Products & Services News – Page 97
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Santos Brasil boosts all-electric RTG order
Santos Brasil has upped its order for Kalmar’s E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes, taking the total order to 41 units.
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NewsVisy launches quay operation software
Software specialist Visy Oy has released what it describes as “the world’s first quayside operating system”.
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Conveyor training goes online
Martin Engineering’s online Operations & Maintenance Seminar takes an in-depth look at methods to improve the safety, performance, and payback of belt conveyors by controlling fugitive material and improving system efficiency.
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Abu Dhabi signs with ZPMC
Abu Dhabi Ports Company has awarded ZPMC a AED193m (US$52.4m) contract for six super post-panamax ship-to-shore container cranes for Khalifa Port.
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Vigilant monitors energy use
Security specialist Vigilant Vision has launched a range of energy efficient, ultra high contrast LED monitors for CCTV applications. The monitors offer higher picture quality and enhanced specifications, with a 40% reduction in the total cost of ownership over the life of the equipment.
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DP World goes all-electric in Sydney
DP World’s Port Botany terminal will receive four Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes by the end of the year.
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NewsTrelleborg berthing aid reduces accident risk
Manufacturer Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched a portable docking aid to improve berthing safety.
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Eco-straddle carriers for Burchardkai
Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.
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Meclift expanding sales in Latin America
Finnish handling equipment manufacturer Meclift is growing its Latin American market. It sold the first unit of its ML1612R Variable Reach Truck to Brazil and signed a distribution agreement with F&F Comércio e Representacões Ltda in 2010. 2011 has already seen almost all the company’s production capacity sold to Latin ...
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Driving the economic engines
‘Portcentric’ isn’t a term generally used in the US – rather, there is a good deal of talk about ports being economic engines or providing opportunities to connect to markets, says Bruce Lambert, executive director of the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies in New Orleans.
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NewsLiebherr unveils heavyweight MHC
Liebherr is to launch a new Mobile Harbour Crane model at TOC Europe 2011 to bridge the gap between the LHM 550 and the LHM 280.
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A central role
The port-centric concept can cut supply chain costs, reduce carbon footprints and improve customer service, finds Felicity Landon
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NewsUntangling the regulations
Ports stand to benefit from a system that will not only deliver class–specific regulation requirements to visiting ships, but will also highlight where the rules contradict each other.
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VeriTainer offers lower-cost radiation detector
VeriTainer has launched a budget version of its patented radiation scanning system to address asset protection on dock.
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NewsFloating port offers 'quick fix' to congestion
A novel idea for a floating hub port has been unveiled which could not only boost the Scottish economy, but also provide an answer to ports’ perennial problems of trying to predict the future.
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NewsReefer manual valuable to stevedores
In a bid to help reduce costly compensation claims and minimise the potential loss from damage to chilled and frozen foodstuffs, BMT De Beer, has published a complete set of guidelines for the reefer sector.
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Mooring options for Aussie bulk
Automated mooring technology is to be used at an iron ore facility at the Port of Geraldton in Western Australia.
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OTR burning rubber with hire scheme
Tyre specialist OTR is pushing its Tyre Hire service as an “affordable and convenient” option, with the added benefit of improving cash flow management.
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Gottwald goes large in Chile
Demag subsidiary Gottwald Port Technology is celebrating an order for the largest mobile harbour crane for container handling in the Americas. The Generation 5 G HMK 8410 MHC will be supplied to Puerto Angamos, Mejillones, Chile, allowing the operator to service super post-panamax vessels in future. Commercial operation is scheduled ...
