Automation
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Faster, safer, more secure
Manufacturers of auto-mooring equipment for ports and harbours see only benefits for users,as David Foxwell explains 01 May 2007 - Port Strategy
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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. 01 May 2007 - Port Strategy
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In-built intelligence key to successful automation
With shipping lines demanding higher productivity and reduced handling costs, terminals that don't have the ability to implement new technology are less likely to be able to provide efficiency improvements, as David Foxwell reports 01 Sep 2006 - Port Strategy
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Speed up, tone down and save time
Users such as Ceres Paragon Terminals say automation and a high specification TOS has a number of benefits. Ceres Paragon claims to operate the fastest container terminal in the world, and will be the first marine terminal to integrate IT systems provided by Navis with image acquisition portals, weigh-in-motion scales, closed-circuit television for security and gate control, remain-in-truck data entry by truck drivers, container/yard equipment positioning via satellite Global Positioning Systems, and advanced crane control systems. 01 Sep 2006 - Port Strategy
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Cautious curiosity
Questions are being asked, but many ports are still not serious about building facilities to support automation, reports David Foxwell 01 Sep 2006 - Port Strategy
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That short but critical distance
For maximum productivity, container handling must be synchronised from the quay to the yard. Benedict Young investigates. 01 Dec 2005 - Port Strategy
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They don't take meal breaks
Gottwald's own calculations suggest that at facilities with significant labour costs (more than US$25 per man/hour) the use of AGVs can bring substantial annual costs savings. Apart from the primary accountable operating costs there are some secondary aspects that also contribute to the cost effectiveness: 01 Oct 2005 - Port Strategy
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What will it take?
Is investing in AGVs all a question of labour costs? Partly yes, but other factors should also be assessed when comparing them with alternative handling systems. Neil Madden reports. 01 Oct 2005 - Port Strategy
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LOWER LIFTIME COSTS AND AUTOMATION GIVE THEM THE EDGE
As with all cargo handling equipment, in theory at least, the bigger and more productive the machine, the lower the lifetime costs. VoestAlpine' Manfred Schaffer emphasises that in order to evaluate capital investment, lifetime costs and return on investment factors, you must compare the stacker reclaimer with alternative technologies - for instance wheel loaders. 01 Nov 2004 - Port Strategy
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ALTENWERDER AND DELTA COUNT COST OF AUTOMATION
Tom Todd assesses the experiences of two of Europe's leading terminals with automation. 01 Jul 2004 - Port Strategy
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THE HANDS-FREE BOX TERMINAL
As reported in PS (November/December 2003) Australia' s ambitious Patrick Stevedores is betting that low-cost terminal automation based on driverless straddles will give it a fresh competitive edge. 01 Apr 2004 - Port Strategy
