Operations News – Page 74
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NewsGreenfield caution harming capacity expansion
Underinvestment and cautious investor sentiment towards greenfield projects is partly to blame for container terminal capacity expansion falling to not much more than 10% of existing capacity in the next five years, the lowest proportion ever.
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Ports urged to grasp ‘trusted broker’ role in data
Ports must urgently embrace their role as ‘trusted broker’ to get real value from the mass of data available to them and their stakeholders.
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Barrier to take-up of shoreside power
Prohibitively expensive shoreside power projects are restricting the widespread take-up of plug-in solutions at global ports.
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NewsAir quality tops priorities in ESPO report
Air quality remains the top priority of European ports with energy consumption and noise closely behind, ESPO’s Environmental Report for 2018 shows.
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NewsBallard fuel cell modules to power LA trucks
Ballard Power Systems will provide fuel cell modules to power two zero-emissions terminal yard trucks at the Port of Los Angeles in a bid to prove the technology’s commercial viability in a real and busy operational environment.
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NewsHow smart ports could look in 2038
An imagining of how port technology will operate in 2038 has highlighted the logistical and legal issues with the common use of AI, automation and other currently emerging technologies.
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NewsHackathon winner solves ETA irregularities
chainPORT Hackathon winner Rombit has made waves in Antwerp with its solution to optimise often-inaccurate ship arrival times.
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Critical cyber security weakness revealed
Junior staff in port operations are a crushing weak spot for ports as they look to build up their cyber security resilience, a specialist has warned.
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NewsLong Beach to show microgrid efficiency
The Port of Long Beach will build and demonstrate a US$7.1m ‘microgrid’ to show the renewable technology’s effectiveness in providing a clean, reliable supply of electricity for critical operations.
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NewsITF advises: keep port planning options open
Port planning should consider a full range of potential scenarios for trade and containerisation, an International Transport Forum (ITF) roundtable on container port strategy has found.
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NewsComfort in the workplace
Ergonomic issues do not disappear with the transfer of crane operators from cabins to remote-control workstations, writes Stevie Knight.
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NewsPort standardisation: cleared for take-off
INFORM’s Matthew Wittemeier explains why ports can learn from mistakes made in the airport industry on setting data standards.
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NewsSpeaking up for a port
Felicity Landon reports on ''ambassador'' programmes, where well-informed, enthusiastic and influential people champion ports.
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NewsTariffs cast a breakbulk-sized shadow
Trade spats may disrupt steel and aluminium flows, but there’s still plenty of positivity around other breakbulk cargoes. John Bensalhia reports.
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NewsA flight path for risk mitigation
Are drones simply an eye in the sky or a fly in the ointment for insurers, asks Stevie Knight?
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NewsSimple maths shores up PANYNJ prowess
New York/New Jersey is likely to remain the dominant US East Coast port for some time, says Martin Rushmere.
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NewsConveying more than bulk cargoes
Fire incidents involving conveyors highlight the dangers of poorly maintained and closed systems, finds Iain MacIntyre.
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NewsOECD: Data sharing standards a must
Public authorities should support the creation of open standards in maritime logistics to develop a data-sharing configuration that is useful to all players in the supply chain, the International Transport Forum (ITF) has said.
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NewsBlockchain to help China’s port clearance
A new joint venture (JV) aims to utilise blockchain and super artificial intelligence to streamline digital supply chain services for the Asia-Pacific Model E-Port Network (APMEN), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation''s online port clearance system, with operations due to begin soon in the ports of Shanghai and Guangdong.
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NewsOffshore wind hampered by port capability
Analysis of 96 European ports as part of a Carbon Trust report reveals few are fully equipped to undertake quay-side operations necessary to support the floating offshore wind sector.
