Bulk Handling – Page 6
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Multi-facing role of port authorities
The term ‘port authority’ might not be fashionable today, but one supporter says there is still a clear part for them to play.
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Data sharing vital to advance port safety
Ports must share safety data and incidences, The Bristol Port Company chief executive David Brown has urged.
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Tipping the emissions and power scale
In the race to reduce emissions, greener ports must consider the resilience of their power supplies. Felicity Landon reports.
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Port authorities evolving identities
Port authorities are evolving beyond their original, insular role to a more collaborative and facilitative one.
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US-China trade war to hit Hutchison profit
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) has said that current trade disputes, especially between the tariff-war engaged US and China will “adversely impact” its overall performance.
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Ports urged to grasp ‘trusted broker’ role in data
Ports must urgently embrace their role as ‘trusted broker’ to get real value from the mass of data available to them and their stakeholders.
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Hackathon winner solves ETA irregularities
chainPORT Hackathon winner Rombit has made waves in Antwerp with its solution to optimise often-inaccurate ship arrival times.
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Port standardisation: cleared for take-off
INFORM’s Matthew Wittemeier explains why ports can learn from mistakes made in the airport industry on setting data standards.
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Speaking up for a port
Felicity Landon reports on ''ambassador'' programmes, where well-informed, enthusiastic and influential people champion ports.
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Drewry: Greenfield projects in decline
There are relatively few greenfield projects currently in the ports sector compared to the past, despite there now being a larger market for them, Drewry has said.
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DP World warns of “uncertain” outlook
DP World has warned that “geopolitical headwinds and changes to “trade policies” remain a threat to the maritime container market as it released its financial results for the first half of 2018.
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Trade wars unlikely to stop container growth
Tariff and trade wars are a concern but the medium-term outlook for global container port demand growth is positive thanks to strong underlying economic momentum across the world’s major economies, according to Drewry.
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135 teu millionaire ports
In 2017, 135 ports handled more than 1m teu with these ports handling 84% of the estimated teu volume worldwide.
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Unique analysis of transhipment ports
A new report from transport information and consultancy services firm Dynamar has revealed that 24m teu is handled by 20 dominant transhipment ports across the world each year.
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Leading shipper message to ports
Terminal operators should “get to know” the partners involved in port selection, Hapag-Lloyd UK and Ireland managing director Cameron Bowie has advised.
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Safety paramount to port industry leaders
Key figures at the UK’s two biggest port associations have spoken out about the importance of safety.
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Ports benefitting from IoT & autonomous cars
The container port sector is benefitting from huge investments from start-ups and major technology businesses due to the enormous mass-market opportunity for technologies connected to the Internet of Things and autonomous cars — “a market … several orders of magnitude larger than the container shipping industry”.
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FEPORT: Logistics actors must work together
Co-operation between logistics chain stakeholders is more crucial than ever, particularly with ships increasing in size and making demands of public infrastructure that cannot be constructed overnight, Federation of European Private Port Companies and Terminals (FEPORT) secretary general Lamia Kerdjoudj Belkaid has said.
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Port productivity gains lagging cargo growth
Productivity improvement is behind growth in many network-critical terminals, with congestion a result of this, a presentation from Hamburg Süd’s global head of marine and terminal operations has claimed.
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Crystal ball-gazing for TT Club and McKinsey
There is practically “a religious divide” among container industry leaders as to whether the fundamental driver of value in the sector for the next quarter of a century is going to be trade or the digital realm.