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NewsTarget zone improves straddle operations
A simple product developed to visuallyaid straddle carrier operators load containers on trucks is reducing handling times, alleviating insurance claims and may even blossom into a lucrative export.
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NewsFlexsim first with container terminal tool
Utah-based Flexsim Software Products has created a new simulation tool specifically geared towards container terminal planning.
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Jade outshines competition for lucrative Gdansk contract
Poland''s DCT Gdansk has selected Jade Software Corporation''s (JSC) port operating software for the management of the country''s only deepwater container terminal, scheduled to open on June 1, 2007.
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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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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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NewsChennai two terms confirmed
Chennai Port Trust has released the terms of the recently-awarded PSA-Sical 30-year concession to operate the second container terminal in the port.
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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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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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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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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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OSD calls for greener designs
Offshore vessel designer, Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), says going green is no longer just an expensive option, and it is no longer just about containing noxious emissions and oil spills. A global focus on carbon dioxide emission reduction means that going green is both a challenge and a business opportunity ...
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TARRAGONA SEEKS INVESTMENT
Tarragona Port Authority is to award construction and management of its newest terminal to a private sector company.This facility will occupy a 25 hectare area on the extension of the existing outer quay dock wall.Cost is expected to be ¢ 70m ($93.2m) and the concession period is 35 years.
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EU SEEKS QUIETER PORTS
The ports of Amsterdam, Civitavecchia, Copenhagen- Malmö, Hamburg, Livorno and Valencia are to take part in the EU''s Nomeports programme, which is looking into ways of reducing noise pollution in four major sectors, of which one pertains to ports.
