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VANTAGE OPS/TIDEWORKS
Meanwhile, Suria Capital Group, owner of Sabah Ports, has also engaged Kalmar Asia to provide consultancy to another subsidiary, SP Satria, to improve support services to the port through a training and consultancy agreement.Vantage OPS and Tideworks have integrated Vantage performance management software with Mainsail Terminal Management System to provide ...
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NewsAPS supplies rail tracking system
APS is to provide APM Terminals with a Rail Equipment Tracking system for its Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles. The solution will include Rail OCR Portal and RailTrack which will give the terminal the capacity to automatically identify railcarladen shipping containers and track their exact GPS location as they ...
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TECON SUAPE
ICTSI''s Tecon Suape has spent US$17m for the purchase of two new postPanamax quay cranes and two RTGs from ZPMC, and the construction of a 30,000-square meter storage area.
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Strainstall wins jetty contracts
Strainstall has won US$6m of orders for its berth monitoring systems and Quick Release Hooks for new LNG terminals, new and refurbished oil facilities and ore terminals.
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KCI KONECRANES
For the oil and gas industry Strainstall specialises in the design of Quick Release Hooks and custom-built multi sensor mooring load monitoring, jetty management and vessel approach systems.KCI Konecranes has acquired a majority shareholding in Zaporozhcrane, the leading crane manufacturing company in Ukraine. The investment amounts to approx. €3m.
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NewsBerth scheduling tool launched
SEABERTH, a new web-based berth scheduling tool developed by the UK''s Cirrus Logistics enables users to plan terminal activity and reduce demurrage costs. A product extension, SEABERTH Simulation acts as a strategic decision support tool in the management of change in terminal operations.
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ABBautomates
ABB has won a US$52m contract for automation and electrical systems to serve the new Euromax container terminal in Rotterdam.
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NewsABP upgrades to AUTOSTORE
Associated British Ports has upgraded the terminal management system at its 200,000TEU a year Exxtor Terminal at Immingham. The new solution is AUTOSTORE from UK-based Central Systems and Automation.
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BMH
Since the switch, the faster, centrally controlled container management processes have helped improve container stack management at Exxtor.BMH Marine is to deliver two grain unloaders for Rizhao Port Group for delivery in 2006. The unloaders are of the Siwertell continuous screw-type, model ST 640D, and will be used in Rizhao ...
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NewsP&O opts for Kalmar service package
P& O Ports has signed a service contract with Kalmar for the provision of preventative and breakdown maintenance, engineering support and spare parts supply for the 20 ESC 7th generation straddle carriers operating at its new Antwerp Gateway terminal. The contract, based on a fixed hourly rate, is for 8,000 ...
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NewsThe Port of Cork
The Port of Cork has ordered a new pilot launch to be built by Cobh based Safehaven Marine.
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Real-time cargo monitoring
IBM and AP Moller-Maersk have introduced Intelligent Trade Lane, a global supply chain solution they claim will transform the logistics industry and improve crossborder security.
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Palm image claimed more reliable
Ocean carriers, manufacturers, retailers and governments will be able to share reliable, real-time cargo shipment information worldwide.Palm Vein is much more reliable than digital fingerprinting and iris scanning as it can't be forged, claims Fujitsu. Its Palm Vein captures an individual's palm image with near-infrared rays. The deoxidized hemoglobin in ...
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Barco claims breakthrough
Visualization specialist Barco has been awarded a contract by EADS of Munich to deliver software and services for a large-scale Vessel Traffic Control System (VTCS) in Portugal. The new system will allow the country to reliably monitor its maritime traffic, protect the outer borders of its mainland, and improve the ...
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Cavotec reels in the business
Cavotec''s busy order book includes 30 power reels for Kone KCI RMGs at APM Terminals in Virginia; 20 power and control reels for stacker-reclaimers at Tianjin for China Engineering; 12 power reels for ZPMC STS cranes?the list goes on.
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VISY
The manpower required for conventional lashing of trailers on a typical North Sea freight ro-ro is 32. However, utilising the IPSI Trailer Trestle system this figure is reduced to just 10. With the high cost of port workers and seamen in northern Europe, the savings are significant, says TTS.LPR(License Plate ...
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THAMESPORT
Thamesport has ordered 13 new terminal tractors from MOL Group. Coo David Gledhill, says:
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NewsCleaner and Greener
The Californians and Scandinavians seem to lead the way when it comes to matters green so Nick Elliott turned to these two regions for the latest thinking.
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NewsCEM steps up to Irish Harbour
Dun Laoghaire: people watchingAnti-terror police reviewed thousands of hours of CCTV footage to help trace the movements of the 7 July suicide bombers, as well as to identify suspects in the attacks a fortnight later. A leading surveillance expert later warned that London was facing a "security nightmare" and that ...
