An inspector calls

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Crane inspection services are a vital component of cargo handling, but some practices are proving to be controversial....

Automation project for Tacoma?

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A US engineering firm is interested in teaming up with an industrial partner to help it to build a prototype of an automated yard concept it...

Conveyor support for RMG stacks

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Last month, WorldCargo News carried a report on a new concept, called “Segmented Cart” from Paceco Corp, aimed at supporting ASCs and ot...

Planning for the New Panamax age

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West coast ports have identified the need to address intermodal costs while the challenge in the East and Gulf is accommodating bigger vesse...

Crane prices and specifications

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In the July 2006 issue of World-Cargo News, the article “Crane momentum is still there - but weakening?” included a quote from an unname...

Hurricane forces getting more powerful?

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Ports are likely to face much higher insurance costs in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, but in any case there is mounting concern over t...

…and lose some

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I read with interest your recent article “Crane goes swimming with the tide?” on the floating container crane concept from the Royal Has...

A new approach to snag load protection

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What is believed to be the world’s first non-hydraulic anti-snag and overload protection system for container cranes has been launched by ...

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