Products & Services News – Page 84

  • Up to 27% of container volume moving through West Coast ports is at risk of diverting to Canada's Prince Rupert. Photo: Prince Rupert Port Authority
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    New legislation for US ports

    2013-08-19T17:34:00Z

    A new legislation is being considered to strengthen American ports and enhance the competitiveness of the country’s export economy.

  • The companies aim to address the "complex demands" of reefer container management
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    Reefer management solution

    2013-08-16T10:21:00Z

    Identec Solutions and WAM Technologies, a new technology division of Mark-It Services, are joining forces to address the “complex demands” of refrigerated container management in ports and terminals.

  • Martin Engineering’s EVO High Speed Impact Cradle
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    Equipment round-up

    2013-08-15T11:21:00Z

    August has heralded some brand new products to the market, all of which claim to save port and terminal operators time and money.

  • ATT says that its lift equipment does away with the need for a straddle carrier
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    Lift equipment for Pelindo

    2013-08-14T14:46:00Z

    An Indonesian port operator has signed an additional deal with Gaussin Manugistique to kit out its new port terminal with lift equipment complete with automatic navigation.

  • Richard Hepworth: "it's important that owners and operators understand exactly what to look for"
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    Fender confusion

    2013-08-14T12:32:00Z

    Checking PIANC (The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure) certification to ensure marine fenders are sold as described is not necessarily “best practice”, says Trelleborg Marine Systems.

  • EcoCrane can be supplied for new RTGs or for repowers
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    EcoPower hybrid systems

    2013-08-12T17:13:00Z

    Mi-Jack, the machinery and solutions expert, has acquired a hybrid power company to better tap into the green energy market at ports and terminals.

  • Cavotec has secured four separate orders for tis alternative maritime power (AMP) systems
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    Cavotec secures €7.2m of orders

    2013-08-09T17:07:00Z

    Cavotec is to supply customers in the US, China, Australia, South Korea and Japan with its ports and maritime technologies after securing €7.2m worth of orders.

  • Seafarers' centres have taken on a new modern-day identity. Credit: Darren Webb
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    Putting welfare first

    2013-08-09T01:00:00Z

    The days have gone when a seafarer centre was just a reading room and a phone box; today seafarers have different needs and centres won’t be fully used unless they meet those needs, says Jon Whitlow, secretary of the International Transport Workers'' Federation.

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    Lessening the burden of abandonment

    2013-08-08T01:00:00Z

    MLC 2006 should, in the short and longer term, ease the nightmare of seafarers being abandoned by their employers. Penniless, far from home, stranded on a substandard, ill-equipped vessel in a forgotten corner of a port, seafarers have often been entirely dependent on local charities for their support.

  • Ports must provide seafarers with information about facilities open to the general public in ports of call. Credit ITF
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    The human dimension

    2013-08-07T01:00:00Z

    Ports need to recognise the role they play in the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention. Felicity Landon reports

  • The RTGs will be used at container terminals in Pointe Noire, Congo and Cameroon
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    Konecranes RTGs for West Africa

    2013-08-06T17:26:00Z

    Konecranes is set to deliver eight Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes to Bolloré Group’s container terminals in Pointe Noire, Congo and Douala, Cameroon.

  • The database measures container lifts around the world. Photo: Port of Gothenburg
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    JOC port productivity database

    2013-08-01T17:36:00Z

    JOC Group has launched its Port Productivity database, the first global measure of container port performance.

  • The new Thames Hub airport is strategically located near to DP World’s Thames Gateway
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    Thames Hub airport plan

    2013-07-25T15:13:00Z

    A proposal has been formally submitted to the UK government’s Airports Commission for a new four runway airport hub on the Isle of Grain in the UK’s Thames Estuary.

  • Gaussin's ATT range is now available with battery, hybrid and automation technology
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    Gaussin extends ATT range

    2013-07-18T16:57:00Z

    Gaussin Manugistique is now offering its container handling Automotive Terminal Trailer (ATT) range of vehicles with battery, hybrid and automation technology.

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    Cavotec’s dual mooring solution

    2013-07-17T12:45:00Z

    Port systems specialist Cavotec is to integrate its automated mooring technology with its Alternative Maritime Power electrical supply systems for two ferry berths in western Norway.

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    Liebherr order intake

    2013-07-17T12:45:00Z

    Liebherr is increasing its market share in New Zealand with an order for one super post-panamax ship-to-shore crane and four straddle carriers for Port of Lyttelton.

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    Brittany’s ‘single window’

    2013-07-17T12:45:00Z

    Software specialist MGI has won a tender to install a single electronic cargo management window for Brittany ports Brest, Lorient and Saint-Malo.

  • The alliance aims to boost investment and export opportunities at both ports
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    Salalah and Virginia join forces

    2013-07-15T15:12:00Z

    The Port of Salalah and Virginia Port Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to share information and generate new business.

  • The ITF is taking on DP World
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    Port unions target DP World

    2013-07-11T16:01:00Z

    The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) dockers’ union is targeting terminal operator Dubai Ports World (DPW) over its "anti-union activities” and its systematic attempt “to undermine the wages and working conditions of workers all over the world”.

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    New Egis port subsidiary

    2013-07-11T10:49:00Z

    A French consulting and engineering group is taking its port expertise to new levels with the creation of a new subsidiary to focus in on specialised port projects.