The main issue in their contract talks with the shipping industry is whether new jobs created by new technologies in dock operations should be unionized.
He oversees all operations within the custodial division, including the Facilities Customer Service Center, the mail room and loading dock operations, the labor team that handles minor moves, and the recycling program.
To be able to handle the larger volumes of cargo expected in the port, he said, dock operations will have to become more productive, by moving the empty containers away from the docks more quickly.
Elemental carbon (EC) was used as a surrogate of exposure to engine exhaust from diesel vehicles, traffic, and loading dock operations.
Mortality risk increased linearly with years of employment and was similar across job categories despite different current and historical patterns of exhaust-related particulate matter from diesel trucks, city and highway traffic, and loading dock operations.
In order to have dedicated cell for decontamination of Remote Handling tools, in order to increase the operability efficiency and to removes the hot cell docking operation from the critical path, the concept of a universal docking station has been investigated.
After all of its previous activity, Zvezda let the space station take the lead in the final stages of the rendezvous, approaching Zvezda and controlling the docking operation.
Furthermore, lighting and glare from the heavy industrial docking operation planned for the Hudson River's shore would create unsafe conditions for commercial and recreational boaters.
Vertical motion damping is requested at the bow deck of the SES during offshore wind turbine docking operation.
On-orbit release by inter-satellite electromagnetic force is a novel and valued technology characterized by repetitious release capability, release and re-docking operation integration, no propellant consuming and contamination, etc., thus it ensures a broad prospect of application in future routine on-orbit servicing missions.
