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lives and saving money. But why are
we still injuring people?
Unfortunately injuries and fatalities
will not simply disappear overnight.
There is still a lot of work to be done
on safety awareness, implementing
safer procedures and installing safer
technologies and equipment.
Analysis by the TT Club indicates that
80% of injury and fatality costs are
caused by operators of handling
equipment and other vehicles. All too
often pedestrians are run over by
trucks or struck by reversing handling
equipment. Other common incidents
on terminals include truck overturns,
and containers being dislodged from
the stack and landing on trucks or
pedestrians.
Installing technology can help –
rear view cameras and anti-collision
sensors on mobile equipment; RFID
tags on pedestrians and mobile
equipment; stack profiling on cranes
to prevent them striking containers.
All these will prevent incidents, as
will procedures such as one-way
traffic flows, limiting vehicles and
pedestrians in the yard, and
mandating a safe area for truckers to
open and close twistlocks.
Fundamental, however, is enforcing
good site safety induction procedures.
OUTSIDE HELP
Induction works best in reducing
incidents because it is third parties
in terminals that are most at risk.
External truck drivers are the ones
who are injured most commonly.
They enter danger areas or they
alight from trucks when and where
they shouldn’t. Reliance on signage
at the main gate is insufficient;
adequate site safety inductions
are required.
Such induction is best achieved
face to face, through a training
course similar to those provided to
terminal employees. This can most
readily be implemented for regular
drivers. On completion of the course
and closing test drivers receive a
card with their name, photo, training
date and, importantly, an expiry
date. Drivers are denied entry
without a valid card.
An alternative, where face to face
is impractical as too many drivers
are irregular or ‘one-off’ visitors, can
be installation of computer terminal
kiosks. Here, drivers complete on-
line type training via a Q&A in order
to receive a printed slip which is
needed to gain entry. An effective
variant on this, when training
courses are impractical, is to require
those planning to visit a terminal to
complete an on-line safety training
course and then print a certificate
with which to gain entry.
Proper induction procedures will
help minimise accidents.
Furthermore, should a serious injury
or fatality occur, where appropriate
induction procedures are in place the
terminal operator is likely to face
reduced exposure to workplace
safety penalties and an improved
defensive position for any
compensation claim.
The main aim is to prevent injuries.
No visitor should enter a terminal
without receiving a proper safety
induction. A sign at the gate, while
perhaps better than nothing, is not
adequate. Controlling access to those
who are trained, whether face to face
or by other means is much better.
9 Laurence Jones is risk assessment
director at the TT Club. For more
information on the TT Club go to
www.ttclub.com
Induction works best in reducing
incidents because it is third parties in
terminals that are most at risk c
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Turkey’s Yilport connects with APS
Expanding port operator Yilport Holding has
signed a deal with APS Technology for the
supply of automation technologies at four of the
group’s Turkish terminals, with options for further
deliveries as more hubs are added to the group.
Yilport’s E5, Gebze, Gemlik (Gemport) and
Yarimca terminals will all benefit from APS gate
automation, while APS’ MatchMaker optical
character recognition will be fitted to four new
Mitsui ship-to-shore cranes at Gemlik, the group’s
latest terminal. Opening of phase one of the
terminal – the largest and most technologically
advanced in the Marmara Sea – is scheduled for
early second quarter 2014.
“For Yilport, we have now set the standard for
all existing and future port developments,”
Lennert Dewaelsche, business analyst, Yilport
Holding, told Port Strategy. “When we integrate
another terminal into the YPH portfolio we now
have a ‘menu card’ with APS for future modular
purchasing. We believe with the system we have
selected that we can deploy it globally.”
Navis optimises terminal productivity
Navis is kick starting the advancement of
terminal operational performance with the
launch of its Navis Optimisation Services
to help terminals increase operational
profitability. Navis’ optimisation services
include an end-to-end implementation of
optimisation modules, a ‘tune-up’ of an existing
implementation of the modules to adapt to
change, a customer optimisation module
to address terminal-specific situations and an
emulation study.
“Optimisation software automates complex
operational decisions, delivering significant
ROI and operational productivity improvements,”
said Frederik Stork, director, optimisation
services, Navis.
Cargotec ‘faster and more focused’
Even though Cargotec’s 2013 annual report was
labelled “financially disappointing”, the group’s
president says that this is easily solved by getting
"faster and more focused" in future.
Mika Vehviläinen, president and chief
executive, Cargotec, said: “Cargotec has
engaged for a while in the right
activities but our actions need to be
faster and more focused. Thankfully,
almost all improvement areas are
not dependent on external factors
but rather our own more effective
execution.”
He pointed out that looking forward there are
many new business opportunities for Cargotec
and it is looking to further exploit the
development of services and software support for
automated terminals.
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