Latest News – Page 456
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NewsAsian terminal opts for Konecranes for efficiency
Konecranes will deliver an Automated RTG (ARTG) system to a new customer in Asia to help improve efficiency.
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NewsLive container tracking saves time and money
A transport provider is using a clever new app and Facebook to live track containers on the road saving time and money for its customers.
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NewsEnhancing sustainable supply chains in Africa
New commerce and tech innovation are the key create better supply chains and reach the region’s true trade potential says DP World.
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NewsFostering innovation
Startups can bring fresh thinking to sometimes staid port practises, explains Iain MacIntyre
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NewsICTSI looks after its employees housing
Employees of Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) are being looked after with the opportunity to win a house.
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NewsPreparing for the unexpected
COMMENT: Among US port professionals, the late summer of 2017 will be remembered not for the New York Yankees’ advancing to the baseball playoffs, but, rather for a series of hurricanes leading to both human suffering and business hardships, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsSubic’s revival
Growing port builds on its reputation as a viable alternative to congested Manila. Michael King reports
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NewsTaking charge
Dithering on privatisation is not distracting Canadian ports from building their business, says Martin Rushmere
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NewsICTSI banks on emerging markets
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is building up its emerging market portfolio by acquiring three new operations in Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.
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Tales of the unexpected
COMMENT: In May 2016 a lease agreement was signed between Feadship, a leading builder of mega-yachts, and Port of Amsterdam (PoA). Yet, Amsterdam’s vision document, officially launched a year earlier in June 2015 did not mention mega-yachts as a potentially relevant market segment, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsContent conundrum
Questions still remain on who is responsible for container screening at ports and how it should be done. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsPoM – fiddling while Rome burns
Mike Mundy asks why Melbourne is dragging its heels on embracing larger ships
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NewsGrowth potential
COMMENT: Annual container trade capacity is up 8%, but there are fewer services calling at East and Southern Africa (ESAF) box ports. These are among the key findings from a new report from consultant Dynamar.
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The lemmings are back
COMMENT: The shipping industry is an interesting one; it is one of the least concentrated industries around with far too many players in virtually all sectors, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsMaking waste work harder
Ecoslops’ Vincent Favier explains what ports can do to facilitate slops disposal
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NewsAddressing the market’s reach stacking needs
A German equipment supplier says it''s addressing a market need in container lifting by taking on the supply of a new range of reach trucks.
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NewsCantilevers can deliver
ABB’s Uno Bryfors explains why ports needn’t restrict themselves to RTGs when upgrading yard operations
