Equipment – Page 111
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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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NewsAntwerp takes 99th MHC from Gottwald
Gottwald has recently supplied an HMK 360 EG MHC to Antwerp Bulk Terminal (ABT), operator of five bulk terminals in the port. The new crane is also the ninety-ninth to be delivered to Belgium by Gottwald. The HMK 360 EG is the largest four-rope grab MHC ever built.
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NewsMetalock Engineering
Having ascertained that the slew ring on its 20 year-old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Forth Ports, Leith called in Metalock Engineering to machine the 3.28 metre diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new slew ring to be ...
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Kalmar supplies ASCs to Delta
Rotterdam' s European Container Terminal (ECT) is continuing the expansion of its Delta container terminal with fully automated stacking equipment developed together with Kalmar.
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IHC pulls new orders worth €130m
Besides the orders for a 1,000m 3trailing suction hopper dredger for Iran, three standard cutter suction dredgers and a Delta Pusher, the final order for the construction of a selfpropelled mega cutter suction dredger was received from French customer, SDI, part of Belgian-based DEME.
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NewsPMSi and CRG team up
Control Risks Group''s international maritime division has joined forces with PMSi (Port Maritime Security International) to offer a complete security solution throughout the logistics supply chain.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsCAPITAL DREDGING more cost effective than ever
Alex Hughes explores the crucial link between dredging and a nation' s economic performance.
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Ports of the World is out
Lloyd' s List Ports of the World 2004, featuring over 2,600 commercially active ports, has been published. 55 new ports have been added to the two-volume set which costs £ 249/$413.
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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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NewsKalmar's terminal tractors go global
Kalmar' s aim to develop a global production latform for terminal tractors has moved forward with the first units rolling out of its Shanghai assembly plant.
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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.
