Container & Cargo Handling

OCR technology should be combined with human checkers for best effect, as Alex Hughes finds out

Adding technology for technologys sake is not the answer to improving gate systems, warns Alex Hughes

What about painting machinery? Quayside cranes, passenger walkways, link spans etc are all important and expensive to take out of service. ABPs approach is to specify a high quality coating from new…

Its a pay off between maintenance and robustness when it comes to paint choice. Stevie Knight reports

AssociatedBritish Ports operation at Immingham on the Humber, which handles200,000 teu every year, has taken advantage of DGPS to make itscontainer terminal work harder; to move more cargo in less time; and…

Forget expansion, focus resources on better box placement on dock, advises Stuart Pearcey

A lack of new sales has hit the supply of equipment to the second hand sector, as Alex Hughes explains