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NewsCautious curiosity
Questions are being asked, but many ports are still not serious about building facilities to support automation, reports David Foxwell
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NewsIn-built intelligence key to successful automation
With shipping lines demanding higher productivity and reduced handling costs, terminals that don''t have the ability to implement new technology are less likely to be able to provide efficiency improvements, as David Foxwell reports
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Speed up, tone down and save time
Users such as Ceres Paragon Terminals say automation and a high specification TOS has a number of benefits. Ceres Paragon claims to operate the fastest container terminal in the world, and will be the first marine terminal to integrate IT systems provided by Navis with image acquisition portals, weigh-in-motion scales, ...
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NewsSpace: the final frontier
Ports handling vehicles are finding more inventive ways to store cars, moving up rather than out. But authorities still find themselves juggling the needs of containers against cars, reports Felicity Landon
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NewsMoving up a gear
With many car manufacturers facing tough times, it''s no surprise that this filters through the supply chain, leading to significant pressure on port and stevedore rates. Felicity Landon finds out what the customers want - and how the ports are working to deliver it What must ports provide for their ...
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So what do customers want?
Simon Bird, chief executive, Bristol Port Company: ''The ships need fast and efficient turnround. They want to be in and out. We have to provide 24/7 service and 99 times out of 100 we give them labour on arrival.
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Driving beyond traditional port services
For Europe''s leading vehicle handling ports, loading and unloading units and watching over car parks is only a part of the equation.
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NewsBreaking box boundaries
The next big jump in containership design is imminent, so what are the implications for containerports, asks Mike Mundy 19No it''s not going to stop - the 10,000 teu barrier will well and truly be broken in the near future, containerships will continue to get bigger and ports will have ...
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NewsMidas touch misses Manila
Lower first quarter throughput figures belie ICTSI''s success outside of the Philippines. Is it time to return to base? Peter Trevalyn investigates
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NewsFull steam ahead
Booming German coal imports are being hotly chased by ports in the know, as mainland Europe powers ahead with generation plant developments. Mike King sees what all the fuss is about
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Burning desire to win power plant business
Plans to construct a series of new coal-fired power plants in Dutch ports are creating huge interest among terminal operators.
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NewsHeavy lifters won't over-reach themselves
Reachstackers may well be the preferred choice for container handling in the European ports market, but heavy duty container handling FLTs continue to be in demand, where the situation suits their use, as David Foxwell explains
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NewsLook beyond the second-hand stigma
Experience shows that used equipment can provide an efficient and timely alternative to new units, and the service base is more sophisticated than you might think
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NewsPavement performance revisited
Nigel Nixon BSc, CEng, FICE, PE and Mark Smallbridge BSc, CEng, MICE, PE, two well known " names" in pavement design, put the case for roller compacted concrete pavement design in heavy duty applications
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NewsIs there an Independent in the room?
Who are you really getting into bed with in the new age of the non-independent terminal operator?
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NewsPaper Mate
The deployment of supply chain expertise in the set-up and operation of the Port of Tilbury''s Enterprise Distribution Centre has proved a decisive factor in its success
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NewsReach stackers: six big questions
Steve Cameron put six critical questions to reach stacker producers and users. The answers supplied offer major assistance to identifying the right machine at the right price
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NewsMobile power
The addition of a new bespoke design mobile has significantly enhanced steel slab handling operations at Tees Port
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NewsNo longer all at sea
While the recent emphasis on port security has been centred on cargo, little attention has been paid to actively scanning individuals, many of whom regularly access port terminals as part of their legitimate employment. Alex Hughes reports.
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NewsLine boss adds his voice
Chuck Raymond, ceo of Horizon Lines, has commented on port security in the wake of the DP World debacle. Raymond is past Chairman of the National Advisory Council on the Maritime Transportation System and the Security sub-committee of that council and also a member of the National Maritime Security Advisory ...
