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In-Depth

Government charts coal’s demise

In-Depth01-Jan-15

While Germany is pursuing the opposite policy, the UK is phasing out coal power stations and building nuclear replacements.

UK ports learn their ABC

In-Depth01-Mar-13

Last year the UK imported record volumes of coal, but this looks set to change drastically in the face of environmental concerns and thermal power station closures.

Grab unloading undergoes a green renaissance

In-Depth01-Sep-09

During the final years of the 20th Century the long-established grab gantry unloader seemed doomed to become the dinosaur of bulk ship unloading concepts, driven into extinction by the new generation of energy-efficient and apparently more environmentally compatible continuous mechanical ship unloaders. However, within the past 15 years a major turnaround has taken place.

The screw turns on the CSU market

In-Depth01-Jul-09

The principle market for high capacity continuous ship unloaders now is new coal-fired power station projects, but with increasing environmental pressure on these plants, will this market shrink?

Unloaders grab greater attention

In-Depth01-Sep-07

Rising commodity prices and volumes traded are leading to port congestion and increased demurrage at a time of rapidly increasing freight rates, putting substantial pressure on port operators to improve discharge productivity.

Harbour mobiles grab the action

In-Depth01-Mar-07

Of the total of 82 harbour cranes ordered from Gottwald Port Technology in 2006, 22 (27%) were 4-rope cranes aimed principally at bulk handling duties (normally above 60% of duties), including eight new Generation 5 cranes (see Table 1 on p12).

Bulk traffic lifts British ports

In-Depth01-Jan-07

Coal imports are boosting the UK’s major bulk ports while agribulks are improving smaller ports’ prospects.

Gantry grab unloaders hold steady

In-Depth01-Sep-06

The market for gantry grab unloaders, in common with other types of dedicated bulk ship unloading equipment for high throughput applications, moves slowly. Equipment is built to last for years and the fact that ship sizes have not changed means there is no need to replace plant. The only real driver is increasing demand for raw materials to fuel economic growth (eg China).

Mantsinen breakthrough order

In-Depth01-Jan-06

Finland-based Mantsinen Oy reports an order for a 140t capacity hydraulic mobile crane, type 140 RKM, from an undisclosed customer in the south of Spain, for delivery this spring.

Grabbing the good times while they last

In-Depth01-Jul-05

High levels of commodity demand coupled with tougher environmental requirements have helped stimulate the market for grabs.

Pneumatic handling argues its case

In-Depth01-May-05

After grab handling, pneumatic ship discharge is the second oldest method of unloading free flowing and granular cargoes and as such has benefited considerably from the advance in technology, even though the basic principle is the same. As such energy consumption, while not on a par with that of grab unloaders, is now greatly reduced.