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  • SEABERTH: reduces demurrage costs
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    Berth scheduling tool launched

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Ottonel Popesco: sees a buoyant 2006
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    APS supplies rail tracking system

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Immingham: improved stack management
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    ABP upgrades to AUTOSTORE

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-24T17:59:00Z

    Thamesport has ordered 13 new terminal tractors from MOL Group. Coo David Gledhill, says:

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    UNITOR

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    Liebherr

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    KALMAR

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    As a special feature the two cranes are equipped with six axles. Usually, the HMK 260 E features a 5-axle chassis but is designed such that a sixth axle can be fitted if the quay has a restricted load-bearing capacity as is often the case in the Far East. The ...

  • HMK260E in Jakarta: same model for Bangkok
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    Gottwald Thais things up

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    Mersey gets VTS upgrade

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    CROMA'S NEW CCTV SYSTEMS

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Security matters in the UK have been high on all agendas in the wake of the events of 7 July, and this month the Board of Croma Group has announced the formal roll-out of two innovative new CCTV systems.

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    New Standards from BSI

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    British Standards Institution''s Business Information has published four new international standards on biometric technology, aiming to protect UK business and consumers. The BS ISO/IEC 19794 series of standards cover the science of using biological properties to identify individuals - for example, the recording of fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition ...

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    Savi and Brooks complete tag trials

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Two supply chain security system providers have announced the successful completion of wide-ranging field trials of active RFID devices, designed to automatically detect cargo door intrusions and security breaches while communicating their location and condition.

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    Hong Kong's AVT captures OCR order

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Optical Character Recognition specialist, Asia Vision Technology (AVT), has scooped new business in Korea, Hong Kong and China for the deployment of automated Vehicle License Plate Number Recognition (LPNR) and Container Number Recognition (CNR) solutions.