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.