All Equipment articles – Page 21

  • According to ABB, the venture is progressing at a record pace Photo: ABB
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    ABB and ZPMC modernise Tianjin

    2018-12-12T16:52:00Z

    ABB has revealed that the Port of Tianjin’s Tianjin Five Continents International Container Terminal (FICT) is modernising its yard’s crane fleet with ABB automation, with the Swiss-Swedish organisation collaborating with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) for the crane upgrade.

  • Kalmar will supply 30 terminal tractors to Tecon Santos container terminal in Brazil Photo: Cargotec
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    Kalmar helps boost growth at Tecon Santos

    2018-12-12T13:21:00Z

    The Tecon Santos container terminal in Brazil has placed an order with Cargotec company Kalmar for the delivery of 30 Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal tractors.

  • COSCO ship
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    Navis excellence centre targets N4 efficiency

    2018-11-14T23:13:00Z

    A new management initiative aims to enable efficiency in Navis N4 terminal operating system implementation projects across container terminals managed by COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (CSP).

  • Kalmar has supplied all of the RTGs operating at EUROGATE Tanger thus far Photo: Cargotec
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    Kalmar RTGs destined for EUROGATE Tanger

    2018-11-01T09:19:00Z

    The EUROGATE Tanger container terminal in Morocco is to benefit from two new Kalmar rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).

  • Konecranes will supply an automated stacking crane system for the second stage of the building of KPCT Photo: Konecranes
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    Konecranes secures 54-crane order

    2018-10-16T11:50:00Z

    Lifting equipment firm Konecranes has netted a 54-crane deal for construction of the Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT), plus an order for the Mediterranean’s largest-ever mobile harbour crane.

  • Mr Hämäläinen said that an identified $17bn of waste and inefficiency in the world’s supply chain is “a great opportunity” for both existing players and new entrants Photo: Kalmar
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    Kalmar offers vision of supply chain future

    2018-10-16T11:33:00Z

    A world where container logistics companies never touch a physical container, nor own or operate a single ship, terminal or container handling machine: that’s a future scenario considered by cargo handling solutions and services firm Kalmar.

  • News

    Aqaba New Port set for digitisation

    2018-10-16T11:11:00Z

    Jordan’s Aqaba New Port will see all ship and goods movements, warehouse management and logistics fully digitised in a project with a contract volume worth millions of euros.

  • Liebherr Container Cranes will deliver 10 ERTGs to MGT's Cast Terminal and Racine Terminal next year Photo: Liebherr
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    Montréal selects Liebherr cranes

    2018-10-16T10:45:00Z

    Liebherr Container Cranes will deliver 10 electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (ERTGs) to Montréal Gateway Terminals Partnership’s (MGT) Cast Terminal and Racine Terminal next year.

  • Pilot Ladder
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    Climbing up an H&S quagmire

    2018-10-01T15:00:00Z

    Dave MacIntyre finds out why pilot ladders are a concern for port health and safety compliance.

  • The relationship between the port and an agent is described as “symbiotic”. Credit: Anupong Sakoolchai,123rf
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    Fostering multi-faceted agency relationships

    2018-10-01T14:56:00Z

    Ship agents and ports have the same interest in ensuring efficient and effective ship operations. Felicity Landon reports.

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    EXCLUSIVE: ABB launches digitalised STS crane ops

    2018-09-20T15:04:00Z

    ABB Ports has unveiled a real-time visualisation application for an entire team handling a ship-to-shore (STS) crane.

  • Konecranes BOXHUNTER RTG
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    Fridenson Logistics order Konecranes RTGs

    2018-09-11T17:47:00Z

    Fridenson Logistics has purchased two eco-efficient Konecranes BOXHUNTER RTGs for its inland container terminal near the port of Ashdod.

  • Port serving autonomous vessels such as the YARA Birkeland (pictured) are expected to enter into full autonomous operations from 2020 Photo: Kongsberg
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    Port opportunities from autonomous shipping

    2018-09-10T12:46:00Z

    A new report looks into the opportunities for ports from autonomous shipping and makes a number of recommendations for ports interested in leading in this fast-emerging area.

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    Kalmar cranes destined for Curaçao

    2018-09-07T13:00:00Z

    Terminal operator Curaçao Port Services has ordered two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, including related spare parts, from Cargotec company Kalmar.

  • News

    Still a need for container yards

    2018-09-07T13:00:00Z

    Container yards will continue to exist in some form, despite potential innovative new methods of transporting cargo, Kalmar’s Tomi Tuulkari has claimed.

  • The order was booked in Cargotec’s Q2 2018 order intake, with the project scheduled to begin in Q3 of this year Photo: Cargotec
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    Kalmar to upgrade Le Havre cranes

    2018-09-05T14:58:00Z

    Cargo handling solutions company Kalmar has won a contract to heighten four Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) ship-to-shore (STS) cranes located at France’s biggest container port.

  • Cargotec has joined global entrepreneur co-operative Rainmaking’s Trade & Transport Impact programme Photo: Cargotec
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    Cargotec makes waves in startup programme

    2018-09-05T14:58:00Z

    Cargo-handling machinery manufacturer Cargotec has announced it has joined global entrepreneur co-operative Rainmaking’s Trade & Transport Impact programme, which connects corporations and startups to address the greatest maritime, logistics and cargo transport challenges.

  • The PICT cranes Photo: Nantong Rainbow Heavy Machineries
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    GENMA continues crane sale expansion plan

    2018-09-05T10:54:00Z

    Material handling solutions firm GENMA has received an order for a GHC100 mobile harbour crane for delivery to India’s Visakhapatnam Port.

  • "There are no international standards," Albrecht Beck, Prepared International
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    A safe haven without exception

    2018-08-30T10:18:00Z

    How can - or should - ports be prepared for the arrival of migrants and refugees by sea? Felicity Landon reports.

  • According to LPC project director Martin Watts, the DUKC system has meant that LPC has been able to decrease the volume required for the first phase of its deepening by over 40% Photo: The Maritime Executive
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    OMC aids LPC with dredging project

    2018-08-30T10:07:00Z

    Australian maritime engineering company OMC International (OMC) has used its Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC) technology to help Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) significantly reduce the volume of dredging needed to upgrade the New Zealand port’s entrance channel.