All Equipment articles – Page 106

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    LIEBHERR TO SUPPLY RTGS TO ABP

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The VTS also collects and records data to support ABP, as the Statutory Harbour Authority, in maintaining emergency procedures/ contingency plans and reporting and investigating oil pollution incidents. It complies with the IALA VTS Guidelines, all applicable IMO conventions, including SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 8-2, and takes account of the ...

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    ESC BOOSTS CAR TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    TPS has opted for two 7+1 wide machines capable of lifting 1 over 5 containers and featuring Kalmar's Smartrail® autosteering and container position verification system, as well as remote monitoring interface. The machines, due for delivery in November 2005, represent a key step in the terminal operator's strategy to convert ...

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    TIDEWORKS CHOSEN FOR PUERTO CABELLO ?

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Intershipping Terminal Services (ITS) has chosen Tideworks to provide terminal operations management systems for container operations in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.

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    CREATING A COST-EFFECTIVE WORKHORSE

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    In many countries, manning requirements for tugs are determined by vessel length; the more compact a vessel, the lower the manning costs, and the more cost-effective they become.

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    RADIONET DELIVERS WI-FI HOTZONE NETWORK TO LAS PALMAS

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    TPS has opted for two 7+1 wide machines capable of lifting 1 over 5 containers and featuring Kalmar's Smartrail® autosteering and container position verification system, as well as remote monitoring interface. The machines, due for delivery in November 2005, represent a key step in the terminal operator's strategy to convert ...

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    DENIS MURPHY

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    From high-atop a container crane at Washington United Terminals, Mehlberg explains that new terminal simulation modelling has allowed Port of Tacoma customers to be more successful. And, he reports, the technology is helping the port attract new customers. The DENIS MURPHY, a new Multi-Cat, is the latest addition to the ...

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    Kalmar's E-One wins global orders

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaiso (TPS) in Chile and Terminal Container Athus (TCA) in Belgium have become the first container handling facilities to place orders for Kalmar''s new all-electric RTG, the E-One. The orders come within just eight weeks of the product''s launch.

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    ..AND PORT EVERGLADES

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    From high-atop a container crane at Washington United Terminals, Mehlberg explains that new terminal simulation modelling has allowed Port of Tacoma customers to be more successful. And, he reports, the technology is helping the port attract new customers.Port Everglades Terminal (PET) is also now using Tideworks' terminal operations management system, ...

  • The ROB may also be due to instability of some products rather than their waxy nature The inspector has access to both ship and the shore facilities which would be denied to the individual parties involved in the transaction
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    NOT JUST A NECESSARY EVIL

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Inspection services safeguard the commercial interests of clients and play a major role in facilitating global trade by ensuring the integrity of valuable bulk products is protected. Such commodities include crude oil, petroleum refined products, petrochemicals and agricultural products.

  • Udo Mehlberg: Its become a very effective marketing tool for us
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    Terminal simulations help Tacoma too

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    It''s all about giving current and potential customers tools to upgrade their operations and increase efficiency, says the Port of Tacoma''s technology project manager and business analyst, Udo Mehlberg.

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    NEW LAB SPONSORED

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    From high-atop a container crane at Washington United Terminals, Mehlberg explains that new terminal simulation modelling has allowed Port of Tacoma customers to be more successful. And, he reports, the technology is helping the port attract new customers.CodaOctopus is to sponsor a new geophysical research laboratory at Cardiff University. The ...

  • The AVT 37/65-E escort tug VELOX is typical of the new generation of highly sophisticated, multi-role tugs BARUNGA is only 24m in length but is capable of a bollard pull of 70 tonnes
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    SOPHISTICATED SUPER TUGS SET NEW STANDARDS

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    More powerful, but compact and highly automated, the humble tug is growing ever more sophisticated, and assuming new roles that can help enhance ports'' balance sheets. David Foxwell reports.

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    Simulators in the news

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Simulators are in the news this month (see also Container Handling: STS cranes).

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    Singapore Terminals

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The VTS also collects and records data to support ABP, as the Statutory Harbour Authority, in maintaining emergency procedures/ contingency plans and reporting and investigating oil pollution incidents. It complies with the IALA VTS Guidelines, all applicable IMO conventions, including SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 8-2, and takes account of the ...

  • Reunion: dramatic productivity increases forecast
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    Kalmar aids Reunion

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Port de l''Ile de la Reunion is utilising the port planning and container handling expertise of Kalmar as it begins work on extensive new facilities at Port Est. The port will take into operation 12 four-high CSC450 straddle carriers with twin-lift spreaders and two TRX182 terminal tractors, each with a ...

  • The first Kalmar ship-to-shore crane in operation at MSC Home Terminal
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    MSC boosts Kalmar STS order

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar has received an order for five additional super postPanamax STS cranes from MSC Home Terminal, Antwerp on top of the ten cranes ordered last year (the biggest European STS order ever). The new order, due for delivery in 2006, has been placed in response to anticipated future volume growth. ...

  • Operations at La Spezia: events signalled as they occur
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    La Spezia opts for Control Techniques

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), has installed a new container crane from Italian crane maker OMG to boost productivity and cut both turnaround times and downtime.

  • These two photos from NEMAG just go to show how much attention you can grab with something as prosaic as a cargo grab.
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    SIMTAG and Savi cooperate

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    SIMTAG, a consortium of leading companies in manufacturing, transportation and services to logistics involved in the development of an intermodal portal solution, and Savi Technology, have announced a joint field trial based on an existing supply chain transporting meat products from Namibia to Tilbury. The supply chain is part of ...

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    Navis Delivers PrimeRoute for Terminal Tractors

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Navis says its new PrimeRoute increases utilization of terminal tractors by estimating the optimal yard work assignment for each available tractor and automatically dispatching it to the appropriate RTG, railhead or quay crane for loading or unloading.

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    RESON performs in the East

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    RESON has sold its SeaBat 8125 multibeam echosounder to Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle to support their hydrographic survey and dredging activity within the strict environmental guidelines set by the Australian government. " The imagery that we have been able to produce with the 8125 system has enabled us to have ...