Operations News – Page 162
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NewsBIG CRANE BONANZA
The global demand for outsized ship-to-shore container gantry cranes is still growing apace, with another record delivery due in 2004 and substantial orders already placed for 2005 completion. Andrew Foxcroft reports.
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NewsBIG IS NOT ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL
The ICTSI game plan to acquire new terminals overseas has a niche orientation that plays to the company''s strengths. Alex Hughes reports.
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NewsENSURING SECURITY WHILST INCREASING EFFICIENCY
Despite a lack of agreed standards, there''s a wide range of technologies available to increase security while enhancing efficiencies in container terminals, writes Benedict Young.
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NewsA SWELL SOLUTION FOR DOVER
Dover is to be the first European port to install an automated mooring system using vacuum technology and developed by Mooring Systems (MSL), following the signing earlier this year of a European licensing agreement between MSL and Cavotec Group in the Netherlands. David Foxwell explains.
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NewsLOCATION CONTAINERISATION AUTOMATION
The question of whether the reefer container will take over from traditional cold storage systems is still open to debate. Alex Hughes asks three terminals around the world for their thoughts on this and the investment in equipment and technology needed to keep their facilities in business.
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NewsONE CAREFUL OWNER FULL SERVICE HISTORY. . .
The trade in secondhand (or pre-owned) cargo handling equipment is booming. From forklifts and terminal tractors to ship-to-shore gantries and entire bulk terminal projects, demand is outstripping supply as Nick Elliott finds.
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CUSTOMERS WANT LEASING OPTION
Dirk Groth says in the past the trend was to buy secondhand equipment but customers are now asking for the option of leasing which can be expensive, depending on country and/or the client, as banks and leasing companies have their own differing risk assessments for this country or that borrower. ...
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DON'T MENTION THE R WORD
reports on the possibility of rationalisation in Singapore''s ports sector - both at home and abroad. The Republic''s new pm has recognised that competition is played out on the world stage, and the stakes are high.
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LOWER LIFTIME COSTS AND AUTOMATION GIVE THEM THE EDGE
As with all cargo handling equipment, in theory at least, the bigger and more productive the machine, the lower the lifetime costs. VoestAlpine' Manfred Schaffer emphasises that in order to evaluate capital investment, lifetime costs and return on investment factors, you must compare the stacker reclaimer with alternative technologies - ...
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NewsSHIPPING SURGE CREATES CONGESTION
Despite relief efforts, congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest port complex in the United States, was worsening as the holiday shipping season kicked into high gear. With the backlog at the ports expected to continue for the next several months, pressure to deliver holiday ...
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NewsCHINA AND INDIA DEMAND FUEL MARKET
It is said that stockyard operations dictate the overall capability and efficiency of a bulk terminal.
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NewsTHE CAPPUCCINO CONUNDRUM
Melbourne''s Pier 35 with its nautical architecture housing a restaurant, retail and office accommodation, provides visual interest to the city''s waterfront scene. Commercial port operations meet the cafe crowd and yachting fraternity downstream of the emerging high-rise apartment precinct at Docklands, a phenomenon termed the " Cappuccinoisation" of Australia''s port ...
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NewsTHE SHARP END
Prolific innovation is helping to maintain strong competition between spreader manufacturers. Benedict Young explores the latest product developments which promise to enhance terminal operations.
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NewsNUDGING OUT THE ROAD TRUCK
Terminal tractors are consolidating their position as the logical choice for moving boxes and trailers around, edging the clumsier road truck out - particularly nowadays in Asia - and showing no great concern over the potential threat from alternative machines. In its march towards supremacy however, significant advances are also ...
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NewsMORTAR IN THE WATER
Another way to reinforce steel piling that has been subjected to ALWC is to use a reinforcing concrete. UK-based Flexcrete uses a wide range of purpose-designed marine mortars, sprayed mortars and unique cementitious coatings based on its advanced microsilica, polymer and fibre technology, to protect marine structures.
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NewsSEEKING SOLUTIONS TO ALWC
Despite extensive research now being undertaken, for the time being there is little comprehensive, independent, user-friendly guidance available about Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC), perhaps the most serious problem affecting steel piling in ports and harbours today. David Foxwell investigates.
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NewsREACH OR LIFT WHAT'S IT TO BE?
The debate rumbles on: is a reachstacker better suited to handling full containers in the yard than a forklift? Nick Elliott finds there are arguments for either solution.
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AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT?
So how does it all stack up in terms of cost efficiency? Dan Pettersson, Kalmar' s product manager, says: " We' re not much into the argument between FLTs and reachstackers. Most of the world has recognised that the reachstacker is in most cases a more efficient and cost-effective handling ...
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NewsHORSES FOR COURSES
What characterises the port planning consultant' s role today? Nick Elliott talks to some leading players and finds whilst each has its own particular perspective, some issues are common to all.
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NewsTHE CALIFORNIAN WAY
Duane Kenagy and Larry Nye of US consultants Moffatt & Nichol (M& N) report on developments in California to ensure containers move quickly and cleanly through the port interface.
