All Equipment articles – Page 63

  • News

    Portunus nets APM Pipavav

    2012-02-28T09:37:00Z

    Turkey-based Portunus Port Spares & Services has signed a contract for the refurbishment of quay cranes at APM Terminals’ Pipavav Port from India.

  • News

    Smiths unveils latest scanner

    2012-02-28T09:36:00Z

    Scanning specialist Smiths has launched its next-generation high-energy X-ray scanner, the first pass-through cargo system to offer steel penetration of 30cm combined with three-colour material discrimination.

  • News

    Liebherr wins Russian RTG order

    2012-02-28T09:35:00Z

    Liebherr Container Cranes recently received an order to deliver six rubber-tyred gantry cranes to OJSC Petrolesport in St Petersburg, Russia.

  • Barloworld want to maximise container handling efficiency
    News

    Barloworld gets port centric

    2012-02-23T14:45:00Z

    UK materials handling supplier, Barloworld, has extended its range of solutions to ports by offering free advice to help reduce costs as volumes grow.

  • IHS forecast another period of crazy market conditions for container trade
    News

    IHS report on state of container trade

    2012-02-22T10:00:00Z

    German global research firm IHS, has forecasted a move towards a “tendency to control the market and another period of crazy market conditions” for global container trade, in a webcast this week.

  • Bromma are taking a holistic approach to spreaders
    News

    Bromma ups the ante in spreader strategy

    2012-02-17T08:03:00Z

    Global spreader specialist Bromma Conquip is upping the ante in spreader technology by focusing squarely on a holistic approach - tackling both efficient spreader production and operation at the same time.

  • Helena Athoussaki, CEO of Carbon Positive
    News

    Standardising green port strategy

    2012-02-14T11:56:00Z

    The first standardised emissions programme for ports has been launched by marine carbon management consultancy firm, Carbon Positive.

  • The 2011 GreenPort Congress
    News

    GreenPort Congress 2012 - Call for Papers

    2012-02-09T11:49:00Z

    The call for papers for the GreenPort Congress 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has been released.

  • News

    Seafarers ‘contribute so much’

    2012-01-30T10:00:00Z

    Abandoned seafarers often feel intimated and afraid to reveal the true situation, says Amos Hosea, chief maritime labour officer at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.

  • "The seafarers on one Russian ship abandoned in Liverpool port literally didn’t have the price of a cup of coffee," Tommy Molloy, ITF inspector
    News

    An ITF inspector calls

    2012-01-27T10:00:00Z

    As an International Transport Workers'' Federation inspector, Tommy Molloy has dealt with some horrendous cases of seafarers abandoned by their employers, owed thousands of dollars in wages and with no way to get home or even to contact home.

  • Successful RMG installation prompts STS order
    News

    Liebherr secures Russian STS order

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Following on from a successful RMG installation, Liebherr Container Cranes has won an order for two ship-to-shore cranes from the JSC Commercial Port of Vladivostok.

  • News

    Kestrel lights up port operations

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Kestrel Renewables has released a hybrid light system that incorporates a solar panel and wind turbine to provide street lighting, security lighting and outdoor lighting in industrial areas.

  • News

    PortVision launches dock management module

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Software specialist PortVision has extended its TerminalSmart program to include a Dock Management module.

  • Trelleborg wins massive UK order
    News

    Trelleborg super-order confirmed

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Trelleborg Marine Systems has won a contract for the supply of 86 super cone fender systems, 59 mooring bollards with a 200 tonne capacity, and 41 safety ladders for an undisclosed UK deep sea container port.

  • Conductix
    News

    Conductix-Wampfler electrifies LA RTGs

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Conductix-Wampfler has pioneered a solution for the electrification of rubber-tyred gantry cranes without pneumatic or hydraulic components.

  • News

    Port Community System guide released

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    The fledgling European Port Community Systems Association has published a guide on implementing a PCS.

  • News

    Cargotec enjoys Kalmar wins

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Cargotec is to supply six Kalmar ESC 350W straddle carriers to Port of Tauranga by March 2012.

  • News

    Bromma spreaders in hot demand

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Spreader expert Bromma has announced new contracts for more than 50 crane spreaders, from container terminals in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa.

  • Konecranes
    News

    Konecranes wins Beira contract

    2012-01-26T11:05:00Z

    Konecranes is to deliver two ship-to-shore cranes to Mozambique’s Port of Beira in 2013.

  • Abandoned seafarers face some grim realities
    News

    Left high and dry

    2012-01-26T09:28:00Z

    Abandoned seafarers face some appalling realities. How do – or how should – ports respond? Felicity Landon reports