All Products & Services articles – Page 113
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NewsLiebherr's uplifting figures
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing delivered 48 units last year including 11 of its biggest crane in its 7-model range, the LHM 500, characterised by a maximum outreach of 51 meters and a lifting capacity up to 140 tonnes suitable for handling post-panamax vessels and claimed to be the most powerful harbour mobile ...
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NewsGreenSeas Trust
GreenSeas Trust, established by Fazilette Khan (one of Port Strategy''s regular contributors), has been officially registered as a charity organisation.
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NewsNamibia and Taiwan opt for Transas
Transas has installed two VTS systems in the Namibian ports of Walvis Bay and Luderitz. The independent port surveillance systems fitted are to assist port control operators to supervise ship traffic within the port and help ship masters and pilots avoid collisions when following the port approach channels.
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News..while Patrick goes all the way
Meanwhile Patrick Stevedores of Brisbane has placed an order for 14 Kalmar ESC straddle carriers to be equipped for unmanned operations.
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NewsSassnitz-Mukran flexes cargo muscles
Europe''s biggest fish processing plant has opened near the port of Sassnitz-Mukran closing a gap in the supply chain between product and consumer in the German Baltic state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The former GDR seaport is better known for its ferry and ro-ro traffic. The settlement of the € 80m Dutch-owned ...
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New container sensor system
Three supply chain security companies, E. J. Brooks Company, RAE Systems (AMEX: RAE), and Savi Technology have unveiled an interconnected sensor system that adds new levels of intelligence to cargo containers, enabling them to automatically detect intrusions, sense interior environmental changes in temperature or humidity, detect hazardous cargo such as ...
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NewsMUSC urges faster uptake
Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) have been made a Recognised Security Organisation (RSO) for Irish ports. The London-based maritime consultants were awarded the status by the government department of Maritime Safety. It means MUSC can now assist port facilities to comply with the security measures enforced by the new ...
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New fertilizer terminal for Muuga
UK based AS-C Materials Handling has won a contract for the system design of all mechanical, structural, electrical and control elements at a new fertilizer terminal at Muuga, Estonia. AS-C has also supplied all control components for the facility as well as upgrading and integrating the control system for the ...
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NewsGottwald's fruits of success
HHLA Frucht-und Kuhlzentrum which runs Hamburg' s fruit terminal, has ordered two leading-edge HMK 90 E Mobile Harbour Cranes from Gottwald to enable faster discharging of banana and other fruit cargoes on pallets. The HMK 90 E is a 30-tonne crane with dieselelectric drive. Gottwald says the crane is ideally ...
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NewsKalmar strads for Hesse-Noord Natie..
Belgium' s Hesse-Noord Natie has ordered nine Kalmar EDRIVE ESC straddle carriers for operation in its River Schelde terminals, Quay 869 and Quay 913. This latest order calls for five ESCs with normal spreaders and four with extendable twinlift spreaders equipped with a 50-ton capacity.
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NewsHope for liner sector
Drewry Shipping predicts the liner shipping industry is about to enter a period of sustainable growth. The Annual Container Market Review and Forecast 2003/04 provides historic development and five-year projections on supply, demand and pricing matters in the container liner shipping industry.
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NewsTransas scores with ABP
Transas Marine is to supply a Vessel Traffic System for Associated British Port' s (ABP) South Wales Ports of Cardiff, Barry, Newport, Swansea and Port Talbot. The system will provide vessel position, movements, timings and speed.
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NewsThales offers alternatives to improve port security
Thales Navigation has come up with two interesting systems challenging AIS (Automatic Identification System). The launch of its advanced Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) has reopened the debate about tracking ships to aid maritime security.
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Van Oord to buy out Ballast HAM
The Royal BAM Group' s Ballast HAM Dredging (BHD) and Van Oord are to merge.
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Jan De Nul builds in China
51morder for four self-propelled split-hopper barges with a capacity of € 3,700m 3each for delivery from March 2005. The barges will be built by Tianjin Xinhe Shipyard in China.
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Ledwood's Surveillance Buoy
Ledwood Technology is introducing a PC based coastal surveillance system.
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NewsEarls spreads capacity
Earls Industries has moved its engineering, fabrication, sales and service activities to a new facility in greater Vancouver.
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NewsSimulation tests viability of the choice
Kalmar is offering a new range of services through its Terminal Development Unit. Its clients can now use a simulation software application for the planning of logistics solutions and investment decisions at various types of container ports.
