Bulk Handling – Page 12
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NewsSmart, smarter, smartest
''Smart ports'': virtual, real, inevitable, possible, or just another buzz phrase asks Felicity Landon
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NewsTalking points
Transparency and openness are crucial to fruitful community relationships, finds Carly Fields
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NewsStoring up problems
Industry has the means but not the will to sort out demurrage, explains Martin Rushmere
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NewsJebel Ali comes top for productivity
DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has kept its top spot when it comes to world productivity, recording 131 moves per ship per hour in 2014, up 10% from 119 in 2013.
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NewsBeirut blazes IT trail
Port of Beirut has been awarded for its IT Solution, the Port of Beirut Operations and Management System (POMS), which enables efficient and integrated processes for the port authority and port operators.
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NewsPorts trail ship development
A faster ship ordering cycle and aggressive deployment of mega ships has left terminal development trailing, according to consultants.
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NewsSpiralling costs need countering, says Drewry
The see-saw balancing shipping line cost efficiencies against supply chain costs has reached a tipping point, according to Drewry.
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News‘Gamers’ aren’t the answer to automation, says APMT
APM Terminals has quashed the hype that ‘gamers’ will run automated terminals of the future.
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NewsTime for true terminal alliances
As increasingly stronger shipping line alliances pile pressure on ports to bend to their demands, ports should look to play the carriers at their own partnership game, industry experts advise.
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NewsProductivity needs to step up to the mark, says Maersk
Stagnating productivity increases that have not kept pace with a growth in ship sizes is a “concern” for Maersk Line.
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NewsSluggish growth dents global optimism
A new report says that continued slow growth in the global economy has had a knock on effect on the overall growth of ports causing them to suffer from continued weak productivity.
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Double port capacity without doubling land
Hamburg is set to double capacity without doubling space with its smart port proposition.
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NewsEmbrace data to gain competitive advantage
Ports should embrace an increasingly data driven world, rather than view the data revolution as a threat.
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NewsLook beyond rival ports for real competition
Ports that are wholly focused on competition with other ports will not be around in 50 years, the chief executive of a leading think-tank has warned.
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NewsMega-ships to tackle port congestion
The World Shipping Council says that mega-ships may be partly the answer to dealing with port congestion in addition to the benefits they bring to the shipping industry.
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NewsWar risk premiums
Instability and civil unrest can be business spur for neighbouring cargo terminals, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsSavannah scores record growth
The US Port of Savannah handled a record 335,337 teu in April – a 25.8% increase, or an additional 69,000 units – and saw strong growth in ro-ro traffic.
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SOLVO wins Bronka contract
SOLVO has signed a contract with the port operator-developer Fenix to implement the Solvo.TOS terminal operating system at the new Bronka Port in the Baltic.
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NewsIt’s good to talk
Carly Fields talks with Navis about its platform to get ports and carriers on the same page
