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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Tyne has employed an IT strategy to support the port’s growing diversity – and has realised efficiencies that could already be gained from existing software tools.

9th July 2010

Tyne makes the most of its systems

9th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The development momentum in ports has changed according to two major suppliers: the Bromma Group says customers are once again looking at larger projects, and both it and Cargotec are reporting “positive…

9th July 2010

Port development market is turning, say suppliers

9th July 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has brought APM Terminals high tech Virginia box terminal under its wing, which means VPA now controls most of the major operations throughout the whole of Virginia’s…

9th July 2010

Shrewd asset management gives Virginia the upper hand

9th July 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A seven-day strike by clerical workers at the Port of Los Angeles has yet to hit day-to-day operations with managers taking up the slack of striking staff.

9th July 2010

“Business as usual” at LA despite staff walkout

9th July 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

As the economic tide ebbs, terminal operators continue to invest for the future, writes Patrik Wheater

9th July 2010

Turning of the tide

9th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Beaming out work instructions via wireless networks direct to the cab of RTG or straddle carrier delivers major efficiency savings and allows far better flexibility in work planning, says David Thompson, managing…

9th July 2010

Single channel system perfect for ports

9th July 2010

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Even in the darker days of the credit crunch there was always money around for infrastructure development, although most major projects had been mothballed.

7th July 2010

Money isnt just there for the taking

7th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

There can be a reluctance to change, especially in today’s economy where every expenditure is measured and evaluated, says Frans Kok, vice president AMEA (Asia, Middle East, Australia) at LXE.

5th July 2010

Resistance to change

5th July 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tideworks Technology has developed an automation tool which will allow terminal operators to automate the process of identifying the physical stowage position of containers loaded to or discharged from the vessel in…

1st July 2010

Tideworks crane telemetry tool

1st July 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Peel Ports chief executive Stephen Baxter has left the company ‘with immediate effect’, an internal company announcement has confirmed.

1st July 2010

Peel Ports boss ‘has left with immediate effect’

1st July 2010