Products & Services News – Page 50
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NewsNew cranes to take Warrenpoint traffic surge
The UK’s Warrenpoint Port has placed an order for a Konecranes Gottwald Model 3 Mobile Harbor Crane to cater for a “substantial rise in trade”. The port expects ro-ro trade alone to increase by up to 80% by 2040.
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NewsDrones can make or break a port
There are benefits, but also worrying risks associated with drone use in ports, finds Alex Hughes.
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NewsPatchwork quilt leaves pilotage holes
The UK’s unusual port ownership structure has left pilots out on a limb, finds Alex Hughes.
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NewsNavis and Kalmar celebrate intermodal first
Cargotec companies Navis and Kalmar have won the contract to provide a fully-automated intermodal terminal solution for Australian import and export logistics services firm Qube’s Moorebank Logistics Park (MLP) in south-western Sydney.
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SCPA returns to Konecranes for RTGs
The Wando Welch Terminal in the Port of Charleston and Inland Port Greer, both in the US, are set to gain 26 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Finnish lifting equipment company Konecranes.
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NewsSavannah set for 10 new Konecranes RTGs
The Port of Savannah''s Garden City Terminal is to gain 10 new Konecranes rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes after the Georgia Ports Authority''s (GPA) Board of Directors gave the green light to the purchase.
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NewsHyster RS46 hinged cabin boosts visibility
The Hyster RS46 ReachStacker can now be specified with a new hinged elevating operator cabin option, to optimise visibility and help meet the challenges of demanding port and terminal applications.
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NewsForklift training pack boosts competency
CM Labs Simulations has produced a new port-focused training pack designed to teach forklift truck driving with an assortment of cargo and highlighting areas for trainee improvement.
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NewsBristol signs up Kalmar for STS crane revamp
Kalmar is to upgrade a 1988-built NKK ship-to-shore (STS) crane currently operating at the UK’s Port of Bristol, located in South West England.
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NewsPSA inks CMA CGM tech partnership
The corporate venture capital arms of port operator PSA International and shipping company CMA CGM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive "digitalisation and innovation in the shipping and supply chain ecosystem”.
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NewsVR coming of age for simulation and training
Virtual reality (VR) is here to stay, crane simulator and training system provider GlobalSim’s sales and marketing vice president Brad Ball has said.
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NewsTrelleborg offers docking and mooring guidance
Trelleborg has published a whitepaper and on-demand webinar that outline design and compliance requirements for docking and mooring equipment, as well as a new best practice specification approach.
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NewsFelixstowe automation targets environmental footprint
Technology firm Siemens is to supply eight electrified automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes (ARTGs), as well as the electrical and automation systems and remote control systems for exception handling, to the UK’s Port of Felixstowe.
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NewsBenefits of Continental port tyre compound
Manufacturing firm Continental is introducing a new Port Plus compound for its port tyres portfolio which offers “a plus in abrasion resistance, durability and mileage”.
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NewsPort equipment energy storage boost
A new energy capture storage and reuse system for container terminal yard handling equipment could help terminals reduce fuel bills, emissions and power peaks.
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NewsKalmar installing final diesel engines
Kalmar has said that the latest-generation Stage 5 diesel engines it is installing in container handling products “will be some of the last diesels [it] will install on new equipment, anywhere” following the company’s announcement last week that all its products will be electrified by 2021.
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NewsHyster creates truck-based automation solution
Material handling equipment company Hyster has developed a truck-based automation solution which it said “enables applications to benefit from the quality and reliability of Hyster trucks alongside cutting-edge automation technology”.
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NewsKonecranes to supply Gottwald cranes to Dover
The UK’s Port of Dover has chosen Finnish company Konecranes to supply two of its Gottwald Model 5 Mobile Harbor Cranes for the port’s new cargo facilities as part of the single biggest investment it has ever undertaken: the Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development.
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NewsNew container app records damage to help port efficiency
A new app to help the transportation logistics and shipping industries better assign costs based on responsibility for damaged shipping containers is expected to help ports become more efficient.
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NewsMyanmar’s AWPT invests in new equipment
The operator of Myanmar’s Asia World Port Terminal (AWPT) has stated that the port’s recent investment in 14 new pieces of equipment “signals” the facility’s robust confidence in Myanmar’s overall macroeconomic development and its government’s “strong policies”, as well as the future of the country’s economy.
