Container & Cargo Handling

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A 180% increase in seabourne traded coal over two decades has spurred the worlds dry bulk ports into action, as Stuart Pearcey finds out

11th February 2008

Coal: fuel for the future

11th February 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Continuing increases in shipped coal volumes have led Italian company Coeclerici to think outside the box and create a means of expanding ports seawards rather than landwards.

11th February 2008

sidebar for coal

11th February 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Privatisation of the Ghanaian ports of Tema and Takoradi has been ongoing since 2000 as part of a World Bank-supported modernisation programme. But while Oscar Cudjoe, public affairs manager for Ghana Ports…

30th January 2008

Ghanaian aims high

30th January 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports can make significant fuel savings by selecting the right drive for their container handling operations, writes Patrik Wheater

30th January 2008

Driven by efficiency

30th January 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Therecan be no greater yardstick to measure the market acceptance ofincreasingly larger containership tonnage than the increase incontainer handling capacity, especially orders for new superpost-panamax cranes.

30th January 2008

GPA cranes off Good Hope

30th January 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

It took a decade of searching before an Alaskan ship repair companycould find a suitable building to house some of its dry dockingfacilities -  but once it did, erection took only a…

9th January 2008

Testing the grade in Alaska

9th January 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach take their environmental responsibilities very seriously, as Felicity Landon finds out

19th December 2007

Long Beach / Los Angeles profile

19th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With ever stricter environmental legislation, dust is becoming public enemy no.1, as Stuart Pearcey explains

12th December 2007

Profit is blowing in the wind (dust feature main)

12th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A unique combination of factors gives Port Hedland one of the worlds worst dust problems.

12th December 2007

Port Hedland tackles dust head on

12th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Theres a lot more to RMGs than meets the eye, not least a proven track record in container handling, as Alex Hughes discovers

5th December 2007

Scratch the surface

5th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

European crane manufacturer Liebherr had designed and supplied RMGcranes for over 30 years before developing its first RTG design in1998.

5th December 2007

Liebherr stays on track

5th December 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Construction of Great Yarmouths new outer harbour is now well under way. Felicity Landon reports on the ambitions of East Port UK

28th November 2007

Yarmouth outer harbour moves ahead

28th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

These are exciting times for Europes car handlers, as transhipment trade swells. Alex Hughes reports

21st November 2007

Euro Auto Trades

21st November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Not content with a 30% increase in cars handled last year,Copenhagen-Malmö Ports (CMP) general manager (cars), Bart Steijaert, hopesto bump that 382,323 cars to 500,000 annually by 2010.

21st November 2007

Malmö

21st November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Sustainability is paramount in Rotterdams vision of its future, as Stuart Pearcey explains

21st November 2007

Rotterdam nails colours to the mast of sustainability

21st November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Where gate systems in the past were limited to identification only,todays systems require container and truck optical characterrecognition (OCR), IMO label detection, video files, voice over IP,biometric identification of driver, damage inspection…

14th November 2007

Simple identification is now old hat

14th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

When goals are clearly defined at the beginning, it is relatively easy to work towards them, says John Lund, sales manager of Finlands Visy.

14th November 2007

Something to aim for

14th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Proper integration and clear advance planning are key factors for ports looking to install automated gate systems, says Phil Elovic, chief executive of optical character recognition (OCR) specialist Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS).

14th November 2007

Optimising

14th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators shopping for a new gate management system must take time to consider the unique needs of their port or terminal. Felicity Landon reports

14th November 2007

Gate Systems

14th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Forklift trucks for empty container handling are proving their prowess on the quay, as Felicity Landon discovers

7th November 2007

Forklifts article

7th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Wider, thinner, more strength for less steel - Felicity Landon reports on the evolution of sheet piling in the ports sector

7th November 2007

Sheet piling

7th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

ESC broke the mould by supplying clients with the exact lengths thatthey required rather than just standard six metre and 12 metre. Generalmanager Bruce Colson says this ensures there is no wastage,…

7th November 2007

Sheet piling side

7th November 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Anotable sheet piling project under way in the UK right now is withinthe Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)s project to turn the 8.35 km ofwaterways that intersect the Olympic Park into green corridors.

7th November 2007

Sheet piling side 2

7th November 2007