Container & Cargo Handling

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

BMT’ s ports and logistics division says it receives two or three serious enquiries every year to help terminal operators identify second-hand equipment. Managing director David Wignall explains why punters engage a…

1st May 2007

Second-hand sourcing neednt be a minefield

1st May 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Steel handling specialist WE Dowds says unloading vessels and filling up warehouses is “ the relatively straightforward part” . “ The real challenge, and the benchmark we use to gauge how well…

1st May 2007

Facing the real challenges

1st May 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Kotkas monster gate operating system will unite two competing operators without compromising data privacy. Felicity Landon reports

1st May 2007

Finnish record breakers

1st May 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As gate automation becomes an increasingly complex mix of technologies and systems, the challenge is how to integrate all of these efficiently and cost effectively.

1st April 2007

Navis takes the middle road

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The need to boost productivity not only on the quayside but also in the yard is forcing the switch to twin- and quad-lift spreaders,reports Alex Hughes

1st April 2007

Double vision

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes investigates whether transhipment is the pot of gold everyone thinks it is for Mediterranean ports.

1st April 2007

Panacea or potential headache?

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Portugals deep-sea container terminal, Liscont, is in the final stages of transforming its yard into a completely rubber-tyred gantry-based (RTG) operation.During Port Strategys visit to the terminal in February, a new yard…

1st April 2007

Liscont emerges from handling cocoon with full RTG operation

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

While Spanish ports continue to do well, future investment planning at Italys Gioia Tauro has been cast into doubt following recent strikes in both December and February.Relations between majority-owner Conthship Italia and…

1st April 2007

Contship faithful to Gioia Tauro

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

You want a mess on the quayside, dust in the air and complaints from the neighbours? Try handling cement without the right kit. Felicity Landon finds out about best practice

1st April 2007

On solid ground

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A new cement import facility at the Port of Blyth will feature direct pipe discharge from ship to shed. The port has converted one of its newest warehouses on Battleship Wharf for…

1st April 2007

From ship to shed

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Could Leixões be Europes most industrious box terminal? Alex Hughes finds that the Portuguese port is pushing productivity to impressive levels

1st April 2007

Productivity Portuguese-style

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Bottleneck or smooth security and processing system? Felicity Landon looks at the latest developments in container terminalgate systems

1st April 2007

Finessing the front end

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports must make cement dust control their number one priority if they want to keep local residents and authorities on side, as Felicity Landon finds out

1st April 2007

Dust-busters

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Optical character recognition (OCR) is a tremendously powerful technology which nicely complements an efficient gate operating system, says TideworksHarvey Bauer.

1st April 2007

The power of optical character recognition

1st April 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As terminal throughputs rocket and crane technology becomes increasingly complex,more operators are turning to outside specialists for their equipment maintenance. Felicity Landon reports

1st March 2007

Call in the Experts

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Port of Felixstowe employs 230 engineers and the majority of its frontline maintenance - including quay cranes and yard cranes - is carried out in-house, supported by specialist contractors, says Hutchison…

1st March 2007

Frontline focus

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The trick is to design a low cost terminal with an early start-up,which is ready for future expansion, as Felicity Landon finds out

1st March 2007

Future-proofing

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Regarded as very flexible but energy hungrymachines, pneumatic unloaders for bulk product are getting more sophisticated and are making use of new types of energy-efficient electronic controls. David Foxwell reports

1st March 2007

Shaking new ground

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A glistening future beckons as Shanghai proves its dominance in the port world. Wing Kah-goh reports

1st March 2007

Crowning glory

1st March 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Australia is taking advantage of the dry bulk boom to push through port developments as David MacIntyre finds out

1st January 2007

Coals from Newcastle

1st January 2007