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Hong Kong's AVT captures OCR order
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.
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NewsKenya Ports Authority
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.Kenya Ports Authority has selected Total Soft Bank, as its IT partner to provide terminal management and planning software assistance. ...
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Security training on screen
Videotel Marine International in conjunction with the IMO and a number of port security authorities, has produced an interactive, computer-based training course which could form the basis of official Port Facility Security Officer (PFSO) accreditation, as called for under the ISPS Code.
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NewsTrailer positioning system for New York
Four super post-Panamax cranes recently delivered to New York Container Terminal (NYCT) by Liebherr Container Cranes feature an ultramodern trailer positioning system (TPS).
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Hull and Goole upwardly mobile
ABP''s two north Humberside ports have each ordered a Liebherr LHM 320 MHC, primarily for container handling. Both are equipped with automatic telescopic spreader. They also include Liebherr''s economy software for optimised fuel consumption as well as a second cabin on the slewing platform offering the same features as the ...
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NewsNavis/APL get results
APL Kaoshiung recently set a new productivity record at the port loading and discharging an average of 164 containers per hour over 21 hours from a single vessel. This record exceeds the port''s standard of 55 containers per berth hour by 198%.
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NewsGantry cranes
The third of five gantry cranes was taken ashore at berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg from ZPMC''s ZHEN HUA 8. ZPMC ensured the 1,800 ton giant was pulled onto the quay wall when the water level was at its highest.
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Cargo scam warning
UNCTAD carried out a global government and industry survey on ISPS Code implementation, costs and related financing (available for downloading at www.unctad.org/ttl/legal). A total of 55 completed questionnaires were received from respondent ports, the majority of these being in developed countries.The TT Club warns of increasingly sophisticated cargo theft methods. ...
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Consens brings fresh thinking to strad market
Consens'' straddle carrier range will be launched early next year and its new machines trialled at terminals in Europe and the US at the end of this year. The company, formed by former FantuzziNoell staff including Bjorn Riechers as Consens'' managing director, will focus on developing its strad carrier range ...
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NewsFeeding Belfast livestock
Redler, the bulk materials handling specialist, is to undertake the mechanical and electrical design and construction elements of a new 75,000 tonne animal feed store planned to be built within the port of Belfast.
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New scanner for Banjul
The Gambian Government has signed up with Scanning Systems for the installation and operation of scanners in Banjul.
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NewsGottwald supplies Varna and Antwerp
Gottwald has recently delivered its first MHC to Bulgaria. The 100-ton HMK 300 E, Gottwald''s current bestseller, will be operated as a container crane at Varna.
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MATRA trialled at ports amidst lax security reports
Six UK ports are to be the subject of a new security review. The project is part of the Multi Agency Threat and Risk Assessment (MATRA), a government initiative to cut the risk of crime and terrorism in airports. It has been reported that the study was prompted by concern ...
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ADT installs system for Cork
ADT has provided an integrated security system at Cork to help satisfy the requirements of the ISPS Code. CCTV technology enables access control from a central point. Access gates to berths can be opened and closed remotely using information passed along fibre optic cables to the control centre.
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TIDEWORKS RE-BRANDS S.WISE
Tideworks has re-branded its S.Wise product line, designed to help multipurpose terminal operators plan and control terminal processes. The software, part of Tideworks'' 2004 acquisition of Rotterdambased Sonu Software Solutions, will now be marketed under the Genoa Breakbulk Management System(R) moniker.
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TURKS OPT FOR KALMAR RTGS
Mardas Marmara Deniz Isletmeciligi, the container terminal operator in the Mardas Port area of the Ambarli Port Complex in Istanbul, has ordered six Kalmar E-One all-electric RTGs. Each unit will be equipped with Smartrail® and Remote Machine Interface (RMI).
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Kommerling seals refurbish lock gates
Kommerling, manufacturer and supplier of sealants and adhesives, has supplied 360 litres of its Rallithane 810 to Bristol City Docks for sealing its refurbished inner lock gates. Each gate measures 10 metres square is over a metre deep and weighs 75 tonnes. This contract follows a successful application of the ...
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NewsMedcenter explains strad preference
The latest batch of 32 straddle carriers delivered to Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) in Gioia Tauro has brought the terminal''s total Kalmar straddle carrier fleet to 100.
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NewsPatrick Stevedores signs service contract with Kalmar
Patrick Stevedores has confirmed a warranty/ service contract with Kalmar for its automated straddle carrier fleet at the Fisherman Islands terminal in Brisbane.
