All Equipment articles – Page 94
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New year,new strategy
Get ready to meet a new strategic priority in 2007 by following these eight steps: 1) Define the vision.Check with your IT Department if your port already has in place data transformation and repurposing technology.
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GULFTAINER LOOKS OVERSEAS
The country has 16 ports on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts.In future, activities at these will be overseen by a new organisation, the Ports Exploitation Company (Sodep). Gulftainer, which manages container handling operations in Sharjah, is seeking small niche market opportunities in Turkey, India,Mozambique, Kenya and Pakistan, according to general ...
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NewsThe right connections
The port-ship communications interface needs to be seamless to combat rising congestion and improve operations. Stuart Butts explains
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Removing mystery of intermodal capacity
Software that promises to "greater simplify"determining the capacity of an intermodal yard has been released to the open market.
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Morocco bows out of port management
Morocco has announced that the state monopoly on managing domestic ports is to be abolished as a means of improving competitiveness.
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HAIFA BOTTOM LINE HIT
Israel''s port of Haifa reported a 9% drop in cargo traffic in the first three quarters of 2006, as well as a 4% drop in container traffic.This compares with a forecast for an 8% rise in total cargo. In total, it is predicted to see a ¢ 10m loss in ...
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Kalmar spearheads hybrid technology in States
Equipment manufacturer Kalmar is participating in a two-year project to reduce pollution at ports in the US.
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NewsWarehouse modelling Cirrus-style
Cirrus Logistics has launched the latest generation of its warehouse layout software. The new version has factored in a means to manage the impact of increasing traffic around the warehouse site, taking into account the various factors influencing flows across the site.
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NewsCAN-BUS tractor popular with ro-ro industry
Demand from ro-ro customers has boosted sales of Kalmar''s i-model tractor range.Since the launch of the product in spring this year,more than 50 units have been ordered by customers such as the Port of Gothenburg, Stena Line, Rauma Stevedoring and DFDS Tor Line.
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NewsChina facility to boost Linde output
Linde is adding to its existing reachstacker capacity with a facility in China. The factory in Xiamen has been building empty container handlers from Linde kits since 1996, but the company has confirmed to Port Strategy that reachstackers are being added to the production line to meet growing demand.
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BMT blueprint for global IT community
The establishment of networked port community IT is going to be a key tool in how port users talk to one another in the future, said David Wignall, managing director of BMT''s Ports & Logistics Division.
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Behind the scenes standardisation success
One organisation that does not receive enough credit for the valuable work it does for the ports industry is the SMDG group, a non-profit foundation, which aims to further the development of one single language for electronic data interchange (EDI) messages around the world.
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Halcrow adds to port finance tools
Consultant Halcrow has completed trials of its Port Finance Model, and is offering it as an aid for assisting with increasing private sector investment in port developments. Said the consultant:
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NewsPorts simulator removes operational uncertainty
Flexsim Software Products has released a 3D discrete-event simulation softwaretool to model and simulate container port and terminal operations.
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NewsInnovative sediment remediation technology
An innovative treatment solution for contaminated sediment has been developed by Virotec Europe in the UK, which believes that the problems associated with contaminated sediment - including acidity and heavy metals - can be effectively decontaminated in the long-term using the company''s ViroSoil technology.
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Illuminating ideas for ports
Lighting specialist Chalmit Lighting has developed a new emergency wall/ bulkhead light for application in extreme environments.
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Strong growth for Netherlance
A new solution developed by Dutch developer Netherlance (a division of Meeusen Industry & Marine Services BV), has transformed the Thermic or Thermal Lance into an instrument that can work with millimetre precision.
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Fraser relieves pressure of cleaning
Fraser Pump has unveiled a low pressure jet machine for cleaning and preparing surfaces up to 10m below water.
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HART beats competition to meet security standards
Global risk management consultancy HART Security has developed the first corporate security management system to gain the new security standard for supply chains ISO/PAS 28000:2005, which was introduced last year.
