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    TWIC goes to prototype

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    US Transportation Security Administration officials have entered a new phase of testing the Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) programme at Long Beach Container Terminal. The credential programme is in the prototype phase and will eventually include 34 sites in six states. For the next seven months, about 200,000 people will ...

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    CSS SELECTED

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Speaking at the International Union of Marine Insurance conference in Singapore, Priestley said: "Ports around the world now face the risk of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorist threats along with other threats such as home-made bombs.UK security systems consultant, CSS has won the contract to design and install ...

  • VTS VHF: minimising costs
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    New VHF communication solution for shore-based systems

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Transas Group has developed a new VHF communication system incorporating a radio-station remote control capability and based on the advantages of SPRadio''s (Denmark) 4000 series transceivers.

  • The YTR45 twin-lift: 59 for Korea
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    Bromma wins record Korean order

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Bromma has won the single largest spreader order in its history - from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction for 59 Bromma Marathon YTR45 twin-lift spreaders to be mounted under Doosan cranes headed to Pusan Newport Company (PNC). Also included in the contract is an order for two Bromma HSM6 Overheights ...

  • MidWatch: used in the caves of Afghanistan
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    Breakthrough thermal imaging camera emerges in workboat market

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    EMX Inc. has launched its new EMX MidWatch Marine Thermal Imaging Camera claiming dramatic improvements at an affordable price. The camera is the result of EMX incorporating Raytheon''s (just acquired by L3) newest sensor core within a durable housing to withstand the harsh marine environment.

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    Norcontrol IT launches new AIS software

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Norcontrol IT has developed its third generation of AIS network infrastructure software with new functionality integrated into the previous version to provide AIS operators with more access and greater control of the data transmitted via the AIS network.

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    ODA loan agreement

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed an ODA loan agreement totalling US$42m with the Royal Government of Cambodia for the Sihanoukville Port Urgent Expansion Project.

  • Maemi: Remember this?
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    Surviving the storm: TT Club reflects on the challenges for port operators after the Atlantic hurricane season

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The pictures and soundbites flashed across the world on television news programmes are vivid, and with each passing hour become more dramatic as nature''s forces increase in intensity. Windows are boarded up with wary smiles, the fearful fill the highways heading to higher ground and shelter, traffic lights swing wildly ...

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    Wising up in Tampa

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    SSA GULF' s Tampa Terminal, formerly Tampa Bay International Terminal (TBIT), is to implement Tideworks' new product line for conventional cargo terminal management, the Wise Product Suite, the first time the Suite will be deployed in the Americas. The Wise products are currently used in facilities throughout northern Europe.

  • Liebherrs LRS645: offers hitherto unforeseen handling opportunities
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    Liebherr's reachstacker rationale

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Liebherr has been explaining the rationale behind its new LRS645 ' banana boom' reachstacker. " When LiebherrWerk Nenzing decided to enter the reachstacker market some three years ago, " says the company, " there were plenty of suppliers offering rather similar models which could fulfil almost the same jobs, i. ...

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    Norcontrol IT launches port management software

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Norcontrol IT has released an ' off-the-shelf' version of its Port Management Information System (PMIS).The company says the PMIS Standard Edition is a cost-effective, scaleable solution designed to provide small to medium sized ports with advanced marine management functionality to enable the safe and efficient management and reporting of vessel ...

  • Kalmars Christer Granskog: greater volume flexibility
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    Kalmar sharpens its strategy

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar is to sell the entire share capital in the cab manufacturer Velsa Inc to Finland' s Rautaruukki Corporation, part of its continuing strategy to concentrate on the marketing, development, assembly and servicing of container and heavy materials handling equipment.

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    Gottwald looks to logistics

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald has been promoting its range as an integral part of the intermodal process. " In view of the trend towards more efficient supply chains and the increasing combination of rail, road and water transport that does not only improve access to markets, but also brings relief to over-stretched road ...

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    Liebherr Container Cranes

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The company says port marine departments are experiencing an ever-growing requirement to provide statistical data to either internal or external organisations. PMIS Standard Edition has been designed to meet this requirement. It follows a recent proof-ofconcept software trial conducted at several UK ports which showed that the PMIS could be ...

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    I/D BADGES FOR UK PORTS

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Recognition Express South Wales is to supply identity badges for all staff and visitors to Cargo Services UK, a cargo handler operating in the Cardiff, Swansea and Uskmouth ports. The move is part of a wider effort across all sectors of the transport system, which includes ports, to comply with ...

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    NEW ANTENNA MEETS AIS REQUIREMENTS

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    In order to meet the USCG Automatic Identification System (AIS) requirements necessary for many commercial vessels, Shakespeare Electronic Products Group has introduced a new antenna.

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    AIS for Slovenia's coast

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The curve-shaped telescopic boom offers so far unforeseen handling possibilities, says Liebherr. "In 4-high by 3-wide block stacks, LRS 645 removes the top container in the second row from either side without any necessary repositioning of the top container in the first row. In a similar example - with 3-high ...

  • Dunkirk: two or three more cranes if traffic warrants it Dunkirks
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    Portek

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Dunkirk: two or three more cranes if traffic warrants it DunkirksSince all crane functions, e. g. crane driving and propping, can be executed by the remote control system, there is no need for an additional cabin fitted to the crane's chassis or superstructure. The driver can move the crane from ...

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    The next target..

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    " After 9/11 we were getting intelligence briefings saying the next attack may well not be an airline - it may be a vessel. So you have the potential for a vessel carrying a large amount of explosives to be physically sailed up a river and blown up." David Wilson-Le-Moine ...

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    . . . and KCI Konecranes, SMV

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    KCI Konecranes is to acquire SMV Lifttrucks of Sweden whose product range consists of heavy-duty reachstackers and forklift trucks with lifting capacities of 10 to 60 tons.