All Equipment articles – Page 86

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    Bintu gets better radar for less

    2009-01-15T12:24:00Z

    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

    2009-01-13T12:24:00Z

    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

    2009-01-12T12:24:00Z

    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

    2009-01-11T12:24:00Z

    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.

  • Port Strategy: Dover has extensive dredging requirements to beat the build up of silt
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    Doing it for themselves

    2009-01-09T12:24:00Z

    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

    2009-01-07T12:24:00Z

    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

    2009-01-04T12:24:00Z

    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

    2009-01-01T12:24:00Z

    The very first two Liebherr rail-mounted stacking container cranes are on order for Russia.

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    Ongoing orders for electric spreaders

    2008-12-31T12:24:00Z

    Demand for Bromma''s Greenline range of all-electric spreaders showed no sign of waning in the last quarter on 2008.

  • News

    LNG power is a shore thing

    2008-12-29T12:24:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines has successfully tested a liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled shore power supply system on the containership MOL Enterprise.

  • News

    'Straight from the box' container recognition

    2008-12-25T12:24:00Z

    A new container recognition gantry, which can be pre-assembled, tuned and tested before delivery, could save time at installation, accoridng to the manufacturers.

  • News

    Off road trials for gas machines

    2008-12-22T12:24:00Z

    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

    2008-12-18T12:24:00Z

    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

    2008-12-17T12:24:00Z

    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

    2008-12-17T12:24:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Reading the nuclear 'footprint'

    2008-12-16T12:24:00Z

    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

    2008-12-15T12:24:00Z

    Yilport Container Terminal in Turkey is investing in a crane training simulator.

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    Less of a drag

    2008-12-11T12:24:00Z

    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

    2008-12-10T12:24:00Z

    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

    2008-12-09T12:24:00Z

    APM Terminals is investigating the use of crossover technology from major international airports to help manage the paved areas of terminals.