Operations News – Page 34
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NewsSpreader refinement
John Bensalhia highlights market and technological trends underway with telescopic spreader usage and design
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NewsContainer monitoring device
New dry container monitoring device gives customers full visibility and traceability throughout the supply chain
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NewsContainer rates alert
How long will shippers continue paying the historically high long-term freight rates?
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NewsNyk Builds In Hydrogen Power Option For Container Handling
The NYK Tokyo Container Terminal has started operating new yard cranes with an option for hydrogen fuel cell power in the future.
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NewsCongestion misconception
There are a lot of misconceptions about congestion. In this definitive article Mike Mundy digs behind the scenes, identifies the root causes and highlights the first of a series of Case Studies that shows that there are those getting it right in the face of adversity.
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NewsCase Study
Kicking off the first in a series of PS Case Studies on combating congestion, Phillip Marsham, Executive Director, Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) and Manila Harbor Centre, ICTSI Group companies, confirms a long list of daily congestion-generated challenges, identifies key tools/actions deployed to minimise their negative impact and highlights the positive results achieved.
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NewsHub to fuel service changes?
The new hub port of Chancay could open the door to substantial changes on how liner operators serve WCSA. Rob Ward unveils the thinking
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NewsNo summer of love in europe
A combination of system congestion further aggravated by strikes present a challenging scenario for container ports in the Hamburg-Le Havre range. AJ Keyes assesses the situation and what the rest of 2022 will bring.
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NewsTransshipment crucial
German ports have battled through a difficult period but continue to maintain a surprisingly strong presence in the transshipment theatre of operations. A J Keyes reviews recent performance.
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NewsHeavyweight hurdles
Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of the port of Antwerp-Bruges, was recently quoted as saying that the container segment of its business portfolio “continues to pose significant challenges.”
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NewsTerminal valuation moves
Johan-Paul Verschuure of Rebel examines valuation activity in the container terminal sector: current and forward trends; investor profiles and strategic thinking
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NewsDCT Gdansk – Expanding Capacity and Reach
The continued success of DCT Gdansk is undeniable. Now, the fast-growing facility is expanding its container terminal capacity to handle 4.65 million TEU per annum (up from 2.9 million TEU) with the construction of a third deep-water terminal (T3) adjacent to the existing DCT Terminals – T1 and T2.
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NewsMSC Going Large in Le Havre
MSC is supporting a substantial new investment at the Port of Le Havre, France, to expand the container handling capabilities at two of the port’s terminals over the next six years.
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NewsKazakhstan looks west
Kazakhstan is looking to consolidate its niche position as an exporter of steam coal to the EU. As Oleksandr Gavrylyuk reports, establishing a secure route to market is key to this
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NewsChancay takes shape
Rob Ward runs the rule over progress with the mammoth China-backed Chancay port project and the competitive implications
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NewsBrexit - uk trade impact
Andrew Penfold analyses the impact of Brexit on UK trade to-date and identifies forward trend lines with particular reference to trade with the EU and secondary European markets
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NewsGraviti offers low-cost flexible handling
ISO containerised bulk handing is being considered for a wide range of cargoes from grains, minerals, and sands, to biofuels, coal, and scrap.
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NewsLarge hybrid shuttle carrier order
Latest order of Kalmar Hybrid Shuttle Carriers brings the Port of Virginia’s total to 103
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NewsFuture proofed terminal operations
State of the art motion fenders have been installed in Argetina
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NewsUK port strikes cause misery
There’s plenty of fallout from the strikes at the UK ports of Felixstowe and Liverpool
