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RTGS FOR CUT
California United Terminals (CUT) at Long Beach has ordered five 16-wheel all-electric RTGs from KCI Konecranes. The investment will replace older diesel hydraulic units.
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News50% of planning time lost on re-scheduling
67% of oil and bulk shipping companies believe fleet scheduling is getting more difficult. The majority of fleet chartering and scheduling managers spend half of their working week re-planning existing schedules according to a survey of oil and bulk carriers by scheduling software specialist, Magenta Technology. 56% of respondents said ...
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NewsLiebherr chalks them up
Four one-over-five RTGs for Petrolesport, St Petersburg; another similar RTG for Dublin; and another for Immingham mark Liebherr Container Cranes'' start to the year.
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NewsClub ponders anti-smoking laws
Spain has joined the increasing list of countries that prohibit smoking in enclosed public spaces. Canada, Norway and New Zealand as well as certain states of the US such as California, Florida, New York and Washington have already enacted legislation, while in the UK, Parliament will be deciding the issue ...
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NewsDPW still confident
DP World believes its bid for P& O will succeed, despite the intervention of Singapore''s PSA in the takeover contest.
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Beware of getting locked in
Would you purchase a vehicle that provided marginally better performance or was marginally less expensive than conventional vehicles, but had only one supplier on the planet for replacement parts? Where even basic maintenance items will have a long lead time and a handsome price tag.
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NewsLagos End Game
APM Terminals looks set to take over the Apapa Container Terminal in Lagos, Nigeria but will this prove to be a double-edged sword? Mike Mundy reports.
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NewsA pearl where it's needed
A new container port is adding to the competition for traffic in the Pearl River Delta region. James Macpherson considers what Nansha has to offer.
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Bags of Concern
Daniel C. Negron, vice president in the US for Thomas Miller, managers of the TT Club, offers some tips on dealing with the handling problems presented by breakbulk cargoes.
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Follow the Mantra
These issues are certainly not confined to less-developed countries alone. While containerisation has spread into most of the world''s trade routes, there will always be a certain amount of breakbulk that will be shipped through them as well.
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NewsHow green is your machine?
Manufacturers of pneumatic systems are becoming increasingly vocal when stressing the environmentally friendly nature of their products. But exactly how friendly are pneumatic unloaders? Alex Hughes went to find out.
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What about the workers?
Because pneumatic unloaders produce less dust emission, equipment operators consequently inhale lower quantities of dust which makes them safer to work with. In comparison to grabs, from which material can so easily escape, practically nothing gets out of an enclosed pneumatic discharge operation. This lack of dust is much more ...
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NewsBigger, Smarter, Greener
The current boom in port development is creating record demand for new RTGs and they are getting bigger, smarter and greener, writes Benedict Young.
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Ports Meet Environment at GreenPort 2006
To meet forecast growth in world trade over the next decade, container ports and the shipping industry will need to double capacity. Achieving such growth with minimal adverse effect on the environment is a major challenge. Time delays and increased costs have become a major brake on world trade.
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ACCIDENT STATS
The UK''s Department for Transport estimates 1.2 in a hundred port employees is likely to experience an accident in a given year. But Port Skills and Safety Ltd estimates 2.8 per 100 will suffer a mishap though they use a different definition of port employment, slanted in favour of blue ...
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NewsSeattle backs security bill
The port of Seattle is supporting a bill to improve maritime security and provide funding for additional grant programmes.
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ITALIAN CUSTOMS
The bill would also call for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to enhance international supply chain security for all modes of transportation by which containers arrive in, depart from or move through the United States.Smiths Heimann, part of Smith Detection, has won a ...
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LONDON GETS GREEN GONG
The work of the London Port Authority in safeguarding continued high environmental standards has been recognised with the awarding of an EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS) Certificate.
