All Equipment articles – Page 110
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NewsWHAT'S IT DOING OUT THERE?
In weather sensitive operations the availability of short term, high-resolution data can greatly assist in the effective utilisation of time and equipment, and in optimising the profitability of operations.
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Norcontrol for Port Salalah
Bromma claims service intervals are longer on its electric spreaders since there is no oil or oil filter to change.Port Salalah in Oman has selected Norcontrol IT for a new Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS). Norcontrol IT will supply a suite of products, based on its VTMIS5060, which ...
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Tacoma's truckers guide
Kristiansand needed to be sure that the fendering would be suitable for the catamaran as well as the much larger ferries.Designed to fit in the glove box, this brochure features important information including contact numbers for all Tacoma's terminals, as well as regional truck stops, service locations and highway permit ...
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SCCT opts for GTS
Global Transportation Solutions (GTS) is to implement its Terminal Operations Productivity Solution (TOPS) at the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), the 600,000 sq metre, 2.6 million TEU capacity APMT/ECT venture.
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NewsGLOBALISATION IMPACTS STOWAGE
As with many other sectors of the shipping business, towage companies, especially those engaged in providing shiphandling services, are increasingly influenced by the effects of globalisation reports Jack Gaston .
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NewsWhat you see is what you get
Prismalence of Sweden has addressed the tricky problem of contrasting light and shadows cast by standard port lighting systems. A new broad-spectrum CDM light source and a unique optical system, distributes the near parallel light beams from the reflector evenly across a precisely defined rectangular area by means of an ...
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Transas launches first VTMIS in Thailand
Transas has installed the first Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) in Thailand, the first step in equipping the port of Map Ta Phut with vessel traffic services as defined by IALA and IMO recommendations.
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Kongsberg leads satnav consortium
Kongsberg Seatex has joined an agreement with the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), which originates from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the EU. GJU is responsible for the development and implementation of Galileo - Europe' s state-of-the-art global navigation system.
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ISPS charge challenged
HPH''s decision to charge shippers and consignees $10.20 per export container and $19.80 per import container at Felixstowe, to recover the cost of complying with the ISPS Code, has been receiving mixed reviews with the British International Freight Association challenging the legality of the levy. HPH says the charges have ...
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NewsBromma goes east
Bromma has received orders for eight electric yard crane spreaders - 7x45' to Northport, Malaysia, and 1x40' to Rhenania, Germany.
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NewsLiebherr orders for Jeddah and Barcelona
Jeddah North Container Terminal, run by Gulf Stevedoring, has taken delivery of two additional super post-Panamax cranes and five heavy duty RTGs from Liebherr. The crane outreach is 55 metres, capable of handling vessels of 21 containers wide. Capacity under the spreader is 65 tonnes with a heavy lift facility ...
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Sediment solution for Antwerp
MWH has been selected by Port of Antwerp to provide an innovative solution to its sediment problems. It will be among the first times that mechanical dewatering using a chamber filter press has been applied to disposing of a port' s sediment - and the first time anywhere that the ...
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Another TRANSEC trainer
In conventional systems, typically, the lighting looks bright, but it is still difficult to see clearly and there are large areas that the light doesn't reach. Steve Cameron, whose Cameron Maritime Resources markets Prismalence to the maritime industry, says: "If it's raining and a driver is tired and straining to ...
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NewsAlimak supervises
A new service from container crane lift specialist Alimak, contains a threefold testing procedure to eliminate all errors before the lift is put into operation. The lift is scrutinised through a 24-hour commissioning test routine, to ensure that the product is flawless and tested at time of delivery, being supervised ...
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Thales puts forward its Ship Security Alert System
The Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) is being proposed as part of the best and most logical solution for US national homeland security needs. This suggestion has been made to the USCG following the recent request it made to industry for technical solutions to its longrange vessel tracking needs.
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NewsNamibia and Taiwan opt for Transas
Transas has installed two VTS systems in the Namibian ports of Walvis Bay and Luderitz. The independent port surveillance systems fitted are to assist port control operators to supervise ship traffic within the port and help ship masters and pilots avoid collisions when following the port approach channels.
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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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NewsLiebherr's uplifting figures
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing delivered 48 units last year including 11 of its biggest crane in its 7-model range, the LHM 500, characterised by a maximum outreach of 51 meters and a lifting capacity up to 140 tonnes suitable for handling post-panamax vessels and claimed to be the most powerful harbour mobile ...
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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 ...
