All Equipment articles – Page 55

  • News

    Turkish terminal turns to Terex

    2013-06-02T09:01:00Z

    Grup Marítim TCB’s Turkish Container Terminal (TCEEGE) has added a Terex empty container handler to its equipment portfolio in a bid to increase handling speed, safety and environmental sustainability.

  • News

    Liebherr nets repeat orders

    2013-06-02T09:01:00Z

    Liebherr Container Cranes has confirmed a handful of repeat orders from existing clients. Exolgan Container Terminal in Buenos Aires in Argentina has purchased a ship to shore crane, which has a safe working load of 62.5 tonnes under a twinlift spreader.

  • News

    Cargotec unloads more Turkish orders

    2013-06-02T09:01:00Z

    Cargotec dry bulk handling subsidiary Siwertell has recorded two orders from Turkish operators.

  • News

    Bromma bumper crop for 2013

    2013-06-02T09:01:00Z

    Spreader specialist Bromma has netted a number of sizable spreader orders this year.

  • Hyster designs, tests and manufactures its trucks at the Nijmegen facility
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    Hyster looks to Asia

    2013-06-01T10:42:00Z

    Global equipment manufacturer, Hyster, part of NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), is setting its sights on the Asian market following success in Europe, writes Rachael Doyle.

  • Hyster designs, tests and manufactures its trucks at the Nijmegen facility
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    Hyster facility celebrates 60th

    2013-05-29T16:42:00Z

    Global equipment manufacturer, Hyster, part of NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), is celebrating 60 successful years of manufacturing at its factory in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, writes Rachael Doyle.

  • Bromma's STS spreaders have proven popular in Europe
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    Bromma spreaders in demand

    2013-05-28T16:19:00Z

    Swedish crane spreader provider, Bromma, has reported a strong start to the year, with a significant amount of STS spreaders on its order intake list, which it says is driven by larger vessels and the increase in productivity across the logistics chain.

  • News

    A look behind the curtain

    2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

    Ports and ships’ masters, owners and operators alike can find some guidance for practical measures to adhere to Marpol Annex V requirements in the Port Reception Facilities (PRFs) module on the IMO’s Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) database.

  • Handling hold wash water could be problematic for bulk terminals. Credit: Stephen Rees
    News

    Talking garbage

    2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

    Bulk ports struggle to get to grips with hold wash water legislation. Dave and Iain MacIntyre report

  • 35% of the 132 participating ports already operate welfare levies. Photo: DShieh
    News

    ISWAN advises on port levies

    2013-05-21T17:39:00Z

    The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) has published a new report , ‘Port levies and sustainable welfare for seafarers’, which advises on the benefits of port levies at a time when funding for seafarers’ welfare is under pressure.

  • Automation – a double aged sword?
    News

    A mixed view on automation

    2013-05-16T17:13:00Z

    Global marine systems business, Trelleborg, says that although port operators expect increased safety from automated systems, the vast majority still use human or manual guidance at their facilities.

  • The port extension is Indonesia's largest
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    RHDHV wins Indonesian contract

    2013-05-15T14:57:00Z

    International consultancy and project management company, Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV), has won a contract to supervise the construction of Indonesia’s largest port extension at Jakarta’s Tanjung Port.

  • DP World's asset management policy will improve efficiency at its terminals
    News

    DP World asset management

    2013-05-14T17:31:00Z

    Global terminal operator, DP World, has launched an asset management programme – the largest in the industry – to improve efficiency across its global operations.

  • ICTSI handled consolidated volume of 1,496,462 teu in Q1 2013
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    ICTSI income on the rise

    2013-05-14T09:27:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has reported a 20% increase in income from port operations for the quarter ended 31 March 2013.

  • Terex Gottwald HMK170E mobile harbour crane
    News

    Crane frenzy

    2013-05-13T16:49:00Z

    May has been a busy month so far for equipment, with Terex, Liebherr and Cargotec all experiencing somewhat of a crane frenzy.

  • Super Terminais' Manaus terminal gates will be equipped with OCR systems
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    HTS Brazil automation project

    2013-05-09T14:22:00Z

    Brazilian private terminal operator, Super Terminais, has awarded an automation optical character recognition (OCR) project to HTS Brazil, a subsidiary of Israeli OCR system supplier, Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS).

  • What’s really in the box asks the TT Club Photo: Port of Hamburg
    News

    The trouble with safety sheets

    2013-05-09T14:12:00Z

    The TT Club says that the abuse of safety data sheets (SDS) for cargo bookings is “uncomfortably frequent” leading to the view that shipping execs feel “surrounded by criminals".

  • Elebia Evo automatic crane hooks speed up the loading process and make it safer
    News

    New automatic crane hook

    2013-04-30T15:22:00Z

    UK product solutions company, Red Plant, has introduced an innovative new automatic crane hook which promises to remove the risk associated with port operatives performing the dangerous duty of hooking or unhooking a load.

  • DP World hopes to encourage innovative entrepreneurship worldwide
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    DP World entrepreneurship programme

    2013-04-30T14:21:00Z

    UAE based operator, DP World, has launched a seed accelerator programme, TURN8, in a bid to encourage “innovative and commercially viable ideas from global and local innovators, as well as DP World employees and partners."

  • The LiSIM is will increase port safety and productivity
    News

    New Liebherr crane simulators

    2013-04-26T11:51:00Z

    Liebherr Maritime Cranes has launched its Liebherr Simulations (LiSIM), a new range of maritime crane simulators, developed for crane operator training to increase port safety and productivity.