Equipment – Page 99
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MHCS FOR BRAZIL
Brazilian terminal operator Tecondi has ordered two post-Panamax LHM 500 HD MHCs from Liebherr Nenzing.
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RTGS FOR CUT
California United Terminals (CUT) at Long Beach has ordered five 16-wheel all-electric RTGs from KCI Konecranes. The investment will replace older diesel hydraulic units.
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News50% of planning time lost on re-scheduling
67% of oil and bulk shipping companies believe fleet scheduling is getting more difficult. The majority of fleet chartering and scheduling managers spend half of their working week re-planning existing schedules according to a survey of oil and bulk carriers by scheduling software specialist, Magenta Technology. 56% of respondents said ...
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NewsLiebherr chalks them up
Four one-over-five RTGs for Petrolesport, St Petersburg; another similar RTG for Dublin; and another for Immingham mark Liebherr Container Cranes'' start to the year.
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NewsWhat's happening where
The major European contractors Royal Boskalis Westminster, Van Oord, Jan de Nul and DEME, are estimated to share 60% of the global dredging market whilst contractors based in Asia and the US, namely Penta Ocean, Hyundai, Samsung and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with various regional and local players, ...
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Hot potato
In the dredging business the impact of environmental and social factors can never be overlooked and there is no better example of these interests clashing with commercial and economic considerations than Port Phillip Bay, the conduit to the port of Melbourne.
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NewsPolitics never far away
As container ships get bigger, as LNG projects proliferate, as ports compete for traffic, inevitably the call to deepen approach channels, harbours and berths grows louder. And in some cases, so do the howls of protest. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsThe reclaim game
The rationale for capital and maintenance dredging is one thing but land reclamation is driven by an entirely separate set of criteria. Many ports still have little idea of the economics involved and so don''t even consider reclamation.
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Noble selects Magenta
Magenta Technology''s intelligent scheduling and continuous planning application, i-Scheduler, has been selected by supply chain manager Noble Group to facilitate co-ordination of its logistics operations.
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NewsBromma selected by APMT
Bromma is to supply APM Terminals 34 Marathon YSX45E electric spreaders for the new automated container terminal under development on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, Va.
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Gottwald's golden geese
Besides strong MHC sales, Gottwald is reporting important milestones in the automated port technologies segment with the first ASC Automated Stacking Crane order and successful launch of the E-AGV series, the diesel-electric version of the diesel-hydraulic AGV Automated Guided Vehicle.
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NewsSiwertell supplies Mersey
A new high capacity screwtype ship unloader has been ordered for Seaforth Grain Terminal in Liverpool from BMH Marine. In future bulk carriers of up to 75,000 dwt will be discharged at the terminal with unloading capacities of up to 1800 tons/hour.
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NewsLiebherr's LRS 645 reaches east
As part of Saigon New Port''s expansion of its Cat Lai Container Terminal in Ho Chi Minh City, Liebherr is to supply two LRS645 reachstackers.
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NewsAll for one and one for all
The world''s most powerful self-propelled ocean-going cutter suction dredger was christened in Dunkirk recently.
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NewsTechint
The manpower required for conventional lashing of trailers on a typical North Sea freight ro-ro is 32. However, utilising the IPSI Trailer Trestle system this figure is reduced to just 10. With the high cost of port workers and seamen in northern Europe, the savings are significant, says TTS.A new ...
