Bulk Handling – Page 14
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No room for nasty salvage surprises
Rapid intervention in an emerging casualty situation is acknowledged to be the key to a successful salvage operation.
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NewsChinese ports race ahead
Chinese container ports are racing ahead of other worldwide, coming in as the world’s most productive, according to 2013 JOC Port Productivity Data rankings.
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NewsBack to basics
Weather or natural events are much less likely to lead to insurance claims than poor maintenance and operational failures, according to research from TT Club.
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NewsSystems rule, not profits
Mergers should be seen as a means to an end and not an end in themselves, writes Martin rushmere
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Jealousy will out
Uncertainty surrounds the likely success of most proposed port mergers throughout the world, most of which have to overcome political or infrastructure problems. The ports themselves make terse comments and harp on about how confident they are of a union becoming a reality.
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Respect goes both ways
Senior management need to become fully involved for continuous improvement to be accepted and implemented by staff, says Tom Szwajkos, a consultant with US-based TR Pallen & Associates. “Also, if you have union personnel, you must get them involved as part of the continuous improvement team.”
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NewsCarry on improving
Continuous improvement success depends on discipline, measurement and engagement. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsTerminal yard sale
Carriers facing hard times face another round of terminal asset sales. Mike Mundy reports
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NewsMaking good use of data
A lack of data transparency can hold back port efficiency, according to consultant Peter de Langen of Ports and Logistics Advisory.
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NewsTaking the cyber highway
Alex Hughes finds out about Rotterdam''s plans to become the centre of the logistics internet
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NewsIndustry eagerly awaits MLC statistics
It’s early days for real statistics, particularly because of the various ratification dates, but the Paris MoU issued figures for the first month after the ILO''s Maritime Labour Convention entered into force.
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NewsDefending seafarers
Six months in and the impact of the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention has been restrained. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsChasing new growth markets
PSA International filed a 61.81m teu throughput in 2013, an increase of 2.9% on the previous year, owing to a strong performance from its overseas terminals.
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Containers in, people out
“Every year there are accidents with people in the yards, but technology is at a stage where we can avoid these extremely dangerous work patterns, so why not do it?” says Leander de Nooijer of Certus Automation.
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NewsToo clever by half
Optimisation is great as long as different technologies work together, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsWish list for good conduct
Ron Neele, representing FENEX, has drawn up an early five-point ‘wish list’ for forwarders, which makes useful reading for many other ports considering initiating a code of conduct.
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NewsCracking the code
Could a port-wide ‘code of conduct’ speed cargo flows and tighten up logistics chains? Felicity Landon reports
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NewsPerformance plan
Can terminals learn how to raise their performance with key performance indicators and if so, what kind of KPIs do they need to apply?
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KPI wishlist
How should a port or terminal go about compiling KPIs that are specifically relevant to their operations?
