All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 920

  • Mombasa needs to take charge of its berth commissioning
    News

    Time to shine

    2011-04-20T10:00:00Z

    You could say here we go again and you would be right.

  • News

    A question of timing

    2011-04-20T10:00:00Z

    There are various methods of measuring productivity and determining whether the underperformance of the terminal operator is material and should entitle the shipping line to terminate the agreement.

  • Radiation from the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors could have far-reaching effects on trade
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    Trade could suffer from the 'Japan effect'

    2011-04-20T10:00:00Z

    The impact of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Japan’s imports and exports potentially has significant implications.

  • Shipping lines may seek undertakings from terminal operators on truck turn around times, rail productivity, and priority berthing. Credit: Walter Rademacher
    News

    A good performance

    2011-04-19T10:00:00Z

    HFW''s Cecile Schlub and Matthew Gore discuss the legal implications of enforced key performance indicators

  • News

    Tubeless solutions on the horizon

    2011-04-18T10:00:00Z

    The future of tyres will be affected by various outside influences. Price rears its ugly head again, especially bearing in mind the recent news that tyre prices will increase further due to the high costs of natural rubber used in production.

  • Peter Barham
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    Peter Barham Environment Ltd established

    2011-04-15T15:32:00Z

    After eight years as Sustainable Development Manager with Associated British Ports, Peter Barham has moved on to set up his own company providing advice to the ports industry on environmental and sustainability issues.

  • News

    Bio fuels and electricity from algae

    2011-04-15T15:32:00Z

    Technoplex Inc., a port technology consultancy group, and Proteus Environmental Technologies, a leader in the innovation of green technology, have announced a national strategic partnership to bring their combined “green technology” practices into the port, maritime and goods movement community.

  • Paul Holthus: World Ocean Council
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    From across the oceans

    2011-04-15T15:32:00Z

    The world’s ocean industries will meet at the Sustainable Ocean Summit to tackle shared environmental challenges

  • News

    20% ‘green’ energy in electric power contract

    2011-04-15T15:32:00Z

    The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority are considering awarding a contract for $19.8 million to Just Energy Texas L.P. for the purchase of deregulated electric power to be used Port of Houston Authority-wide from 2009 to 2012.

  • Fuel consumption can be be greatly influenced by the choice of tyre
    News

    Making quality count

    2011-04-15T10:00:00Z

    John Bensalhia looks at how rising prices, efficiency standards and maintenance need to be carefully juggled when making a tyre choice

  • Collaboration between fence, gate, lock and systems manufacturers is needed for a coordinated solution.
    News

    Unlocking the true potential of perimeter protection

    2011-04-14T10:00:00Z

    Ports can choose high-quality fencing and gates but then pay very little regard to the last item – the lock, says John Moore, business development director of Leeds-based Pickersgill-Kaye, which supplies high-security locks for a variety of sectors.

  • Cargotec has delivered more than 100 straddle carriers to HHLA over the years. The terminal operator recently placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W units.
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    HHLA orders 14 Kalmar straddle carriers with eco-friendly technology

    2011-04-13T16:19:00Z

    Hamburg terminal operator HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG) has placed an order with Cargotec for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.

  • Patrick has pulled back from action in ports such as Melbourne
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    Eleventh hour truce averts Aussie strike

    2011-04-13T14:40:00Z

    A potentially-damaging outbreak of industrial disruption on the Australian waterfront has been averted – for the time being – by a truce between stevedore Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia.

  • Bourgas and Varna expansion is now under question
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    Black Sea strategy reconsidered

    2011-04-13T12:30:00Z

    Turkish port expansion and the nautical restrictions of the Bosphorus Strait limiting the access to the Black Sea is making Bulgaria’s Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI) rethink its investment strategy.

  • Direct services are still lacking between Chongqing and Yangshan
    News

    Yangtze volumes up, but challenges ahead

    2011-04-13T12:30:00Z

    Cargo throughput on the Yangtze River is set to increase sharply over the next few years, but according to Maersk there are still challenges that need resolving.

  • March’s disasters prompted a number of shipping lines to divert calls from Japan. Photo C Eames US Marine Corps
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    Front line

    2011-04-13T10:00:00Z

    Ports are the front line for any island nation; they are the gateway for both inbound goods and commodities and for potential revenue-earning exports. The series of recent natural disasters has put this dependence into stark perspective.

  • News

    Find your weakness

    2011-04-13T10:00:00Z

    It is often the silly details that turn out to be the weakness in what appears to be a strong perimeter protection system, says AECOM''s Richard Clarke.

  • It's a waste of money if hardware, fences and cameras are not used in the right way
    News

    Out of bounds

    2011-04-12T10:00:00Z

    Can a port or terminal really be made impenetrable, asks Felicity Landon

  • News

    Reel versus bar debate rumbles on

    2011-04-11T10:00:00Z

    When it comes to RTG conversion, a cable reel system can give flexibility of movement between stacks, but APM Terminals prefers the drive-in/drive out bus bar system.

  • The conceptual model of the ‘Orcelle’ provides the inspiration for developing a zero-emissions cargo vessel
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    Green ideas to get WWL funding

    2011-04-08T12:03:00Z

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) announced plans to award $100,000 in grants this year to entrepreneurs working on zero-emissions technologies for shipping and port logistics.