All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1172
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Columbia River deepening "key infrastructure project"
A proposed deepening of the Columbia River has become "one of the most important infrastructure projects in a generation", according to the Port of Portland''s marine director Sam Ruda. Mr Ruda tells Port Strategy: "We''re always focused on the Federal Water Resources Development Act and annual federal appropriations bills for ...
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NewsThames tidier carves out waste niche
A clean slate: keeping the River Thames tidyAccording to port environmental officer Alasdair Kerr, the port authority treats all waste as though it were Category I Food Waste, which effectively means disposal has to be strictly managed. For example, the contents of each wheelie bin are fed into a compactor, ...
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Ticking the storage boxes
When it comes to storage, ports are all seeking the same thing: a sturdy, weatherproof facility at minimum cost and disruption, according to Amanda Clarkson of Collinson, BestHall''s UK representative. "They want a storage space uninterrupted by stanchions to enable free movement of forklift trucks, etc. Some want a controlled ...
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Lower lead time a boon for users
The average lead time for a quayside gantry crane is now in the region of 15 months, a period that Gerry Bunyan, sales and marketing manager for Liebherr''s container cranes division, believes is more than satisfactory for the industry.
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NewsTo Boldly Go...
"You must play boldly to win."So said Arnold Palmer, famous American golfer and obviously someone Captain Richard Setchell of Sydney-based Anglo Ports has a good deal in common with.
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NewsThe Blame Game
Environmental concerns are impacting on how ports in the EU dispose not only of ship borne waste, but also of contaminated sediment. Alex Hughes reports
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IADC points to bigger picture
The whole environment should be taken into account when considering port developments - including ecological, economic, social, cultural, political and technical, says Constantijn Dolmans, secretary general of the International Association of Dredging Companies. Port planning is therefore determined by environmental issues in their broadest sense, he says."In the ecological sense,it ...
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NewsCraning for a better view
China may house the price leaders in the manufacture of quayside gantry cranes but the technical forefathers are still found in Europe. Alex Hughes headed west to find out what operators can expect in the near future
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NewsLet Battle Commence
Mediterranean Shipping Company has had enough of what it sees as a non-competitive environment in the Port of Buenos Aires and is making a stand. Mike Mundy reports on the war being waged
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NewsBringing dredging waste back to life
With growing concerns regarding the environmental impact of dredging waste, Virotec believes there is increasing scope for its ViroSoil technology - one of a range of solutions developed for the treatment of contaminated soils and waters.
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NewsAll-round storage solution
You have a new customer, they need quayside storage capacity - and you need a building, quick.Felicity Landon finds out why fast-erection, portable buildings are often the answer
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MSC's complaints on draught in Buenos Aires centre on the following:
In a ground-breaking move,Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has filed a major complaint with Argentina's anti-trust authority that alleges there are "no real alternatives as regards port terminal service providers"and therefore that "its operations in the port, as well as Argentine foreign trade, are exposed to the risks, abuses and prejudice ...
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NewsWest Coast ports must shape-up to retain cargoes
US West Coast ports have some tough challenges ahead if they are to avoid the spectre of shipping lines diverting into ports in Mexico and elsewhere, according to Stacey Jones, Halcrow''s newly appointed regional director for the US West Coast.
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NewsTight tyre
Tyre availability is still an issue for industrial and earthmover type machines - and therefore for straddle carrier manufacturers, says Kalmar''s Ilkka Annala.
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SSA in Vietnamese venture
The Vietnamese government has approved the establishment of a jointventure between Saigon Port and SSA Marine to manage the SP-SSA International Container Terminal (SSIT) at Cai Mep-Thi Vai. Saigon Port, a subsidiary of Vietnam National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines), already operates five terminals in southern Vietnam, amounting to 3,000 metres ...
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NewsWin-win for Sharjah
Sustained growth in throughput at Sharjah''s key arteries has been attributed to the changing logistics environment in the United Arab Emirates, particularly the core industrial and commercial corridor between Jebel Ali and Sharjah/Ajman.
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WATERFRONT STADIUM PLAN SLAMMED
New Zealand''s transportation industry has been scathing of a suggestion by Rugby World Cup Minister Trevor Mallard that Ports of Auckland''s Axis Bledisloe container terminal could be used to develop a stadium for the 2011 event. With an upgrade to Auckland''s Eden Park priced at about NZ$300m, the Government has ...
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Party poopers
Southampton''s sensible UKport development proposal throws yet more doubt on the increasingly expensive alternative options
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NewsWidening the Parameters
The rationale behind becoming a ''multi-purpose''terminal rather than a single purpose terminal is obvious, but David Foxwell finds that the process is not as straightforward as it might seem
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NewsPorts simulator removes operational uncertainty
Flexsim Software Products has released a 3D discrete-event simulation softwaretool to model and simulate container port and terminal operations.
