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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

Vehicle manufacturers and shippers are increasingly seeking to streamline the supply chain while at the same time reducing costs and integrating value added services, as Benedict Young discovers.

1st November 2005

Driving forward

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

To keep track of vehicles, barcodes remain the industry standard but radio frequency identification (RFID) and global positioning satellite (GPS) technology is beginning to gain greater acceptance.

1st November 2005

Keeping track

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Next month in the second part of this feature, PS examines the issues which determine an effective gate system including:

1st November 2005

Extending technologys helping hand

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dave MacIntyre analyses how Pt Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) has to be a mix of commercial operator, diplomat and pressure group to achieve its strategic ambitions.

1st November 2005

‘Deepening’ concerns

1st November 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A draft study produced for the California Air Resources Board (CARB) published in early October suggests that air emissions from ships and cargo handling equipment in the port of Los Angeles and…

1st November 2005

Cancer risk from ports

1st November 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

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gazing into the future of the trade from a terminal capacity perspective, Drewrys ports director Neil Davidson told PS: " Our analysis of supply and demand at the major North European deepsea…

1st November 2005

No room for complacency

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Its a tumultuous, not to say precarious time to be reviewing this trade, as Nick Elliott reports.

1st November 2005

Riding the Rollercoaster

1st November 2005

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

The case of the quarantine station in Essex which took delivery of shipments of birds from Taiwan and Surinam recently, allegedly infected with Avian Flu, has been well reported in the UK…

1st November 2005

Pains of Quarantine

1st November 2005

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The global ports industry is going to face the repercussions of a major shift in the market power of the dominant 5-10 carriers that will lead to an urgent need for the…

1st November 2005

Liner market concentration presages omens for ports

1st November 2005

ASIA

ASIA

India is to go ahead with plans to dredge the Sethusamudram channel, known as " Indias Suez" , between a group of islands separating the mainland of India from Sri Lanka. The…

1st November 2005

Sethusamudram channel dredge goes ahead

1st November 2005

ASIA

ASIA

A new floating coal handling terminal, Kimtrans Suralaya, has opened in Western Java to serve the Indonesian Suralaya power station. The station uses 11m tons of coal each year, being the largest…

1st November 2005

JAVA

1st November 2005

ASIA

ASIA

There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Cosco Pacific is to sell a 20% stake to APM Terminals in the…

1st November 2005

NANSHA

1st November 2005

ASIA

ASIA

There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Customs authorities at Chennai have adopted a new procedure which effectively prevents export…

1st November 2005

CHENNAI

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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Al Jazeera Port, in Ras Al Khaimah, is undergoing a US$2.72m expansion which…

1st November 2005

AL JAZEERA

1st November 2005

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

There are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.Egypt's Transport Minister has emphasised that all port assets will remain in state…

1st November 2005

EGYPT

1st November 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maputo Port Development Company is aiming to boost throughput to around 10-12m tons a year in the near future, having doubled its current volume of exports to 5.5m tons since 2003.

1st November 2005

Maputo eyes South African trade

1st November 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealands shipping fraternity will be watching the Port of Taurangas future with some interest following the consecutive retirements of chairman Fraser McKenzie and chief executive Jon Mayson.

1st November 2005

Change of guard for Port of Tauranga

1st November 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Having been with the port for 30 years McKenzie was last year replaced by John Parker and having served the port for 33 years, Mayson was this year succeeded by Mark Cairns.In…

1st November 2005

Trouble at Liberian National Port Authority

1st November 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Shareholders of the disputeplagued Lyttelton Port of Christchurch have been asked to consider a 29% pay increase for its six-member board.

1st November 2005

Port pay request raises eyebrows

1st November 2005