Quay cranes are handling equipments used in ports with an important economic role in maritime transport. This paper presents theoretical elements of quay crane productivity and cable calculation along with a case study of improvements in the domain of quay crane cables durability

Among the most important aspects of the maritime company marketing is the life cycle of a ship. Managers should be aware of aspects of the operational period until the moment of the current and capital repairs, the degree of use of the ship and separately for each installation. These aspects are...

The Maritime transport is the shipment of goods (cargo) and people by sea and other waterways. Port operations are a necessary tool to enable maritime trade between trading partners. To ensure smooth port operations and to avoid congestion in the harbor it is inevitable to permanently upgrade...

The cooperation and integration of several types of transport need special and dedicated indicators. If their definition surprises the specificity of the transport, they could be used for the benchmark of different systems of transport and also for the measurement of their relative influence...

Every day, millions of tons of temperature sensitive goods are produced, transported, stored or distributed worldwide. For all these products the control of temperature and consequently the control of humidity is essential, mostly when it is about transportation of the goods by sea. The quality...

As a result of the negative effects of polluting processes, as well as the products and services that affect the environment either during of their use or in the post-consumption, the national and international bodies have manifested concerns to develop new regulations on environmental...

Maritime transport is an important factor of economic development of every maritime country. Its basic task is providing shipping services, meaning that they may as well be considered as the product of the shipping economic activity. Regarding the current international shipping crisis, the key...

Due to the complexity of activities which can generate cargo surveys in respect of transport, maritime ships can be in such situations that will not allow carrying out activities onboard under normal conditions, leading to damages to the ships or carried cargo, thus entailing litigations between...

In the fourth year of great global crisis, many leading pessimists economist have been forecasting deeper economic crises with low growth rates. The sharp foreign exchange volatility was one of the main reasons of the financial crisis in the earlier years of last century and till 2007, however,...