All Products & Services articles – Page 114

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    Iron ore indices launched

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Freight Investor Services (FIS) has launched two new iron ore price estimates prompted by the buoyant 530m tonne seaborne trade. They will be known as Iron Ore 1 (C& F Rotterdam) and Iron Ore 2 (C& F China). China''s booming economy has accounted for an explosive increase in the trade.

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    . . . whilst HHLA takes strads

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Following an order from HHLA of Hamburg for eight of its sixth generation CSC340 straddle carriers Kalmar has been awarded two further contracts by HHLA, one for 12 more CSC340 machines and another for four ESC440 machines with an option for four more.

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    Gottwald expands representation

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Gottwald Port Technology has appointed Transmate to market its Wide Span Gantries in Holland.

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    Eurogate orders STSs . . .

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar is to supply two ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to EUROGATE' s Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH). The contract includes an option for a third crane.

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    J.F.J. DE NUL

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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    Bromma launches Bluetooth functionality

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Bromma is making Bluetooth technology available on its SCS2 system for easier accessibility to spreader diagnostics. Bluetooth, an open specification that allows for wireless data communication, uses a globally available frequency band for worldwide compatibility.

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    TTS trailer trestles promise manpower savings

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Gothenburg-based TTS Ships Equipment, the ro-ro access equipment developer, has unveiled a new design of ro-ro trailer trestle with a built in cargo-lashing system.

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    Kalmar's new Smartpath

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar has introduced a new generation of Smartpath, its container position verification system originally developed for straddle carriers. The company claims the technology can now be adapted for implementation on a range of handling equipment helping operators to improve productivity and cost-efficiency.

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    ISPS guide published

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A new guide providing a useful insight into the complexities of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code which enters into force on 1 July 2004, has been published.

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    Former commandos unite for ISPS deadline

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A company specialising in training company and ship security officers in compliance with the ISPS Code has been formed by two maritime security specialists with nearly 50 years merchant navy and Special Forces experience between them.

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    El Ferrol to host major coal terminal

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Spanish power generating company Endesa Generacion has ratified an agreement with the port authority of El Ferrol in northwest Spain to build a major coal importing terminal on a 106,000 sq m site in the outer harbour development zone. It has also guaranteed a minimum annual cargo of 3.5m tonnes ...

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    Acajutla doubles throughput

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Following 12 months of upgrading work El Salvador''s main box terminal at the port of Acajutla forecasts throughput rising to 50,000TEU in 2003 compared to 41,000TEU the year before and just 12,000TEU in 2001. The traffic increase is the result of the introduction of a private operator raising productivity from ...

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    Retrofitting Smartrail

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar' s automatic steering and container position verification system, Smartrail, introduced in 1997, has been granted an international patent.

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    New safety tracking system unveiled at Dover

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Vessels passing through the Dover Strait will be among the safest in the world following the recent launch of the latest in ship safety and surveillance by Alistair Darling, British Secretary of State for Transport.

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    DFDS Tor Line go for rental

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    DFDS Tor Line has expanded its rental and maintenance agreement with Kalmar to cover its terminal in Maasvlakte, Holland and the North Sea Terminal in Norway.

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    Massive Crane Order

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Yantian International Terminals has placed a massive order for 57 container cranes with Chinese crane builder Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co.

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    Spy in the Box

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    911 continues to prompt the ongoing application of new technology in the container system designed to prevent terrorist acts and as a useful bi-product reduce cargo crime; one of the latest innovations being All Set Tracking''s " Smart and Secure" electronic seal for containers.

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    Long Beach Beefs Up Security..

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The US West Coast port of Long Beach has called for tenders for a video surveillance system that will include up to 50 cameras and is estimated to cost around US$5.5m.

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    Atlas Copco provide site power at Hong Kong's Terminal Nine

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Jv contractors Hyundai and China Civil Engineering Construction are using Atlas Copco portable compressors and generating sets for quay wall piling works on Hong Kong' s new six-berth container terminal.

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    APM Terminals at Constantza using TOPS through VAR arrangement

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    APM Terminals of Copenhagen has signed a contract for support of its TOPS terminal optimisation software system in Constantza with Global Transportation Solutions (GTS).