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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators shopping for a new gate management system must take time to consider the unique needs of their port or terminal. Felicity Landon reports

14th November 2007

Gate Systems

14th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Where gate systems in the past were limited to identification only,todays systems require container and truck optical characterrecognition (OCR), IMO label detection, video files, voice over IP,biometric identification of driver, damage inspection…

14th November 2007

Simple identification is now old hat

14th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

When goals are clearly defined at the beginning, it is relatively easy to work towards them, says John Lund, sales manager of Finlands Visy.

14th November 2007

Something to aim for

14th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Proper integration and clear advance planning are key factors for ports looking to install automated gate systems, says Phil Elovic, chief executive of optical character recognition (OCR) specialist Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS).

14th November 2007

Optimising

14th November 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Kao Ming Container Terminal Corporation has been awarded a 50-year BOT contract to operate the initial phase of the International Container Terminal at the Port of Kaohsiung, the ports sixth container terminal.…

14th November 2007

Yang Ming in Kaoshiung

14th November 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Work has begun on the new SP-PSA International Port joint-venture container terminal located on the Cai Mep-Thi Vai River in Vietnam. Development will be in two phases, with the first operational in…

14th November 2007

Chinese port work up and running

14th November 2007

ASIA

ASIA

Work on the fourth phase of the Qingdao Qianwan container terminal development has begun. 

14th November 2007

Qianwan development on the way

14th November 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Victorian Government has moved to clear a legislative path for dredging to begin in the Port of Melbourne.

13th November 2007

Legislation clears Melbourne for dredging

13th November 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Frans Jol, managing director of Salerno-based Esoware, is promotingthe companys terminal management software programmes as cost effectivealternatives to those offered by the big three software sellers.

13th November 2007

Esoware

13th November 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A 177-hectare block of land adjacent to theMarsden Point port complex has been put on the market to attract complementary businesses.Northland Port Corporation also plans to lease back 60 hectares of the…

11th November 2007

Northland land sale

11th November 2007