All Equipment articles – Page 67
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NewsTrelleborg secures new contract with Salerno Port
Trelleborg Marine Systems has secured a new contract to supply Super Cone Fenders and Tee Head bollards to Salerno Port in Italy.
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NewsKeeping the detail in view
It’s not the information you have but what you do with it – this is the message from James Cutler of emapsite.
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NewsSmaller feeders face marginalisation
The recent wave of newbuilding contracts for vessels of over 8,000 teu will start to tell on the ports themselves, as smaller feeder facilities start feeling the impact of the increases.
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Nigerian order for Konecranes
Konecranes has received an order for ten Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from Ports and Cargo Handling Services Ltd in Lagos, Nigeria.
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APS wins Rio crane automation carnival
The MultiRio container terminal in Rio de Janeiro has awarded APS Technology Group a crane automation solution project.
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Konecranes' temporary layoffs
Konecranes has said it is starting negotiations regarding possible temporary layoffs in Finland in response to what it calls a “weakened demand” for its machine-tool services.
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NewsLight masts star in radio role
Taking an innovative stance on fast deployment and cost savings, one US container facility is making light fittings double up as radio masts.
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NewsPorts need clearer piracy procedures
Ports in piracy-threatened regions must make clear how they will accommodate armed guards and issue transparent guidelines to shipowners and operators, Dom Mee, president of Protection Vessels International, has warned.
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Tideworks TOS to service APL
Tideworks is to implement its TOS solutions at APL’s new intermodal facility in Joliet, Illinois. Scheduled to go live in the fourth quarter of 2011, the project will serve APL’s customers in Chicago and the surrounding areas, and will eventually replace its existing Chicago container facility.
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Fender choices driven by price
Price-driven fender purchases could “increase costs and reduce the efficiency of ports over the longer-term”, according to research from Trelleborg Marine Systems.
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NewsChallenging a communication culture
Ineffective communication could be losing port and terminal operations significant sums of hard money. Or, as Captain John Wright of WrightWay Training told Port Strategy, “One plus one plus one doesn’t always equal three.”
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NewsClean fuel will save lives in port areas
A research paper published this week showed that air pollution near ports and next to shipping lanes drops dramatically when vessels shift to cleaner, low-sulphur fuels.
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New AGVs replace first-generation vehicles
Gottwald is supplying 22 automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Rotterdam, a long-term customer.
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TOS for Polish inland facility
PCC Intermodal is to start to deploy an Autostore Terminal Operating System (TOS) at its Kutno inland terminal in central Poland, a key national and international railroad nexus.
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NewsShiploader to the rescue
Since a March storm destroyed the Store Norske Spitsbergen Grubekompani (SNSG) aged loading equipment, the company has been trying to replace it – but its been left with a very tight timeframe.
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NewsCreating something from nothing
One benefit of alliances that can pay dividends for end users is the development of solutions that did not previously exist.
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NewsA happy union
Carly Fields asks whether alliances and partnerships really do deliver on their promises
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NewsPortunus refurbishment gains
DP World Aden has appointed Portunus to undertake refurbishment of four RTG cranes.
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NewsFrom pie in the sky to rubber on the road
The world''s first hydrogen-fuel Class 8 truck is being put to the test in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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Ohio's high tech intermodal terminal
CSX Intermodal Terminals has implemented a terminal operating system (TOS) at its new Northwest Ohio intermodal terminal (NWOH) that should lever extra value from its cutting-edge approach.
