Monthly Archives: September 2017
World Maritime Day 2017
| Sep282017
About World Maritime Day 2017 ”Connecting Ships, Ports and People” has been selected as the World Maritime Day theme for 2017 .The theme was chosen to provide an opportunity to focus on the many diverse actors involved in the shipping and logistics areas. The maritime sector, which includes shipping, ports and the people that operate them, can and should play a significant role helping Member States to create conditions for increased employment, prosperity and stability ashore through promoting trade by sea; enhancing the port and maritime sector as wealth creators both on land and, through developing a sustainable blue economy, at sea. World Maritime Day 2017 will be formally celebrated at IMO on 28 September 2017.
read moreImplementing Change
| Sep262017
Lion Consultancy is a specialist in customer-specific advisory, consultancy and feasibility studies for the process, industrial and aviation industry. Lion Consultancy has more than 10 years of advisory and consultancy experience. Change Management Our organization is specialized in complex reorganization, organizational development, organizational change, coaching, or continuous improvement. These change management aspects are often involved with many behavioral aspects (NLP & Gung Ho). We would like to assist you with We would like to assist you with improving company processes, procedures & policies, restructuring your organization, coaching or any other organization improvement. It can always be better, but how do you do that? The coaches of Lion Consultancy will be happy to assist you. Our distinctive ability is
read moreHow to select a valve for dry materials bulk handling
| Sep192017
Many people think that selecting valves for handling dry material is a relatively simple process. Many people believe that the only information you need is: Size of the opening Shape of the opening Available stack-up height Matching connections or hole patterns But in reality, we need more information to accurately select the right valve for the application. Lion Bulk Handling is cooperating with a couple qualified valve manufactures and suppliers, to select the most efficient valve for that particular system and the required technical specifications of our clients. Costly mistakes can be avoided, if more information about the application parameters is supplied to us nd our valve partners. For example do you like purchasing an expensive valve for a simple
read moreCEMENT STORAGE, SET PACK AND THE FLUIDIZED FLOOR AS PART OF THE RECLAIMSYSTEM.
| Sep052017
Being involved in moving large volumes of dry bulk powders from ship to shore one always gets involved with the onshore storage situation. Looking at a storage facility, there are two different processes going on. First the product getting into the facility, which normally happens at irregular intervals and in large quantities. The second process is the product leaving the facility, a process that normally happens on a regular basis and depending on seasonal effects in smaller quantities. At that point the reclaim system becomes important. The reclaim system inside a flat-, silo- or dome storage facility is not only important in just getting the product out of the storage facility, the reclaim system is also important in having a
read moreForty years of the World Port Days (Wereld Haven Dagen)
| Sep012017
Worldwide! What once started as the one-day event Maritiem ’78 has since grown into the Netherlands’ largest annual maritime festival, which welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors over the course of three full days. In 2017, the World Port Days will celebrate its fortieth anniversary with a party of global proportions! This party will do justice to the greatness of the Port of Rotterdam. After all, Rotterdam is a gateway to the world. On and along Nieuwe Waterweg, you will find ships and goods from around the world. This international character is also reflected in the many tourists from all corners of the world, who want to experience Rotterdam’s unique ability to unite past and future. The international nature of
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