All Equipment articles – Page 99
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Palm image claimed more reliable
Ocean carriers, manufacturers, retailers and governments will be able to share reliable, real-time cargo shipment information worldwide.Palm Vein is much more reliable than digital fingerprinting and iris scanning as it can't be forged, claims Fujitsu. Its Palm Vein captures an individual's palm image with near-infrared rays. The deoxidized hemoglobin in ...
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Real-time cargo monitoring
IBM and AP Moller-Maersk have introduced Intelligent Trade Lane, a global supply chain solution they claim will transform the logistics industry and improve crossborder security.
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Cavotec reels in the business
Cavotec''s busy order book includes 30 power reels for Kone KCI RMGs at APM Terminals in Virginia; 20 power and control reels for stacker-reclaimers at Tianjin for China Engineering; 12 power reels for ZPMC STS cranes?the list goes on.
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BMH
Since the switch, the faster, centrally controlled container management processes have helped improve container stack management at Exxtor.BMH Marine is to deliver two grain unloaders for Rizhao Port Group for delivery in 2006. The unloaders are of the Siwertell continuous screw-type, model ST 640D, and will be used in Rizhao ...
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NewsBerth scheduling tool launched
SEABERTH, a new web-based berth scheduling tool developed by the UK''s Cirrus Logistics enables users to plan terminal activity and reduce demurrage costs. A product extension, SEABERTH Simulation acts as a strategic decision support tool in the management of change in terminal operations.
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Barco claims breakthrough
Visualization specialist Barco has been awarded a contract by EADS of Munich to deliver software and services for a large-scale Vessel Traffic Control System (VTCS) in Portugal. The new system will allow the country to reliably monitor its maritime traffic, protect the outer borders of its mainland, and improve the ...
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NewsAPS supplies rail tracking system
APS is to provide APM Terminals with a Rail Equipment Tracking system for its Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles. The solution will include Rail OCR Portal and RailTrack which will give the terminal the capacity to automatically identify railcarladen shipping containers and track their exact GPS location as they ...
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NewsABP upgrades to AUTOSTORE
Associated British Ports has upgraded the terminal management system at its 200,000TEU a year Exxtor Terminal at Immingham. The new solution is AUTOSTORE from UK-based Central Systems and Automation.
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ABBautomates
ABB has won a US$52m contract for automation and electrical systems to serve the new Euromax container terminal in Rotterdam.
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THAMESPORT
Thamesport has ordered 13 new terminal tractors from MOL Group. Coo David Gledhill, says:
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UNITOR
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (WW) has acquired 90.4% of the outstanding shares in Unitor. The acquisition represents a strategic investment for WW ...
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TIDEWORKS
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Tideworks has been selected by Stevedoring Services (SSL) to provide terminal operations solutions and professional IT services for managing container ...
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NAVIS
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Navis is to provide the Terminal Operating System at APM Terminals' new Virginia terminal on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. ...
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NewsLiebherr
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.Liebherr has delivered a LHM 400 mobile harbour crane to stevedore BUSS in Sassnitz. Equipped with a motor grab control ...
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Kalmar's Royal success
Kalmar has received an order for one post-Panamax shipto-shore (STS) container crane from Bristol Port Company, destined for the Royal Portbury Dock. With an outreach of 45 metres, this heavy-duty crane will be capable of handling 17-wide containerships. The crane is destined for the existing deepsea terminal in Bristol, which ...
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NewsGottwald Thais things up
Gottwald has recently received its first order from Thailand. Two 100-tonne HMK 260 E cranes have been ordered by the leading Thai agency and stevedoring group, Ngow Hock nd, the two new cranes will be operated by Thai Prosperity Terminal (TPT) on a private wharf on the Chao Phraya River ...
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NewsMersey gets VTS upgrade
Max Stable features an eight-rope reeving system without auxiliary ropes and a new angular sheave scheme that in combination stabilise the load allowing faster, more accurate positioning of the spreader,Kalmar claims.The safety and security of shipping moving in and out of the Mersey and its approaches is to be enhanced ...
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FATHOMS
Prior to the arrival of the 345 metre Queen Mary II at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth recently, Fathoms conducted a pre-dredging multibeam swath survey of the entire port area for the Cromarty Harbour Authority. The objective of the survey was to ascertain the depth of water alongside the Admiralty ...
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Latvians choose Transas
VECON LPNR and CNR systems will be installed on the six berths at the Busan New Port North Container Terminal, whilst in Hong Kong AVT will provide the River Trade Terminal, which caters for trade with the Pearl River region, with a 'Gate-Out Processing Automation solution' by installing VECON-CON on ...
