Container & Cargo Handling – Page 63

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    Cone and cell units come under microscope

    2009-10-21T12:24:00Z

    Cone and cell type rubber fender units have become a hot topic in the industry through instances of water filling leading to fender or structural damage.

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    "Green" importance grows slowly in fenders

    2009-10-20T12:24:00Z

    Growing global concerns for the environment are beginning to make their presence felt in the fender market, where ports are beginning to give "green" materials a greater importance.

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    Fendering Feature 2009 by Dave and Iain MacIntyre

    2009-10-17T12:24:00Z

    Second class ''middle men'' are creating waves in the fender market, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out

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    Technology isn't always the answer

    2009-10-16T12:24:00Z

    In many manufacturing camps, the solution to driving sales figures is often thought to be tied to increased technology.

  • Port Strategy: Leggett Engineering is confident that it can refurbish a grab for half the price of buying a new one
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    Grab your conkers!

    2009-10-15T12:24:00Z

    A carefully selected and properly maintained bulk unloader can save you money, as Patrik Wheater finds out

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    Baltimore pursues 3P project in advance of Panama Canal expansion

    2009-10-14T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Baltimore''s first steps into a public-private partnership project are at the heart of its long term strategy. Felicity Landon reports

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    Re-sale values don't stack up

    2009-10-07T12:24:00Z

    Making money out of straddle carriers at the end of their front line working lifeis not a job for the fainthearted.

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    Auckland Rs

    2009-10-06T12:24:00Z

    The increased complexity of modern electronics and diagnostic systems, in Iain Robertson''s view, is a good thing.

  • Port Strategy: "We place a great deal of emphasis on whole life cost rather than nominal cost," Ian Robertson, Port of Liverpool
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    Strads and RS

    2009-10-05T12:24:00Z

    Go beyond unit price comparisons when sourcing new box positioning equipment, Alex Hughes advises

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    Chennai Port - looking for space

    2009-09-15T12:24:00Z

    Chennai refuses to be overshadowed by its neighbours, as Stevie Knight discovers

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    Red Sea Gateway Terminal facts & figures

    2009-09-08T12:24:00Z

    The 1m sq m Tusdeer Bonded and Re-export Zone is being developed alongside the Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) - the intention being to create an integrated logistics hub for the Red Sea region.

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    Looking for the luxury market

    2009-09-07T12:24:00Z

    Felicity Landon reports on Saudi Arabia''s first privately developed container terminal

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    Logistics zone

    2009-09-07T12:24:00Z

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    Buy in bulk to save costs

    2009-08-17T12:24:00Z

    In the interests of keeping operator costs at a minimum throughout the lifetime of cable reel equipment, many operators purchase cables and reels together as a package, says Cavotec Specimas ERTG product manager, Diego Sanchez.

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    Innovating to stay connected to customers

    2009-08-14T12:24:00Z

    Stuart Pearcey investigates the all-important link between cable suppliers and the end client

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    Side 2

    2009-08-12T12:24:00Z

    In the highly competitive UK grain market, terminals are reluctant to release information on actual volumes handled or, indeed, forecast how much grain will pass through terminals this year.

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    SIde 1

    2009-08-11T12:24:00Z

    Not all ports have specialist grain discharge berths as space often predicates against permanently positioning a grain unloader on a berth, since it prevents it being used for other commodities.

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    Grain handling article

    2009-08-10T12:24:00Z

    Grain terminals seem to be weathering the economic storm, but equipment manufacturers are having a tougher time of it. Alex Hughes reports

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    Dredging can unlock a valuable raw material

    2009-08-07T12:24:00Z

    Just as Dickie Attenborough and Steve McQueen had to invent ingenious ways to dispose of spoil as they worked on tunnels through which to escape Stalag Luft III in The Great Escape, so dredging work requires ingenious solutions to find alternative uses for the spoil it creates.

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    Making the land on which to build economic recovery

    2009-08-06T12:24:00Z

    Now''s the time to lay the groundwork for future port growth, as Stuart Pearcey finds out