Operations News – Page 109
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NewsBag for life
On dock bagging services offer value-added services for port customers. John Bensalhia reports
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NewsPlaying the long game
In the US the LNG bunkering sector is dominated by a very small number of players. One, in fact.
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NewsHammering out a future
Ports looking to diversfy can be in charge of their own cargo destiny, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsNo easy way in
While ports in emerging markets may be interesting for strategic reasons - especially if they are concerned with energy cargo - these facilities can be challenging for ships to approach.
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NewsIn the shallow end
Tackling depth blackspots can be a key to increased productivity, explains Stevie Knight
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NewsSolutions for bulk
Traditional bulk facilities and mixed cargo terminals need more comprehensive TOS coverage as Alex Hughes finds out
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NewsWish list for good conduct
Ron Neele, representing FENEX, has drawn up an early five-point ‘wish list’ for forwarders, which makes useful reading for many other ports considering initiating a code of conduct.
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NewsCracking the code
Could a port-wide ‘code of conduct’ speed cargo flows and tighten up logistics chains? Felicity Landon reports
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NewsFocus and feedback
Benjamin Franklin may once have claimed that “well done is better than well said”, but good feedback will ensure that word spreads and the customer base widens.
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NewsHigh maintenance
Independent maintenance, repair and overhaul companies are making their mark, as John Bensalhia finds out
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Broad range of lighting opinions
As the LEP versus LED battle rages on, similarities and differences, strengths and weaknesses are being tossed around by industry experts.
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NewsLight pools
The LEP vs LED debate is causing a storm in port lighting circles as Alex Hughes explains
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Aversion to PPPs
Public private partnerships in the Philippines have not, generally speaking, fared well.
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NewsFeedering fan
MICT offers some instructive lessons to its peers in feeder terminal operation, reports Mike Mundy
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NewsDampier’s first floating deck is expected to be commissioned in early January 2014
Dampier’s first floating deck is expected to be commissioned in JanuaryOne port which has created its own solution is the Dampier Port Authority in West Australia, where chief operating officer Captain Paul Toussaint-Jackson has devised a floating deck transhipment system featuring a deck which moves back and forth between landside ...
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NewsSwitching on to Salalah's savings
The Port of Salalah''s SWITCH programme aims to reduce the port’s carbon offset by 25% by 2014 and as part of the project the port has launched 17 ongoing initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and waste over the last three years.
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NewsReducing run-off
Reducing the environmental import of port development can actually save money.
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NewsCargo shift
Ports are looking to specialist solutions for bulk transhipments, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out
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NewsEngine of growth
Transhipment and being No 1 are not part of Jaxport''s plan, finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsAn intermodal project with added roar
Port of Hamburg Marketing (HHM) is one of the partners in the EU-funded TIGER project, which aims to improve the competitiveness and uptake of rail transport in logistics chains.
