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Look to achieving cost efficiency
Dan Pettersson, product manager at Kalmar, puts the view of the equipment providers: " For some time now there''s been really a very high demand for dedicated empty handlers. This is partly driven by the growth of empty containers needing to be handled and also a continued strong trend for ...
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On or Off-Dock?
Nick Elliott seeks the views of experts on the thorny question: what to do with the empties?
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NewsReorganisation: The Pay-Off
Southampton Container Terminal (SCT) has one of the worst imbalances of trade in Europe with empties accounting for over a quarter of throughput. Benedict Young finds how they''re combatting the problem.
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NewsCutting your Cloth
Many new container terminals are built to a tried and tested formula, particularly by the big global operators. Benedict Young talks to two experts on the different rationales and approaches.
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NewsChange of guard for Port of Tauranga
New Zealand''s shipping fraternity will be watching the Port of Tauranga''s future with some interest following the consecutive retirements of chairman Fraser McKenzie and chief executive Jon Mayson.
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Port pay request raises eyebrows
Shareholders of the disputeplagued Lyttelton Port of Christchurch have been asked to consider a 29% pay increase for its six-member board.
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Ports undergo security drill
Security efficiency and access controls at ports throughout New Zealand have recently been tested in " level two" Maritime New Zealand security drills. The half-day exercises have involved port security and operations staff, police, Customs officers, sniffer dogs and x-raying equipment.
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News‘Deepening’ concerns
Dave MacIntyre analyses how Pt Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) has to be a mix of commercial operator, diplomat and pressure group to achieve its strategic ambitions.
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Pains of Quarantine
The case of the quarantine station in Essex which took delivery of shipments of birds from Taiwan and Surinam recently, allegedly infected with Avian Flu, has been well reported in the UK press.
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NewsTechint
The manpower required for conventional lashing of trailers on a typical North Sea freight ro-ro is 32. However, utilising the IPSI Trailer Trestle system this figure is reduced to just 10. With the high cost of port workers and seamen in northern Europe, the savings are significant, says TTS.A new ...
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Mooring Systems remains optimistic
Despite failing to secure a shipto-ship mooring equipment contract with the US Navy, Christchurch-based Mooring Systems remains optimistic about its future. Mooring Systems'' ceo Peter Montgomery says the company has 20 prospective deals before it and seven patent applications under consideration. Current projects include trials at Salalah and Dover, ongoing ...
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VANTAGE OPS/TIDEWORKS
Meanwhile, Suria Capital Group, owner of Sabah Ports, has also engaged Kalmar Asia to provide consultancy to another subsidiary, SP Satria, to improve support services to the port through a training and consultancy agreement.Vantage OPS and Tideworks have integrated Vantage performance management software with Mainsail Terminal Management System to provide ...
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NewsAPS supplies rail tracking system
APS is to provide APM Terminals with a Rail Equipment Tracking system for its Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles. The solution will include Rail OCR Portal and RailTrack which will give the terminal the capacity to automatically identify railcarladen shipping containers and track their exact GPS location as they ...
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TECON SUAPE
ICTSI''s Tecon Suape has spent US$17m for the purchase of two new postPanamax quay cranes and two RTGs from ZPMC, and the construction of a 30,000-square meter storage area.
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Strainstall wins jetty contracts
Strainstall has won US$6m of orders for its berth monitoring systems and Quick Release Hooks for new LNG terminals, new and refurbished oil facilities and ore terminals.
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KCI KONECRANES
For the oil and gas industry Strainstall specialises in the design of Quick Release Hooks and custom-built multi sensor mooring load monitoring, jetty management and vessel approach systems.KCI Konecranes has acquired a majority shareholding in Zaporozhcrane, the leading crane manufacturing company in Ukraine. The investment amounts to approx. €3m.
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NewsBerth scheduling tool launched
SEABERTH, a new web-based berth scheduling tool developed by the UK''s Cirrus Logistics enables users to plan terminal activity and reduce demurrage costs. A product extension, SEABERTH Simulation acts as a strategic decision support tool in the management of change in terminal operations.
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ABBautomates
ABB has won a US$52m contract for automation and electrical systems to serve the new Euromax container terminal in Rotterdam.
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NewsABP upgrades to AUTOSTORE
Associated British Ports has upgraded the terminal management system at its 200,000TEU a year Exxtor Terminal at Immingham. The new solution is AUTOSTORE from UK-based Central Systems and Automation.
