Container & Cargo Handling – Page 84
-
News
INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY TO GAIN THE EDGE
Steel traffic at the port of Vigo in northwestern Spain is growing at a rate of 24% each year, with steel products being imported for use by industries located in the port''s hinterland. Vasco Gallega de Consignaciones is one of two multi-purpose terminals involved in this trade, discharging 213,077 tonnes ...
-
NewsADDING VALUE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Alex Hughes talks to three steel terminals in north and south Europe finding that it''s about more than pure stevedoring.
-
NewsIS IT A MACHO THING OR WHAT?
Every one knows that big ports need big cranes and the major operators like to be seen to lead the field in buying big. This, however, is not entirely logical. Nick Elliott talks about it to Richard Clarke, director of ports at Halcrow.
-
NewsPorts Ponder Fonterra’s Call
The potential for shipper logistics decisions to have a direct bearing on port business strategies has never been better demonstrated than with the announcement by Fonterra - New Zealand’’s giant dairy exporter - to implement a new rail-based logistics solution for North Island export distribution.
-
NewsTHE FUTURE SEEMS RAIL-MOUNTED
The debate over the best pick of equipment with which to run a terminal yard - the straddle carrier, the rubber tyred gantry (RTG), or the rail mounted gantry (RMG) - has rumbled on for decades, and continues to, as Kevin Chinnery discovers.
-
NewsTYPE APPROVAL BRINGS SECTOR INTO LINE
Fender testing and the procedure for reporting fender performance has been a hot topic for many years, ever since the almost universal adoption by consultants and other fender specifiers of the original PIANC testing guidelines back in 1984; but a major milestone was reached recently when the first manufacturer succeeded ...
-
NewsTHE NEW KID IN TOWN
A new player, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), is quietly preparing to emerge onto the international terminal operator scene, writes James Macpherson.
-
NewsBOX BUILD-UP
Valencia is getting to grips with the task of adding major new container capacity to meet strong demand, writes Mike Mundy
-
NewsI JUST SAT THERE THINKING. . .
When a reporter asked one of the returning astronauts what his secret thoughts had been immediately before the launch he said: " I just sat there thinking that this remarkable piece of hardware had 40,000 components, all of them supplied by the lowest bidder." Just how many crane operators have ...
-
News
WHY'S AND HOW'S OF COMPONENT FAILURE
In a paper entitled ''Crane Modernisation - Why and How'', Tek Soon Chong, Jimmy Liang and Peter Darley of Singapore''s Portek, pick up on a number of useful component issues including that of spare part availability: " The heart of a container quay crane is the drive control system, " ...
-
NewsNOT A PORT TO OMIT
The good news is that Malaysia''s premier port, Port Klang, situated on the country''s west coast midway along the Straits of Malacca, was not badly affected by the recent tsunami that caused so much devastation in the region, reports Gavin van Marle.
-
NewsCHINA DRIVES SALES
With so much coal and iron ore nowadays going into China, it is not surprising to find that manufacturers of grabs and grab cranes are reporting buoyant sales. Indeed, as Alex Hughes reports, were it not for China, this market sector might currently be experiencing problems.
-
NewsINNOVATION KEY TO SUCCESS
Alex Hughes reports from two very different markets on innovations introduced in the handling of paper reels and associated forest products.
-
NewsLIFE CYCLE COSTS DRIVE INVESTMENT DECISIONS
Alex Hughes talks to two of New Zealand''s leading forest products companies about their approach to equipment procurement, performance and ROI considerations.
-
News
OPERATIONAL/STRATEGIC BENEFITS FACTORED INTO ROI
Pan Pac''s fibre supply manager Phil Hardie notes that the initial ROI on equipment purchases was calculated on the basis of both the overall price and previous exchange rate movements, although investment was expected to be recouped within ten years.
-
News
RELIABILITY AND SPEED
To draw a range of opinion on this topic PS invited the comments of one German and two American specialist engineers.
-
NewsTHE PRODUCTIVITY GIVE THE CUSTOMER HE REQUIRES
Motorized cable reels provide the crane with the ability to deliver faster spreader bar hoisting speeds. The cable reel system can be made to have properly sized motors that enable the spreader bar cables to be coiled onto or off a reel at the same speeds as the hoisting system ...
-
NewsINVESTMENT IN QUALITY PAYS OFF
Gantry motion reels have not changed much in the last few years so I will focus primarily on trolley mounted cable reels servicing the trolley to headblock/spreader electrical connections.
-
NewsARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?
Ergonomics: the science of fitting the workplace to the worker, not the worker to the workplace. Nick Elliott looks at how to make the crane operator''s life more comfortable and improve performance in the process.
