Latest News – Page 1048
-
NewsGiant steps
Moving quayside cranes from one port to the next is not a job for the faint-hearted, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
-
News
Move with confidence
Crane relocation is clearly a job for the expert contractors, so how do you pick the right one?
-
NewsLook to proper maintenance to fend off tyre crisis in your yard
Dockside crane operators should tread carefully to keep the wheels turning while worldwide demand for new tyres continues to outstrip supply.
-
NewsMore cash on the table
Emerging nation ports were once the poor relations of the port business in terms of finance options but with interest in the emerging world at an all time high things are changing. Barry Parker reports
-
News
The outsourcing evolution
Port authorities are increasingly reluctant to provide services themselves if somebody else can do it cheaper and more efficiently, as Alex Hughes finds out
-
News
A question of security
The introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code in 2004 forced a sharp rethink on the best and most cost effective route to improving security at ports around the world.
-
News
Shifting the sediment
Maintenance dredging is an area where ports are increasingly seeking external input and Rotterdam has proved itself an expert in this regard – it has never undertaken this activity in house.
-
NewsTechnophiles hone in on computer-dependent ports
Given the highly specialised nature of the IT industry it is little wonder that employing external IT providers is becoming more common in ports.
-
News
Vycon teams up with Fantuzzi
Energy regeneration specialist VYCON has partnered with Italy’ s Fantuzzi group to market and sell its REGEN system on new cranes and as a retrofit to the existing fleet. Fantuzzi Group, with its subsidiary company Noell Crane Systems (China) Ltd, has a production capacity of approximately 120 new rubber-tyred gantry ...
-
News
Guardian angle for perishable goods
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.
-
News
SECUREWEST CELEBRATES MARAD APPROVAL
Maritime security specialist Securewest has received official approval from shipping classification society, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) on behalf of the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) to deliver updated Company Security Officer, Facility Security Officer, Vessel Security Officer and Security Awareness training courses.
-
News
CEMA CONVEYS SAFETY
The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) has released a conveyor safety program for use by conveyor manufacturers, distributors, and end users.
-
NewsPOLB to trial alternative emission control
Spurred on by a successful trial to reduce diesel pollution at a train yard in California, The Port of Long Beach is to trial Tri-Mer Corp’ s Cloud Chamber System (CCS) technology to cut emissions from diesel generators of ships at dock.
-
NewsDancing out-of-step with the Greenback
The music has not stopped yet. But even though interest rates have risen, the infrastructure deal business has not been slowing down – “ there’ s more money out there than there are saleable assets at the moment – the supply gap is driving up prices” , according to Manju ...
-
NewsDakar dealings
Back in the May issue of PS you may recall that there appeared to be some strange things going on with the concessioning of the Dakar container terminal in Senegal. Remember one of the qualifying technical criteria for parties to qualify to submit an Expression of Interest was to handle ...
-
News
Capacity crunch
That word is back again: “ congestion” , and along with it some interesting projections. Two new reports have recently been issued both of which foresee capacity crunches in the port sector.
-
News
Calling the shots on continued congestion
The recent Coastlink Conference in Dublin was the focus of much discussion about the thorny subject of congestion – the problems and potential solutions. There was clearly a perception from the conference as a whole that “ congestion is back and likely to get worse before it gets better in ...
-
News
Is there a danger of diseconomies of scale?
Economic theory and practice tells us that economies of scale have the potential to increase both consumer and producer welfare. Yet there are limits to the advantages that they can bring.
-
News
Wrangles over proposed Dharma port
Indian steel manufacturing giant Tata has stoutly defended its plans for a new steel and ore port at Dhamra, in the eastern Indian province of Orissa, in the face of environmental protests.
-
News
Busan dredging need confirmed
A feasibility study on dredging at Korea’ s Busan port has verified the need for deepening at selected berths at Shinsundae Container Terminal, Gamman Container Terminal, Shingamman and Jasungdae.
