Port-related jobs are high on danger list





Six of America’s 10 most dangerous occupations include industries employing some 25,000 people working regularly in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

The jobs include trucking, construction work, ship and tugboat operation, fishing, steel and iron work and heavy-machine operation.

Those risks tragically returned to the local forefront Thursday, when 55-year-old longshoreman Bert Tufele was killed while driving a yard tractor on Pier A in the Port of Long Beach.

Tufele, a father of five, is the third veteran longshoreman killed on the job in the past 18 months.





Its a balance between the workers and the shareholders………..NOT a one way meal ticket for the shareholders

































Automated ports and container terminals use robotics like automated guided vehicles (AGVs), automated stacking cranes, automatic gantry systems, and automatic shuttles and elevators. Technologies shown are from ABB Robotics, The Port of Rotterdam, and TEUSTACK from FATA Group/Finmeccanica.









The future of terminal automation technology













Introduction The maritime industry has perhaps been slower than most to embrace container terminal automation , however, confidence inautomation technology is now at its highest level ever and the development of automated terminals is quickly approaching the point where the rush is about to begin. The history of terminal automation Seventeen years ago, the innovators at Thamesport began partautomating its terminal operations, a development which was quickly followed by the world’s first fully automated terminal at European Combined Terminals ( ECT ) at the Port of Rotterdam . Back when Thamesport began operations, the technology available to the design team was very different to that which is available now and the plan required in house development of a whole range of new, purpose built technologies to integrate the automated operation. Nowadays, the challenge is far less significant and almost all such technology is available ‘off the shelf ’... To read the full article download PDF







