APM Terminals and the Port of Rotterdam have agreed to cooperate on research and development over a five-year-period to improve productivity, efficiency, land use, environmental sensitivity and public awareness of the container terminal industry.
This comes after representatives of both sides recently signed a five-year agreement to cooperate in the field of research and development for innovation in global container terminal operations.
The main objectives of the cooperative effort are to support environmentally proactive terminal planning and operating procedures with sustainable development; improve productivity and efficiency of terminal operations; optimise land use; and help to increase public awareness of the major role container facilities play in creating jobs and prosperity in the global as well as in national, regional and local economies.
"This is a natural alliance between one of the world's pre-eminent container ports and APM Terminals. Our scope is global, and it is our intention that our research shall be as well," said APM Terminals vice president John Verschelden.
The research projects will be undertaken world-wide and will focus on container terminal environmental best practices, sustainability, safety, cargo security, cost reduction, intermodal movements, supply chain integration and information management.
The agreement covers global port projects - five projects per year at the current APM Terminals Rotterdam facility, which surpassed a 2.6 million TEU annual volume in 2007, and the future APM Terminals Maasvlakte II facility. Construction of the facility is scheduled to begin shortly, so as to commence operations in 2013.@FAXHEAD= MOL mulls Jacksonville calls ahead of terminal opening@FAXINTRO= JAPANESE shipping giant MOL has been considering adding calls at Florida's the Port of Jacksonville this summer before the official December opening of the Blount Island Marine Terminal there.@FAXTEXT= MOL marketing chief Roy Schleicher mentioned the possibility at a recent port's board, reported American Shipper, adding to CFO Ron Baker's news that talks were still underway with Hanjin Shipping about establishing a new container terminal in Jacksonville.
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