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NewsProductivity Portuguese-style
Could Leixões be Europe''s most industrious box terminal? Alex Hughes finds that the Portuguese port is pushing productivity to impressive levels
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NewsFinessing the front end
Bottleneck or smooth security and processing system? Felicity Landon looks at the latest developments in container terminal gate systems
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Navis takes the middle road
As gate automation becomes an increasingly complex mix of technologies and systems, the challenge is how to integrate all of these efficiently and cost effectively.
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NewsOn solid ground
You want a mess on the quayside, dust in the air and complaints from the neighbours? Try handling cement without the right kit. Felicity Landon finds out about best practice
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From ship to shed
A new cement import facility at the Port of Blyth will feature direct pipe discharge from ship to shed. The port has converted one of its newest warehouses on Battleship Wharf for storing cement, and constructed a silo for loading to trucks.
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NewsDust-busters
Ports must make cement dust control their number one priority if they want to keep local residents and authorities on side, as Felicity Landon finds out
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Environmental considerations
Cemex UK''s new cement grinding and blending facility at Tilbury will be located right in the middle of the dock area and receive at least 50% of its raw materials by water.
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NewsDouble vision
The need to boost productivity not only on the quayside but also in the yard is forcing the switch to twin- and quad-lift spreaders,reports Alex Hughes
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NewsLiscont emerges from handling cocoon with full RTG operation
Portugal''s deep-sea container terminal, Liscont, is in the final stages of transforming its yard into a completely rubber-tyred gantry-based (RTG) operation.During Port Strategy''s visit to the terminal in February, a new yard management system had just gone live, although terminal manager Carlos Figueiredo conceded that the thick fog enveloping the ...
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The power of optical character recognition
Optical character recognition (OCR) is a "tremendously powerful technology which nicely complements an efficient gate operating system", says Tideworks''Harvey Bauer.
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NewsWinds of Change
Brownfield sites and generally windy conditions near the coast - what better place than a port to put up wind turbines? Felicity Landon finds out how ports can harness alternative energy
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Record-breaking energy farming
Approval for planned wind farms off the UK''s Kent coast could put the Port of Ramsgate at the centre of the new development. The London Array, the world''s largest wind farm project, will consist of 341 turbines situated between Margate and Clacton.
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NewsBlazing a trail
The United Kingdom port of Blyth is something of a centre of excellence when it comes to renewables.
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NewsFuture-proofing
The trick is to design a low cost terminal with an early start-up,which is ready for future expansion, as Felicity Landon finds out
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Stacking high
How high to stack? Many rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) yards stack one over five and there is talk of one over six becoming more commonplace, says Royal Haskoning''s Jonathan Tyler.
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NewsCrowning glory
A glistening future beckons as Shanghai proves its dominance in the port world. Wing Kah-goh reports
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Shaking new ground
Regarded as very flexible but ''energy hungry''machines, pneumatic unloaders for bulk product are getting more sophisticated and are making use of new types of energy-efficient electronic controls. David Foxwell reports
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NewsCall in the Experts
As terminal throughputs rocket and crane technology becomes increasingly complex,more operators are turning to outside specialists for their equipment maintenance. Felicity Landon reports
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Hands-on approach
In the Port of Liverpool, equipment maintenance at the Seaforth Container Terminal is outsourced - but through some very clearly defined contracts, and the management of these contracts remains with Mersey Ports, says chief engineer Tim Bownes.
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Frontline focus
The Port of Felixstowe employs 230 engineers and the majority of its frontline maintenance - including quay cranes and yard cranes - is carried out in-house, supported by specialist contractors, says Hutchison Ports (UK) spokesman Paul Davey. "We do use some third party contractors and suppliers to maintain other hired ...
