All Equipment articles – Page 78
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NewsLow-cost reachstacker
Kalmar has launched an "economy" reachstacker, designed for medium capacity and average operational requirements. The company claims the DRF420-450L provides flexible container handling with increased customer value.
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Cargotec in Morocco
Cargotec, best known for its Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor brands, is growing its Moroccan presence through the acquisition of the port service and equipment part of Maghrepic SA.
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NewsCargotec scanners negate turnaround concerns
Port turnaround times at US container terminals could be reduced if pilot projects to integrate radiation detection devices in container handling equipment are successful.
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NewsReport calls for 'actual' weight of container on documentation
The actual weight of a container should be specified on documentation rather than its declared weight, so that a ship''s stowage plan can have more integrity, a new report has recommended.
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Testing times
Kalmar has begun testing terminal tractors with a custom-built dynamometer at its Tampere facility in Finland.
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NewsLoaders get magnetic boost
The Russian Port of Visotskiy has recently installed two more Lancaster ship loaders to double the number at the port.
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NewsDB Schenker
DB Schenker Intermodal Services, which operates container depots at ten locations in Germany and as well as four intermodal terminals, has invested heavily in the past two years to increase capacity.
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NewsThe layout
The efficient operation of an empty depot depends very much on its layout. As well as the obvious gate, it is important to have sufficient queuing space so that trucks do not queue on the public road," says Royal Haskoning''s Jan van Beemen.
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NewsRunning on empties
Despite simple appearances, there''s a myriad of issues surrounding empty depot operations, as Felicity Landon finds out
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Mascus speaks up
Electronic heavy machinery online marketplace Mascus has added three new languages to its platform: Korean, Japanese and Chinese.
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Bromma secures Georgia order
Stockholm-based Bromma has won an order from Georgia Port Authority for 25 rubber-tyred gantry yard crane spreaders, with delivery set for mid-2010.
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Gothenburg goes live
The port of Gothenburg''s new CATOS terminal management system has, after just a week of the system roll-out, allowed Gothenburg to hit 137 moves per hour at peak.
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NewsCavotec reels in DP world
DP World has returned to cable reel specialist Cavotec to equip its new container terminal at Jebel Ali Port.
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Chip off the old block
Telestack has designed and manufactured a customised Hopper feeder and Radial Telescopic ship-loader to load woodchips to handymax and panamax ships in Africa.
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Cargotec partners ST Kinetics
Cargotec is to work with Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics) to develop and launch hydraulic hybrid technology in terminal tractors as an option for Kalmar terminal tractors.
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NewsSafer UK ports
Thousands of workers at UK ports are set to benefit from higher safety standards as with the recent launch of an updated Port Marine Safety Code.
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Newsmaintenance dredge main again
Lean times lie ahead for companies on the hunt for maintenance dredging work, with the real effect of the economic downturn not hitting their balance sheets until next year and beyond.
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NewsWar of words turns the tide in favour of The Great Lakes
America''s Great Lakes understand the true pain of neglected maintenance dredging, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
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NewsShiploader for narrow quay work in Peru
A new flexible ''narrow quay'' installation to load copper and gold ores for the Gold Fields La Cima facility at the Port of Salaverry in Peru has been commissioned from B&W Mechanical Handling.
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NewsGlobal Port Tracker unveiled
Hackett Associates has launched a Global Port Tracker report to replace IHS Global Insight''s Port Tracker, which ceases publication at the end of the year.
