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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Changes at Port Elizabeth’s port have allowed it to re-invent itself, finds Kerry Dimmer

3rd April 2017

The middleman

3rd April 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Investment on in-house training can pay off for some ports.

3rd April 2017

Learning curve

3rd April 2017

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Gates queues should be consigned to history say OEMs. John Bensalhia investigates

3rd April 2017

Go with the flow

3rd April 2017

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: Ports create value for port users and thus also for society at large because they enable connections between consumers in the hinterland and producers overseas, and vice versa, writes Peter de…

3rd April 2017

The value of connectivity

3rd April 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

HPA is well along the path of digital optimisation, but it still has some surprises in store, finds Carly Fields

3rd April 2017

A digital journey

3rd April 2017

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Fine tuning port-rail operations is key to realising the full potential of rail traffic, reports Alex Hughes

3rd April 2017

Laying down tracks

3rd April 2017

ASIA

ASIA

For China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort), focusing on homebase port development and overseas expansion helped to bump container throughput up by 14.5% (95.77 million teu) in 2016.

3rd April 2017

Major transformations for CMPort

3rd April 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ports and Harbours Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (MLIT) in…

3rd April 2017

Asian LNG bunkering cooperation

3rd April 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Houlder, Wärtsilä and Trelleborg have developed a floating transfer terminal (FTT) that will enable ship to-shore LNG bunkering without a jetty, reducing infrastructure investment for small to mid-scale projects.

30th March 2017

Simplifying ship to shore bunkering

30th March 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Kalmars electric straddle carriers are helping to support capacity expansion at the MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) at the Port of Antwerp, with nine more being put on order.

29th March 2017

Electric straddle carrier order

29th March 2017

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Kalmars electric straddle carriers are helping to support capacity expansion at the MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) at the Port of Antwerp, with nine more being put on order.

29th March 2017

Electric straddle carrier order

29th March 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navis is targeting a bigger share of the whole supply chain in its bid to make global trade smarter, safer and more sustainable for everyone.

28th March 2017

Navis widens supply chain optimisation focus

28th March 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Damen’s InvaSave external ballast water treatment system, which is designed primarily for use in ports and harbours, has received IMO type approval.

28th March 2017

Port ballast water treatment system gets IMO approval

28th March 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

VAHLE, the mobile power and data solutions company, has completed the electrification of the intermodal area at the Lázaro Cárdenas Terminal (LCT) in Mexico.

28th March 2017

VAHLE electrifies Mexican terminal

28th March 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new Sennebogen balance material handler is helping to save one operator up to 75% in operating costs, thanks to a sophisticated balance principle and electric drive.

28th March 2017

Electric material handler saves operating costs

28th March 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Container terminals in the Mexican ports of Manzanillo and Altamira are taking advantage of new rules governing expansion introduced by the Transport & Communications Ministry and have announced investment of $26.5m.

27th March 2017

Altamira and Manzanillo box terminals to expand

27th March 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has launched a bundled crane rental product to allow users better control of costs and ongoing servicing of units.

27th March 2017

Konecranes offers crane rental option

27th March 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Applauding the launch of the Guidelines for Packing Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code), IMO and European Commission officials have lent support to a campaign to get the message out on best practice…

27th March 2017

Getting the message out on the CTU Code

27th March 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port consultancy specialist and Port Strategy columnist Peter de Langen has joined Copenhagen Business School (CBS) as a visiting professor.

24th March 2017

CBS welcomes leading port management researcher

24th March 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

PSA International achieved credible results in 2016, despite the year being beset with what the operator calls “a period of unrelenting trials and tribulations.”

23rd March 2017

PSA overcomes 2016’s “trials and tribulations”

23rd March 2017