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..AND NORTH CAROLINA FOR EMBARCADERO
Embarcadero is to provide the North Carolina Ports with a new terminal operating system. ESC will install container terminal operating systems in Wilmington, Charlotte and Greensboro. Morehead City and Wilmington will have new breakbulk systems.
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Kalmar to expand its service business in the Americas
Kalmar is to acquire the business of East Coast Cranes and Electrical Contracting Incorporated (ECC), a US company specialising in crane construction services and maintenance in ports. The acquisition boosts Kalmar''s service growth in the US and also creates a stronger platform for the company to develop its port crane ...
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NewsCardiff academic helps develop port relations
A Cardiff University management expert is helping to improve and develop labour relations in major ports around the world. Peter Turnbull, professor of Human Resources at Cardiff Business School, has written a new publication for the International Labour Organisation (ILO), ''Social Dialogue in the process of structural adjustment and private ...
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QUIETER WATERS FOR LONDON'S RIVER
Halyard Marine has helped achieve lower noise levels on the Thames with a new exhaust system fitted to a Port of London Authority (PLA) survey vessel. The PLA is responsible for surveying the riverbed and shoreline for 90 miles of the tidal River Thames. At its latest refit, the largest ...
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NewsKalmar's E-One RTGs for Botany Bay
Kalmar has received an order from P& O Ports Australia for six all-electric E-One RTGs - three 8+1 wide and 1-over-5 high units for its Port Botany Container Terminal in Sydney and three 6+1 wide and 1-over-5 high for its Fremantle Terminal.
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APS wins quay crane OCR contract
APS Technology Group (APS), provider of technology systems that identify and track containerised cargo, is to install Crane OCR systems for APM Terminals'' (APMT) Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles.
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NewsCVS Ferrari delivery to Britanny
CVS Ferrari has delivered three F277.5 reachstackers to a big terminal in Britanny. The F277.5 is able to lift 45 tons in the first row and 25 tons in the second offering a good combination of weight and engine power, manoeuvrability and light ground pressure.
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NewsMafi trailers for MSC Valencia
Mafi has received an order for 32 of its new MT 25 YT terminal tractor from MSC Terminal in Valencia. The new terminal is under construction and the first containership is scheduled for September. The order is split into 26 MT 25 YTs with the latest Cummins engine QSB 5.9 ...
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MADAGASCAR TERMINAL PLUMPS FOR NAVIS?
Once deployed, the system will automatically confirm the container load/discharge movements on each of the 14 ship-to-shore cranes in operation.Navis will replace the inhouse terminal operating system (TOS) at ICTSI's Madagascar International Container with its SPARCS TOS that, claims Navis, already handles more than 25% of the world's container volumes.
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REACHSTACKERS HEAD EAST
Liebherr''s LRS 645 reachstacker has found a market in Saigon New Port. Due to its curve-shaped telescopic boom, Liebherr claims the LRS 645 gives unrivalled reach allowing access to 2nd and 3rd row containers without any removal of front row boxes. As the boom shape also enables the loading/unloading of ...
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BYE-BYE BUBENZER SYSTEMS
German spreader manufacturer Bubenzer Systems has ceased sales activities and declared itself insolvent.
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Transas surveys Malta shipping
The contract for Phase 2 of the Malta Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) project, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, has been signed with Transas. It is an advance towards implementation of the Trans-European transport network infrastructure, which is one of the Community''s objectives for developing competitiveness ...
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NewsAdsteam adds two
Adsteam''s Thames and Medway operation has taken delivery of two new Damen 24/11 tugs.
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Savi releases new RFID tag
Global cargo container shipments now can be monitored automatically in especially harsh environments with the latest Savi Technology active RFID tags - the ST-656, a lowprofile, highly durable container tag option with a rich variety of functions, including an audio beeper, to help defence and commercial organisations better locate and ...
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NewsLine boss adds his voice
Chuck Raymond, ceo of Horizon Lines, has commented on port security in the wake of the DP World debacle. Raymond is past Chairman of the National Advisory Council on the Maritime Transportation System and the Security sub-committee of that council and also a member of the National Maritime Security Advisory ...
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Smiths Detection wins cargo screening contract
Smiths Detection has developed a system that will distinguish between organic and nonorganic materials in cargo.
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HAMBURG'S WOMEN GET TO WORK
The Hamburg stevedore HHLA is training its first female port workers. After six months'' training, the women will take up positions in Hamburg container terminal Burchardkai as gantry crane operators and van drivers, and will be followed by more female workers at new terminal Alternwerder.
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SETUBAL CONTINUES INVESTMENT
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. The port authority of Setubal & Sesimbra in Portugal is to invest ?7.9m on various projects in 2006. Some of this money will be spent on refurbishing the ...
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HAMBURG TIGHTENS UP
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. Hamburg is aiming once more to restructure its intra-terminal traffic, installing its first motorised and crane-fitted container barge. The vessel will have a capacity of 170TEUs and will ...
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MORE IMMINGHAM MUSCLE
It will be capable of handling 9m tonnes of cargo annually, although this will be extended to 15m tonnes depending on demand. Associated British Ports and Arkady Feed have made a new long-term agreement which will boost agribulks throughput at Immingham by 100,000 tonnes a year.
