All Equipment articles – Page 111
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NewsMini and multi cats for Tuapse
Damen Shipyards has delivered two workboats to the Black Sea port of Tuapse, the Damen Mini Cat 803 for mooring operations and general services, and a Multi Cat 1506 for debris collecting, pollution control and bilge water collecting.
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NewsIf you can't grow out, grow up
Kalmar is to increase the height of the eight Kalmar RTGs currently in operation at Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia. The modification will raise the lifting capacity of the cranes from 1 over 3 to 1 over 5 containers and increase BCT' s handling capacity from an annual 400,000TEUs ...
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CIRIA's Accelerated Low Water Corrosion solution
A new form of aggressive, localised corrosion has occurred on unprotected steel marine structures over the past 20 years or so. It affects structures at or around the low water level and is called accelerated low water corrosion (ALWC), lowest astronomical tide corrosion (LAT) or concentrated corrosion.
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NewsVTS TAKES ON NEW ROLES IN POST 9/11 WORLD
Vessel Traffic Systems (VTS) are set to play a major role in the new security regime imposed by the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, as David Foxwell explains.
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UKD wins third-party work
In addition to its work for parent ABP, UK Dredging has found work at a number of UK ports recently including Forth Ports, Aberdeen, Tyne, Portsmouth, Workington and Belfast and in Eire, Dun Laoghaire and Cork, and Fenit Harbour.
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NewsWAN QING SHA
Bromma claims service intervals are longer on its electric spreaders since there is no oil or oil filter to change.Trailing suction hopper dredger WAN QING SHA, built for China's CHEC-Guangzhou Dredging Co (GDC) by IHC, has been launched and will be deployed on capital dredging work in the Pearl River ...
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POW's security theme
Bromma claims service intervals are longer on its electric spreaders since there is no oil or oil filter to change.Lloyd's List Ports of the World 2004 is out with over 2,600 commercially active ports and 45,000 port facts. The two volume guide now has a bunkering section, 55 new ports ...
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NewsPALLIETER
The design for a mechanical dewatering plant will save over €7m per year, while delivering processing and sustainability benefits. The MWH solution requires only 20 ha of land to process the sediment, compared with 120 ha that would be required by a lagooning process: the alternative and standard solution. This ...
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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 ...
