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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Mobile pneumatic ship unloaders find their place where flexibility comes before pure capacity - and if storage space is at a premium, reports Alex Hughes .

1st January 2004

MOBILITY EQUALS FLEXIBILITY

1st January 2004

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The varied nature of construction works for port developments gives rise to a number of specific issues of which port developers and financiers need to be aware, writes Patrick Leece .

1st January 2004

QUAY CONSTRUCTION ISSUES

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Nick Elliott asks contractors what are the benefits to the terminal of contracting out equipment maintenance.

1st January 2004

OUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE: Thought About it Recently?

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Fazilette Khan casts an eye over the automation of the RTG, its perceived limitations and advantages.

1st January 2004

RTGs-R-US

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The decision whether or not to outsource maintenance is influenced by different factors in different situations, writes Ted Adlard .

1st January 2004

OUTSOURCING MAINTENANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN AFRICAN EXPERIENCE

1st January 2004

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

By bringing efficiencies to their shipowner principals, shipping agents can help solve the port congestion problem, argue the boys from Inchcape Shipping Services.

1st January 2004

CAN THE AGENT HELP BEAT CONGESTION?

1st January 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The award of the Luanda container terminal concession has not been without controversy, raising local and broad-based issues regarding the management and operation of container terminals by groups with strong shipping line…

1st January 2004

LUANDA DECISION RAISES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Strategy and future planning at Europes biggest inland seaport and logistics service centre, Duisburg on the Rhine, appeared under a cloud as the year changed after reports that both the German Government…

1st January 2004

CARVE-UP THREAT TO DUISURG EXPANSION STRATEGY

1st January 2004

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Simon Gradassi compares container scanning systems and argues for a step-by-step approach to implementation.

1st January 2004

Revealing All

1st January 2004

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Many things in the terminal industry cost the same wherever you happen to be. The crane and reach stacker suppliers will name you a price, off-the-shelf terminal management software will cost the…

1st January 2004

THE PRICE OF A STEVEDORE

1st January 2004

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The diversity of activity surrounding a port never ceases to impress. Its a microcosm of trade and logistics, labour relations, security issues, IT, investment in equipment and infrastructure, insurance, the law, marketing,…

1st January 2004

SEEING THE BIGGER PICTURE

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The three ports of Spains Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Castellon and Alicante) region will invest a combined € 397.25m in 2004, up 50% over 2002. Of this, € 115m will be contributed by…

1st January 2004

Spanish ports invest

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains Aviles port authority is to undertake a feasibility study into building a new vehicles terminal on the southern area of the San Juan Quay.

1st January 2004

Ailes new vehicles terminal

1st January 2004

ASIA

ASIA

During the past year, 1,100 new longshoremen were hired, increasing employment for an industry that already supports 228,000 jobs in the region.Cosco Pacific, the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of China's largest shipping line,…

1st January 2004

Cosco to invest in Tianjin

1st January 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The South Korean port of Busan expects to be back to its previous operational state by April following repair to major damage inflicted by Typhoon Maemi last September. Eleven quayside gantry cranes…

1st January 2004

Busan back on track

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Thamesport (TMP) has resurfaced its 27,000 sq metre North Park with 70mm of DBM binder course, which was then finished with a 35mm layer of stone mastic asphalt surface course. The North…

1st January 2004

Thamesport resurfaces

1st January 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The Japanese Transport Ministry is to introduce three pilot projects aimed at streamlining container handling. Five ports are under consideration as being suitable locations for the trials, these being Tokyo-Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka-Kobe,…

1st January 2004

Japanese promote efficiency

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

At present, container terminals at these ports are divided into completely separate berth operations, often managed by totally distinct stevedoring outfits employing a bewildering variety of loading and handling systems. As part…

1st January 2004

Auction in Genoa

1st January 2004

ASIA

ASIA

The government of Bangladesh has ratified a contract awarded to China Harbour for the construction of the New Mooring container terminal at the port of Chittagong at a cost oUS$134m. Once built,…

1st January 2004

New Mooring terminal to go ahead

1st January 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Bilbaos ATM container terminal has stolen another client from rival port stevedore TMB.

1st January 2004

ATM steals from TMB

1st January 2004