Bulk Handling – Page 11
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NewsPower to the people
Jade Software''s Kaustubh Dalvi explains why change management is essential when upgrading a TOS
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Port barometer report
Trelleborg has launched its fifth annual Barometer which explores the issues and challenges that the marine industry has faced over the last five years.
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NewsLooking at the bigger picture
Drewry’s latest global container operators report gives an insight into the industry over the past year and highlights the combined impact that bigger ships and shipping alliances are having on ports and terminals.
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NewsTyne staff face redundancies
The Port of Tyne is axing 40 jobs as part of a cost saving exercise as a consequence of falling coal handling volumes.
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NewsAntwerp bucks downturn trends
The Port of Antwerp looks to be in line for a record breaking year, having handled 156,515,552 tonnes of freight in the first nine months.
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NewsBetter together
XVELA''s Manuel Perez discusses the urgent need to improve synergies between terminals and carriers
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NewsLiving with paradoxes
Maurice Jansen examines how ports can better face ever more complex issues
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NewsGeorgia celebrates record-breaking volumes
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is celebrating a record year of growth, with 3.66 million teu through the Port of Savannah – a 17% increase.
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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.
