All Products & Services articles – Page 104

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    TRANSAS SIGNS UP NEW CLIENTS

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Transas is to supply a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system for Drogheda Port Company (DPC) in Ireland.

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    Is your cctv system working for you?

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    According to CCTV specialist AtView, a high proportion of installed CCTV systems are nonoperational, either because they were poorly installed or specified at the outset, or because something has subsequently gone wrong. As a result, there are many existing CCTV systems that would benefit from a thorough check up, some ...

  • Gottwalds HMK330EG destined for Mundra
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    Gottwald busy in India

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald is supplying two HMK 330 EG four-rope grab cranes for professional bulk handling to Gujarat Adani Port (GAPL) in Mundra. In addition, two HMK 300 Es, Gottwald''s current bestseller, have been ordered by DPI Terminals (DPI) for the Rajiv Gandhi Terminal in Cochin (Kochi) to be operated by India ...

  • Job site Bemo Rail, Eurogate Terminal Hamburg
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    Bemo Rail wins Euromax contract

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Bemo Rail, with its partners GTI Infrastructure and Ooms Construction, have secured an infrastructure contract for Rotterdam''s new Euromax Terminal for the installation of rails, electrical and data cabling, security, water and paving for the terminal''s quays.

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    ALLIES TO HELP SHIPPING LINES ENHANCE COMPETITIVENESS

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The exchange of information among shipping alliance members will be made easier and more efficient with ALLIES, an " Alliance Hubbing Solution" offered by Portnet. com, a subsidiary of PSA Corporation.

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    MAFI RoRo Tractor MT 36

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Bemo Rail's general manager, Teun Druijf told PS that the three partners were selected from a shortlist of six bidders. The award followed a lengthy pre-selection process which was narrowed down to a final shortlist of two. Bemo Rail's portion of the contract will be to provide rail paths for ...

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    KCI Konecranes supplies 30 RMGs to APMT

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Maersk has contracted KCI Konecranes for the delivery of 30 RMGs to APM Terminals'' new state-of-the-art container terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia. The contract calls for deliveries to begin in October 2006, and includes the option for an additional 30 cranes. APMT''s new Virginia container terminal project is the largest single ...

  • Smits: Horizontal and transversal adjustment
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    Container moves increased by 30%

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    To cope with growing container traffic the Finnish forest products port of Rauma has acquired a second CH 6600 TA FT fixed twin spreader with both horizontal and transversal adjustment, from VDL Smits Spreader Systems, to operate with its Gottwald HMK300E MHC.

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    REHANDLER FOR PLYMOUTH

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Side-shift is also possible on the spreader.Following sales to ABP in King's Lynn last year and Folkestone Harbour in March, Hydrex Equipment has sold a third Fuchs MHL380 wheeled re-handling machine, this time to CatteDown Wharves in Plymouth. In Folkestone the MHL380 is being used for discharging animal feed and ...

  • Liebherrs working at Westerlund, Antwerp: 25% reduction in fuel consumption
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    Productivity and economy from Liebherr

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Danish port of Aabenraa bought a Liebherr LHM 320 in 2003. The new crane was equipped with a Peiner grab from SMAG in Germany, with a capacity of 14 cu metres for handling of gravel, sand and other materials.

  • DARTAGNAN launched for delivery to DEME
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    Mega heavy-duty cutter suction dredger D'ARTAGNAN launched

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Launching of the mega selfpropelled cutter suction dredger D''ARTAGNAN built for Societe De Dragage International, part of the DEME group (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering), took place at the yard of IHC Holland Merwede in Kinderdijk recently.

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    Close second for Vistascape's SitelQ

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    US-based security specialist Vistascape came within a hare''s whisker of picking up this year''s Seatrade Safety at Sea Award but was pipped at the post by Australia''s Mobilarm for its crew monitoring system. Nevertheless, as runner-up Vistacape''s SiteIQ software programme was a worthy contender. SiteIQ provides security authorities with a ...

  • Bromma Tandem Spreader for HPH in China
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    Bromma's Tandem Quattro looms

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Bromma is readying availability of its new Tandem Quattro spreader. Tandem Quattro can handle four 20'' containers. Available lift options include one 40'' container; one 45'' container; two 40'' containers; two 45'' containers; two 20'' containers; or four 20'' containers. Tandem Quattro Spreader weight is 24 tonnes.

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    Navtech launches at Bristol

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Navtech has just launched its Crane Anti-Collision Sensor in the port of Bristol. The system uses high-resolution radar to identify hazardous obstructions in the path of the moving crane boom.

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    TUGS FOR BP

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The system allows the driver of a truck, trailer-train or straddle carrier to view the vehicle in relation to the stopping position offering a computer-augmented birds-eye view. Most existing systems use lights to show the driver the stopping point making it difficult to judge the exact position. The LoadVIEW system ...

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    BARCO IN CANAL DEAL

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Should the crane approach the ship too closely or the ship drift towards the crane, the system will generate alarms to the control systems.Visualisation specialist Barco has won a contract from the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community to install a VTS along the Ghent-Terneuzen canal. ...

  • Typical in-cab arrangement. (Inset): Typical split screen view for a 20 and 40/45 foot container
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    ITS saves 8% in equipment running time

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    International Terminal Solutions (ITS) has developed what it believes is the most cost effective and flexible solution in straddle carrier and truck alignment systems, LoadVIEW.

  • Kalmars Jorma Tirkkonen: to focus on marketing and development of on-board Smart features
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    . . . and focuses on Smart features

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar has established Kalmar Intelligence & Automation to focus on the marketing and development of on-board smart features for container handling equipment, integrated systems and remote maintenance products. Jorma Tirkkonen, formerly head of sales for Kalmar in the US, is president of the new unit.

  • Hysters A222: new spreader-damping system
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    New features for Hyster reachstackers

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The ten-model Hyster ReachStacker range (A222 series) will be improved as from May.

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    Letter to the Editor . . . Letter to the Editor

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Dear Sir With some delay I was informed about the serious, but anonymous allegations of PSC malpractices in the port of Antwerp that you published in the Jan/Feb 2005 number of Port Strategy under the heading " Beware the Black Gang" .