Equipment

Kalmar has introduced a new generation of Smartpath, its container position verification system originally developed for straddle carriers. The company claims the technology can now be adapted for implementation on a range…

Spanish power generating company Endesa Generacion has ratified an agreement with the port authority of El Ferrol in northwest Spain to build a major coal importing terminal on a 106,000 sq m…

Gothenburg-based TTS Ships Equipment, the ro-ro access equipment developer, has unveiled a new design of ro-ro trailer trestle with a built in cargo-lashing system.

Kalmar' s automatic steering and container position verification system, Smartrail, introduced in 1997, has been granted an international patent.

Jv contractors Hyundai and China Civil Engineering Construction are using Atlas Copco portable compressors and generating sets for quay wall piling works on Hong Kong' s new six-berth container terminal.

The US West Coast port of Long Beach has called for tenders for a video surveillance system that will include up to 50 cameras and is estimated to cost around US$5.5m.

Yantian International Terminals has placed a massive order for 57 container cranes with Chinese crane builder Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co.

The port has also recently announced its intention to use cleaner-burning diesel fuel in all terminal equipment and to fit the equipment with pollution control devices.