CARGO HANDLING & SECURITY
Latest news on stowage and security material for cargo containers
CARGO HANDLING & SECURITY
Latest news on stowage and security material for cargo containers
HOW IS A CONTAINER LIFTED
Containerisation has brought innumerable benefits as regards optimising processes in the global logistics chain, but there are times within that chain of processes at which container handling is not as simple as it seems and can cause both operational and safety...
4 ESSENTIAL AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONTAINER TERMINALS
Every container terminal in the world faces, to a greater or lesser extent, during day-to-day work, non-containerized traffic. This occurs when cargo, due to its nature or size, cannot be transported in a container and therefore the common spreader cannot be used. For...
SAFETY FLAWS TO AVOID WHEN HANDLING CARGO
Container Terminals, like other industrial environments, require specific safety measures to avoid incidents. In particular cargo handling activities on terminals have a high risk of triggering accidents involving property, machinery and, of course, humans. Although...
BEST TOOLS FOR OVERSIZED CARGO HANDLING
Oversized cargo handling poses different challenges in ports with a high volume of operations. Transporting open top containers, flat racks and oversized cargo in general can slow down stevedores' handling speed and even compromise their security. Traditional...
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHORE POWER
Although on shore power connections have become a reality in some ports around the world, there is still a long way to go to achieve the sustainability benefits that this system provides. Standardization in ships and ports is one of the challenges to overcome and the...
ONSHORE POWER: WHO PAYS THE BILL?
If almost 74% of imports and exports in your region are made by sea, improving efficiency of fuel consumption is a must. This is a fact in the European Union, where short sea shipping has a specially important role in the economy. Onshore power supply is one of the...
TEC CONTAINER SPREADERS WERE USED TO CONSTRUCT A STADIUM FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
We are very proud to share that special spreaders designed by TEC CONTAINER S.A. were used to construct the stadium Ras Abu Aboud, one of the eight stadiums built for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and the first dismantlable stadium ever built in the world Here are...
STRAITS, CHANNELS AND OTHER HOTSPOTS FOR MARITIME TRANSPORT
¿What is a Strait? According to the Wikipedia a strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. Most commonly it is a channel of water that lies between two land masses. As being able to transport goods...
ALARMING RISE IN CONTAINERS LOST AT SEA
The freight shipping industry is experiencing the largest increase in containers lost at sea for seven years. More than 3,000 containers fell into the sea in 2020, and more than 1,000 have fallen overboard so far in 2021, Bloomberg reports. There are a series of...
THE TRACEABILITY OF MATERIALS AT TEC CONTAINER
TEC CONTAINER has, besides its very strong engineering team, an eminently productive industrial component. We are manufacturers and therefore, within the continuous improvement process and following the strictest quality standards, we have a comprehensive traceability...