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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Inadequate port infrastructure or specific operational economics still prompt some stevedores to make use of sophisticated floating terminals, reports Alex Hughes .

1st May 2004

TOUGH OPERATIONAL ECONOMICS MAKE THIS A MARGINAL BUSINESS

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germanys seaports, including its now integrated former GDR facilities, expect to benefit greatly from the EUs eastern extension, reports Tom Todd.

1st May 2004

GERMAN PORTS BATTLE BULGES AND EYE THE FUTURE

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Its the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and…

1st May 2004

THE SHORTER THE VOYAGE THE MORE LIKELY THE VIABILITY

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The idea of having lines of trucks backed up outside the terminal while gate operators deal with several troublesome containers and cranes in the port stand idle, is the stuff of nightmares…

1st May 2004

CLEAR THE WAY

1st May 2004

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

In the first part of his port marketing study (PS November/December 2003), Bill Oakes considered the information a marketing department should have at its fingertips. Whilst detailed knowledge of traffics is a…

1st May 2004

ITS A PEOPLE GAME MARKETING: PART 2

1st May 2004

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As Frans Kok at LXE highlighted, 2.4GHz broadband is opening up opportunities for the transmission of more than just data, and new opportunities are presenting themselves at both extremes of wireless technology…

1st May 2004

THE FUTURE IS SPELT OPPORTUNITY

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Setubal Port Administration has embarked on a privatisation process that flies in the face of the widely anticipated benefits of a more competitive and lower cost operating environment.

1st May 2004

SETBACKS SETUBAL

1st May 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Indian west coast port of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNPT), with two container terminals already operational, is on the verge of awarding a third box handling concession. However, even with plans being progressed…

1st May 2004

A DESPERATE RACE TO ADD MORE CAPACITY

1st May 2004

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Tick tock goes the clock as the compliance deadline looms for ports and terminals under the ISPS Code. Sure as anything is sure, there are a good many ports who have not…

1st May 2004

THE CLOCK TICKS

1st May 2004

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Spanish company Repsol-YPF has made an initial payment of $3.4m to the port authority of Mexicos Lazaro Cardenas port as part of its concession to establish an LPG terminal there.

1st May 2004

Spaniards bring LPG to Mexico

1st May 2004