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PORT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, 2ND EDITION
The VTS also collects and records data to support ABP, as the Statutory Harbour Authority, in maintaining emergency procedures/ contingency plans and reporting and investigating oil pollution incidents. It complies with the IALA VTS Guidelines, all applicable IMO conventions, including SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 8-2, and takes account of the ...
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Terminal simulations help Tacoma too
It''s all about giving current and potential customers tools to upgrade their operations and increase efficiency, says the Port of Tacoma''s technology project manager and business analyst, Udo Mehlberg.
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..AND PORT EVERGLADES
From high-atop a container crane at Washington United Terminals, Mehlberg explains that new terminal simulation modelling has allowed Port of Tacoma customers to be more successful. And, he reports, the technology is helping the port attract new customers.Port Everglades Terminal (PET) is also now using Tideworks' terminal operations management system, ...
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DENIS MURPHY
From high-atop a container crane at Washington United Terminals, Mehlberg explains that new terminal simulation modelling has allowed Port of Tacoma customers to be more successful. And, he reports, the technology is helping the port attract new customers. The DENIS MURPHY, a new Multi-Cat, is the latest addition to the ...
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TIDEWORKS CHOSEN FOR PUERTO CABELLO ?
Intershipping Terminal Services (ITS) has chosen Tideworks to provide terminal operations management systems for container operations in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.
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NEW LAB SPONSORED
From high-atop a container crane at Washington United Terminals, Mehlberg explains that new terminal simulation modelling has allowed Port of Tacoma customers to be more successful. And, he reports, the technology is helping the port attract new customers.CodaOctopus is to sponsor a new geophysical research laboratory at Cardiff University. The ...
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Kalmar's E-One wins global orders
Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaiso (TPS) in Chile and Terminal Container Athus (TCA) in Belgium have become the first container handling facilities to place orders for Kalmar''s new all-electric RTG, the E-One. The orders come within just eight weeks of the product''s launch.
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ESC BOOSTS CAR TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY
TPS has opted for two 7+1 wide machines capable of lifting 1 over 5 containers and featuring Kalmar's Smartrail® autosteering and container position verification system, as well as remote monitoring interface. The machines, due for delivery in November 2005, represent a key step in the terminal operator's strategy to convert ...
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RADIONET DELIVERS WI-FI HOTZONE NETWORK TO LAS PALMAS
TPS has opted for two 7+1 wide machines capable of lifting 1 over 5 containers and featuring Kalmar's Smartrail® autosteering and container position verification system, as well as remote monitoring interface. The machines, due for delivery in November 2005, represent a key step in the terminal operator's strategy to convert ...
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Simulators in the news
Simulators are in the news this month (see also Container Handling: STS cranes).
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PSA completes purchase of Hong Kong assets
PSA International has completed the purchase of NWS Holdings Limited''s Hong Kong port assets. The deal represents PSA''s first investment in the world''s largest container port and involves the transfer of NWS Holdings'' equity stakes in Hong Kong''s Container Terminal No. 3 (CT3) and Container Terminal No. 8 (CT8) West ...
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Auckland-P&O Nedlloyd in contract dispute
P& O Nedlloyd is understood to be seeking between US$735,000 and US$3.68m reimbursement in a contract dispute with Ports of Auckland. Having lost a service from the carrier in February last year, the port company is understood to be questioning whether P& O Nedlloyd''s remaining volume is sufficient to trigger ...
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Nelson port workers' deaths examined
The work histories of six former workers at the port of Nelson who have developed motor neurone disease are currently being investigated by the New Zealand Department of Labour''s Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH) and the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board.
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Union issues overseas labour warning
The Maritime Union of New Zealand says it will shut down New Zealand ports if shortterm overseas casual labour is brought in under the guise of labour shortages.
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NAVAL TECHNOLOGY SHIELDS THE WATERFRONT
Sophisticated electronics, signal processing, unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) and command and control technology developed for naval applications are all being used to makes ports and harbours safer, as David Foxwell writes.
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PORT CONGESTION: GONE OR JUST "SEASONALLY ADJUSTED"?
Ben Hackett further explores the problem and concludes that poor planning is the culprit.
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Hard Choices
Life is about making choices - some harder than others. And choices have consequences. But once a course has been chosen - right or wrong - then what is done is done and anyway it''s usually impossible to reverse back the way you''ve come.
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GETTING WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER
China''s bulk and break-bulk handling facilities differ significantly from its container facilities in one crucial respect: with the country''s entrance to the WTO, its container terminals - both planned and existing - were deemed not to be of strategic national importance, thus paving the way for the introduction of foreign ...
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BIG PLANS PREDICATED ON BUOYANT FORECASTS
Both Rotterdam and Antwerp are investing heavily in much needed container capacity, but the struggle to convince government of the required urgency has been long and hard. Neil Madden reports.
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SHORTSEA MOTORWAYS OR MUDDLE?
Whilst transport is a perennial problem for any government, handling the issue across 25 nations is bound to constitute a major headache. The European Commission has been struggling with transport issues since its inception but with freight on Europe''s roads increasing by around 60 billion t/km each year and one ...