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News“Unprecedented uncertainty” for trade
Global trade prospects in 2018 face an “almost unprecedented level of uncertainty” which calls for caution about expected cargo volume for 2018, Hutchison Port Holdings has said.
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News135 teu millionaire ports
In 2017, 135 ports handled more than 1m teu with these ports handling 84% of the estimated teu volume worldwide.
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NewsEfficiency gains are in automation
Automation and safety should be key areas of focus for ports if they want to improve efficiency, the president and chairman of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association has said.
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NewsMore collaboration needed for green evolution
Efforts by ports to green operations are driving technology development but the whole maritime industry needs to work together to do more, the senior vice president of mobile equipment at Kalmar has said.
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Industry not maximising tech phenomena
The ports and terminals industry is failing to make the most of digitalisation and automation, the chief executive of IT and consultancy firm Data and System Planning has said.
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NewsVolume limit for waste necessary
The European Parliament Rapporteur Gesine Meissner has declared the draft report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism on the review of the Waste Reception Facilities Directive favourable.
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Global operators cash-in on port potential
Global terminal operators are cashing-in on “good opportunities” for port and terminal investment, according to WSP UK technical director Johan-Paul Verschuure.
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NewsUnified environmental voice needed
Ports are moving in the right direction to decrease emissions but there is a lack of global research on how ports are handling impact management, an environmental specialist has stressed.
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Don’t let tech overshadow humans in ports
Technology, organisation, people: that’s the magic triangle that needs to be balanced for successful port operations, according to ISL Applications chief executive Holger Schuett.
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Inland terminals offer opportunities for suppliers
Key opportunities in the ports and terminals market are a result of the changing structure of the nature of inland terminals.
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Still early days for new port tech
The port and terminal industry is still finding its feet with automation and digitalisation, Moffatt & Nichol’s Pekka Ranta has said.
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Stop asking port workers to pilot space shuttles!
Much more investment on the people and processes side of fully-automated terminals is necessary to get the best of available technologies, a Navis executive has told Port Strategy.
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Get on board with cloud technologies, urges XVELA
Cloud-based solutions constitute the technology that will have the greatest effect on the ports and terminals industry today, XVELA chief technology officer Robert Inchausti has said.
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Kalmar: tech opportunities for ports
Kalmar president Antti Kaunonen has identified automation, sharing data and making best use of big data as three key opportunities shaping the ports and terminals industry.
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NewsUnique analysis of transhipment ports
A new report from transport information and consultancy services firm Dynamar has revealed that 24m teu is handled by 20 dominant transhipment ports across the world each year.
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NewsLeading shipper message to ports
Terminal operators should “get to know” the partners involved in port selection, Hapag-Lloyd UK and Ireland managing director Cameron Bowie has advised.
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NewsSafety paramount to port industry leaders
Key figures at the UK’s two biggest port associations have spoken out about the importance of safety.
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NewsPort automation best approached in stages
Taking a step-by-step approach to automation is sensible because it allows for time for terminals to become orientated with functionality and processes, the managing director of LASE has said.
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NewsRealities of “tougher” box terminal sector
The possibility of even-bigger ships, the acceleration of ship cascading and the continuing impact of neo-panamax dimensions on ports are just some of the pressures being placed on container terminals today, according to WSP’s Andrew Penfold.
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NewsPorts benefitting from IoT & autonomous cars
The container port sector is benefitting from huge investments from start-ups and major technology businesses due to the enormous mass-market opportunity for technologies connected to the Internet of Things and autonomous cars — “a market … several orders of magnitude larger than the container shipping industry”.
