All Equipment articles – Page 104
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NewsWATCH OUT FOR THE TURTLES
Environmental concerns have become ever more prevalent in the capital and maintenance dredging business but should be seen as an opportunity and not simply as an impediment, as Alex Hughes discovers.
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NewsLiebherr's successful year
Entreprise Portuaire de Skikda, Algeria, Hawaii Stevedores, TM International Logistics Limited, India and Cardinal Logistics, India were amongst newcomers to Liebherr''s order book last year. The company highlights the contract with TM International Logistics as historic as it opened up the Indian market and led to seven consecutive orders for ...
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NewsThe Green Machine
Kalmar has introduced the first all-electric RTG, the E-One. With the existing emission- and noise-free Kalmar Zero-Emission RTG and now the new E-One, Kalmar says it is not only able to meet the latest environmental demands but also the requirements for operational productivity and life-time cost efficiency. E-One is without ...
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Haskoning name dropping
Posford Haskoning will henceforth be known as Royal Haskoning. Posford Haskoning was adopted as a means of introducing the Haskoning name to the UK market three years ago and the job is now done, says the company.
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GREATER PREDICTABILITY EQUALS REDUCED DEMAND FOR STORAGE
Ronald Okker, md for Vopak''s Vlaardingen facility, told PS the applications for palm oil or vegoils in general, have grown significantly in recent years. " Apart from the food industry there is the feed industry and oleochemicals*.
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NewsFUELLED BY A HEALTH CONSCIOUS WORLD
41.6m tonnes of bulk vegetable oils and fats was traded by sea in 2003 according to Oil World data reported by Intertanko. Nick Elliott looks at the principal commodities and trade flows and at the investments being made in terminal and storage facilities.
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NewsReassess your insurance cover says TT Club
Too many transport operators, from NVOCCs and logistics providers to terminal facilities, are worryingly uninformed about the extent of their insurance cover, the TT Club has warned.
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P&O Nedlloyd to charge
In order to meet costs incurred to comply with the requirements of the ISPS code, P& O Nedlloyd has announced the introduction of a global " carrier security charge" of US$6 per container with effect from January 2005. In addition, Origin and Destination Terminal Security Charges will be passed on ...
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RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
An example of how the industry has risen to the challenge of environmental imperatives, is Jan de Nul''s acquisition of soil and groundwater treatment specialist, Envisan. The company offers groundwater remediation, decontamination of polluted sites, construction and rehabilitation of landfills as well as sludge and sediment treatment. Starting with soil ...
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TIDEWORKS' NEW BABY SCORES IN WALES
Associated British Ports (ABP) has selected Tideworks Netherlands, formerly Sonu Software Solutions to deploy a terminal operating system for its timber operations and warehousing requirements. Forest products can now arrive with a unique unit specification with known articles established in the article files of the system.
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Embarcadero launches auto application
Embarcadero Systems Corporation (ESC) has released VinTelligent 3.0, a web-based application designed to optimize automobile handling throughout the entire supply chain. VinTelligent introduces the Port Processor module that manages the job planning and tracking of finished vehicle up-fitting.This new capability allows port processors to set up processing jobs at the ...
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NORCONTROL IT AIS SOFTWARE FOR EAST MALAYSIA
Norcontrol IT will supply the shore-based software infrastructure for the first AIS Network for East Malaysia.
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KCI KONECRANES ACQUIRES MORRIS MATERIAL HANDLING
KCI Konecranes has acquired Morris Material Handling Ltd (MMH) of the UK. MMH''s product range covers electric overhead travelling cranes, monorail and chain hoists and crane maintenance services. For the financial year that ended June 2004, MMH had sales of £ 25m.
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VDL ACQUIRES SMITS SPREADERS
VDL Groep of Eindhoven has taken over Smits Spreader Systems of Someren. Besides standard spreaders and rotators, Smits also develops and produces customised spreaders for specific types of handling. VDL Containersystemen develops, manufactures and markets systems for loading and unloading containers on/from lorries.
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NewsLiebherr's portal solves space problems
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing has responded to what it sees as a market niche for MHCs (LHMs in Liebherr''s nomenclature) to operate in confined spaces. " Various ports don''t have the spacious preconditions or they are characterised by a logistics system which simply requests a portal solution (e. g. due to an ...
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TWIC goes to prototype
US Transportation Security Administration officials have entered a new phase of testing the Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) programme at Long Beach Container Terminal. The credential programme is in the prototype phase and will eventually include 34 sites in six states. For the next seven months, about 200,000 people will ...
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CSS SELECTED
Speaking at the International Union of Marine Insurance conference in Singapore, Priestley said: "Ports around the world now face the risk of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorist threats along with other threats such as home-made bombs.UK security systems consultant, CSS has won the contract to design and install ...
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NewsNew VHF communication solution for shore-based systems
Transas Group has developed a new VHF communication system incorporating a radio-station remote control capability and based on the advantages of SPRadio''s (Denmark) 4000 series transceivers.
