Operations News – Page 136
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NewsGate feature Pt 1
OCR technology should be combined with human checkers for best effect, as Alex Hughes finds out
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NewsBottom up approach
One factor tells more than any other. "Preparation," Dave Herrod of ABP admits, "is always a problem." He adds: "Virtually all paint manufacturers specify that the steel should be shot blasted to a certain standard."
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NewsShining up your kit
What about painting machinery? Quayside cranes, passenger walkways, link spans etc are all important and expensive to take out of service. ABP''s approach is to specify a high quality coating from new and, ideally, carry out maintenance repainting "before corrosion sets in and the steel would have to be stripped ...
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NewsCracking up?
It''s a pay off between maintenance and robustness when it comes to paint choice. Stevie Knight reports
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NewsCuckoo in the nest
There is no doubt about it, trouble seems to be brewing on Germany''s North Sea coast. A couple of years ago, Bremerhaven box port started throwing itself body and soul into an expansion plan that included the construction of a new container terminal and 90 hectares of operating and storage ...
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NewsDifferential GPS improves return on investment for Humber port
Associated British Ports'' operation at Immingham on the Humber, which handles 200,000 teu every year, has taken advantage of DGPS to make its container terminal work harder; to move more cargo in less time; and to do it in a way that protects the safety of employees.
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NewsTotal recall: thinking outside the boxes
Forget expansion, focus resources on better box placement on dock, advises Stuart Pearcey
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Moves division secures CLPE future
Some years ago, CLPE decided not to rely wholly on second-hand sales in order to stay in business over the longer term.
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2nd hand photos
Operators looking for relatively youthful second-hand equipment in today''s market may have to consider acquiring slightly older units, for which demand is less strong.
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News2nd hand equipment
A lack of new sales has hit the supply of equipment to the second hand sector, as Alex Hughes explains
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R22 just won't do!
Topping up chillers for air conditioning and refrigeration units with the refrigerant R22 will be illegal in the European Union by the end of the year and food and other perishable cargo store operators have been warned that they must act now or risk the continuity of mechanical cooling services ...
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NewsKeeping dangerous cargoes safe (REVISED)
Taking care of shore-side workers handling dangerous cargoes can be tough with mis-declaration and a lack of understanding rife, as Patrik Wheater explains
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NewsJakarta port profile
Jakarta''s key port is taking a leaf out of Rotterdam''s books on management, as Mike King discovers
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NewsBRazilians go it alone over ballast water
Five years of waiting for the world to get in step over new rules to control discharge of ships'' ballast water has proved too much for Brazilian authorities, who are to go it alone.
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NewsWe mustn't pay the earth for development
It''s a burden we all have to share; protection of the environment should be top of port developers checklists, as Stuart Pearcey explains
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NewsThe measure of things
Drewry Shipping Consultants advises clients on a host of possible KPIs but again, as Drewry ports director Neil Davidson points out, it all comes down to the way they are measured and used.
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NewsThe key message: keep it simple
Intelligent use of KPIs can have real value in monitoring and improving operational performance. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsMore than just unloaders
There are other, interesting options for ports looking at cement handling.
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Port Everett
For ports looking for a change, there have been some conversions worth appraising.
