All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 680
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Cavotec nets E10m in orders
Engineering group Cavotec has booked orders worth E10m from ZMPC, Konecranes and Kalmar.
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Kalmar invests E3m in port automation testing
Port equipment manufacturer Kalmar is investing E3m in a port automation testing and development platform, expected to be fully operational early 2016.
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Mantsinen launches ‘record reaching’ mobile crane
Mantsinen has launched a new mobile crane that claims to have the “longest reach of any piece of wheel-mounted hydraulic materials handling equipment”.
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DP World adds to Canada portfolio
Maher Terminals has sold its Fairview Container Terminal to DP World, adding to the Dubai-based operator’s portfolio in Canada.
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NewsPeel: Don’t dismiss regional ports
Peel Ports’ commercial director is calling for a re-think in the trend towards ‘mega ports’, which he contends is causing congestion, adding cost and impacting on air quality in local environments.
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Peel Ports hunts for Liverpool2 staff
Peel Ports has kicked off its recruitment drive to staff its Liverpool2 expansion in the UK.
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Penang sees ‘huge’ growth potential
Malaysia’s Penang Port believes it has “huge potential” to further increase its facilities and services.
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Konecranes crane study aids planning
Konecranes South East Asia Pacific has launched a Crane Reliability Study (CRS) to help ports with any brand of cranes to plan their future equipment needs.
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NewsTraining for tomorrow
John Bensalhia puts on his thinking cap to investigate the training initiatives available to ports
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NewsRussian rules
Russia''s about-turn on port development could stunt its future handling capacity, finds Alex Hughes
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NewsRo-ro row ramifications
OSC''s Dean Davison asks how ro-ro sector upheavals will impact Eastern European trade
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NewsA public-public partnership?
COMMENT: Irony of ironies, in among the host of bidders whose names appear in conjunction with the privatisation of the Mombasa container terminal is Transnet, the government body responsible for the management and operation of South Africa’s ports, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsInfrastructure investments
Barry Parker forecasts a sunny outlook for south Florida''s Port Everglades
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Don't downplay trust issues
COMMENT: The OECD recently published a report with a global outlook on freight transport - the Freight Outlook 2015 - including a forecast for the volumes handled by ports in various regions of the world, but can it be trusted, asks Peter de Langen.
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NewsReducing risk
There''s no reason to wait for accidents in order to mitigate risk, explain Dave and Iain MacIntyre
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NewsTranshipment opportunity
COMMENT: Not all container transhipment takes place at the mega hubs such as Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Busan, Algeciras, Malta Freeport and so on. It can also take place as a healthy adjunct to gateway port operations – import and export activity – unless of course bureaucracy gets in the way.
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NewsWinners and losers
Mike Mundy advises that fortune favours the bold in Baltic Sea container ports
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NewsHitting the hot spots
Be careful where you place your bets in Southeast Asia, warns Stevie Knight
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NewsEscaping the storm
Bulk and breakbulk were largely unaffected by the US West Coast debacle, says Martin Rushmere
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NewsLimits of economies of scale
COMMENT: We have long believed that economies of scale are the saviour of the maritime industry, for all sectors ranging from terminals and bulk, to tankers and containerships. But in the last few months we have begun to hear opinions suggesting that containerships have reached their maximum size. So, wherein ...
