Terminal Operations

As highlighted above, although accidents have been relatively rare, passenger safety is of interest to everyone in the industry, and, with this in mind, a new safety device for ferry linkspans has…

Despite extensive research now being undertaken, for the time being there is little comprehensive, independent, user-friendly guidance available about Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC), perhaps the most serious problem affecting steel piling…

Another way to reinforce steel piling that has been subjected to ALWC is to use a reinforcing concrete. UK-based Flexcrete uses a wide range of purpose-designed marine mortars, sprayed mortars and unique…

Concretes value within the port environment is almost unlimited. And fresh innovations incorporating its use are appearing all the time, as David Foxwell discovers.

A new deep water jetty for ro-ro ferries serving the Orkney Isles has recently entered service that makes extensive use of concrete, both in the decking for the jetty and as a…

In a series of special reports on Security, this month PS presents a paper arguing the case for scanning each and every container.

Simon Gradassi compares container scanning systems and argues for a step-by-step approach to implementation.

In the first of a series, Nick Elliott reports from Teesport on its preparations for ISPS Code compliance