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NewsAuckland geared for growth
Ports of Auckland took delivery of three new ZPMC cranes in December as part of its NZ$100m investment programme to handle container throughput currently doubling every 10 years.
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NewsReefer boom for Tauranga
A range of infrastructural and procedural improvements have been put in place by the Port of Tauranga to cater for the 85% increase in reefer container throughput in half a decade.
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PROFIT BOOST FOR PORT NELSON
A 33% increase in after-tax profit to NZ$6.9m and 7% rise in revenue to NZ$29.6m has been recorded by Port Nelson in the 2005-06 financial year. Although throughput did not reach the record level of the previous year, cargo volumes were higher at 2.5m tonnes.
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NewsTaking the pain out of ports
Consultants can deliver the planning pill to solve complicated design problems. Alex Hughes investigates how two challenging schemes have been tackled
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Don't forget safety
It is not only the cynics who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. This is a quality of character occasionally displayed by the upper echelons of management in port, transport and energy organisations. We can take as our example the recent strictures applied to the leadership ...
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NewsRoom for two
Undeterred by neighbouring Dubai''s bid to build a regional superport,Abu Dhabi is breathing new life into a decade-old port development plan. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsLocking on to labour
Buoyed by booming throughput,Antwerp has set its targets on modernising work practices. Felicity Landon reports
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Coals from Newcastle
Australia is taking advantage of the dry bulk boom to push through port developments as David MacIntyre finds out
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NewsConveying the load
Moving coal from A to B is simply not enough. Today''s coal handling systems need to offer more, as Iain MacIntyre explains
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A question of classification
Crane classification is increasingly important in the market, but what does it mean? A crane must be a high-performance machine,with high lifting capacities, but what use is a powerful crane if it ends up on the scrap heap after a few years?
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NewsUpwardly Mobile
Globalisation, privatisation, competition and cost pressures are driving changes in the cargo handling business and in the design and construction of mobile harbour cranes, as David Foxwell finds out
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New life for old cranes
Many ports and terminals continue to use cranes that are 15-20 or more years old,but once a crane reaches that sort of age inevitably electrical components begin to become unreliable, breakdowns can occur, and there can be an adverse effect on safety. As Portek, the Singapore-based company that specialises in ...
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NewsUnder the Spotlight
There have been some amazing numbers achieved recently regarding port business sales, but perhaps even more amazing when you dig into this is that the high numbers are not seen by the purchasers as obstacles.
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Boom time for banks
The recent brilliant spotlight shining on the international ports business from an investment standpoint has turned the sector into a very attractive one from the standpoint of debt provision by the international banking sector. There is no doubt that attracting the interest of banks from this perspective is much easier ...
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NewsVirtual world
Proper use of crane simulators can reap returns in saved education costs, lower accidents and reduced training times in under a year. Alex Hughes investigates
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NewsMoney well spent
The capital outlay may be significant but can port executives really risk putting untrained staff into expensive cranes for on-the-job training? Alex Hughes reports
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NewsThe right connections
The port-ship communications interface needs to be seamless to combat rising congestion and improve operations. Stuart Butts explains
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New year,new strategy
Get ready to meet a new strategic priority in 2007 by following these eight steps: 1) Define the vision.Check with your IT Department if your port already has in place data transformation and repurposing technology.
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NewsFighting the Last War
It is said that generals have a strong tendency to prepare for the war they last took part in. And marine underwriters are not so different in this respect. The last financially traumatic event tends to influence the current approach they take to risk. Post September 11, renewed attention was ...
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Removing mystery of intermodal capacity
Software that promises to "greater simplify"determining the capacity of an intermodal yard has been released to the open market.
