Container & Cargo Handling – Page 79
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Speed up, tone down and save time
Users such as Ceres Paragon Terminals say automation and a high specification TOS has a number of benefits. Ceres Paragon claims to operate the fastest container terminal in the world, and will be the first marine terminal to integrate IT systems provided by Navis with image acquisition portals, weigh-in-motion scales, ...
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NewsSpace: the final frontier
Ports handling vehicles are finding more inventive ways to store cars, moving up rather than out. But authorities still find themselves juggling the needs of containers against cars, reports Felicity Landon
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NewsMoving up a gear
With many car manufacturers facing tough times, it''s no surprise that this filters through the supply chain, leading to significant pressure on port and stevedore rates. Felicity Landon finds out what the customers want - and how the ports are working to deliver it What must ports provide for their ...
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So what do customers want?
Simon Bird, chief executive, Bristol Port Company: ''The ships need fast and efficient turnround. They want to be in and out. We have to provide 24/7 service and 99 times out of 100 we give them labour on arrival.
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Driving beyond traditional port services
For Europe''s leading vehicle handling ports, loading and unloading units and watching over car parks is only a part of the equation.
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NewsBreaking box boundaries
The next big jump in containership design is imminent, so what are the implications for containerports, asks Mike Mundy 19No it''s not going to stop - the 10,000 teu barrier will well and truly be broken in the near future, containerships will continue to get bigger and ports will have ...
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NewsMidas touch misses Manila
Lower first quarter throughput figures belie ICTSI''s success outside of the Philippines. Is it time to return to base? Peter Trevalyn investigates
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NewsFull steam ahead
Booming German coal imports are being hotly chased by ports in the know, as mainland Europe powers ahead with generation plant developments. Mike King sees what all the fuss is about
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Burning desire to win power plant business
Plans to construct a series of new coal-fired power plants in Dutch ports are creating huge interest among terminal operators.
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NewsHeavy lifters won't over-reach themselves
Reachstackers may well be the preferred choice for container handling in the European ports market, but heavy duty container handling FLTs continue to be in demand, where the situation suits their use, as David Foxwell explains
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NewsLook beyond the second-hand stigma
Experience shows that used equipment can provide an efficient and timely alternative to new units, and the service base is more sophisticated than you might think
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NewsMobile power
The addition of a new bespoke design mobile has significantly enhanced steel slab handling operations at Tees Port
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NewsPaper Mate
The deployment of supply chain expertise in the set-up and operation of the Port of Tilbury''s Enterprise Distribution Centre has proved a decisive factor in its success
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NewsReach stackers: six big questions
Steve Cameron put six critical questions to reach stacker producers and users. The answers supplied offer major assistance to identifying the right machine at the right price
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Rosslare Europort gets upgrade
Consultants Royal Haskoning recently became involved in an upgrade project at the Irish port of Rosslare. The project addressed the repair of berths 1 and 2 at Rosslare Europort where the pier is 260m long and was built in the 1950s using two parallel walls of concrete blockwork founded on ...
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NewsFlexible friends
Felicity Landon finds out why these flexible friends have so much to offer to small and medium-sized ports.
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Bespoke tailoring
This year Gottwald officially launches its new Crane Generation 5 range, which it says has been designed in response to the specific requirements of terminal operators, stevedoring companies and shipping companies, and are higher, more powerful and faster.
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NewsDouble deal for consultants
Royal Haskoning, the engineering, architecture and environmental consultancy, describes its experiences working on two projects for the Yemeni government''s investment arm.
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NewsMultilift: for and against
Terminals pursuing growth want to maximise the productivity of every lift cycle. That is why the trend is towards twin-lifts from ship-to-shore and twin-lifts on the yard, says Bromma. But does it necessarily follow that a universal rush to multilift spreaders is justified? Felicity Landon reports.
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NewsModelling for safer solutions
Mooring ships can be dangerous. Every year thousands of terminal and ship staff are injured in mooring line accidents, and in some cases, the accidents can be fatal. David Foxwell reports on the risks and how to mitigate them.
