All Equipment articles – Page 105
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NewsBromma wins record Korean order
Bromma has won the single largest spreader order in its history - from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction for 59 Bromma Marathon YTR45 twin-lift spreaders to be mounted under Doosan cranes headed to Pusan Newport Company (PNC). Also included in the contract is an order for two Bromma HSM6 Overheights ...
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NewsBreakthrough thermal imaging camera emerges in workboat market
EMX Inc. has launched its new EMX MidWatch Marine Thermal Imaging Camera claiming dramatic improvements at an affordable price. The camera is the result of EMX incorporating Raytheon''s (just acquired by L3) newest sensor core within a durable housing to withstand the harsh marine environment.
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Norcontrol IT launches new AIS software
Norcontrol IT has developed its third generation of AIS network infrastructure software with new functionality integrated into the previous version to provide AIS operators with more access and greater control of the data transmitted via the AIS network.
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NewsODA loan agreement
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed an ODA loan agreement totalling US$42m with the Royal Government of Cambodia for the Sihanoukville Port Urgent Expansion Project.
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NewsSurviving the storm: TT Club reflects on the challenges for port operators after the Atlantic hurricane season
The pictures and soundbites flashed across the world on television news programmes are vivid, and with each passing hour become more dramatic as nature''s forces increase in intensity. Windows are boarded up with wary smiles, the fearful fill the highways heading to higher ground and shelter, traffic lights swing wildly ...
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NewsFROM QUAY TO QUAY LRIT ADDS NEW LAYERS TO PORT SECURITY
With Vessel Traffic Systems (VTS) and Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) already playing an increasingly important role in port security, Long Range International Tracking (LRIT) of vessel movements could provide an additional layer of security, from well outside the confines of a port. David Foxwell investigates.
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LRIT - FOR EXISTING EQUIPMENT BY 2006
Kim Fisher, Head of Navigation & Communications at the Maritime & Coast Guard Agency (MCA) says LRIT has been under discussion at the IMO for some time as part of an ongoing review of security requirements under the ISPS Code.
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Wising up in Tampa
SSA GULF' s Tampa Terminal, formerly Tampa Bay International Terminal (TBIT), is to implement Tideworks' new product line for conventional cargo terminal management, the Wise Product Suite, the first time the Suite will be deployed in the Americas. The Wise products are currently used in facilities throughout northern Europe.
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NewsLiebherr's reachstacker rationale
Liebherr has been explaining the rationale behind its new LRS645 ' banana boom' reachstacker. " When LiebherrWerk Nenzing decided to enter the reachstacker market some three years ago, " says the company, " there were plenty of suppliers offering rather similar models which could fulfil almost the same jobs, i. ...
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Norcontrol IT launches port management software
Norcontrol IT has released an ' off-the-shelf' version of its Port Management Information System (PMIS).The company says the PMIS Standard Edition is a cost-effective, scaleable solution designed to provide small to medium sized ports with advanced marine management functionality to enable the safe and efficient management and reporting of vessel ...
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NewsKalmar sharpens its strategy
Kalmar is to sell the entire share capital in the cab manufacturer Velsa Inc to Finland' s Rautaruukki Corporation, part of its continuing strategy to concentrate on the marketing, development, assembly and servicing of container and heavy materials handling equipment.
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NewsGottwald looks to logistics
Gottwald has been promoting its range as an integral part of the intermodal process. " In view of the trend towards more efficient supply chains and the increasing combination of rail, road and water transport that does not only improve access to markets, but also brings relief to over-stretched road ...
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NewsLiebherr Container Cranes
The company says port marine departments are experiencing an ever-growing requirement to provide statistical data to either internal or external organisations. PMIS Standard Edition has been designed to meet this requirement. It follows a recent proof-ofconcept software trial conducted at several UK ports which showed that the PMIS could be ...
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I/D BADGES FOR UK PORTS
Recognition Express South Wales is to supply identity badges for all staff and visitors to Cargo Services UK, a cargo handler operating in the Cardiff, Swansea and Uskmouth ports. The move is part of a wider effort across all sectors of the transport system, which includes ports, to comply with ...
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NEW ANTENNA MEETS AIS REQUIREMENTS
In order to meet the USCG Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements necessary for many commercial vessels, Shakespeare Electronic Products Group has introduced a new antenna.
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AIS for Slovenia's coast
The curve-shaped telescopic boom offers so far unforeseen handling possibilities, says Liebherr. "In 4-high by 3-wide block stacks, LRS 645 removes the top container in the second row from either side without any necessary repositioning of the top container in the first row. In a similar example - with 3-high ...
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NewsPortek
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 ...
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The next target..
" 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 ...
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. . . and KCI Konecranes, SMV
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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NewsPortals for Immingham
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 ...
