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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) has released a conveyor safety program for use by conveyor manufacturers, distributors, and end users.

1st September 2007

CEMA CONVEYS SAFETY

1st September 2007

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Spurred on by a successful trial to reduce diesel pollution at a train yard in California, The Port of Long Beach is to trial Tri-Mer Corp’ s Cloud Chamber System (CCS) technology…

1st September 2007

POLB to trial alternative emission control

1st September 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

HPH’ s muscling in on the Brisbane scene could have far-reaching implications for Australia’ s operations sector.

1st July 2007

Breaking the mould

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Toll Holdings,Australia’ s largest logistics and ports concern, has split into two following the takeover of container terminal operator Patrick Corp.

1st July 2007

Patrick takeover cuts Toll in two

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Melbourne’s much-needed dredging programme is still a long way off becoming a reality.

1st July 2007

Deepening Woes

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’ s forestry exporting ports are flourishing, with a construction boom in Asia and export log restrictions in Russia pushing the price of locally-produced logs up 20% over the past year,writes…

1st July 2007

Log exports boom carves a path for NZ ports

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Coastal shipping advocates in New Zealand will soon discover if the Government intends putting their transport mode on an equal footing with road and rail in funding and policy decisions. 

1st July 2007

Coastal shipping waits for chance to shine

1st July 2007

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’ s two key ports have walked away from the merger negotiating table, but at what cost?

1st July 2007

First hurdle fall

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Stuart Pearcey discovers that burgeoning demand for iron ore is having a monumental impact on port development in China and Australia

1st July 2007

Iron Grip

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With hundreds of containers going overboard each year, Felicity Landon looks at the container lashing issue from the ports perspective

1st July 2007

The line on lashing

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Health and safety aspects for lashing crews and ship crews are a central part of the Lashing@Sea joint industry project which was launched last year to look at the need for the…

1st July 2007

Lashing@Sea puts crew safety centre stage

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Manufacturers are responding to demands for enhanced productivity by introducing more cost-effective, environmentally friendly terminal tractors, as David Foxwell explains

1st July 2007

Powerful Pulling

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Terberg’ s overhaul of its terminal tractors’ powering gear has made a significant dent in fuel consumption, as David Foxwell reports

1st July 2007

Transmission re-vamp

1st July 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TSI Terminal Systems Inc, which operates the Deltaport and Vanterm container terminals in the Port of Vancouver, is trialling a new hybrid RTG,which is able to regenerate kinetic and potential energy to…

1st July 2007

TSI powers ahead with hybrid crane trials

1st July 2007

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

HIT is hedging its bets running a number of ‘ green schemes’ concurrently to improve RTG emissions and noise, as Alex Hughes explains

1st July 2007

No stone unturned

1st July 2007

ASIA

ASIA

India needs to capture private sector investment if it is to realise its full future potential. Gordon Feller reports

1st July 2007

Personal banking

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Contrasting schemes from two major consultants prove that there’ s more than one way to skin a port cat, as Alex Hughes discovers

1st July 2007

The spice of life

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Increased demand for petroleum drove Vopak Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd to revisit its jetty layout and capacity at its Petroleum Storage Terminal at Banyan Basin on Singapore’ s Jurong Island. 

1st July 2007

Gas-guzzlers help Vopak expansion

1st July 2007

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Continent’ s new super-port takes shape, with a facility to rival the traditional Mediterranean mega-hubs. Henrik Byrn reports

1st July 2007

African dreams realised

1st July 2007

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Felicity Landon asks whether the flurry of concessions and expansions being announced by the world’ s major port dons is sustainable

1st July 2007

Godfathers of ports

1st July 2007