Products & Services News – Page 98
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NewsGreen pressure piled on port consultants
The pressure to ‘green’ port equipment is being keenly felt by consultants, according to a survey by Trelleborg Marine Systems.
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NewsBCT celebrates first heavy load
Baltic Container Terminal in Poland recently handled its first heavy cargo using its new Liebherr LHM-400 mobile harbour crane.
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Taim Weser to supply holistic systems
Spain-headquartered Taim Weser group is to design, manufacture, and supply a conveyor belt system and stockyard machinery for the new Porto Sudeste Port Terminal to be built in Itaguaí (Brazil) by LLX.
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Liebherr nets DPW Egypt contract
Liebherr has won a contract to supply the first set of rubber-tyred gantry cranes to DP World’s Sokhna terminal in Egypt. The RTGs are 16 wheel configuration, stack one over five containers high and span six containers plus a truck lane.
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Boxrunner answer to moving problem
Konecranes has launched a new straddle carrier to improve the link between container unloading and yard stacking operations.
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NewsCustoms requirement burden
Yet more demands for electronic data submission within the EU, this time on the customs side under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), are driving change within the ports and shipping industries.
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Kalmar breaks ground in Cartagena
Cargotec has received a significant order from long-time Colombian customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Cartagena for two Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 24 Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. The agreement is worth approximately €40m ($54.1m). These will be the first Kalmar STS cranes and Kalmar Zero Emission E-One2 RTGs operating ...
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Automated facility goes for Bromma
Bromma has been awarded two major new contracts for the supply of all-electric spreaders for use on automated stacking cranes.
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NewsAutomatic shore power beats the cold
Oslo port terminal and the ‘Color Magic’ ro-pax are to be equipped with a compact, automatically linked shore-power system, which means less exposure for port personnel to the often harsh conditions on the quay.
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NewsSpreaders to keep costs down in Santos
A recently developed spreader with load-sensing technology has found a place in the newly developing Latin American market.
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Columbia terminal plumps for APS system
The $250m Terminal de Contenedores de Buenaventura (TCBuen) development in Colombia is to invest in partially automated systems.
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Cargotec to acquire Navis
Cargotec has entered into an agreement to acquire terminal operator systems (TOS) provider Navis from Zebra Technologies. The transaction value is approximately $190M. Navis will continue its business with its customers as an independent part of Cargotec irrespective of equipment supplier.
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NewsIAPH ups targets for green initiatives
The International Association of Ports and Harbors is to increase its targets for the uptake of “green” projects under the World Ports Climate Initiative.
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Product recall practice
Because an efficient product recall process might help to avert a catastrophe, it is vitally important that every manufacturer has the ability to implement best practice if compelled to issue a recall.
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NewsSeaport security in West Africa
Two ports in West Africa have initiated substantial security contracts within a few weeks of each other.
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NewsDrive-in on the Bosporus
Yilport Container Terminal (part of the Yildirim Group) is to convert 18 diesel-powered Rubber Tired Gantry cranes (RTGs) to electrical operation.
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Low emission engines for Kalmar
Kalmar products are to be fitted with the latest engines using Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) or Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) technology to deliver near-zero NOx and harmful particulate emissions.
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Forklift attachments
Forklift attachment manufacturer Bolzoni Auramo has introduced a new series of parallel clamps.
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New areas for development
Industry comment from international law firm Reed Smith notes that while development projects have started only recently to come back into the headlines, fresh areas are now opening up.
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NewsDust reduction for Pecem
The first of a new design of dust-reducing mobile hoppers has been installed at the port of Pecem, Brazil, where it will be dealing with traditionally dusty bulk like coal and cement.
