reachstackers, expanding the range, which was introduced in September 2006, from six to a total of 14 models. The ...
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Straddle carriers from Konecranes
Konecranes purchase of Consens Transport Systeme's product rights for straddle carriers earlier this year has given the crane specialist an important foothold in the straddle carrier sector. "Straddle Carriers complement our product range," said Konecranes' Director Jarmo Juntunen, noting that a core group of 12 German experts had transferred to ...
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NewsFit and forget
Take the time to make crane grab choice right from the offset and save problems down the line, Stuart Pearcey advises
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Radiation risks
The presence of radiation in cargoes presents real risks not only to continued operation of ports, but also to the people who work in them. In other industries, particularly metals recycling, plants can be incapacitated for years, a blow from which they may never recover, if radiation sources are allowed ...
