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An automatic choice

This article was published in July/August 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

Automatic Choice

The need for automation in container terminals continues with the launch of a new generation of automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Based on equipment from the ro-ro industry the cassette AGV will avoid bottlenecks in container handling operations. Laurence Henesey, Business Development Manager - R&D from TTS Port Equipment, Sweden, explains.

At the beginning of the 1990s, Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Rotterdam was the first to adopt an automated t

Clawing their way bak to normal

This article was published in June 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

Clawing their back to normal

In the world of bulk materials handling, stacker-reclaimers are the giants and they don't come cheap writes Ray Dykes...

Looking like super praying mantis they earn their keep by stacking or reclaiming coal, iron ore, copper, cement, or other bulk materials with ease and precision and at rates peaking up to 8,000 tonnes per hour or more. But the rapid movement of materials comes as at price, sometimes as high at USD25 million per single machine.

Strike while the iron is hot

This article was published in June 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

Strike while the iron is hot

During the global economic downturn many operators have taken the chance to update their Terminal Operating System software while their terminal lay almost dormant. Of course, this move has been welcomed by many software companies as World Port Development reports...

Weighty issue

This article was published in June 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

Weighty Issue

The loading of over-weight containers not only affects ship stability and safe stowage on-board, it can also create major problems for the terminal operators. Peter van Schie reports on this weighty issue...

Throughout the years more and more goods are transported in containers – including free flowing bulk material - and although the party stuffing the container is responsible for ensuring that the gross mass of the container is in accordance with the gross mass given on the shipping documents this has not always been the case.

Going underground

This article was published in June 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

Going underground

The benefits of the worldwide web have opened doors for discussion of new ideas in a way never seen before -  and used wisely it can provide a platform to float an idea before you take it to the next phase.

X-ray Insight

This article was published in June 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

X-ray Insight

Tim Newbound reports on recent developments within the X-ray systems market...

Companies that develop X-ray scanning systems for the throughput of cargo work within a market that is always evolving. As widely reported incidents of attempted terrorism within the aviation industry have shown in recent years, there is a constant need to stay one step ahead of those wishing to beat the preventative technologies such companies conceive.

Italy's choice – Reform or regress?

This article was published in June 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

Italy's choice – Reform or regress?

With the Italian government pushing fees and charges to a new level it has become difficult for operators to attract the attention of shipping lines and with new opportunities opening up in Africa the future for Italian ports look bleak. World Port Development reports on the progress being made in the on-going quest for port reform in Italy.

Resilient in recession

This article was published in June 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

Resilient in recession
Phew, it's over, now let's get going. That could well be the sentiment of mobile shipunloader makers as they shake themselves off after the global meltdown that has rocked the marine and bulk handling worlds. Ray Dykes reports...

Mobility and flexibility are the key strengths of the eminently adaptable shipunloader, and the major manufacturers – nearly all concentrated in Europe – have taken a hit on their bottom lines in 2009 and see 2010 as a chance for at least a small measure of redemption, saved by their own versatility.

Quantum leap

This article was published in June 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

Quantum leap

Det Norske Veritas has designed a new 'baby post-Panamax' that may become one of the first ships ordered when the market recovers. The 5,000–7,500 TEU range ship could be the new workhorse of the industry and is intended for the Europe to East Coast South America trade. Vebjorn Guttormsen, Business Director, Container Ships for DNV explains...