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    ..AND NORTH CAROLINA FOR EMBARCADERO

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Embarcadero is to provide the North Carolina Ports with a new terminal operating system. ESC will install container terminal operating systems in Wilmington, Charlotte and Greensboro. Morehead City and Wilmington will have new breakbulk systems.

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    DV HOWELLS SOLD OFF

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    On delivery, South Africa Port Operations will have a total of 19 Liebherr ship-to-shore cranes in operation at its facilities. Milford Haven Port Authority has sold its subsidiary, DV Howells, to Braemar Seascope. The 30 employees will transfer with the business. The firm's remit is to create a business from ...

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    REACHSTACKERS HEAD EAST

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Liebherr''s LRS 645 reachstacker has found a market in Saigon New Port. Due to its curve-shaped telescopic boom, Liebherr claims the LRS 645 gives unrivalled reach allowing access to 2nd and 3rd row containers without any removal of front row boxes. As the boom shape also enables the loading/unloading of ...

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    QUIETER WATERS FOR LONDON'S RIVER

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Halyard Marine has helped achieve lower noise levels on the Thames with a new exhaust system fitted to a Port of London Authority (PLA) survey vessel. The PLA is responsible for surveying the riverbed and shoreline for 90 miles of the tidal River Thames. At its latest refit, the largest ...

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    MADAGASCAR TERMINAL PLUMPS FOR NAVIS?

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Once deployed, the system will automatically confirm the container load/discharge movements on each of the 14 ship-to-shore cranes in operation.Navis will replace the inhouse terminal operating system (TOS) at ICTSI's Madagascar International Container with its SPARCS TOS that, claims Navis, already handles more than 25% of the world's container volumes.

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    Mafi trailers for MSC Valencia

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Mafi has received an order for 32 of its new MT 25 YT terminal tractor from MSC Terminal in Valencia. The new terminal is under construction and the first containership is scheduled for September. The order is split into 26 MT 25 YTs with the latest Cummins engine QSB 5.9 ...

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    Transas surveys Malta shipping

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The contract for Phase 2 of the Malta Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) project, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, has been signed with Transas. It is an advance towards implementation of the Trans-European transport network infrastructure, which is one of the Community''s objectives for developing competitiveness ...

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    Savi releases new RFID tag

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Global cargo container shipments now can be monitored automatically in especially harsh environments with the latest Savi Technology active RFID tags - the ST-656, a lowprofile, highly durable container tag option with a rich variety of functions, including an audio beeper, to help defence and commercial organisations better locate and ...

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    Sabah chooses Kalmar

    2006-03-01T17:58:00Z

    Sabah Ports has placed an order with Kalmar for seven shuttle carriers, four reachstackers, nine 5-high empty container stackers and 26 terminal tractors for its facility at Kota Kinabalu.

  • HMK 8710s for Carrara, Italy
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    Gottwald Launches Generation 5

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    To coincide with its 100th anniversary this summer Gottwald has launched a new generation of harbour cranes.

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    CVS Ferarri

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    CVS Ferarri is to supply 34 TT2516VA terminal tractors to APMT at Algeciras.

  • Real-time information from RFID tags and readers on the location and security of cargo containers can be obtained through SaviTrak information services at ports worldwide
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    SAVI extends network

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Savi Networks, operator of the RFID-enhanced global information service for container shipments, that enables automated tracking, management and security, is now commercially available at two of the world''s busiest ocean terminals - in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

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    Kalmar go-karting

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Savi began developing the SaviTrak solution commercially in 2002 as a provider of networking technology to the Smart and Secure Tradelanes initiative, which included thousands of RFID-tagged container journeys from origins in Indonesia, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany and South Africa. The system was further refined in several other global transportation ...

  • itractor: getting the job done efficiently
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    Kalmar launches i tractor

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar has introduced the first ever series of tractors to use CAN-BUS control technology *.

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    TIDEWORKS

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Tideworks Technology has deployed its terminal operations management systems at Intershipping Terminal Services(ITS) in Puerto Cabello. Tideworks'' regional office in Colon managed the project implementation from requirements identification to software installation and training, and provides ongoing support.

  • Jonathan Himoff: real-world events force time-sensitive re-scheduling
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    50% of planning time lost on re-scheduling

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    67% of oil and bulk shipping companies believe fleet scheduling is getting more difficult. The majority of fleet chartering and scheduling managers spend half of their working week re-planning existing schedules according to a survey of oil and bulk carriers by scheduling software specialist, Magenta Technology. 56% of respondents said ...

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    VETERANS INDUSTRY APPLY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Transportation industry veterans have launched a new information technology firm focused on helping the container shipping industry address transportation challenges. TransTech Partners has been founded by Catherine Tiersten, former coo of Global Transportation Solutions and Steven W. Bushey, former President of Americas Systems.

  • AutoStrads: motion ccontrol and navigation systems
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    AutoStrad terminal enters new period

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The world''s first fully automated straddle carrier (AutoStrad) system started large-scale operations in Patrick Corporation''s Fisherman Islands'' facility in Brisbane when Berths 7, 8, and 9 officially opened for business in December.

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    VAN OORD RECLAIMS IN BAHRAIN

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The new spreader damping ('anti-sway') system consists of two backwards mounted damping cylinders. It performs the multiple tasks of achieving 'controlled sway' of the container spreader under highly variable dynamic load conditions giving the same amount of 'controlled sway' of the spreader when the machine is without container, lifting an ...

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    MHCS FOR BRAZIL

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Brazilian terminal operator Tecondi has ordered two post-Panamax LHM 500 HD MHCs from Liebherr Nenzing.