All Equipment articles – Page 65

  • 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

    Join us on LinkedIn and Twitter and listen to our podcasts!

    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.

  • Southampton is looking to upgrade its 2001-installed VTS system to control traffic in its waters
    News

    De-stressing the environment

    2011-12-19T10:00:00Z

    The working environment is just as important as the equipment itself for VTS operators. Paul Eastaugh reports

  • At Jaxport, the $5m received for harbour maintenance last year only allowed dredging of hot spots on the river
    News

    Hand it over, says Jaxport

    2011-12-16T10:00:00Z

    Ports in the US are pressing Congress to hand over a bigger portion of the money collected through the Harbour Maintenance Tax, to enable them to maintain infrastructure and facilities.

  • The AMORAS scheme, a sediment separation and treatment installation in the port of Antwerp demonstrates different thinking
    News

    Under pressure

    2011-12-15T10:00:00Z

    Environmental regulations and increasing costs continue to pose challenges to maintenance dredging programmes. Felicity Landon reports

  • Overloading of the MSC Napoli back in 2007 may have been averted if the container weight had been properly verified
    News

    IMO pressed on container weight issue

    2011-12-13T19:49:00Z

    Organisations have joined together in an effort to encourage the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to amend the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) to incorporate a condition for verifying weights of loaded containers.