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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.

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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. 

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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?

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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."

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Dr Geraldine Knatz, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles talks to Ray Dykes

Dr Knatz, you like to "stand in the splash zone"  . . .  how has this willingness to get down and involved helped you in your Port of Los Angeles leadership?

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New Zealand Ports defy global recession

Someone forgot to tell those at the end of the line that there's a worldwide economic recession crippling trade. Ray Dykes reports ...

Judging by the fiscal year results of New Zealand's two largest and busiest ports – the Port of Tauranga and Ports of Auckland – the global meltdown has been comparatively kind so far. Tauranga, as New Zealand's largest and most diversified port, shipped 13.7 million tonnes in the year ending June 30, 2010 and that was up nearly 2.5% in what the port described as "a very turbulent environment." Operating profit jumped to NZ$49.4 million and that was up 9.3% on the previous fiscal year, while after tax profit reached NZ$ 38.02 million.

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Container Crane Recycling: Upgrade and Relocation

With the slowing economy and rising prices of new cranes, renovating existing container handling cranes and bulk handling cranes deserves serious consideration. Anna Dix at Liftech presented an alternative at the Ports 2010 conference.Most maritime shipping companies were operating profitably through the summer of 2008 until the "perfect storm" of the credit crisis and the worldwide recession struck, leading to a major drop in world trade.