Container & Cargo Handling

Taking care of shore-side workers handling dangerous cargoes can be tough with mis-declaration and a lack of understanding rife, as Patrik Wheater explains

Jakartas key port is taking a leaf out of Rotterdams books on management, as Mike King discovers

There are other, interesting options for ports looking at cement handling.

Vacuum or mechanical? It is an issue that the industry is beginning tobe familiar with - but which kind of unloader do you go with when thematerial in question is as low-cost,…

Spanish RTG users argue a strong case with Barry Cross for keeping maintenance in-house

All three plates shown here were submerged for six months at the Thames Barrier. The results show clearly corrosion of the bare aluminium sample, some protection with the sol-gel coating without bacteria…

Professor Robert Akid explains how research into bio-activesol-gels could result in an effective, low-cost andenvironmentally-friendly means of combating bio-fouling

Despite financial turmoil around the world, Ports of Auckland has not initiated a major equipment outsourcing programme, preferring to make better use of in-house staff.