All Equipment articles – Page 64

  • 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

  • Trelleborg: When it comes to safety you get what you pay for
    News

    Ports must pay more than lip service to safety

    2012-01-20T16:25:00Z

    A worringly low percentage of port owners, operators and contractors are willing to invest in safety measures, despite acknowledging that a safer port environment directly contributes to reducing costs, according to a new survey from Trelleborg.

  • The Port of Trelleborg is a collaborator in the Green EFFORTS project. Photo courtesy: Port of Trelleborg
    News

    Green EFFORTS to improve energy admin

    2012-01-17T16:52:00Z

    A new collaborative research project called Green EFFORTS has been launched this month tasked with the mission of improving strategic energy management in ports.

  • News

    NZ begging for coastal feeder solution

    2011-12-28T10:00:00Z

    A coastal hub-and-spoke feeder network directly linking major ports with regional centres is the ideal solution to New Zealand’s burgeoning freight task, says Pacifica Transport Group chief executive Steve Chapman, writes Iain MacIntyre.

  • Feedership
    News

    The little guy

    2011-12-27T10:00:00Z

    Ports that give as much care and attention to feeders as they do to motherships stand to gain.

  • Ignoring marine risk assessments can be costly in terms of incidents and operational inefficiency
    News

    In from the beginning

    2011-12-26T10:00:00Z

    Problems in marine access often start at conception as the decision to build a new terminal or modify a port area is driven primarily by a market-focused investment stream.

  • Those charged with safe handling of vessels should be involved in Marine Risk Assessments. Photo: Ingrid Taylar
    News

    A look at the unlikely

    2011-12-23T10:00:00Z

    An all-encompassing risk assessment is a necessity, not a luxury, as Stevie Knight finds out

  • News

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    2011-12-22T12:48:00Z

    Port Strategy has made it even easier for readers to keep up-to-date with everything going on in the ports and terminal industry.

  • The C-Vu technology displays radar and AIS data in a 3D format
    News

    3D displays the next step in efficiency

    2011-12-20T10:00:00Z

    As part of its VTS technology assessment, ABP Southampton is expected to try some software unlike anything else in existence.