Container & Cargo Handling

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Terminals pursuing growth want to maximise the productivity of every lift cycle. That is why the trend is towards twin-lifts from ship-to-shore and twin-lifts on the yard, says Bromma. But does it…

1st April 2006

Multilift: for and against

1st April 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Mooring ships can be dangerous. Every year thousands of terminal and ship staff are injured in mooring line accidents, and in some cases, the accidents can be fatal. David Foxwell reports on…

1st April 2006

Modelling for safer solutions

1st April 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Felicity Landon finds out why these flexible friends have so much to offer to small and medium-sized ports.

1st April 2006

Flexible friends

1st April 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Consultants Royal Haskoning recently became involved in an upgrade project at the Irish port of Rosslare. The project addressed the repair of berths 1 and 2 at Rosslare Europort where the pier…

1st April 2006

Rosslare Europort gets upgrade

1st April 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports and terminal operators are continuing to invest heavily in additional ship-to-shore container gantry cranes, in order to keep pace with the sizeable annual growth in box traffic volumes. Rowland Armstrong reports.

1st March 2006

Demand holds strong

1st March 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

" The importance of good maintenance cannot be over-emphasised, " says KS Won, president of Portek Indonesia. The company is part of Portek Group, and maintains a total of 28 quay cranes,…

1st March 2006

Selective outsourcing

1st March 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Handling equipment suppliers are getting involved much earlier in the port planning process, claiming more effective systems selection and, hopefully, faster payback. Neil Madden reports.

1st March 2006

The system approach

1st March 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

One of the most comprehensive projects in which Kalmars capability has been used is the Port Est extension, on the Indian Ocean island of Ré union.

1st March 2006

Planned system migration

1st March 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

APM Terminals looks set to take over the Apapa Container Terminal in Lagos, Nigeria but will this prove to be a double-edged sword? Mike Mundy reports.

1st January 2006

Lagos End Game

1st January 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A new container port is adding to the competition for traffic in the Pearl River Delta region. James Macpherson considers what Nansha has to offer.

1st January 2006

A pearl where its needed

1st January 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With bigger vessels in the offing for the main East-West trades, and the “cascade effect” showering incumbent vessels down to some of the feeder routes, what are the implications in terms of…

1st January 2006

Buffer against competitive failure

1st January 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

These issues are certainly not confined to less-developed countries alone. While containerisation has spread into most of the worlds trade routes, there will always be a certain amount of breakbulk that will…

1st January 2006

Follow the Mantra

1st January 2006

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

It is estimated that Felixstowe has almost doubled its throughput, without the need for additional equipment, since introducing its Tug Scheduling System (TSS). TSS is a bespoke system which provides real time…

1st December 2005

Integrate software to increase throughput

1st December 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

For maximum productivity, container handling must be synchronised from the quay to the yard. Benedict Young investigates.

1st December 2005

That short but critical distance

1st December 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Durbans new Pier 1 is set to deliver major new capacity and switch to an RTG system in the process but the jury is still out on the role of the private…

1st December 2005

Durban deliberates

1st December 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Sam Ignarski , editor of industry e-zine Bow Wave (www. wavyline. com), looks at workmans compensation in the container terminal environment.

1st November 2005

Occupational Disability and Box Terminals

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dan Pettersson, product manager at Kalmar, puts the view of the equipment providers: " For some time now theres been really a very high demand for dedicated empty handlers. This is partly…

1st November 2005

Look to achieving cost efficiency

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Nick Elliott seeks the views of experts on the thorny question: what to do with the empties?

1st November 2005

On or Off-Dock?

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Southampton Container Terminal (SCT) has one of the worst imbalances of trade in Europe with empties accounting for over a quarter of throughput. Benedict Young finds how theyre combatting the problem.

1st November 2005

Reorganisation: The Pay-Off

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Few believe that the spending is over with years of consolidation of Russias grains sector anticipated. Russias 2005 grain harvest exceeded 78m tons, with an estimated 10-12m tons set for export and…

1st November 2005

. . . and its not over yet

1st November 2005