Operations Header – Page 118
-
News
Sophistication and standards
In terms of port development, Africa is still the least sophisticated region, with only South Africa keeping up with the latest moves.
-
News
Need for vigilance
A secure port is a good way to get more business, as Martin Rushmere explains
-
NewsRemote breakthrough could catch on fast
The two Maasvlakte 2 terminal orders show that the remote control of STS cranes has made its breakthrough, according to ABB. The company expects other terminals and terminal operators to follow.
-
NewsRemain grounded
Europe''s first remotely controlled STS crane orders get pulses racing, as Felicity Landon discovers
-
NewsCustomer collaboration counts
Many crane grab manufacturers are working in close collaboration with customers in order to provide them with the right choice.
-
NewsEvery last detail
Grab manufacturers are meeting the demands of the job, as John Bensalhia discovers
-
News
Plan for it 'going wrong'
An inherent Achilles’ heel with greater reliance on computer-based terminal maintenance management - ie, system failure - can be negated with appropriate planning, according to industry experts approached by Port Strategy, writes Iain MacIntyre.
-
NewsMaintaining control
The ''if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ maintenance mentality needs a serious rethink, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out
-
NewsLook to a more automated future
APM Terminals'' Frank Tazelaar sees a future speckled with automated terminals, particularly in north-western Europe and the US.
-
NewsCargotec enters the AGV fray
Earlier this year, PSA announced that it had asked ZPMC and Singapore Technologies Kinetics Limited to each develop an AGV prototype with energy-efficient hybrid technology. As part of the project, Cargotec was contracted to supply a common equipment navigation system.
-
NewsAutomation justification
Automated guided vehicles make sense on a productivity and a labour cost front if the expense can be justified. Alex Hughes report
-
NewsTowards a zero emissions reachstacker
As governments across the world insist on engines being ever cleaner, is it realistic to assume that one day we can expect to see a 100% green reachstacker? The manufacturers we approached were split on this point.
-
NewsMoving targets
Comparing apples with apples is mission near-impossible when it comes to reachstacker emissions, as Alex Hughes finds out
-
NewsBridging the gap
Finding access that will adapt to suit future ship design changes can be a challenge, Stevie Knight explains
-
NewsLinking all the European strands
Port Integration, a European Union Interreg project, has brought together 13 port and political partners from ten EU countries and Russia for three years of workshops and best practice visits.
-
NewsStrength in numbers
United they stand, divided they fall? Felicity Landon asks what ports can gain by working together
-
NewsEpicentre of Gulf trade
Characterised by steady growth, Houston remains the main anchor of the Gulf. Martin Rushmere reports
-
NewsSpeed study will mould future design
In its effort to determine reasonable and relevant berthing velocities for the design of fender systems, PIANC Working Group (WG) 145 is continuing to collect and analyse berthing data from sources around the world.
-
NewsCredibility check
Do third party assembled fenders compared with original equipment manufactured products?
-
NewsDusting off the handling questions
It’s a conundrum: although dry, granular bulk is traditionally a simple and low cost cargo, Stevie Knight finds out the handling machinery is being pushed relentllessly in the other direction.
