All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 486

  • Power pack: accelerators can turn up the dial on startup success
    News

    Fostering innovation

    2017-11-06T10:14:00Z

    Startups can bring fresh thinking to sometimes staid port practises, explains Iain MacIntyre

  • Manila International Container Terminal (MICT)
    News

    ICTSI looks after its employees housing

    2017-11-06T10:13:00Z

    Employees of Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) are being looked after with the opportunity to win a house.

  • Lined up: getting supplies out of the port is a priority post-hurricanes
    News

    Preparing for the unexpected

    2017-11-06T10:11:00Z

    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.

  • Pull together: done effectively, teambuilding can develop relationships and bring people out of their shells. Credit: Forth Ports
    News

    One for the team

    2017-11-06T10:04:00Z

    Motivating port teams is a worthwhile exercise, explains Felicity Landon

  • Grain growth: a new flour mill is boosting volumes at Subic
    News

    Subic’s revival

    2017-11-06T09:59:00Z

    Growing port builds on its reputation as a viable alternative to congested Manila. Michael King reports

  • Tech support: AT&T is involved in a number of port-related IoT projects. Credit: AT&T
    News

    Smart and visible

    2017-11-06T09:57:00Z

    What does the Internet of Things bring to ports, asks Felicity Landon

  • Maersk: Go large: Halifax’s Halterm welcomed its first 10,000+ teu ship this year
    News

    Taking charge

    2017-11-06T09:55:00Z

    Dithering on privatisation is not distracting Canadian ports from building their business, says Martin Rushmere

  • News

    Tales of the unexpected

    2017-11-06T09:47:00Z

    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.

  • SPICTL will provide and deploy cranes, berth and yard equipment to the Port of Lae
    News

    ICTSI banks on emerging markets

    2017-11-06T09:47:00Z

    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.

  • Inside: there isn't a single unit available that can find all contraband
    News

    Content conundrum

    2017-11-06T09:46:00Z

    Questions still remain on who is responsible for container screening at ports and how it should be done. Alex Hughes reports

  • Waiting: VICT's cranes stand ready to welcome larger ships. Credit: Jonathon
    News

    PoM – fiddling while Rome burns

    2017-11-06T09:42:00Z

    Mike Mundy asks why Melbourne is dragging its heels on embracing larger ships

  • Growth: International terminal operators are expected to increase their presence in the East and Southern Africa region
    News

    Growth potential

    2017-11-06T09:40:00Z

    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.

  • Waste not: Ecoslops' refined product can help ports boost their environmental profile
    News

    Making waste work harder

    2017-11-06T09:39:00Z

    Ecoslops’ Vincent Favier explains what ports can do to facilitate slops disposal

  • News

    The lemmings are back

    2017-11-06T09:39:00Z

    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.

  • Clever lifting: The Meclift Variable Reach Truck ML1612R can be operated inside containers
    News

    Addressing the market’s reach stacking needs

    2017-11-06T09:37:00Z

    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.

  • Early work: Milford Haven advises that ports run a prequalification process for tenders of a reasonable size or complexity. Credit: Port of Milford Haven
    News

    Terms and conditions

    2017-11-06T09:33:00Z

    Pitching a port tender just right can be a minefield. Alex Hughes reports

  • More moves: Automated cantilever cranes can triple productivity. Credit: MIT Panama
    News

    Cantilevers can deliver

    2017-11-06T09:28:00Z

    ABB’s Uno Bryfors explains why ports needn’t restrict themselves to RTGs when upgrading yard operations

  • Development: DP World has invested heavily in Prince Rupert's Fairview Container Terminal. Credit: Port of Prince Rupert
    News

    Defying expectations

    2017-11-06T09:24:00Z

    The little port that everyone thought couldn’t, has certainly done it. Dismissed as destined for disappointment when development started in earnest in 1975, Prince Rupert this month completed the second phase of its Fairview container terminal, with a capacity of 1.3m teu.

  • Port of Long Beach
    News

    LA & Long Beach approve CAAP update

    2017-11-03T16:03:00Z

    The governing boards of Los Angeles and Long Beach ports have approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update.

  • Sirtwell unloader
    News

    Fertiliser unloader will provide clean operations

    2017-11-03T14:59:00Z

    A new ship unloader will help ensure efficient, safe and clean fertiliser unloading.