Container & Cargo Handling – Page 86
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NewsCENTRE OF THE WORLD
Shanghai is fast becoming the centre of the world, as far as the container shipping industry and the port companies which serve it are concerned. And the port''s current work-in-progress, the leviathan Yangshan project, promises only to reinforce that. Gavin van Marle reports.
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NewsCUSTOMER CAN GET IT WRONG
Alex Hughes weighs up the pros, cons and respective market niches of gantry and mobile harbour cranes and examines how each stack up against the continuous ship unloader.
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NewsALTENWERDER AND DELTA COUNT COST OF AUTOMATION
Tom Todd assesses the experiences of two of Europe''s leading terminals with automation.
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NewsCOLLABORATION CUTS CONGESTION AT DURBAN
Prior to 1994, South Africa, shunned by the international community because of its apartheid policy, had little need of enhanced capacity at its international container terminals. However, as the situation vis-a-vis the rest of the world improved dramatically, the country found itself chronically short of adequate maritime facilities to cope ...
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NewsHIGHER AND HEAVIER DOWN UNDER
Clark Equipment Australia (CEA), which manufactures the Omega range of locally produced reachstackers and other container handling equipment, reports strong growth in the Australian market with a distinct customer preference for higher-reaching stacking and larger capacity models. The firm is also sticking a tentative toe into the waters of South ...
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NewsMHC GAINS RECOGNITION IN BULK SECTOR
MHC sales for bulk handling are on the increase and the deck crane has evolved into a land creature. Nick Elliott talks to Liebherr and Gottwald.
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NewsTRAINING A PRIORITY
" From the view of the MHC operating company (our customers), qualified crane personnel are an important requirement to achieve maximum cost efficiency. It is for this reason that Gottwald offers a comprehensive basic and advanced training programme for crane personnel, " says the firm.
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GOTTWALD SCORES IN THE GULF
In the first quarter of 2004 Gottwald received three new MHC orders from customers in the UAE. These include one HMK 330 EG fourrope grab MHC for professional bulk handling for Saqr Port Authority in Ras Al Khaimah and two HMK 300 E MHCs ordered by Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) ...
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AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION
In an ingenious example of alternative technology, Liebherr has modified its deck cranes for use on the quay. The Fixed Cargo Crane (FCC) and Travelling Cargo Crane (TCC) concept is relatively new but has proven to be an ideal solution both technically and economically for quaysides which perhaps have a ...
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NewsHOW DO THEY COMPARE WITH THEIR MECHANICAL COUSINS?
Alex Hughes talks to pneumatic unloader manufacturers about their uses, environmental issues and maintenance and leasing options.
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NewsHIGHER AND HIGHER
Considering the huge container imbalances prevalent in most of the world' s trades and the consequent need to move empty boxes from place to place, it' s a wonder Empty Container Handlers (ECHs) are not in the news more. Nick Elliott reports on how economics, speed and stacking capability make ...
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NewsLIEBHERR UNVEILS ITS NEW MACHINE
Liebherr has just launched its LRS 645 reachstacker - a new product line for the Austrian company. The machine' s most notable feature is its curve-shaped telescopic boom which gives it extra reach. Nick Elliott discovers more.
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NewsBOT GIVES BUILDERS THE EDGE
Construction firms in the international contracting business are often tempted to invest in the projects they are building in order to realise better returns. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsTHE SHORTER THE VOYAGE THE MORE LIKELY THE VIABILITY
It''s the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and also have to accommodate bigger ships - either as feeders or direct callers - so they too need ...
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NewsCLEAR THE WAY
The idea of having lines of trucks backed up outside the terminal while gate operators deal with several troublesome containers and cranes in the port stand idle, is the stuff of nightmares for terminal operators. But congestion at the terminal gate is a perennial problem for the industry.
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NewsSYNCHRONISING TOS WITH CHE
The Equipment Control functions within today''s generation of Terminal Operating Systems are capable of talking directly with the robotics interfaces of today''s container handling equipment (RMGs, RTGs, AGVs). By taking advantage of these technologies, combined with GPS and automated gate technologies, the marine terminal industry is poised to make major ...
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NewsA DESPERATE RACE TO ADD MORE CAPACITY
The Indian west coast port of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNPT), with two container terminals already operational, is on the verge of awarding a third box handling concession. However, even with plans being progressed to open a fourth and a fifth terminal, the port remains hard pressed to keep up with demand. ...
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NewsWHICHEVER GRABS YOU
The choice between rope and electro or motor hydraulic grabs depends principally on the cargo for which it is intended. But there are other considerations. Nick Elliott talks to the manufacturers to weigh up the pros and cons.
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NewsTOUGH OPERATIONAL ECONOMICS MAKE THIS A MARGINAL BUSINESS
Inadequate port infrastructure or specific operational economics still prompt some stevedores to make use of sophisticated floating terminals, reports Alex Hughes .
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NewsTHE HANDS-FREE BOX TERMINAL
As reported in PS (November/December 2003) Australia' s ambitious Patrick Stevedores is betting that low-cost terminal automation based on driverless straddles will give it a fresh competitive edge.
