Container & Cargo Handling

Well placed: Cartagena counts its location as its competitive advantage CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Caribbean queen

Work it out: concrete is the least tolerant material of bad design and construction CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Large surface area

Clouding over: handling animal feed can be a dusty business CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Digging into the trough

Looking ahead: EMAP is planning for future growth CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Prime position

“With a multibillion dollar trade surplus in the GCC region, there is certainly room for growth and enough cargo to keep the region's port and freezone developments busy,” Edwin Lammers, Sohar Port and Freezone CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

On the rails

Dr Jean-Paul Rodrigue: "We used to talk about economies of scale; now we need to talk about the diseconomies of scale." CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports must develop hinterland strategies to survive

Stephen Cork: "This report will help to support the preparation of reliable and responsive port masterplans" CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port master planning bible released

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Future forecasting

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Chassis conundrum

All-rounder: the IMO's container packing code is comprehensive in nature. Credit: IMO CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Packing a punch

Multi-channel: multiple cargo streams could push terminals into a rethink CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Organisation in bulk

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US ports prepare for worst

Protected: the Floating Harbour Transhipper provides a covered environment CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Floating a good idea

Long Beach Container Terminal employs LEDs on its Automated RMGs CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

No lightbulb’ moments

Aliens: with extraneous objects being so common in coal cargoes, handling equipment needs to be ready for any eventuality CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Foreign bodies

More needs to be done to support ports with infrastructure maintenance, says Trelleborg CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Closing the gap: port maintenance

All together: dredging at Maasvlakte 2 is hailed as an 'outstanding feat of planning, innovation and co-operation'. Credit: Van Oord CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Driving dredging

"Genova and Savona should be competing with ports in other regions, not with each other,” Luigi Merlo, Genova Port Authority CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Keeping an open mind

Poured in: Vale is heavily investing in its iron ore facilities CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Making minerals count

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Port development concerns

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Meeting the Bulk Cargo Sector’s Evolving Demands