Bulk Handling – Page 10

  • Open door: 100 ‘hackers’, or coders, took on challenges from Rotterdam and Singapore
    News

    Challenging times

    2016-10-03T09:42:00Z

    More than 100 geeks and 24 hours of brainstorming. Felicity Landon reports on the World Port Hackathon

  • Container Terminal Project Pipeline until 2021
    News

    Container Terminal Project Pipeline report

    2016-09-29T09:36:00Z

    German DS Research has published a new market report which lists all upcoming projects for maritime container terminals.

  • News

    Shift of focus for box terminal owners

    2016-09-12T15:05:00Z

    The latest Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Review from Drewry has reported that container terminal operators are changing their strategies due to changing market environments.

  • Neil Davidson: “A natural response to the increasing size of liner alliances is for terminal operators to look to consolidate terminal ownership in parallel”
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    Terminal operators look to consolidate ownership

    2016-08-11T18:09:00Z

    Global shipping consultancy, Drewry, says as the sector is being faced with the dual challenges of weaker demand growth and rising costs due to larger vessels and alliances, terminal operators are looking to consolidate terminal ownership.

  • Transhipment woes: Hong Kong is suffering because of market share shifts to other nearby hubs
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    Embrace shipping alliances, hubs told

    2016-08-08T12:26:00Z

    Transhipment hubs should embrace shipping alliances or be faced with lack of demand, says Drewry Maritime Research’s latest container insight report.

  • There's less money to be made from terminal operations. Credit: Dieter Gora
    News

    Operations risk/return ratio increasingly skewed

    2016-06-22T10:23:00Z

    Container terminal operators are facing mounting risks and diminishing returns in a climate characterised by port modal share volatility and uncertainty.

  • Tough job: identifying dock idle time for a dry bulk carrier is much harder than for other ship types
    News

    In the dock

    2016-05-27T10:44:00Z

    Alex Hughes finds out why every terminal should know what’s happening every minute on its berth

  • Master planning: Queensland's Gladstone will benefit from forward-looking sustainability considerations. Credit: Gladstone Ports Corporation
    News

    Beyond environmental goals

    2016-05-27T10:43:00Z

    Ports need to consider the broader picture when setting sustainability goals, finds Alex Hughes

  • There have been five new services calls added to CMIT since May of 2015
    News

    Cai Mep celebrates new calls

    2016-05-19T15:34:00Z

    Container volume at Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) has surged by 130% to 277,303 teu for the first three months of 2016.

  • New age: big data has the potential to overhaul tired port pricing models. Credit: Lourdes Muñoz Santamaria.jpg
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    Better revenue generation through big data

    2016-04-27T09:27:00Z

    Big data could be harnessed to overhaul the simplistic pricing patterns in use at the majority of ports today, an audience at TOC Asia was told.

  • Kim Fejfer, chief executive of APMT
    News

    Need for a port shakeup?

    2016-04-20T16:15:00Z

    At the 18th annual Global Liner Shipping Conference, Kim Fejfer, APM Terminals chief executive, delivered the terminal operators’ keynote address.

  • Joined up: Calais' VIIA Britanica service neatly links Spain and the UK
    News

    Know your enemy

    2016-04-15T10:34:00Z

    Competition isn''t just around the corner in an interconnected Europe. Felicity Landon reports.

  • Burnt out: the Port of Tianjin explosion had far-reaching impacts on the supply chain. Credit: Karl-Ludwig Poggemann
    News

    Chain reactions

    2016-03-26T17:14:00Z

    Supply chain efficiency needs balancing against the risks of running a port, explains Martin Rushmere

  • DP World has announced a strong set of financial results for 2015
    News

    Strong financial results for DP World

    2016-03-17T11:24:00Z

    DP World has announced strong financial results from its global portfolio for the year ending 31 December 2015.

  • News

    Black Sea container market 2015 review

    2016-03-02T17:30:00Z

    The Black Sea container terminals of Ukraine, Romania, Russia, Georgia and Bulgaria handled 2,294,848 TEU in 2015.

  • Sampling: rising eco-legislation means more inspections and new types of tests for ports
    News

    Testing times

    2016-02-28T20:50:00Z

    Ports provide the arena for the new marine ecolegislation, but how will it affect them, asks Stevie Knight

  • Intelligent: Port of Santos uses a smart port logistics system. Credit: Claus Bunks Flickr
    News

    Doing more with less

    2016-01-25T09:41:00Z

    ValenciaPort Foundation''s Jonas Mendes Constante and Miguel Llop talk technology

  • Twinning agreement: Antwerp and Guangzhou will work even more closely together going forward
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    Antwerp twins with Guangzhou

    2015-12-14T13:21:00Z

    The Port of Antwerp has twinned with the Chinese port of Guangzhou in an arrangement which will see both ports working even more closely together in a commercial capacity.

  • CYBER THREAT: The threat of cybersecurity looks set to rise in the future and port operators will become a likely target for attacks Photo: Yuri Samoilov
    News

    DP World looks to the future

    2015-11-23T15:30:00Z

    A new report says that although the outlook looks bleak for large scale port automation investments, operators can still take advantage of opportunities offered by innovative Information Communications Technology (ICT).

  • News

    Black Sea 2015 box trade forecast at 2.5m teu

    2015-11-20T17:10:00Z

    It is forecasted that the total container turnover of the Black Sea region for 2015 will reach 2.5m teu.