Equipment

Tideworks Technology has developed an automation tool which will allow terminal operators to automate the process of identifying the physical stowage position of containers loaded to or discharged from the vessel in…

IT specialist LogSys has partnered with manufacturer LXE, pairing the former’s software with the latter’s rugged mobile computers.

Gottwald has recently sold two 4-rope grab Mobile Harbour Cranes for bulk handling to Loxus Granéis Ltda at the Port of Imbituba and Vanzin Serviços Aduaneiros Ltda at the Port of Rio…

The largest order in the world for the reeling cable used on high speed cranes has been won by Tratos Ltd. The Tratosflex-ESDB cable will be used in 38 ZPMC cranes at…

ZPMC has chosen power and automation group ABB for a $40m supply crane automation and electrical system order. The contract covers three projects in Korea’s Busan New Port, Santa Marta International Terminal…

PSA Great Yarmouth has agreed a five-year contract with Cooper SH for the supply and maintenance of a fleet of port handling equipment, including three Konecranes reachstackers, one empty container handler and…

Tideworks has just announced the availability of Intermodal Pro, a comprehensive terminal operating system (TOS) for intermodal terminals.

Itapoá Terminais Portuários, a port located in Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil, will implement the NavisTM SPARCS N4 system from Zebra Enterprise Solutions with plans to go live by 2011.…

Gottwald has unveiled a new energy-saving hybrid drive, employing state-of-the-art diesel generators in connection with dynamic brake resistors and short-term energy storage to achieve fuel savings in the double-digit percentage range.

Linde Heavy Truck Division Limited has signed two major contracts worth around €3m ($4.1m) with Chittagong Port Authority.

The rising price of raw materials is having a knock-on effect on mobile handling equipment.

American company Maritime International has developed a new style of marine fender made entirely from scrap tyres. Its ‘raw material’ is recycled waste tyres which would otherwise be sent to landfill, and…

Two months of operation of water recycling and harvesting rainwater has allowed Goodyear South Africa to save 5.6m litres of water; enough to supply 180 homes for a month. The Uitenhage plant…

Managing the 46 miles of waterfront and more than 350 fixed cameras on site at the Port of Los Angeles can be arduous.