All Products & Services articles – Page 75

  • News

    Abu Dhabi signs with ZPMC

    2011-05-07T10:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi Ports Company has awarded ZPMC a AED193m (US$52.4m) contract for six super post-panamax ship-to-shore container cranes for Khalifa Port.

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    Vigilant monitors energy use

    2011-05-06T10:00:00Z

    Security specialist Vigilant Vision has launched a range of energy efficient, ultra high contrast LED monitors for CCTV applications. The monitors offer higher picture quality and enhanced specifications, with a 40% reduction in the total cost of ownership over the life of the equipment.

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    DP World goes all-electric in Sydney

    2011-05-05T10:00:00Z

    DP World’s Port Botany terminal will receive four Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes by the end of the year.

  • Portable berthing aid should minimise disputes
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    Trelleborg berthing aid reduces accident risk

    2011-05-04T18:26:00Z

    Manufacturer Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched a portable docking aid to improve berthing safety.

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    Eco-straddle carriers for Burchardkai

    2011-05-04T10:00:00Z

    Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.

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    Meclift expanding sales in Latin America

    2011-05-04T10:00:00Z

    Finnish handling equipment manufacturer Meclift is growing its Latin American market. It sold the first unit of its ML1612R Variable Reach Truck to Brazil and signed a distribution agreement with F&F Comércio e Representacões Ltda in 2010. 2011 has already seen almost all the company’s production capacity sold to Latin ...

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    Liebherr unveils heavyweight MHC

    2011-05-03T10:00:00Z

    Liebherr is to launch a new Mobile Harbour Crane model at TOC Europe 2011 to bridge the gap between the LHM 550 and the LHM 280.

  • The new system is able to tell a ship what restrictions are in place as well as acquiring information from the vessel. Photo:R Kidd
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    Untangling the regulations

    2011-04-28T11:46:00Z

    Ports stand to benefit from a system that will not only deliver class–specific regulation requirements to visiting ships, but will also highlight where the rules contradict each other.

  • News

    VeriTainer offers lower-cost radiation detector

    2011-04-24T10:00:00Z

    VeriTainer has launched a budget version of its patented radiation scanning system to address asset protection on dock.

  • The floating hub concept could mean an answer to ports’ problems in predicting volumes
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    Floating port offers 'quick fix' to congestion

    2011-04-21T12:46:00Z

    A novel idea for a floating hub port has been unveiled which could not only boost the Scottish economy, but also provide an answer to ports’ perennial problems of trying to predict the future.

  • The value of a typical 40ft reefer can reach a staggering €400,000
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    Reefer manual valuable to stevedores

    2011-04-07T10:00:00Z

    In a bid to help reduce costly compensation claims and minimise the potential loss from damage to chilled and frozen foodstuffs, BMT De Beer, has published a complete set of guidelines for the reefer sector.

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    2011-04-07T08:33:00Z

    Subscribe to Port Strategy now to benefit from a wealth of unique and informed port knowledge. The May issue features independently researched features on how to set and exceed key performance indicators, how to co-exist with the environment without damaging profits, and how to make money out of port centric ...

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    Mooring options for Aussie bulk

    2011-03-16T14:43:00Z

    Automated mooring technology is to be used at an iron ore facility at the Port of Geraldton in Western Australia.

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    Gottwald goes large in Chile

    2011-03-04T10:00:00Z

    Demag subsidiary Gottwald Port Technology is celebrating an order for the largest mobile harbour crane for container handling in the Americas. The Generation 5 G HMK 8410 MHC will be supplied to Puerto Angamos, Mejillones, Chile, allowing the operator to service super post-panamax vessels in future. Commercial operation is scheduled ...

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    OTR burning rubber with hire scheme

    2011-03-04T10:00:00Z

    Tyre specialist OTR is pushing its Tyre Hire service as an “affordable and convenient” option, with the added benefit of improving cash flow management.

  • LA was ahead of the curve in specifying green tractors
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    Green pressure piled on port consultants

    2011-03-03T21:02:00Z

    The pressure to ‘green’ port equipment is being keenly felt by consultants, according to a survey by Trelleborg Marine Systems.

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    Taim Weser to supply holistic systems

    2011-03-03T10:00:00Z

    Spain-headquartered Taim Weser group is to design, manufacture, and supply a conveyor belt system and stockyard machinery for the new Porto Sudeste Port Terminal to be built in Itaguaí (Brazil) by LLX.

  • With the acquisition of the mobile harbour unit, BCT says, it “is now ready to service heavy and oversized cargo”.
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    BCT celebrates first heavy load

    2011-03-03T10:00:00Z

    Baltic Container Terminal in Poland recently handled its first heavy cargo using its new Liebherr LHM-400 mobile harbour crane.

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    Liebherr nets DPW Egypt contract

    2011-02-27T10:00:00Z

    Liebherr has won a contract to supply the first set of rubber-tyred gantry cranes to DP World’s Sokhna terminal in Egypt. The RTGs are 16 wheel configuration, stack one over five containers high and span six containers plus a truck lane.

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    Boxrunner answer to moving problem

    2011-02-27T10:00:00Z

    Konecranes has launched a new straddle carrier to improve the link between container unloading and yard stacking operations.