Container & Cargo Handling

The Delta Plan should be a win-win strategy for Spains second port aimed at accommodating the needs of both container and auto clients. Alex Hughes reports from Barcelona.

Arguably, of all container handling equipment, spreaders come in for the heaviest punishment since theyre the principal point of contact with the box. Nick Elliott talks to manufacturers and summarises a recent…

Gottwalds Andreas Moeller explained to PS how the HPK 330 EG harbour pontoon crane - a dedicated solution for St. James Stevedoring Companys mid-stream operations on the Lower Mississippi - will hopefully…

Every one knows that big ports need big cranes and the major operators like to be seen to lead the field in buying big. This, however, is not entirely logical. Nick Elliott…

Landside port logistics represents a new phase in the development of port management systems, which have traditionally focused on sea access. In a summary of a recent study undertaken for UNCTAD, Khalid…

The debate over the best pick of equipment with which to run a terminal yard - the straddle carrier, the rubber tyred gantry (RTG), or the rail mounted gantry (RMG) - has…

A new player, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), is quietly preparing to emerge onto the international terminal operator scene, writes James Macpherson.

Fender testing and the procedure for reporting fender performance has been a hot topic for many years, ever since the almost universal adoption by consultants and other fender specifiers of the original…

The good news is that Malaysias premier port, Port Klang, situated on the countrys west coast midway along the Straits of Malacca, was not badly affected by the recent tsunami that caused…

With so much coal and iron ore nowadays going into China, it is not surprising to find that manufacturers of grabs and grab cranes are reporting buoyant sales. Indeed, as Alex Hughes…

Alex Hughes reports on how Karachis two rival container terminals are gearing up for further capacity and volume growth.

Motorized cable reels provide the crane with the ability to deliver faster spreader bar hoisting speeds. The cable reel system can be made to have properly sized motors that enable the spreader…

Gantry motion reels have not changed much in the last few years so I will focus primarily on trolley mounted cable reels servicing the trolley to headblock/spreader electrical connections.

Alex Hughes talks to two of New Zealands leading forest products companies about their approach to equipment procurement, performance and ROI considerations.