All Equipment articles – Page 110
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NewsMTL partners with TSB
Hong Kong''s MTL is the latest terminal operator to team up with a software provider - South Korea''s Total Soft Bank (TSB) in this case - to develop terminal management systems. Besides fulfilling its own terminals'' needs, the joint venture known as Modern Terminals Operations System (MOTOS), will also market ...
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NewsLiverpool Water
Liverpool Water demonstrated its multi-purpose harbourcleansing, pollution control, shallow-water credging craft at the Seawork 2004 exhibition recently.
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Milford Haven's new pilot system
Milford Haven has become the first port in the UK to invest in a portable satellite-based system to help pilots guide ships along the waterway to their berths with pinpoint accuracy. The £ 60,000 E-Sea Fix, supplied by Atlantas Marine Ltd, is a selfcontained, portable piloting and docking system which ...
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MHI SUPPLIES GANTRIES AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED RTGS
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a $35.5m contract to supply 12 remotely controlled RTGs and three super post-Panamax quayside gantry cranes to Tobishima Container Berth at Nagoya.
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EMBARCADERO'S EUROPEAN STRATEGY
"Konecranes RTGs have proven their success in terms of environmental considerations combined with high performance capacity and fast delivery. These have been real strengths in winning recent orders", says Tuomas Saastamoinen, sales manager, container handling at Konecranes. "Providing local support for the RTGs through our harbour crane service experts from ...
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SAIC supports Integrated Container Inspection System (ICIS)
The global supply chain is at risk of hijacking by terrorists with the intent to deliver and detonate weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), says US security provider SAIC. Stakeholders in the marine transportation system are working to mitigate this threat. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is pushing the shipping ...
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NewsISPS compliance: some did, some didn't
The press releases came in from every corner of the world. Those ports and shipowners that had complied wanted to shout about it. Fair enough considering the effort and expense involved in preparing for ISPS Code compliance by the 1 July deadline - but too many to list here individually.
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NewsKonecranes chalk up RTG orders
The Port of Houston Authority has placed a repeat order for seven Konecrane RTGs worth over $10m with delivery due in April 2005. " They will help us provide even faster turnaround for container vessels visiting the Barbour' s Cut terminal, " says Houston' s executive director Tom Kornegay. The ...
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NewsKalmar's latest strads have eye to customer's bottom line
Kalmar' s newly launched 7th generation straddle carriers are compatible with the company' s remote maintenance interface (RMI) system making it possible to monitor their condition from afar. This allows Kalmar to support customers not only directly through their local service network but also world-wide from its offices and factories ...
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NewsTHE BOOM IS OVER BUT IT'S NOT A COLLAPSE
The total market for global capital dredging projects is worth somewhere in the region of € 7 billion although only about half the contracts awarded could be said to be the result of genuinely open tenders.
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NewsAntwerp STS orders for Kalmar
Kalmar has received an order for six (plus three options) super post-Panamax STS container cranes from a consortium led by P& O Ports Antwerp for the new Antwerp Gateway terminal at the Deurganckdok on the Schelde left bank. With an outreach of 55 metres, the high-speed cranes will be capable ...
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NewsDREDGING PROGRESS AT SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW DEEPWATER PORT
Dredging for South Africa' s new Coega deepwater port in the Eastern Cape is progressing for completion by the end of the year. The project - on Algoa Bay at the mouth of the Coega River - is designed to act as a catalyst for regional economic development. The new ...
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Norcontrol wins Swedish VTS order
Norcontrol IT has been awarded a new VTS installation contract by the Swedish Maritime Administration to supply upgrades to the Swedish west coast VTS, including replacement of the existing VTS 5000 system at Gothenburg. Built into the contract is also a future expansion of the system to include maritime traffic ...
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NewsNew Transas VTS unites Severn ports
A marine-control centre enabling ships to be monitored 24 hours a day as they enter or leave a South Wales port or harbour along the Severn Estuary has been commissioned. Associated British Ports (ABP), owner and operator of five ports in South Wales has invested £ 0.6m in developing the ...
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Port and ship installations the next target
"The feat marks the first time that a container has been successfully tracked intransit without any 'blackouts' associated with limited satellite or cellular network coverage, line-of-sight obstructions or reliance upon costly ground-based infrastructure, " boasts ceo Vaibhav Malawade. The container was even tracked consistently when positioned in the centre of ...
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NewsNon-intrusive inspection solution
Intertek Foreign Trade Standards (FTS) and PMSi (Port Maritime Security International) have announced a strategic alliance to offer a complete ''non-intrusive inspection'' solution applicable throughout the logistics supply chain.
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NewsNew fenders open Maher terminals to larger vessels
Upgrading of the Maher Terminals facility in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, has included the replacement of the original timber fenders with high performance Trellex Fender units from Metso, enabling the existing structure to withstand higher berthing energy. The infrastructure upgrade, including the new fender systems, gives the terminal the capability ...
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Electronic vehicle pager for Thamesport
Thamesport has introduced an electronic vehicle pager system, aimed at reducing handling times for hauliers, and increasing productivity and efficiency at the port.
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Dual-Gas Stowcheck seeks and it finds
Continuing its work with organisations that need to check for people attempting to illegally cross borders, Gas Data has won the tender to provide gas detection instruments to the UK''s Home Office.
