All Equipment articles – Page 103
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NewsMersey gets VTS upgrade
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.The safety and security of shipping moving in and out of the Mersey and its approaches is to be enhanced ...
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NewsGottwald Thais things up
Gottwald has recently received its first order from Thailand. Two 100-tonne HMK 260 E cranes have been ordered by the leading Thai agency and stevedoring group, Ngow Hock nd, the two new cranes will be operated by Thai Prosperity Terminal (TPT) on a private wharf on the Chao Phraya River ...
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Kalmar's Royal success
Kalmar has received an order for one post-Panamax shipto-shore (STS) container crane from Bristol Port Company, destined for the Royal Portbury Dock. With an outreach of 45 metres, this heavy-duty crane will be capable of handling 17-wide containerships. The crane is destined for the existing deepsea terminal in Bristol, which ...
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NewsLiebherr
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Liebherr has delivered a LHM 400 mobile harbour crane to stevedore BUSS in Sassnitz. Equipped with a motor grab control ...
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NAVIS
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Navis is to provide the Terminal Operating System at APM Terminals' new Virginia terminal on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. ...
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TIDEWORKS
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Tideworks has been selected by Stevedoring Services (SSL) to provide terminal operations solutions and professional IT services for managing container ...
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UNITOR
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (WW) has acquired 90.4% of the outstanding shares in Unitor. The acquisition represents a strategic investment for WW ...
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ADT installs system for Cork
ADT has provided an integrated security system at Cork to help satisfy the requirements of the ISPS Code. CCTV technology enables access control from a central point. Access gates to berths can be opened and closed remotely using information passed along fibre optic cables to the control centre.
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MATRA trialled at ports amidst lax security reports
Six UK ports are to be the subject of a new security review. The project is part of the Multi Agency Threat and Risk Assessment (MATRA), a government initiative to cut the risk of crime and terrorism in airports. It has been reported that the study was prompted by concern ...
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NewsGottwald supplies Varna and Antwerp
Gottwald has recently delivered its first MHC to Bulgaria. The 100-ton HMK 300 E, Gottwald''s current bestseller, will be operated as a container crane at Varna.
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New scanner for Banjul
The Gambian Government has signed up with Scanning Systems for the installation and operation of scanners in Banjul.
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NewsFeeding Belfast livestock
Redler, the bulk materials handling specialist, is to undertake the mechanical and electrical design and construction elements of a new 75,000 tonne animal feed store planned to be built within the port of Belfast.
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Belligerent Nations?
Another alternative being examined could see regional or continental chains of linked VTS systems exchanging data originally derived from AIS that would not require ships to transmit data once they had entered such a chain.
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Consens brings fresh thinking to strad market
Consens'' straddle carrier range will be launched early next year and its new machines trialled at terminals in Europe and the US at the end of this year. The company, formed by former FantuzziNoell staff including Bjorn Riechers as Consens'' managing director, will focus on developing its strad carrier range ...
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Cargo scam warning
UNCTAD carried out a global government and industry survey on ISPS Code implementation, costs and related financing (available for downloading at www.unctad.org/ttl/legal). A total of 55 completed questionnaires were received from respondent ports, the majority of these being in developed countries.The TT Club warns of increasingly sophisticated cargo theft methods. ...
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NewsCooling it
Alex Hughes turns to the southwest of England and South Africa to discover what makes for a successful chilled fruit terminal operation.
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NewsGantry cranes
The third of five gantry cranes was taken ashore at berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg from ZPMC''s ZHEN HUA 8. ZPMC ensured the 1,800 ton giant was pulled onto the quay wall when the water level was at its highest.
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NewsNavis/APL get results
APL Kaoshiung recently set a new productivity record at the port loading and discharging an average of 164 containers per hour over 21 hours from a single vessel. This record exceeds the port''s standard of 55 containers per berth hour by 198%.
