Container & Cargo Handling

On dock bagging services offer value-added services for port customers. John Bensalhia reports

One port which has created its own solution is the Dampier Port Authority in West Australia, where chief operating officer Captain Paul Toussaint-Jackson has devised a floating deck transhipment system featuring a…

Transhipment and being No 1 are not part of Jaxports plan, finds Martin Rushmere

Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) is one of the partners in the EU-funded TIGER project, which aims to improve the competitiveness and uptake of rail transport in logistics chains.

Some ports go for overkill in deciding on container security. Martin Rushmere reports

Can ports benefit from Smart Grid concepts? Felicity Landon reports

A good example of an automation success story is Terminal de Contenedores de Buenaventura (TCBuen): it has, in the last three years, implemented automated gates and cranes with highly successful results.

Take up of automation is picking up, albeit from a very low base. John Bensalhia reports