Operations News – Page 59
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NewsMAKING A CONNECTION
For freight to achieve predictability of movement, port and terminal development has to rise to the challenge of achieving efficient, congestion free, connectivity with hinterland markets. Mike Mundy assesses the road ahead.
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NewsPorts key to hydrogen development
The role that ports can play in the development of the hydrogen industry will be highlighted in the second edition of the World Hydrogen Summit.
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NewsBUILDING ROBUST REVENUES PART 2
Highly-respected industry analyst, Andrew Penfold, considers service and contractual issues that promote long-term sustainable relations between shipping lines and container terminal operators.
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NewsCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
John Bensalhia assesses the rubber tyred gantry sector identifying positive demand and ongoing design innovation including for what can be dubbed “conventional units”.
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NewsMilestone for container exchange scheme
An initiative launched to organise the efficient exchange by rail of containers between terminals in the Port of Rotterdam has passed the 100,000 TEU mark.
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NewsGREEN DRIVER OR DIVERSION?
Has the drive for sustainability been knocked off course by COVID-19? Or might the pandemic actually focus minds on the green road ahead? Felicity Landon reports.
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NewsUK ports ‘somewhat confident” about business
Two-thirds of UK ports feel ‘somewhat confident’ about the business outlook for 2021, a new survey shows.
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News‘HYDROGENISATION’ DRIVES ON
Johan-Paul Verschuure of advisory group Rebel explains what is in store for the port sector as hydrogen continues its upward trajectory across the ports and shipping industry
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NewsQuarter of ports see higher no of containers
One out of four ports are dealing with a higher than normal number of empty containers.
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NewsTerminal operators face cost pressures
Terminal operators will continue to face cost pressures as the industry handles the latest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, finds Drewry.
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NewsCargotec to sell Navis
Cargotec’s board of directors has decided to initiate a sales process for its Navis software business.
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NewsCONGESTION COLLABORATION
After months of falling throughput volumes, a number of ports across the world are now seeing congestion. AJ Keyes asks if this is due to the rebound from COVID-19 or if other factors are in play?
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NewsBUILDING ROBUST REVENUES
In the first of a two-part series of articles, renowned industry analyst, Andrew Penfold, considers the creative approaches open to container terminal operators to consolidate and expand terminal revenues in a challenging marketplace.
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NewsECH FLTs ADVANCE AT PACE
Backed by strong demand, design innovation with empty container handling FLT product lines continues apace. John Bensalhia investigates.
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NewsHinterland delays creep up
There has been an increase in delays on the intermodal connections between ports and the hinterlands, including cross-border cargo traffic, a new report finds.
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NewsUK FREEPORTS: A SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITY
COMMENT: The UK Government consultation on freeports’ was launched in February 2020 with an opening salvo to establish up to ten of them in the UK, writes Charles Haine.
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NewsInvestment appetite at TOC Americas 2020
Ports and terminal operators demonstrated an appetite for investment at TOC Americas 2020, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the maritime sector.
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NewsVOLUMES, COSTS, ALTERNATIVES
The world’s most famous waterways, the Suez and Panama canals, have been rivals for over a century. But the flows are now changing, says Stevie Knight.
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NewsDrones to help with port control
Drones will be used to support enforcement and control in the Antwerp port area with a view to improving overall safety.
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NewsIAPH focuses on energy, data and resilience
The IAPH has declared a new strategic course of action with technical committees to focus on climate and energy, data collaboration and risk and resilience.
