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TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Biometrics might be the next big security thing, but too must reliance on one solution must be avoided, warns Stuart Pearcey

11th June 2008

Fingerprints: Pointing to the complacency trap

11th June 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The predictions in George Orwells novel 1984 seemed far-fetched when it was published six decades ago - but seem to be edging ever-closer with the co-operation between five countries to develop the…

11th June 2008

Thats Orwell and good…

11th June 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The Portof Halifax in Nova Scotia knows its workers like the backs of theirhands -  and proves it by allowing (or denying) 4,000 of them access tothe right work area by scanning…

11th June 2008

Doing it by hand in Halifax

11th June 2008

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

The designation of hands-on manager is not always a compliment; its sometimes used derisively to describe someone who somehow advancedfrom the docks (or other blue collar work) up the rungs of theexecutive…

11th June 2008

Opinion Piece- USA

11th June 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Port of Oslo Takes Action to Clean the Contaminated Parts of Oslo Fjord to Improve Navigation and Safe Vessel Traffic

11th June 2008

Dredging Helps to Clean Up the Oslo Fjord

11th June 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Shipping industry figures are querying Ports of Aucklands ability to fund a future port development plan or even a forecast NZ$15m (US$11.6m) dividend payment for the current financial year.

10th June 2008

Auckland port finances attacked

10th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Vladivostok Port has reported a net profit of $9.54m for 2007, 3.3 times better than the 2006 result. During the same period, revenue grew by 34% to $53.21m, while cargo throughput increased…

10th June 2008

Variance in fortunes for Russian ports

10th June 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

After having awarded contracts worth $952m to build the initial phase of Khalifa Port, the government of Abu Dhabi has announced its intention to issue a new round of tenders covering additional…

10th June 2008

More contracts to come at Khalifa

10th June 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A new emissions-free, 30-ton container hauler, aimed at cutting noise and air pollution, has been launched by the Port of Los Angeles

10th June 2008

Introducing: The 30 ton Electric Container Truck

10th June 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tangier Medgate and Somaport are to boost container handling capacity in the Mediterranean with Kalmar crane orders.

9th June 2008

Eco-friendly RTGs boost Mediteranean

9th June 2008