All Equipment articles – Page 86
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Bintu gets better radar for less
Bintulu Port, Sarawak, East Malaysia is upgrading its VTMIS and has chosen a system from Kongsberg that will improve the port''s radar performance without upgrading radar hardware.
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Batumi edges into container management
Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), located in Adjara, Georgia, has installed a ''stand alone'' version of the Spinnaker container management solution from Tideworks. It will be integrated with Spinnaker''s purpose-built "Star Gate" module for gate processing.
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Stop the bilge water bugs
BioPetroClean''s ''plug & play'' cleaning system promises to address the problems of vessels cleaning out their bilge water in port.
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Loads more for Koper
Work is now underway on a high efficiency coal loader, rated at 2,000 tonnes per hour, for Slovenian company Luka Koper, to be installed in the Port of Koper.
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Doing it for themselves
The Port of Dover has had its own dredger for some time. Nigel Stokes, assistant harbour master, explains that the David Church, which carries out both suction and grab dredging, is in use hoovering up the silt that gets deposited in the harbour all year round, non-stop.
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Dredging - no bottom in sight
Maintaining channels and berth depths has become an operational migraine as dredgers flock to more lucrative reclamation projects instead, as Stevie Knight discovers
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PSEL adds global training arm
Port Services Engineering Ltd (PSEL) has added another facet to its competencies by acquiring a training and HSE company.
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Cranes go east
The very first two Liebherr rail-mounted stacking container cranes are on order for Russia.
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Ongoing orders for electric spreaders
Demand for Bromma''s Greenline range of all-electric spreaders showed no sign of waning in the last quarter on 2008.
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LNG power is a shore thing
Mitsui OSK Lines has successfully tested a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled shore power supply system on the containership MOL Enterprise.
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'Straight from the box' container recognition
A new container recognition gantry, which can be pre-assembled, tuned and tested before delivery, could save time at installation, accoridng to the manufacturers.
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Off road trials for gas machines
Gas-powered, versatile container hustler machines that are at home both on and off-road, are being tested by Total Terminals at Ports America facilities in Long Beach, California.
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Special handling for Bristol
After turning to a specialised handling company for its reachstacker operations, privately-owned Bristol Port is now looking at savings of up to £ 90,000 per annum.
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'Maritime' phone for port operatives
A new waterproof, ''rugged'' mobile phone has been developed for people who work in the maritime industries.
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Tractor pooling for better utilisation
A new Tractor Pooling feature which reduces the time tractors ''hang around'' a vessel while waiting for the one in front to finish, has been released by Tideworks as part of its Traffic Control container dispatch system.
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Reading the nuclear 'footprint'
A method for detecting nuclear shielding in hidden containers without interrupting the flow through the port has come about through the teaming up of two specialists in the field.
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Simulator training for Turkish terminal
Yilport Container Terminal in Turkey is investing in a crane training simulator.
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Less of a drag
An energy management system that tackles the problem of data and energy chain breakages has been expanded by the addition of an emergency decoupling system.
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Ports opt for cable protection
Dubai Maritime City has ordered Cavotec''s Panzerbelt system, designed to protect power cables from traffic damage by heavy port vehicles.
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APM paves the way
APM Terminals is investigating the use of crossover technology from major international airports to help manage the paved areas of terminals.