All Products & Services articles – Page 62

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    New Egis port subsidiary

    2013-07-11T10:49:00Z

    A French consulting and engineering group is taking its port expertise to new levels with the creation of a new subsidiary to focus in on specialised port projects.

  • "The demand for holistic solutions from a single source is steadily growing," Klaus Peter Hoffman, Terex Port Solutions
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    Responding to ecological needs

    2013-07-10T10:00:00Z

    Terex Port Solutions’ Klaus Peter Hoffmann discusses the need to meet a rise in environment awareness

  • Contianer volumes in North Europe are more or less flat
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    Container exports fluctuate

    2013-07-09T13:59:00Z

    This year is proving to be a mixed year for container exports as “the recession continues and it looks like peak season may not come about”.

  • Forward-looking risk assessments need to be sewn in to day-to-day port operations
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    Information and intelligence

    2013-07-09T10:00:00Z

    G4S'' David Fairnie explains the benefits of information, intelligence and technology in risk management

  • Under the contract, Gaussin will supply 40 of its ATT units, with an option for 60 more
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    Gaussin wins record deal

    2013-07-08T16:58:00Z

    A record deal was signed at this year’s TOC Europe for 40 container handling Automotive Terminal Trailer (ATT) units, with an option for 60 more.

  • Konecranes says its ARTG system is superior to anything else on the market
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    Taking automation to the next level

    2013-07-08T14:35:00Z

    Konecranes introduced its Automated RTG system (ARTG) to the industry at TOC Europe 2013 which it claims is the first of its kind on the market and promises to take automation to the next level.

  • The new Kalmar DCF50-90 forklift truck is the latest in the series of light range of 5 to 9 tonne capacity machines
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    New Kalmar products

    2013-07-05T15:37:00Z

    Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has extended its portfolio with the launch of three new products – Gloria, a new range of reachstackers, the DCF50-90 forklift truck and Kalmar Care, a new service contract concept.

  • Model 5 makes use of TPS low maintenance three-phase electrical system technology
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    New low emission harbour crane

    2013-07-04T17:29:00Z

    There’s a new low emission harbour crane on the market which promises to improve efficiency without compromising economical and sustainable cargo handling in ports and terminals.

  • Navis believes container terminal users should help plan, monitor, analyse and control the operation process
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    Make optimisation a shared goal, says Navis

    2013-07-03T15:21:00Z

    Software specialist Navis wants to bring the user back into the automated container terminal optimisation process in a move away from the previous ‘black box’ approach.

  • Kalmar's Gloria marks the company's 5th generation reackstacker
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    Kalmar 'total cost' focus

    2013-07-03T11:22:00Z

    A focus on total cost of ownership of port machinery has kept Cargotec unit Kalmar at the vanguard of equipment development.

  • The industry needs to "figure out the gap between planning and execution"
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    Automation issues

    2013-07-03T10:51:00Z

    Automation was a hot topic at this year’s TOC Europe, which took place in the port city of Rotterdam last week.

  • The size of the issue: A report into the MSC Napoli grounding found that the weight of a fifth of the boxes were underdeclared Photo: French Ministry of Defence
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    Container weighing forward thinking

    2013-07-02T18:01:00Z

    Strainstall, a leading stress analysis and design verification expert, is targeting the tricky issue of misdeclared container weights with its new container weighing system.

  • Ben Vree, CEO, APM Terminals Europe Region
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    Eastern Europe drives port growth

    2013-06-27T16:06:00Z

    The healthy projected volume increase in Eastern Europe and the increasingly important Russian market are set to be the driving factors for European container market growth, according to Ben Vree, CEO of APM Terminals Europe Region.

  • Safety was a hot topic at TOC Europe
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    Automation highlights trucker safety issues

    2013-06-26T15:32:00Z

    Significant safety concerns about the trucker/automated stacking crane interface at automated container yards were highlighted at TOC Europe in Rotterdam this week.

  • Continental's new portfolio includes customised tyres for straddle carriers
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    Continental expands portfolio

    2013-06-25T16:56:00Z

    Continental Commercial Speciality Tires (CST) has launched a new portfolio of tyres specially developed for vehicles in port operation.

  • SOLVO.TOS.CONTAINER  - an example of why it pays to get automated
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    SOLVO automation for Odessa

    2013-06-24T20:37:00Z

    Russian automation specialist SOLVO has scored a major automation project at the Brooklyn-Kiev port container terminal in Odessa.

  • The merger will position Certus as a unique integrated solution provider
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    Port automation merger

    2013-06-20T15:40:00Z

    Two market leaders in optical character recognition (OCR) have merged their port automation solution businesses together to form a new company called Certus Port Automation.

  • Food wastage often occurs if a container misses a transhipment
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    Maersk technology reduces food wastage

    2013-06-17T14:31:00Z

    Transportation time is one of the many reasons why food goes to waste worldwide. In a bid to help shipping lines and container terminals reduce food wastage, Maersk Container Industry has developed a range of new products and become an official sponsor for the United Nations’ initiative, UN Save Foods.

  • The ports will share strategies and best practices on equipment and new technologies
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    Los Angeles and Hamburg collaborate

    2013-06-13T17:04:00Z

    The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) are to share strategies and best practices after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation and partnership.

  • Felixstowe has been proactive in preparing for traffic growth
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    Costs spiral for unscheduled downtime

    2013-06-13T16:22:00Z

    Downtime at ports is up on last year says Trelleborg whose latest barometer report suggests that far from improving, the issue is actually getting worse. In fact, 90% of those surveyed for the report suffer from unscheduled downtime at their facility costing at least £100,000 per year.