Equipment

Credit-card sized data-loggers that monitor the temperature and humidity of shipments such as perishable goods and pharmaceuticals during transportation and storage could put an end to unnecessary wastage of perishable goods. 

The country has 16 ports on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts.In future, activities at these will be overseen by a new organisation, the Ports Exploitation Company (Sodep). Gulftainer, which manages container handling…

Israels port of Haifa reported a 9% drop in cargo traffic in the first three quarters of 2006, as well as a 4% drop in container traffic.This compares with a forecast for…

The establishment of networked port community IT is going to be a key tool in how port users talk to one another in the future, said David Wignall, managing director of BMTs…

One organisation that does not receive enough credit for the valuable work it does for the ports industry is the SMDG group, a non-profit foundation, which aims to further the development of…

Consultant Halcrow has completed trials of its Port Finance Model, and is offering it as an aid for assisting with increasing private sector investment in port developments. Said the consultant:

Global risk management consultancy HART Security has developed the first corporate security management system to gain the new security standard for supply chains ISO/PAS 28000:2005, which was introduced last year.  

Stockholm-based Bromma Group has introduced a dual-hoist headblock to its Tandem spreader family.

Central Systems & Automation AUTOSTORE has been selected by PD Ports to run container movements in and out of Hull Container Terminal (HCT). The 17acre site handles over 250,000TEUs each year and…

APS Technology Group (APS), provider of technology systems that identify and track containerised cargo, is to install Crane OCR systems for APM Terminals (APMT) Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles.

Adsteam Marine is to invest in four new tugs for ports on the Thames and Medway, and at Felixstowe and Southampton, all for delivery next year.

Since the switch, the faster, centrally controlled container management processes have helped improve container stack management at Exxtor.BMH Marine is to deliver two grain unloaders for Rizhao Port Group for delivery in…