Port talk – Page 3

  • Shift work makes it much harder for equipment operators to concentrate. Credit Trondheim Havn
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    Dangers of workforce fatigue

    2016-04-14T08:48:00Z

    TT Club’s Peregrine Storrs-Fox considers an often over-looked risk in the cargo handling business

  • Double vision: interaction can be just as important as analysis.Credit: Helen Cook
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    Learn from past mistakes

    2016-03-26T17:15:00Z

    By Peter de Langen and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight the top five strategy errors made by ports

  • Home grown: Peel Ports plans to 'grow its own', with graduate trainee schemes, apprenticeships and employee development programmes
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    A watershed moment for recruitment

    2016-02-22T17:00:00Z

    Peel Ports’ Howard Sloane explains why it’s time to throw out the HR rulebook

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    Conflict resolution

    2015-11-03T10:09:00Z

    GAC Lebanon''s Simon Bejjani discusses new opportunities on offer in the country''s supply chain

  • Mixed bag: any type of cargo can benefit from port-centric logistics. Credit: Dave R
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    Buzz term or innovation?

    2015-11-03T10:08:00Z

    Solvo’s Daniel Pershin asks whether the modern day port-centric logistics concept can deliver on its promises

  • Together: unions want a real commitment to port health and safety. Credit: Maritime Union of New Zealand
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    The hard line

    2015-10-10T20:46:00Z

    Relax on health and safety in ports? Not a chance, says the ITF''s Paddy Crumlin

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    No magic productivity pills

    2015-09-07T13:25:00Z

    Carly Fields talks with Navis’ Oscar Pernia about evolutionary changes in port performance

  • At risk: hacking has serious implications for ports. Credit: www.perspecsys.com
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    Who stole my container?

    2015-09-07T13:24:00Z

    TT Club''s Laurence Jones explains why cybercrime is a rising threat to ports

  • Stacking up: issues with twistlocks can be fatal. Credit: Brad Delamotte
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    Putting safety first

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    Andrew Ryan asks whether operators take twistlock problems seriously enough

  • Technology surge: the number of devices in a port is increasing at an incredible rate
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    A stitch in time

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    JLT Mobile Computers'' Per Holmberg explains why the choice of components is vital

  • Secure: container packing can be just as important as weighing. Credit: Bakoko
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    Beware trucks bearing 'gifts'

    2015-05-29T16:45:00Z

    TT Club’s Laurence Jones urges ports to look beyond the container weighing headlines

  • Blue sky: carriers might find the answer to terminal collaboration in the cloud. Credit: Jnzl's Public Domain Photos
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    Cloud control

    2015-05-29T16:44:00Z

    XVELA''s Christopher Mazza explains why carrier-terminal collaboration could find a home in the cloud

  • New media: the dynamic development of Instagram should be an inspiration to ports. Credit: Esther Vargas
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    Innovation, disruption and survival

    2015-05-29T16:44:00Z

    We''re just not innovating enough, warns APS Technology''s Allen Thomas

  • Win-win: controlling emissions from ships helps ports out
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    Benefits of environmental ratings

    2015-04-27T13:56:00Z

    RightShip’s Warwick Norman explains why ports are getting on the emissions-cutting bandwagon

  • Testing: Beirut knows how damaging a small group of opponents can be. Credit: Rachid H
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    Drumming up public support

    2015-04-03T19:26:00Z

    Public Strategy Group''s Al Maiorino explains the importance of getting early public support for port projects

  • Look out: terminals need to take more care of reefer containers
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    Keeping chillers in check

    2015-04-03T19:26:00Z

    TT Club''s Laurence Jones explains how ports can play their part in reducing global starvation

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    A matter of definition

    2015-03-13T10:00:00Z

    Aecom’s Rodrigo Castilho, Krystle McBride, Mark Sisson explain why capacity is never black and white

  • On target: Kalmar's process automation solution makes ditigalisation work for ports
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    Digitalisation: not my business?

    2015-02-10T10:27:00Z

    Kalmar''s Frank Kho explains the benefits that increased digitalisation brings to the port sector

  • Big berth: the arrival of the world's largest containerships make information flow all the more important for ports. Credit: Lukoil Marine
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    Integrate with information

    2015-02-10T10:27:00Z

    ABB''s Fredrik Johansson and Björn Henriksson explain why integration can meet changing container trade dynamics

  • Risk taker: someone needs to be responsible for crane lockdowns when the weather turns. Credit: Evan Leeson
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    When a foul wind blows

    2014-12-17T10:00:00Z

    Laurence Jones warns that someone needs to take responsibility for windstorm lockdowns of cranes. Despite an historically long run of relatively benign North Atlantic hurricane seasons, most people now accept that climate change is happening and we are now seeing severe windstorms in locations they have seldom occurred before.