She succeeds Jean-Claude Terrier following a French transport ministry nomination that was backed by the port’s supervisory board in February and has now been confirmed by government decree. The new CEO has been active at this week’s SITL (International Transport & Logistics Week) trade show in Paris, where latest initiatives are being announced by Via Marseille Fos, the promotional body formed by the port authority, port professionals and the chamber of commerce. The schedule includes presentations on container terminal performance, new incentives on the Rhone-Saone inland waterways network and groundbreaking developments at the Distriport logistics zone.

The container cranes were purchased as part of a 30 year strategic plan to boost service levels at the Port Adelaide Terminal. The cranes have an operational outreach of 50m and a safe working load of 65 tonnes under twin lift spreader and 80 tonnes under hook beam. The lift height over rail is 38 m, the span is 25.3 m and the back reach is 20 m.

General Manager of Flinders Adelaide Container Terminal. Mr Peter Cheers commented,

“We conducted rigorous supplier evaluations as part of our procurement process and assessed this in-line with our long-run planning for the terminal. The post-panamax Liebherr cranes were the best match for our requirements and will allow us to maximise the flow-on benefits for our customers.”

The investment in the cranes is part of a series of upgrades at the port that aim to put Port Adelaide on the map as a world class container facility with an annual projected throughput of 700,000 TEU’s and will allow for increased vessel turnaround at the port.

Building upon previous versions of the technology, N4 2.6 offers the latest innovations to help customers optimize operations, improve efficiency and productivity and cut costs. Key enhancements available in N4 2.6 include improved rail functionality, refreshed planning and control UI, robust system management and administration capabilities, tools to ease N4 migrations and improvements to EDI and gate functionality.

“We view each version of N4 as an opportunity to expand on what has worked, and introduce new functionality that will help customers resolve operational pain points as the market continues to evolve,” said Scott Holland, Vice President, Product Management at Navis. “Our goal with N4 2.6 is to drive improvements in critical areas such as rail functionality, ease of use, management and administration and support for migrations with enhanced EDI and gate functionality. We are committed to the ongoing improvement of N4 and will continue to collaborate with our customers to influence future versions of the TOS.”

N4 2.6 includes new features and enhancements, including the following:

Improved Rail Functionality: N4 2.6 supports multiple RMGs spanning multiple tracks for decoupled truck operations.

Refreshed Planning & Control UI: The latest TOS includes a refreshed UI for planning and control functions.

Streamlined IT Infrastructure Management & Administration Functionality: N4 2.6 helps support scalability efforts that save time and improve labor management for terminals.

Enhanced Tools to Ease N4 Migration: ECN4 in N4 2.6 now supports by both broadband and narrow-band networks.

Enhanced EDI & Gate Functionality: The latest TOS also includes continuous improvements in EDI and gate functionality.

Navis is showcasing N4 2.6 at stand number B-76 at Intermodal South America 2014,April 1-3 in Brazil. The company will also be available at the 2014 TOC CSC Asia, taking place April 8-9 in Singapore.

N4 is Navis’ latest generation TOS, allowing customers the flexibility and scalability needed to run their operations – from a single terminal to multiple terminals spanning numerous geographic locations managed from one central location.

ESPO Secretary General, Isabelle Ryckbost handed over the PERS certificates to the port representatives, Mr Giorgos Anomeritis (Piraeus), Mr Jochen Kress (Bremen/Bremerhaven) and Mr Abd Al Shiyab (Aqaba) respectively. The Port Environmental Review System (PERS) is the only port sector specific environmental management standard and the flagship product of EcoPorts. The certification ceremony took place during an ESPO/EcoPorts workshop on waste reception facilities, which was hosted by the Piraeus Port Authority and which gathered more than 60 experts in the field.

Piraeus Port Authority has been a long a loyal supporter of EcoPorts since 2004, when the port was first certified by PERS. Since then, Piraeus has been continuously demonstrating its environmental management credentials and on 28 March, it was re-certified with PERS for the 4^th consecutive time. The ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven joined the network of PERS certificate holders in 2011 and are now successfully recertified after the positive evaluation of their application by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance. The port of Aqaba, in Jordan is a new comer in the EcoPorts network and only the second non-EU port that achieves PERS certification over time.   

More information about the Port Environmental Review System (PERS) can be found here.