TERMINAL STEVEDORES\\\ >> 26 Nicaragua, expected is to


provide new annual business to NYNJ to the tune of around 200,000 containers with cargoes including foods and beverages, sugar, and coffee. “I expect the perishable food


segment to be a key part of the new north-south services calling at Brooklyn,” said Sam Ruda, the Port Authority’s port director, who added that wines and spirits and some apparel cargo could be included with the foodstuffs. “Our north-south trades are all small,” he noted, “but they are growing.” Red Hook inked a new five-


year deal with PANYNJ last year. The company also runs a combination container and ro/ro terminal in Newark, New Jersey, as well as a barge service that connects both sides of the port. One-hundred fiſty miles up


the Hudson River from Brooklyn, General Electric shipped a 500-ton


generator from its


Schenectady factory through the Port of Albany in May of this year. Federal Marine Terminals


Crane operators at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore will have the benefit of training on sophisticated simulation technology. (Ports America photo)


runs the port under a lease that continues through 2027. Thanks to its proximity to


manufacturers like GE Energy, Siemens, Bechtel, Ericsson, Babcock & Wilcox, and others, project cargo has been a mainstay for the Port of Albany for some time, and its prospects for this type of cargo have brightened in recent years thanks to the growing size of power plant components. Since fewer can move by rail,


waterborne options offered by the Port of Albany become that much more attractive. A new roll-on/roll-off ramp came online earlier this year


at the port, while a big-liſt warehouse—with 45,000 square feet, climate controls, and a 2,000-pound per square foot load factor—was completed last year. “It’s easier to handle project


cargo when it can roll on and off,” said Bill Ring, general manager of Federal Marine Terminal in the port of Albany. “The ro/ro slip avoids the costs of some of the heavier barge cranes.” Across the border in Canada, 220 miles north of Albany, Termont Montreal,


Inc., a


LOGISTEC Corporation joint- venture, received $1.4 million


Realistic Simulator for Port of Baltimore


With the Port of Baltimore “big ship ready”, container traffic at Seagirt Marine Terminal is surging. While this is great news for the port’s container volumes, the traffic created by the arrival of massive ships is creating congestion on the docks, particularly for truckers who oſten spend hours waiting for their cargo. To alleviate the problem, the


obvious solution was to move the containers off the ships quicker, an effort that required training more longshoremen to operate the 140-foot container


cranes and other equipment at Seagirt Marine Terminal. But with ships calling the port on all but a few days this year,


flat-panel 4k displays. The entire system is built upon a proprietary 3 DOF (degrees of freedom) motion base that


“This simulator conforms to the exact specifications of our large berth-side cranes.”


-- Bayard Hogans, Ports America Chesapeake.


training requires waiting for an available crane or slowing operations while the worker learns. Hence, the Steamship Trade


Association of Baltimore, which represents port employers including Ports America Chesapeake, the company that runs the state-owned Seagirt Marine Terminal, purchased a $500,000 simulator to train crane operators in various conditions without affecting the day-to-day loading and unloading of cargo. GlobalSim, Inc.


completed


GlobalSim has installed a crane simulator in Baltimore, to be used for training crane operators at Seagirt Marine Terminal. (GlobalSim photo.)


the installation of the crane simulator in June, to be used for training operators on cranes, including those at Seagirt Marine Terminal. The system’s controls, buttons, and motions provide trainees with a realistic experience. The simulator is a GlobalSim


5th Generation Full Mission system and includes eight


moves the entire simulator and gives the crane operator the realistic motions he or she would feel while operating a real crane. The controls and buttons


on the simulator are authentic and laid out almost exactly like the real cranes at the port. The system also features an instructor control station that allows operators to practice unlimited scenarios — including difficult weather environments and other emergency situations — that cannot be easily practiced on real equipment. “This simulator conforms to


the exact specifications of our large berth-side cranes,” said Bayard Hogans, vice president Ports America Chesapeake. “It will allow us to provide a high level of training specific to the requirements of a crane operator in our container operations.” – Peter Buxbaum/ Karen Thuermer


in financial support from the government of Quebec in September, to convert 57 terminal tractors into diesel- electric hybrid vehicles. Termont will become the first port operator in the world to convert its entire fleet to hybrid vehicles in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “Our team will have new


equipment to ensure better management of our ecological footprint,” said Julien Dubreuil, the terminal’s general manager.


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in September and will run until December 2020,


will include


installation of two gantry cranes, development of two berths, and redevelopment of railway and road infrastructure. In New Orleans, Ports America


expanded relationship with the port in December 2018, under long-term lease and infrastructure agreements that will improve capabilities at existing terminals and open the door for expansion. The port issued Ports America


“I expect the perishable food segment to be a key part of the new north-


south services calling at Brooklyn.” -- Sam Ruda, PANYNJ.


“Electrification is a key project of the future for Termont and our industry.” Also,


this year, LOGISTEC


announced a new construction phase for Montreal’s Viau Terminal, to increase its current handling capacity of 350,000 containers annually to 600,000 TEUs. The work, which began


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a 50-year lease to continue to operate the Napoleon Avenue and Nashville Avenue Terminals and Ports America agreed to invest $66.5 million to accommodate four new 100-foot gauge container cranes at the terminals. Also, if expansion at a new location is deemed feasible, Ports America will invest $300 million and receive a right of first negotiation for development and operating rights. Also, in New Orleans, Seaonus


Stevedoring-New Orleans was granted permission last year to operate Foreign Trade Zone No. 88, the port’s only on-dock FTZ, at its Alabo Street Wharf location. The facility offers storage for commodities


such as non-


ferrous metals and steel. FTZs allow importers to defer, or in case of re-export from the zone, avoid, payment of U.S. customs duties. The development obviates the


necessity of drayage to an inland FTZ, noted Alín Campián, the company’s chief c ommer cial


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