Equipment – Page 107
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OOI selects ESC systems
Two US east coast terminals of the Orient Overseas International (OOI) group, which has the same parent company as Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), have placed orders for Embarcadero Systems Corporation' s (ESC) smartGATE suite and Intelligent Camera system to manage their gate operations.
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SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS TAKEN UP FROM A BROADER INDUSTRY BASE
ESC's gate technologies will be deployed for the inbound and outbound security gates at Global Terminal and Container Services, Inc. in Jersey City and at New York Container Terminal (NYCT), formerly Howland Hook Container Terminal, on Staten Island.Software-based terminal management and operating solutions are on the increase as the industry ...
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NewsMafi tractors arrive in Piraeus
ESC's gate technologies will be deployed for the inbound and outbound security gates at Global Terminal and Container Services, Inc. in Jersey City and at New York Container Terminal (NYCT), formerly Howland Hook Container Terminal, on Staten Island.Twelve Mafi ro-ro tractors have just been delivered to Piraeus. Supplied in full ...
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KOPER ORDERS UP SSG
Konecranes VLC Corporation has received an order for a Panamax dimension ship-to-shore gantry from the Luka Container Terminal at the Port of Koper.
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NewsSearch mirror redesign
UK-based security equipment specialist PW Allen has redesigned its range of CEM Search mirrors - mirrors used to look under vehicles and access other normally difficult to-access areas.
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NewsTHE BOOM IS OVER BUT IT'S NOT A COLLAPSE
The total market for global capital dredging projects is worth somewhere in the region of € 7 billion although only about half the contracts awarded could be said to be the result of genuinely open tenders.
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NewsDREDGING PROGRESS AT SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW DEEPWATER PORT
Dredging for South Africa' s new Coega deepwater port in the Eastern Cape is progressing for completion by the end of the year. The project - on Algoa Bay at the mouth of the Coega River - is designed to act as a catalyst for regional economic development. The new ...
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NewsAntwerp STS orders for Kalmar
Kalmar has received an order for six (plus three options) super post-Panamax STS container cranes from a consortium led by P& O Ports Antwerp for the new Antwerp Gateway terminal at the Deurganckdok on the Schelde left bank. With an outreach of 55 metres, the high-speed cranes will be capable ...
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Milford Haven's new pilot system
Milford Haven has become the first port in the UK to invest in a portable satellite-based system to help pilots guide ships along the waterway to their berths with pinpoint accuracy. The £ 60,000 E-Sea Fix, supplied by Atlantas Marine Ltd, is a selfcontained, portable piloting and docking system which ...
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NewsKonecranes chalk up RTG orders
The Port of Houston Authority has placed a repeat order for seven Konecrane RTGs worth over $10m with delivery due in April 2005. " They will help us provide even faster turnaround for container vessels visiting the Barbour' s Cut terminal, " says Houston' s executive director Tom Kornegay. The ...
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MHI SUPPLIES GANTRIES AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED RTGS
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a $35.5m contract to supply 12 remotely controlled RTGs and three super post-Panamax quayside gantry cranes to Tobishima Container Berth at Nagoya.
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EMBARCADERO'S EUROPEAN STRATEGY
"Konecranes RTGs have proven their success in terms of environmental considerations combined with high performance capacity and fast delivery. These have been real strengths in winning recent orders", says Tuomas Saastamoinen, sales manager, container handling at Konecranes. "Providing local support for the RTGs through our harbour crane service experts from ...
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NewsLiverpool Water
Liverpool Water demonstrated its multi-purpose harbourcleansing, pollution control, shallow-water credging craft at the Seawork 2004 exhibition recently.
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NewsMTL partners with TSB
Hong Kong''s MTL is the latest terminal operator to team up with a software provider - South Korea''s Total Soft Bank (TSB) in this case - to develop terminal management systems. Besides fulfilling its own terminals'' needs, the joint venture known as Modern Terminals Operations System (MOTOS), will also market ...
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NewsKalmar's latest strads have eye to customer's bottom line
Kalmar' s newly launched 7th generation straddle carriers are compatible with the company' s remote maintenance interface (RMI) system making it possible to monitor their condition from afar. This allows Kalmar to support customers not only directly through their local service network but also world-wide from its offices and factories ...
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NewsISPS compliance: some did, some didn't
The press releases came in from every corner of the world. Those ports and shipowners that had complied wanted to shout about it. Fair enough considering the effort and expense involved in preparing for ISPS Code compliance by the 1 July deadline - but too many to list here individually.
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SAIC supports Integrated Container Inspection System (ICIS)
The global supply chain is at risk of hijacking by terrorists with the intent to deliver and detonate weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), says US security provider SAIC. Stakeholders in the marine transportation system are working to mitigate this threat. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is pushing the shipping ...
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NewsNew Transas VTS unites Severn ports
A marine-control centre enabling ships to be monitored 24 hours a day as they enter or leave a South Wales port or harbour along the Severn Estuary has been commissioned. Associated British Ports (ABP), owner and operator of five ports in South Wales has invested £ 0.6m in developing the ...
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NewsKalmar boosts MSC Antwerp
Kalmar has received one of the largest orders to date for its EDRIVE ESC straddle carrier with a request for 29 units from MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp. All 29 machines have a three-high stacking ability, while 15 units are equipped with Kalmar' s extendable twinlift spreaders, which have a ...
