Equipment – Page 96
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Kalmar to expand its service business in the Americas
Kalmar is to acquire the business of East Coast Cranes and Electrical Contracting Incorporated (ECC), a US company specialising in crane construction services and maintenance in ports. The acquisition boosts Kalmar''s service growth in the US and also creates a stronger platform for the company to develop its port crane ...
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NewsCardiff academic helps develop port relations
A Cardiff University management expert is helping to improve and develop labour relations in major ports around the world. Peter Turnbull, professor of Human Resources at Cardiff Business School, has written a new publication for the International Labour Organisation (ILO), ''Social Dialogue in the process of structural adjustment and private ...
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QUIETER WATERS FOR LONDON'S RIVER
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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NewsKalmar's E-One RTGs for Botany Bay
Kalmar has received an order from P& O Ports Australia for six all-electric E-One RTGs - three 8+1 wide and 1-over-5 high units for its Port Botany Container Terminal in Sydney and three 6+1 wide and 1-over-5 high for its Fremantle Terminal.
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APS wins quay crane OCR contract
APS Technology Group (APS), provider of technology systems that identify and track containerised cargo, is to install Crane OCR systems for APM Terminals'' (APMT) Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles.
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NewsCVS Ferrari delivery to Britanny
CVS Ferrari has delivered three F277.5 reachstackers to a big terminal in Britanny. The F277.5 is able to lift 45 tons in the first row and 25 tons in the second offering a good combination of weight and engine power, manoeuvrability and light ground pressure.
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NewsMafi trailers for MSC Valencia
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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MADAGASCAR TERMINAL PLUMPS FOR NAVIS?
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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REACHSTACKERS HEAD EAST
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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BYE-BYE BUBENZER SYSTEMS
German spreader manufacturer Bubenzer Systems has ceased sales activities and declared itself insolvent.
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Transas surveys Malta shipping
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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NewsAdsteam adds two
Adsteam''s Thames and Medway operation has taken delivery of two new Damen 24/11 tugs.
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Savi releases new RFID tag
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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Smiths Detection wins cargo screening contract
Smiths Detection has developed a system that will distinguish between organic and nonorganic materials in cargo.
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Sabah chooses Kalmar
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.
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Wireless workers compete
Wireless technology continues to make inroads, but what are the advantages, how cost-effective is it and how do staff react to its introduction? David Foxwell asks the questions.
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NewsThe human factor: friend or foe?
Asked how wireless is received by those who have to use it, Frans Kok reckons ''very well''. It is seen by workers as an endorsement of their operational role. Training is not a problem either he believes, because the radio computers LXE use are fully graphical and support all languages. ...
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NewsKalmar launches i tractor
Kalmar has introduced the first ever series of tractors to use CAN-BUS control technology *.
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TIDEWORKS
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.
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