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

Terminal Operating Systems - A Different View

Andre D' Cruz, Deputy CEO/Director, Privasia, Malaysia, comments on last month's TOS article and offers a new perspective on the requirements of a TOS in modern day ports.

Just imagine the following scenario: You are part of the management team of the operations IT division of a port. Your yard planners have put in a memo to you for a different set of features that they require from the software they currently use to suit their new yard SOP that had to be implemented due to port growth.

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

Shiploader makers padding their order books at last

The shiploader manufacturers around the world were looking for a lift in their fortunes during the darker days of recession in 2009. Now as 2010 races into its second half, it appears they have won their wish as Ray Dykes discovers.

Shiploader manufacturers are reporting being "very busy" as major orders start to come in again. There are at least 13 significant global projects pending, many involving shiploaders, according to Milan Sjaus General Manager Business Development & Materials Handling for Swedish company Sandvik.

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

The Emerging Market of Arctic Port Development

Seth Scott, President of ProBorea Corporation, USA explains why now is the time to start investing in arctic port development.

Climate Change has set in motion the largest transportation and economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution. The emerging markets of climate change will dominate the 21st century, yet the infrastructure to exploit these opportunities has not been built. Port investors stand to spearhead this endeavor.

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...

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

The seaborne supply chain: challenges and solutionOver the last couple of years the use of floating cranes has generated new interest as operators discover the potential opportunities this technology can offer. In this article, Logmarin Advisors explain how they employ creativity and innovation in combination with a wealth of experience, to ensure sound results that meet the specific needs of the client in order to eliminate bottlenecks in the supply chain.

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...

 

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

 

Unsurprisingly, 2009 saw container throughput drop at Australia's leading ports due to the global recession, but happily, the ports we spoke to for this survey are talking optimistically and forecasts for 2010 are positive as Sheila Moloney reports...

Last year was probably the worst year for container throughput at numerous ports around the globe (see our Top 100 Container Port Supplement 2010) and Australia has not escaped the drop in container volumes due to the financial climate. But container traffic is not the only commodity the country relies on, large volumes of dry bulk (including coal and iron ore) are equally important – our Top 20 Bulk Performers 2009 show that there are 6 Australian bulk ports/terminals in the top 12 alone.

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

Hammering on

World Port Development looks at a project in the Port of Felixstowe where piling hammers have been hard at work driving foundations for the redevelopment of the South Terminal facilities. On the south-east Suffolk coast three BSP piling hammers have been hard at work driving foundation piles for a project to redevelop the existing South Terminal facilities at the Port of Felixstowe, UK. This first phase of the redevelopment calls for the construction of a 730m long quay together with a 35 hectare handling and storage area offering a storage capacity of 21,000 containers.

This article was published in the January/February 2010 issue of World Port Development.

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Circular Stacker Reclaimers still have their disciples

 

At the best of times, circular stacker-reclaimers are not a high volume sales item with possibly as few as 30 total sales worldwide in any given year. At the worst of times sales can be slow or almost nonexistent as Ray Dykes reports…

 

Throw in a lingering worldwide recession through late 2008 and all of 2009 with companies squeezing the most out of every dollar and forcing bulk handling equipment to perform miracles well beyond manufacturer suggested design life and you have a barometer of just how this market sector has been. For some major manufacturers, sales in 2009 were few and far between and it wasn’t because of the merits of circular or radial style stacker-reclaimers made by companies around the world such as Sandvik, Metso Minerals, BRUKS Rockwood, Schade in the Aumund Group, Taim Weser, and the FAM Group.

This article was published in the January/February 2010 issue of World Port Development.

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Striving to be the best

In today’s ‘green aware’ times it seems that manufacturers of straddle carriers are making the best container handling equipment to minimise risk to the environment. WPD looks at recent developments.

 

Call it  ‘going green’ or  ‘environment awareness’ – whichever way you look at it the straddle carrier industry is caught up in a very competitive race – to make the best environmentally-friendly container handling equipment. Happily for the manufacturers what’s ‘good’ for the environment can also be good for their customers as new technology and fuel saving often result in significant cost savings.