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NewsSealing the Box
Within the plethora of directives, regulations, codes and initiatives, and the accompanying smart technology that the reaction to 9/11 has given birth to, the container seal has always been in the cross hairs. Nick Elliott reports.
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What is Radio Frequency Identification?
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification - is an Automatic Data Collection (ADC) technology that uses radio-frequency waves to transfer data between a reader and a movable item to identify, categorize, and track. RFID is fast, reliable, and does not require physical sight or contact between reader/scanner and the tagged item. ...
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How and Who to Charge
A recent study by Cameron Maritime Resources has identified how governments and operators have been financing and recovering costs associated with the ISPS Code. Steve Cameron takes a snapshot of approaches around the world.
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Chinese Bottlenecks persist
Impediments to the cargo pipeline performing well, from iron ore producer to steel manufacturer, are not all, about what is happening at the exporter end in Australia.
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NewsUK Port Plans - No Election fever here!
A UK election has been called and the last time this happened when there were any particular port issues on the agenda was when Margaret Thatcher was in power and overseeing a serious round of port privatisation. Suddenly, all the deliberations were over and decisions were made on who had ...
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Privatisation: Israeili Style
Ben Hackett pursues his analysis of the port privatisation process to the Levant
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NewsSustainability versus Progress
The Bengal tiger may be an endangered species but the Indian economy is certainly not. Investment bankers talk of it as the next Asian tiger - arguably it already is.
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P&O Nedlloyd and Voltri alliance
After weeks of speculation that " something was cooking" between P& O Nedlloyd and PSA International in Italy, where the latter group has container handling interests, it has been announced that the two parties are to form a joint venture in Genoa which will give P& O Nedlloyd a dedicated ...
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NewsDown the Mississipi to the Gulf of Mexico
Gottwald''s Andreas Moeller explained to PS how the HPK 330 EG harbour pontoon crane - a dedicated solution for St. James Stevedoring Company''s mid-stream operations on the Lower Mississippi - will hopefully prove a winner, at least in shallow and sheltered waters: " We see a lot of scope for ...
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NewsBarometer for all Trades
Tracking the innovations and sales performance of the two principal mobile harbour crane (MHC) manufacturers can provide a useful correlation to the state of their diverse markets, as Nick Elliott reports.
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Competition down the coast
Barcelona''s loss of position is the direct result of Valencia''s own expansion plans, which were partially realised at the end of the 1990s with the opening of the new public container terminal on Principe Felipe quay in the port''s southern expansion zone. Operator Maritima Valenciana currently benefits from having 120ha ...
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NewsDelta Dreams
The Delta Plan should be a win-win strategy for Spain''s second port aimed at accommodating the needs of both container and auto clients. Alex Hughes reports from Barcelona.
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The Squeeze is on
Ports must address the congestion problem to survive. Patrik Wheater reports from a recent BMT briefing.
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NewsThe Point of Contact
Arguably, of all container handling equipment, spreaders come in for the heaviest punishment since they''re the principal point of contact with the box. Nick Elliott talks to manufacturers and summarises a recent conference presentation on spreader performance.
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NewsPhones Phoneys and Foresight
For a straddle carrier to achieve a ten-year life span, operators must establish predictive maintenance schedules, buy only spare parts from the OEM and maybe negate the need for drivers entirely - especially those with mobile phones. Patrik Wheater reports.
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It's not all about Terrorism
There are clever criminal gangs out there hatching ingenious plots.
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NewsAnd the lessons are . . .
TT Club says that three main lessons can be learned from this case, though they apply equally to other types of cargo security breach. First is " know your shipper" - making sure his credentials are bona fide.
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NewsDo simulators provide Effective Training?
Simulare Port Technology puts the case for the benefits of simulator training.
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NewsAnatomy of a Winning Tender
Nick Elliott reports on what''s behind ICTSI''s groundbreaking concession on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
