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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Financially, project cargo operations are lucrative propositions. While bracketed under breakbulk, project cargoes can still be charged at three times the breakbulk tonnage on a per cubic meter basis.

17th June 2013

Financial gains not to be sniffed at

17th June 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) is set to buy a fourth ship to shore gantry crane to handle the growing container volumes at the port.

14th June 2013

Lyttelton invests in container terminal

14th June 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Investing in facilities, labour and space for project cargoes can reap rewards. John Bensalhia investigates

14th June 2013

Out of the ordinary

14th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Spain’s Órbita Ingeniería has launched a new quay crane optical character recognition (OCR) system which does its bit to cut emissions.

13th June 2013

OCR technology cuts emissions

13th June 2013

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The Port of Melbourne Corp has published the names of the four parties short-listed for “the right to operate the third international container terminal at the Port of Melbourne.

13th June 2013

A touch of spice down under

13th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) are to share strategies and best practices after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation and partnership.

13th June 2013

Los Angeles and Hamburg collaborate

13th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Downtime at ports is up on last year says Trelleborg whose latest barometer report suggests that far from improving, the issue is actually getting worse. In fact, 90% of those surveyed for…

13th June 2013

Costs spiral for unscheduled downtime

13th June 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

HFWs Scott Pilkington asks who foots the bill when ports suffer from strikes, industrial action or other disruption

13th June 2013

Closed for business

13th June 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil has reached an historic point in its port history, as Alex Hughes explains

13th June 2013

Reaching tipping point

13th June 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Before the approval of Brazils port reform bill MP595, national operator Santos Brasil admits that it felt uncomfortable investing in areas outside of public ports as the previous legislation did not entirely…

13th June 2013

MP595 sets Santos Brasil free

13th June 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Swings and roundabouts predominate as the industry tries to find a perfect labour solution. Martin Rushmere reports

13th June 2013

Right to work

13th June 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Carriers treat Australia as “the end of the bus line, says Searoad Holdings John Hunter, “with the result that we often don’t get the best ships.” This, he says, is one of…

13th June 2013

Odds stacked against high Oz handling

13th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTS) are to be installed at two Indonesian ports as container handling in the country increases.

12th June 2013

Transas VTS for Indonesia

12th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Green equipment will be firmly on the agenda at a forum taking place at this years TOC Europe in Rotterdam at the end of the month.

11th June 2013

Green equipment on the agenda

11th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Spain’s Órbita Ingeniería has launched a new quay crane optical character recognition (OCR) system to automate freight container identification and damage inspection during loading and unloading.

11th June 2013

Órbita quay crane OCR technology

11th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd has secured its first order for STS and RTG cranes in Peru – the equipment has been ordered by Port of Paita operator, Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos.

11th June 2013

First Liebherr cranes to Peru

11th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Mercator Media has made another significant investment in its online offering and redesigned the ‘Green Port’ website to incorporate ‘responsive design’.

11th June 2013

Green Port gets responsive

11th June 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Container hinterland terminal operator, Contargo, has affiliated its terminal network with the Port of Rotterdam through online platform, InlandLinks.

11th June 2013

Contargo networks with Rotterdam

11th June 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries (Abdib) has estimated that the adoption of new ports legislation could stimulate investment of $24.6bn by eliminating barriers to entry for private capital.

10th June 2013

MP595 could stimulate massive change in Brazils ports

10th June 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) has developed an Energy Management Action Plan (E-MAP) to improve energy efficiency as demand for electricity increases at the container port.

10th June 2013

POLA Energy Management action plan

10th June 2013