Operations News – Page 84

  • Power pack: accelerators can turn up the dial on startup success
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    Fostering innovation

    2017-11-06T10:14:00Z

    Startups can bring fresh thinking to sometimes staid port practises, explains Iain MacIntyre

  • Grain growth: a new flour mill is boosting volumes at Subic
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    Subic’s revival

    2017-11-06T09:59:00Z

    Growing port builds on its reputation as a viable alternative to congested Manila. Michael King reports

  • Tech support: AT&T is involved in a number of port-related IoT projects. Credit: AT&T
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    Smart and visible

    2017-11-06T09:57:00Z

    What does the Internet of Things bring to ports, asks Felicity Landon

  • Inside: there isn't a single unit available that can find all contraband
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    Content conundrum

    2017-11-06T09:46:00Z

    Questions still remain on who is responsible for container screening at ports and how it should be done. Alex Hughes reports

  • Waste not: Ecoslops' refined product can help ports boost their environmental profile
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    Making waste work harder

    2017-11-06T09:39:00Z

    Ecoslops’ Vincent Favier explains what ports can do to facilitate slops disposal

  • Early work: Milford Haven advises that ports run a prequalification process for tenders of a reasonable size or complexity. Credit: Port of Milford Haven
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    Terms and conditions

    2017-11-06T09:33:00Z

    Pitching a port tender just right can be a minefield. Alex Hughes reports

  • More moves: Automated cantilever cranes can triple productivity. Credit: MIT Panama
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    Cantilevers can deliver

    2017-11-06T09:28:00Z

    ABB’s Uno Bryfors explains why ports needn’t restrict themselves to RTGs when upgrading yard operations

  • Development: DP World has invested heavily in Prince Rupert's Fairview Container Terminal. Credit: Port of Prince Rupert
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    Defying expectations

    2017-11-06T09:24:00Z

    The little port that everyone thought couldn’t, has certainly done it. Dismissed as destined for disappointment when development started in earnest in 1975, Prince Rupert this month completed the second phase of its Fairview container terminal, with a capacity of 1.3m teu.

  • Planting endeavours by Laem Chabang International Terminal (LCIT)
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    Operators spearhead Go Green event

    2017-11-02T09:40:00Z

    The fourth annual Go Green port environmental initiative saw 7,500 people across the world take part in activities and attend events under the theme of climate change.

  • Drewry global index
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    August container port throughput at all-time high

    2017-10-26T16:28:00Z

    August’s Drewry global container port throughput index reached an all-time high of 126.8 points.

  • APM Terminals has cut fatalities by 93% in three years. Credit: APM Terminals
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    APMT safety campaign slashes fatalities

    2017-10-26T15:51:00Z

    A safety campaign prompted by a “black year” for fatalities at APM Terminals’ global terminals in 2014 has led to a 93% decline in the number of fatalities in three years.

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    World Bank expands port governance guidelines

    2017-10-26T10:43:00Z

    A recently published World Bank Viewpoint has delivered detailed insight on port governance.

  • Frank Kho: “Terminals all around the world must now consider major investments and changes”
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    Terminals should brace themselves to feel huge impact from alliances

    2017-10-23T13:16:00Z

    The real impact to terminals from consolidation and shipping alliances is yet to come, but when it does arrive it will be huge.

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    ESPO unveils sustainability agenda

    2017-10-19T23:17:00Z

    The secretary general of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) unveiled the representative body’s sustainability agenda for the upcoming months at the GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise conference for 2017.

  • Free flow: finer materials call for a different type of grab
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    Keeping a hold

    2017-10-19T12:34:00Z

    Grab innovation means bigger loads at faster speeds, finds John Bensalhia

  • Increase: COSCO Shipping Group, owner of COSCO Shipping Ports and Piraeus Container Terminal (pictured) is expected to add the most capacity of any global terminal operator over the next five years
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    Turning a corner

    2017-10-09T15:56:00Z

    Recovery seems to be on the horizon for some regions, finds Iain MacIntyre

  • Patterns: better weather monitoring and management can be beneficial for ports and their surrounding communities. Credit: James Baker, https://bestreviewsbase.com
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    Eye on the storm

    2017-10-09T15:55:00Z

    Envirosuite’s Chaim Kolominskas explains how ports can benefit from a new approach to environmental management

  • Close comfort: Helsinki has taken automooring technology to heart
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    Flowering in the cold

    2017-10-09T15:54:00Z

    Helsinki has carved a niche nurturing tech innovation, finds Stevie Knight

  • Lower volumes: steel exports are down at Los Angeles. Credit: Port of Los Angeles
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    Steel unknowns

    2017-10-09T15:54:00Z

    US ports will suffer from cutbacks in steel imports, finds Martin Rushmere

  • Antti Kaunonen: "When suppliers pitch for an automation job, they want to talk about their unique solution and not about standards. This means that the industry is not able to ‘copy with pride’"
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    Automation: ‘copy with pride’

    2017-10-09T15:53:00Z

    Kalmar’s Antti Kaunonen explains to Carly Fields why we need automation standards