All Products & Services articles – Page 76

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    Kalmar breaks ground in Cartagena

    2011-02-25T10:00:00Z

    Cargotec has received a significant order from long-time Colombian customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Cartagena for two Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 24 Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. The agreement is worth approximately €40m ($54.1m). These will be the first Kalmar STS cranes and Kalmar Zero Emission E-One2 RTGs operating ...

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    Automated facility goes for Bromma

    2011-02-24T10:00:00Z

    Bromma has been awarded two major new contracts for the supply of all-electric spreaders for use on automated stacking cranes.

  • The PLUG shore power system automatically mates and disconnects,
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    Automatic shore power beats the cold

    2011-02-23T10:00:00Z

    Oslo port terminal and the ‘Color Magic’ ro-pax are to be equipped with a compact, automatically linked shore-power system, which means less exposure for port personnel to the often harsh conditions on the quay.

  • Thirteen of Bromma’s YTR40E spreaders with load sensors are going to Santos
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    Spreaders to keep costs down in Santos

    2011-02-22T10:00:00Z

    A recently developed spreader with load-sensing technology has found a place in the newly developing Latin American market.

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    Columbia terminal plumps for APS system

    2011-02-20T21:00:00Z

    The $250m Terminal de Contenedores de Buenaventura (TCBuen) development in Colombia is to invest in partially automated systems.

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    Cargotec to acquire Navis

    2011-02-20T21:00:00Z

    Cargotec has entered into an agreement to acquire terminal operator systems (TOS) provider Navis from Zebra Technologies. The transaction value is approximately $190M. Navis will continue its business with its customers as an independent part of Cargotec irrespective of equipment supplier.

  • Port Strategy: The IAPH's Fer van de Laar wants to increase the number of ports adopting port climate goals
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    IAPH ups targets for green initiatives

    2011-02-20T20:56:00Z

    The International Association of Ports and Harbors is to increase its targets for the uptake of “green” projects under the World Ports Climate Initiative.

  • News

    Product recall practice

    2011-02-17T15:51:00Z

    Because an efficient product recall process might help to avert a catastrophe, it is vitally important that every manufacturer has the ability to implement best practice if compelled to issue a recall.

  • Mombasa’s recent investment has been on security
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    Seaport security in West Africa

    2011-02-02T10:00:00Z

    Two ports in West Africa have initiated substantial security contracts within a few weeks of each other.

  • Conductix-Wampfler’s drive in solution will be applied at Yilport
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    Drive-in on the Bosporus

    2011-02-01T10:00:00Z

    Yilport Container Terminal (part of the Yildirim Group) is to convert 18 diesel-powered Rubber Tired Gantry cranes (RTGs) to electrical operation.

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    Low emission engines for Kalmar

    2011-01-29T10:00:00Z

    Kalmar products are to be fitted with the latest engines using Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) or Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) technology to deliver near-zero NOx and harmful particulate emissions.

  • News

    Forklift attachments

    2011-01-28T10:00:00Z

    Forklift attachment manufacturer Bolzoni Auramo has introduced a new series of parallel clamps.

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    New areas for development

    2011-01-26T10:00:00Z

    Industry comment from international law firm Reed Smith notes that while development projects have started only recently to come back into the headlines, fresh areas are now opening up.

  • The Eco Hopper is part of a project to build a 30,000 tonne per month cement milling facility adjacent to the port.
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    Dust reduction for Pecem

    2011-01-25T10:00:00Z

    The first of a new design of dust-reducing mobile hoppers has been installed at the port of Pecem, Brazil, where it will be dealing with traditionally dusty bulk like coal and cement.

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    Liverpool’s straddle carrier solution

    2011-01-24T19:44:00Z

    The Royal Seaforth Container Terminal at the Port of Liverpool, has invested in a real time location system for its fleet of 34 straddle carriers.

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    Patrick works in the dark

    2011-01-24T19:43:00Z

    Patrick’s AutoStrad Terminal at the Port of Brisbane in Australia has become the first container terminal in the world to operate its night shifts in relative darkness.

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    New cranes for Fos

    2011-01-21T18:14:00Z

    The first ship-to-shore cranes have been delivered to one of the Fos 2XL container terminals being developed at Marseilles Fos under public-private partnership.

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    Spreader market developments

    2011-01-21T17:19:00Z

    Bromma says that it is seeing recent favourable developments including a geographically diverse source for 75 spreaders in November alone – the strongest month of the past year.

  • Coquimbo’s new shiploading system can be withdrawn from the key side and stowed
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    Flexible shiploader for Coquimbo

    2011-01-20T14:56:00Z

    A fully integrated but still completely mobile system has been installed at the Port of Coquimbo in Chile for loading copper concentrate at rates of up to 1,000 tonnes per hour.

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    Real-time software for box operations

    2011-01-20T14:54:00Z

    Flagship, a part EU-funded maritime transport project, has successfully implemented a real-time optimisation system targeting congestion in container terminals.