Equipment – Page 106

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    . . . and KCI Konecranes, SMV

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    KCI Konecranes is to acquire SMV Lifttrucks of Sweden whose product range consists of heavy-duty reachstackers and forklift trucks with lifting capacities of 10 to 60 tons.

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    Remote control system for MHCs and PHCs

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald has introduced a remote control system for both its HMK mobile and HSK portal harbour cranes, developed with HBCradiomatic. Equipped with an LCD screen, hard buttons and joysticks, the system packs all crane functions in a handy, robust, weatherproof unit. The control elements are identical to those found on ...

  • Dunkirk: two or three more cranes if traffic warrants it Dunkirks
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    Portek

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Dunkirk: two or three more cranes if traffic warrants it DunkirksSince all crane functions, e. g. crane driving and propping, can be executed by the remote control system, there is no need for an additional cabin fitted to the crane's chassis or superstructure. The driver can move the crane from ...

  • Appleton: a greater interest in niche ports
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    Kalmar lifts Alimak

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Orders for 25 Alimak SE-L access lifts for container cranes have been placed by Kalmar for port installations in Rotterdam and Antwerp.

  • Vridi Container Terminal in Abidjan: subject of vigorous protests
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    Multibeam echosounders detect sunken objects

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    SeaBat Multibeam echosounders are becoming essential equipment for port survey activity, says John Fraser, business development manager at Reson Offshore.

  • Mike Garratt: must find a formula acceptable to commercial interests and political institutions
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    BMH Marine strike in Far East

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    BMH Marine has secured orders worth $30m during the summer from customers in Taiwan, India and Singapore for continuous unloading and loading equipment.

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    Tideworks acquires Sonu Software . . .

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Terminal management and planning software provider, Tideworks, has acquired Sonu Software Solutions. Based in Rotterdam, Sonu is known for its coverage of the conventional cargo and warehousing sector which Tideworks says will complement its existing product line.

  • Small feeder vessels hard to find
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    Trellex fenders for Kristiansand

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Two very different types of vessel can now be berthed in comfort at Kristiansand with a new fender installation from Trellex Fender. A new catamaran has joined the existing ferries that operate from Kristiansand to Kiel and Hirtshals in Denmark.

  • Southern Discomfort in UK prompted new feeder services MDS Transmodals
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    Portals for Immingham

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald has received an order for two HSK 360 EG four-rope grab portal harbour cranes for a new coal-handling facility from ABP at Immingham. The order is part of ABP' s largestever investment in a terminal development: the £ 44.5m extension of the Humber International Terminal at Immingham with the ...

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    The next target..

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    " After 9/11 we were getting intelligence briefings saying the next attack may well not be an airline - it may be a vessel. So you have the potential for a vessel carrying a large amount of explosives to be physically sailed up a river and blown up." David Wilson-Le-Moine ...

  • Senator Murray extols OSCs virtues
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    Operation Safe Commerce gets thumbs-up

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    US Senator Patty Murray has declared the test phase of Operation Safe Commerce (OSC) a " resounding" success.

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    How secure is your PIN asks TT Club

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    It' s a question that worries us all as we struggle to control our banking and credit card transactions in these days of chips and, particularly, Personal Identification Numbers, or PINs. But in fact, warns the transport insurance provider TT Club, we should be even more worried about the security ...

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    IGNORE US AT YOUR PERIL

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A study just published on the global container feeder industry offers some interesting views and data to port readers, not the least of which is that it is a big mistake to treat the sector as a poor relation. Mike Mundy takes a look.

  • Tideworks supporting military operations
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    Tideworks Technology for military

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Tideworks Technology of Seattle has been selected to be part of a team led by Computer Sciences Corporation to provide terminal operating system support to the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) in North Carolina, USA.

  • Kalmar is convinced new design efficiencies built into its medium capacity range of FLTs underpin increased sales
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    ..and reports success for medium-weight FLTs

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Nearly two years on from its introduction, Kalmar is reporting success with its medium-weight FLT range offering capacities of between nine and 18 tonnes. Greater service intervals, enhanced availability and operating costs 15% lower than other models are all claimed by Kalmar in the light of operational experience. Further, the ...

  • Gottwalds HPK 330EG: destined for pontoon-mounted work in Mississippi
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    ..and Gottwald diversification

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald Port Technology has announced its diversification into another sector of the cargo-handling equipment supply market - pontoon mounted cranes, or barge cranes. At the same time, it has reported the first order from its new HPK range of Harbour Pontoon Cranes, a HPK 330 EG unit destined for service ...

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    ABG BAGS MORRIS DESIGNS

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Tideworks is to install its Mainsail Terminal Management System and Spinnaker Planning Management System at the terminal - integrated terminal operating and planning software solutions for marine terminals, intermodal yards and container depots.The India-based ABG Group has acquired from the receiver the designs for the Morris port cranes including ship-to-shore ...

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    Kalmar to open Shanghai assembly plant..

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Cargo handling equipment supplier Kalmar is to invest $10m in a new assembly plant in the Shanghai area.

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    Mobile achievement..

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Mobile crane manufacturers are enjoying a buoyant time with Liebherr-Werk Nenzing announcing an order for its 100th model LHM 400 mobile and Gottwald Port Technology reporting that up until the midyear point it received orders for 15 of its model HMK 300 E mobile cranes with the latest order coming ...

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    HPC CTIS FOR PICT

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Liebherr-Werk Nenzing's 100th unit order was placed by the Iranian Ports and Shipping Organisation, a long time client of the company which has now ordered a total of 26 mobile units including two LHM 250 units in 2002 and nine LHM 500 units in 2003, offering a maximum capacity of ...