Container & Cargo Handling

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Konecranes has been racking up the orders for its range of AGD GrabUnloaders many of which will be rail-mounted to maximise mobility andefficiency, according to Kimmo Nyman, director of Bulk Handling Cranes.

23rd June 2009

Konecranes grabs unloader orders

23rd June 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

New products offer added mobility and dust-free operation as their unique selling points. Mike King reports

22nd June 2009

options on the move

22nd June 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

19th June 2009

Gate feature Pt 1

19th June 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

18th June 2009

CAMCO

18th June 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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…

12th June 2009

Shining up your kit

12th June 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

11th June 2009

Cracking up?

11th June 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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…

26th May 2009

Differential GPS improves return on investment for Humber port

26th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

25th May 2009

Total recall: thinking outside the boxes

25th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Some years ago, CLPE decided not to rely wholly on second-hand sales in order to stay in business over the longer term.

22nd May 2009

Moves division secures CLPE future

22nd May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators looking for relatively youthful second-handequipment in todays market may have to consider acquiring slightlyolder units, for which demand is less strong.

21st May 2009

2nd hand photos

21st May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

20th May 2009

2nd hand equipment

20th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Topping up chillers for air conditioning and refrigeration units with the refrigerant R22 will be illegal in the European Union by the end of the year and food and other perishable cargo…

19th May 2009

R22 just wont do!

19th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

18th May 2009

Keeping dangerous cargoes safe (REVISED)

18th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

13th May 2009

Jakarta port profile

13th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

24th April 2009

More than just unloaders

24th April 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

For ports looking  for a change, there have been some conversions worth appraising.

23rd April 2009

Port Everett

23rd April 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO 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,…

22nd April 2009

Cement handling

22nd April 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The global economic crisis, which began toseriously impact on the manufacturing industry last autumn, has left many suppliersscratching their heads to identify where new orders might come from. Howtimes have changed.

21st April 2009

Sign of the times

21st April 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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

20th April 2009

RTG article

20th April 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

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…

16th April 2009

The bio-barrier

16th April 2009