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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The new spreader damping ('anti-sway') system consists of two backwards mounted damping cylinders. It performs the multiple tasks of achieving 'controlled sway' of the container spreader under highly variable dynamic load conditions…

1st January 2006

VAN OORD RECLAIMS IN BAHRAIN

1st January 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The purpose of the lasers in a Berthing Aid System is to measure speed of the approaching ships in order to ensure safe berthing. In ports with large tidal range, problems arise…

1st January 2006

Simplifying speed measurement

1st January 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

California United Terminals (CUT) at Long Beach has ordered five 16-wheel all-electric RTGs from KCI Konecranes. The investment will replace older diesel hydraulic units.

1st January 2006

RTGS FOR CUT

1st January 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

67% of oil and bulk shipping companies believe fleet scheduling is getting more difficult. The majority of fleet chartering and scheduling managers spend half of their working week re-planning existing schedules according…

1st January 2006

50% of planning time lost on re-scheduling

1st January 2006

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Four one-over-five RTGs for Petrolesport, St Petersburg; another similar RTG for Dublin; and another for Immingham mark Liebherr Container Cranes start to the year.

1st January 2006

Liebherr chalks them up

1st January 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

During 2008, PANYNJ reported that total container traffic in the port was 5.27m teu, compared with 5.3m teu in 2007.California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed spending over US$222bn on infrastructure including port…

1st January 2006

California governor

1st January 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nine shipping lines and terminal operators form part of three proposals submitted to the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA), requesting participation in the development of a new three berth, 280 acre…

1st January 2006

Carolinas ambitions

1st January 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The port authority has outlined core marketing and operational strategies focusing on adding all-water services to and from Asia

1st January 2006

NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY

1st January 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In the next two years Santos port operator Libra Terminais is to boost box handling capacity by 50%. However, this depends on the port authority carrying out two commitments it agreed to…

1st January 2006

Libra promises capacity boost

1st January 2006

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Already an RSO in Panama, Chile, Cayman Islands and Liberia, MUSC has carried out over 200 ports assessments worldwide and concurrently trained Port Facility Security Officers. Course instructors are all experienced security…

1st January 2006

NY/NJ

1st January 2006

ASIA

ASIA

Already an RSO in Panama, Chile, Cayman Islands and Liberia, MUSC has carried out over 200 ports assessments worldwide and concurrently trained Port Facility Security Officers. Course instructors are all experienced security…

1st January 2006

CHITTAGONG

1st January 2006

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spain has joined the increasing list of countries that prohibit smoking in enclosed public spaces. Canada, Norway and New Zealand as well as certain states of the US such as California, Florida,…

1st January 2006

Club ponders anti-smoking laws

1st January 2006

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

To meet forecast growth in world trade over the next decade, container ports and the shipping industry will need to double capacity. Achieving such growth with minimal adverse effect on the environment…

1st December 2005

Ports Meet Environment at GreenPort 2006

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As container ships get bigger, as LNG projects proliferate, as ports compete for traffic, inevitably the call to deepen approach channels, harbours and berths grows louder. And in some cases, so do…

1st December 2005

Politics never far away

1st December 2005

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The rationale for capital and maintenance dredging is one thing but land reclamation is driven by an entirely separate set of criteria. Many ports still have little idea of the economics involved…

1st December 2005

The reclaim game

1st December 2005

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

How does a port or terminal go about determining how good it is? Does it benchmark - against its nearest rival, a world league table, or what?

1st December 2005

Benchmarking to get ahead

1st December 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

It is estimated that Felixstowe has almost doubled its throughput, without the need for additional equipment, since introducing its Tug Scheduling System (TSS). TSS is a bespoke system which provides real time…

1st December 2005

Integrate software to increase throughput

1st December 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

For maximum productivity, container handling must be synchronised from the quay to the yard. Benedict Young investigates.

1st December 2005

That short but critical distance

1st December 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Durbans new Pier 1 is set to deliver major new capacity and switch to an RTG system in the process but the jury is still out on the role of the private…

1st December 2005

Durban deliberates

1st December 2005

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Despite the strikes on the warship USS COLE in 2000 and the French VLCC LINDBERG in 2002, attacks from the sea remain a much neglected area of security to which ports are…

1st December 2005

Can booms protect our ports?

1st December 2005