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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.

22nd December 2008

Off road trials for gas machines

22nd December 2008

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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…

17th December 2008

Tractor pooling for better utilisation

17th December 2008

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A new waterproof, rugged mobile phone has been developed for people who work in the maritime industries.

17th December 2008

Maritime phone for port operatives

17th December 2008

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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.

16th December 2008

Reading the nuclear footprint

16th December 2008

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

15th December 2008

Simulator training for Turkish terminal

15th December 2008

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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.

11th December 2008

Less of a drag

11th December 2008

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Dubai Maritime City has ordered Cavotecs Panzerbelt system, designed to protect power cables from traffic damage by heavy port vehicles.

10th December 2008

Ports opt for cable protection

10th December 2008

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Finlands Mantsinen Group has developed two new generation models of electrically powered cranes to meet the demands of increasingly environmentally-aware customers.

8th December 2008

Mantsinen launches greener unloaders

8th December 2008

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Purchasing decisions on handling equipment are now getting grass-roots input by taking the drivers preferences into account, according to truck and reachstacker manufacturer Hyster.

21st November 2008

Purchasing power for drivers

21st November 2008

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A special range of hardwearing tyres developed by Michelin has been extended into sizes suitable for port equipment.

17th November 2008

Port tyres can take a load off

17th November 2008

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A crane especially designed for the extreme climatic conditions of an intermodal terminal in Artem has been ordered from Baltkran.

13th November 2008

Extreme cranes

13th November 2008

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Liebherr has boosted its European presence with a clutch of recent orders.

10th November 2008

Liebherr grows European orders

10th November 2008

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Terminal Ukrtranscontainer, Russia (part of the NCC Group), has introduced an IT system that brings together container handling, document flow, tariffing and financial accounting in a paperless system.

6th November 2008

Paperless system for Russian terminal

6th November 2008

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Bromma has introduced a new, lighter member to its ship-to-shore spreader family.

6th November 2008

Lighter crane powers savings

6th November 2008

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Two 2.4m plastic buoys ordered by Associated British Ports from British manufacturer XJF Plastics are to be followed by another order after proving their effectiveness at Fleetwood, UK, in guiding the freight…

3rd November 2008

Low maintenance plastic for Fleetwood port

3rd November 2008

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A new container recognition system is being installed at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. This will be the first port in Europe to take up the technology after its successful deployment…

30th October 2008

Container recognition in Europe

30th October 2008

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Port equipment, premises and liability insurer, TT Club has urged port and terminal operators to re-visit their crane tie-down procedures and emergency braking operations to mitigate structural damage and accidents in high…

24th October 2008

Terminals operators urged to review crane lockdown procedures

24th October 2008

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A very good market for reachstackers has lifted 2008 sales volumes for equipment manufacturer Konecranes Lifttrucks over budget.

17th October 2008

Konecranes smashes sales budget

17th October 2008

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Cargotecs spreader-mounted radiation detection system has been awarded the US Department of Homeland Security Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology Designation after achieving 100% accuracy with no false readings on 300 consecutive tests using a…

16th October 2008

Security spreader gets 100% mark

16th October 2008

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Mitsui is supplying 11 hybrid transtainer units to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. These cranes feature diesel engines which vary the engine speed depending on load, and also have capacitors…

8th October 2008

Mitsui cranes for Asia

8th October 2008

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CEM Systems has released a security reader which meets the requirements for three stage identity authentication - card, PIN, and biometric verification - in one device.

1st October 2008

Three in one security from CEM

1st October 2008

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Kalmar is to supply 11 of its green E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Gateway Terminals India (GTI) at Nhava Sheva.. This latest order - due to commence next January - follows…

30th September 2008

More green for India

30th September 2008

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With calls for International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) training on the increase, Hamburg Port Training Institute has developed a range of security courses based on a modular system.

24th September 2008

Modular training meets specifics

24th September 2008