Container & Cargo Handling – Page 74
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NewsWhere's my box?
Customers want to know exactly where their container is in the supply chain and terminals need to have the information at their fingertips. David Foxwell reports
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Keeping abreast of the container tracking trail
Despite the most advanced software solutions in use, every terminal will occasionally misplace containers, particularly if drivers may not always be able to correctly execute the instructions they receive. To avoid this, Cosmos in Belgium has integrated differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) technology into its applications, resulting in higher operational ...
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NewsFaster, safer, more secure
Manufacturers of auto-mooring equipment for ports and harbours see only benefits for users,as David Foxwell explains
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Salalah tests put MoorMaster through its paces
Patrick Rosenwald, technical director of Cavotec Specimas, believes that the benefits of the MoorMaster automated mooring system are best illustrated by the results of testing done at the Port of Salalah in Oman in the summer of 2005.
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NewsDizzying demands
Hamburg is under pressure to accommodate future growth, widely anticipated to be double existing capacity, as Tom Todd discovers
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NewsBucking the trend
HHLA’ s decision to ditch a share sell-off in favour of a “ safe” IPO is understandable says consultant BMT, in conversation with Alex Hughes
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NewsFinnish record breakers
Kotka''s monster gate operating system will unite two competing operators without compromising data privacy. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsBattles in Barcelona
Alex Hughes looks at the workings of the hard-fought El Prat terminal concession, asking who really benefited from the award
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NewsSteely determination
Ports are a critical hub in the steel industry’ s just-in-time supply chain.Felicity Landon looks at the challenges
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NewsStrengthening systems
Teesport has the luxury of challenging its steel handling methods under a ten-year contract, as Felicity Landon finds out
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NewsFacing the real challenges
Steel handling specialist WE Dowds says unloading vessels and filling up warehouses is “ the relatively straightforward part” . “ The real challenge, and the benchmark we use to gauge how well we are doing, is to deliver the material on time to the right customer,” says chairman Charles Dowds.
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NewsBeat the orderbook blues
In terms of price and lead time, it can often make sense for a terminal operator to buy second-hand, rather than new. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsSecond-hand still a niche market
Liebherr registers five to 10 secondhand deals for mobile harbour cranes each year,compared will sales of around 70 new units. In the reachstacker business, where the company has a more reduced presence, it undertakes annual second-hand deals involving two to four machines. Spokesperson Thomas Bachmann notes that there are a ...
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NewsPanning for gold
Not all second-hand equipment is good equipment. Alex Hughes finds out that you need guarantees, quality assurance and, crucially, spares
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Second-hand sourcing needn't be a minefield
BMT’ s ports and logistics division says it receives two or three serious enquiries every year to help terminal operators identify second-hand equipment. Managing director David Wignall explains why punters engage a consultant to help.
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NewsPanacea or potential headache?
Alex Hughes investigates whether transhipment is the pot of gold everyone thinks it is for Mediterranean ports.
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NewsBarcelona trawls in transhipment business in defiance of nearby competing terminals
Barcelona-based Tercat moved 1m teu last year, of which around 42% was in the form of transhipped boxes. However, the terminal was never built with transhipment in mind. In fact, according to terminal manager Josep Ollés, the percentage of boxes rotated in and out by sea is a comparatively recent ...
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NewsContship faithful to Gioia Tauro
While Spanish ports continue to do well, future investment planning at Italy''s Gioia Tauro has been cast into doubt following recent strikes in both December and February.Relations between majority-owner Conthship Italia and a new leftwing trade union (SDL) are at a low ebb, despite the fact that the average net ...
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NewsBuena vista
Argentina''s leading port is sitting pretty on strong volumes, but will capacity come on stream quick enough to cater for increased demand? Rob Ward investigates
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NewsProductivity Portuguese-style
Could Leixões be Europe''s most industrious box terminal? Alex Hughes finds that the Portuguese port is pushing productivity to impressive levels
