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Network Connectivity Solved in Automated Container Ports

i4.0 today

The drive to increase the efficiency of international shipping relies on high-performance cranes to transfer containerized cargo quickly and safely from ship to shore. Much of the company’s work is based on providing sensors to enable cranes to move cargo from ships to automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Today Magazine.

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Spodumene production recommences at NAL, marking new milestone

AU Manufacturing

The first shipment of spodumene (lithium) concentrate from NAL is expected in July 2023, with four additional cargoes planned for the first half of fiscal 2024. The move comes on the heels of Sayona’s 2021 acquisition of the nearby NAL operation, which is set to restart spodumene (lithium) production in March 2023.

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Kickstart: A plastic ballet, a bubble wrap tutu and mottainai

Plastics News

No one seems to know the source of the pellets. The leading theory is they've spilled from shipping containers, similar to a spill of 87 containers of plastic from a cargo freighter off the coast of Sri Lanka in May 2021. There's a big problem as far as accountability, however.

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Hydrogen, EVs may both be winners in new energy future

Plastics News

Many have eyed hydrogen's tantalizing potential as an abundant and pollution-free energy source for transportation and beyond. Jules Verne described a method in which "water will one day be employed as fuel," and wrote hydrogen and oxygen will "furnish an exhaustible source of heat and light" in his 1874 novel The Mysterious Island.

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Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GSCRI)

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Saudi Arabia intends on supporting this logistics advancement through its Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, which was initiated in 2021. In addition, KSA’s 3 key ports rank amongst top 20 in the Container Port Performance Index 2021. Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.

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Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GSCRI)

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Saudi Arabia intends on supporting this logistics advancement through its Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, which was initiated in 2021. In addition, KSA’s 3 key ports rank amongst top 20 in the Container Port Performance Index 2021. Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.

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Virtual Incision’s mini surgical robot arrives at ISS

Robotics Business Review

A screen grab from a NASA broadcast shows a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station on Jan. Source: NASA Virtual Incision’s MIRA surgical robot system has made it to the International Space Station (ISS). 30, 2024 with the spaceMIRA from Virtual Incision onboard.

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