Equipment

Tideworks has re-branded its S.Wise product line, designed to help multipurpose terminal operators plan and control terminal processes. The software, part of Tideworks 2004 acquisition of Rotterdambased Sonu Software Solutions, will now…

The exchange of information among shipping alliance members will be made easier and more efficient with ALLIES, an " Alliance Hubbing Solution" offered by Portnet. com, a subsidiary of PSA Corporation.

Mardas Marmara Deniz Isletmeciligi, the container terminal operator in the Mardas Port area of the Ambarli Port Complex in Istanbul, has ordered six Kalmar E-One all-electric RTGs. Each unit will be equipped…

Transas is to supply a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system for Drogheda Port Company (DPC) in Ireland.

According to CCTV specialist AtView, a high proportion of installed CCTV systems are nonoperational, either because they were poorly installed or specified at the outset, or because something has subsequently gone wrong.…

The system allows the driver of a truck, trailer-train or straddle carrier to view the vehicle in relation to the stopping position offering a computer-augmented birds-eye view. Most existing systems use lights…

Side-shift is also possible on the spreader.Following sales to ABP in King's Lynn last year and Folkestone Harbour in March, Hydrex Equipment has sold a third Fuchs MHL380 wheeled re-handling machine, this…

Navtech has just launched its Crane Anti-Collision Sensor in the port of Bristol. The system uses high-resolution radar to identify hazardous obstructions in the path of the moving crane boom.

US-based security specialist Vistascape came within a hares whisker of picking up this years Seatrade Safety at Sea Award but was pipped at the post by Australias Mobilarm for its crew monitoring…

APM Terminals is increasing its container handling capacity at its terminal in Los Angeles, USA with seven new Konecranes RTGs.

The mighty 38.000 HP "D'ARTAGNAN" is named after the famous character in The Three Musketeers. Two auxiliary vessels, "ARAMIS" and "BUCKINGHAM" were also christened at the same ceremony. The three vessels will…

Dear Sir With some delay I was informed about the serious, but anonymous allegations of PSC malpractices in the port of Antwerp that you published in the Jan/Feb 2005 number of Port…