All Products & Services articles – Page 76

  • Alex Goulandris: the effect has been to overload various EU government’s online portals
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    Customs requirement burden

    2011-02-26T10:00:00Z

    Yet more demands for electronic data submission within the EU, this time on the customs side under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), are driving change within the ports and shipping industries.

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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.

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    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.

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    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.