This article was published in May 2010 issue of World Port Development. To receive a pdf of the article in its original format including charts and pictures please send an email to archive@worldportdevelopment.com

Reassuringly Extensive
This is set to be a notable year for the mobile harbour crane market, as major manufacturers Gottwald Port Technologies and Liebherr unleash important new design innovations. Tim Newbound speaks to both companies about current market trends and what the future holds…
It comes as no surprise that the mobile harbour crane (MHC) market was detrimentally affected by the global economic crisis of recent times. It’s perhaps equally unsurprising, though, that leading manufacturers Gottwald Port Technology (GPT) and Liebherr weathered the storm in assured fashion.

This article was published in May 2010 issue of World Port Development. To receive a pdf of the article in its original format including charts and pictures please send an email to archive@worldportdevelopment.com

Leading manufacturer of energy chain systems, Germany-based igus, is extending its installation service. Here they explain the benefits of this new offering...

Where installation is required for anything from a 70m long train wash system to a 500m long unloading crane application, engineering and on-site installation have been part of the igus service for many years. Now to further advance its offering, the company is extending the “igus installed” service.

This article was published in April 2010 issue of World Port Development.

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Better training improves bottom line

World Port Development talks to two market leading simulation system manufacturers about how the global economic downturn has affected current or planned projects and reports on recent orders.

Paolo Paoletta, Sales Manager CMLAbs Simulation Inc told WPD that the economic downturn has affected nearly everyone in the industry and admits that CMLabs is no exception. "We have seen some customers put projects on hold indefinitely due to budget freezes, and many have still not opened up," says Paoletta. Clyde M Stauffer IV Senior Vice President, GlobalSim tells a similar story.

This article was published in April 2010 issue of World Port Development.

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World Port Development speaks to manufacturers Capacity, Cargotec and Terberg about the evolving terminal tractor market…

Order levels for terminal tractors have not been immune to the effects of the global recession of recent years, but the manufacturers to which World Port Development spoke for this article have nonetheless weathered the period with some success. Dutch company Terberg’s trade in Europe during 2009 was significantly down on the previous year, but it has nonetheless noted an upturn in tractor orders from other regions, such as the Middle East, North Africa and Trinidad & Tobago over the past six months.

This article was published in March 2010 issue of World Port Development.

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Technical and operational advantages and limitations of floating cranes have always been a topic of discussion for operators and manufacturers alike. And although the bulk industry is reaping the benefits of floating cranes the container industry is still lagging behind. Peter van Schie reports.

In last month’s edition, it became clear that the jury is still out on the floating container crane concept to complement the land-side crane and to improve productivity. To illustrate this we quoted Rene Kleiss, VP Harbour Cranes at Cargotec in the Netherlands, saying that they had recently participated in a working group to determine the feasibility of such a concept.

This article was published in March 2010 issue of World Port Development.

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Sailing safely through economic storm

British Columbia is attempting to build what it calls "North America's most competitive and efficient transportation system." Through the Pacific Gateway Program, the national government and industry are building reliable transportation networks and supply chains from the Pacific coast across North America. For example, Port Metro Vancouver, together with railway and terminal operators, have instituted performance standards covering container stays, weather related or operational backlogs, and a strategic reserve of railcars. 

This article was published in March 2010 issue of World Port Development.

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Richard Steinke, Executive Director at the Port Long Beach talks to Gordon Feller

*How exactly will the Port's new USD 3 billion capital construction program protect the port's share of shipping business in the face of competition from other ports?

Cable Guys

World Port Development speaks to providers of cable solutions to catch up on recent news, developments, and orders...

One of the major challenges for the manufacturers of the cable solutions used in the port cargo-handling equipment is customers' needs for increasingly high-speed operations.

"We are facing more and more high-speed applications, to satisfy the demand for equipment to be more and more productive," Germany's Conductix-Wampfler AG, a division of the global Conductix-Wampfler Group, tells World Port Development. "This goes together with a trend towards full automation."