Container & Cargo Handling

A new white paper highlights how masterplanning can contribute to growth in coastal regions as well as help ports communicate their strategies and visions to stakeholders.

Iain MacIntyre discovers how heavy-duty paving solutions for container terminals requiresanalysis of individual load types, weights and volumes versus capital and maintenance costs

Automation is changing the way terminals handle containers but automated box lashinghas only been partially successful, writes Alex Hughes

How are multi trailer tractors and trucks putting ports in the driving seat?John Bensalhia looks at some of the more notable developments in this sector

John Bensalhia investigates how multi trailers and multi trailer systems can benefitports in terms of cost, safety and efficiency

There are two main methods of delivering quay and yard cranes, either fully-assembled or inknock-down form. Barry Cross investigates which option terminal operators prefer and why

Economically viable dredging projects that have languished from a lack of fundscould now get a kick start, as Stevie Knight discovers.

A ports partnership which aims to realise the vision of a smart, interconnected and digital port ecosystem aims to accelerate the smart adoption of AI in the port sector.

More dialogue with ports and more involvement from port-related stakeholders at IMO is necessary, maritime stakeholders have agreed.

Short sea shipping has a lot to be optimistic about - provided it can stay competitiveby maintaining an air of communication and collaboration.

John Bensalhia investigates the implications, benefits and challenges connected with the ISO 45001health and safety standard for ports and understands why ports regard the process as a beneficial one

A new port company seeking to improve port call efficiency and help shipping companies reduce vessel emissions will offer a digital shipping app which optimises port call management.

Port Skills and Safety (PSS), the collective body for Safety and Skills in UK ports, has launched the first ever ports Sector Safety Plan.

Modern GIS systems do not need to be restricted to just one or two experts in a port. Alex Hughes finds out who else can put geospatial data to good use

A world where artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to the point where we can compare it to a human and judge it by its actions accordingly is the scene set in the…