Container & Cargo Handling – Page 39

  • News

    HAROPA ports celebrate 2.4% throughput growth

    2016-02-12T15:18:00Z

    HAROPA has announced that 2015 was a year of positive growth and has promised that there are new developments taking place in 2016.

  • The Port will encompass about 400 hectares of land
    News

    Georgia awards concession for 100m tonne port

    2016-02-09T16:47:00Z

    Georgia’s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has announced that the Anaklia Development Consortium has been awarded the contract to build and develop a Deep Sea Port in Anaklia.

  • All hours: Finland's Raahe has been kept open all year round for over 40 years
    News

    Braving the elements

    2016-01-26T11:14:00Z

    Extreme winter conditions needn''t bring a port to its knees, explains Alex Hughes

  • Upscaled: high capacity handling equipment is just as important as draft. Credit: H Fernandes/Vale
    News

    Innovation drive

    2016-01-25T16:56:00Z

    Bigger ships have pushed the technological envelope for bulk ports, finds Stevie Knight

  • Leaders: many novel fuels are reaching commercial viability: ports willing to offer them may gain the advantage
    News

    Pour point

    2016-01-25T16:17:00Z

    Stevie Knight finds that there is no simple path for ports looking to offer new fuels

  • Out there: Port of Long Beach uses social media to raise awareness about what comes through the port
    News

    Time to tweet?

    2016-01-25T09:41:00Z

    Some ports are more social than others, but to what end asks Felicity Landon

  • Tied in: Tacoma's (pictured) and Seattle's pairing works on a number of fronts
    News

    Happy couple

    2016-01-25T09:40:00Z

    Martin Rushmere explains why the alliance of Tacoma and Seattle is working out so well

  • News

    PSA 2015 container throughput performance

    2016-01-15T15:56:00Z

    PSA International Pte Ltd handled 64.10m TEUs of containers at its port projects around the world in 2015.

  • Not enough ports for boxship growth. Credit: Andrew Priest
    News

    Containership fleet outpaces port development

    2016-01-12T17:06:00Z

    Fully cellular containership growth is fast approaching capacity of 20m teu with it outpacing world port throughput for the fourth year in a row.

  • Excess sand from the dock infill is now being moved to the reclaim
    News

    Alexandra Dock site construction progressing well

    2015-12-30T09:54:00Z

    ABP has announced that construction work on the Green Port Hull Alexander Dock site is progressing well and on schedule for early completion in 2017.

  • Dig deep: Ramboll rehabilitated existing quays and constructed others at Jorf Lasfar
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    Forming the foundations

    2015-11-03T10:09:00Z

    Breakthroughs in foundation innovation are helping to improve build standards, finds John Bensalhia

  • Newcomer: Blue seas and blue-sky thinking in Saudi Arabia
    News

    Coming from nowhere

    2015-11-03T10:09:00Z

    There''s still room for greenfield sites in the Middle East, finds Stevie Knight

  • Support: ground pressure limitations determine what kind of jacking system can be
    News

    Reach for the skies

    2015-11-03T10:09:00Z

    Higher and further crane outreach is a necessity not a luxury as Alex Hughes explains

  • Free flow: Rotterdam is looking to become a major player in the biomass market
    News

    Tapping into biomass

    2015-11-03T10:09:00Z

    Ports on both sides of the Atlantic are making their biomass presence felt, finds Alex Hughes

  • Export slump: In the first half of 2015 Ukrainian exports amounted to 78,342 containers, 16.7% less compared to the second half of 2014
    News

    Ukrainian exports slump in first half

    2015-10-14T13:46:00Z

    New figures show that the Ukraine has been hit by an export slump of 17% in the first half of 2015 fuelled by a combination of political instability and a lack of confidence in future development.

  • Driving force: ports need to pay more attention to tyres
    News

    Freewheeling finesse

    2015-10-10T20:46:00Z

    Ports can mitigate the huge cost headache of tyres with some clever choices, explains Stevie Knight

  • Pick-up: grabs are needed for glass handling
    News

    Reflections on glass

    2015-10-10T20:46:00Z

    The glass industry is opening handling windows for ports. John Bensalhia reports

  • On site: the distance for remote operation of cranes is constrained for now
    News

    How remote can 'remote' be?

    2015-10-10T20:45:00Z

    ABB''s Fredrik Johanson considers the possibility of control centres for multi-terminal remote crane operation

  • Engaged: Kalmar utilised its Oculus Rift to allow customers to virtually walk on its new ASCs
    News

    Virtually there

    2015-10-10T20:45:00Z

    Rapidly advancing virtual reality technology is helping ports to look into the future, finds Felicity Landon

  • News

    Think hard about the yard

    2015-10-10T20:45:00Z

    Bright Light Systems'' John Chalmers shines the spotlight on plasma technology