All Products & Services articles – Page 77

  • News

    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.

  • News

    Imtech and VSTEP get together

    2011-01-20T14:47:00Z

    Imtech Marine & Offshore and VSTEP will be co-operating in a bid to deliver innovative maritime training simulators to the market.

  • Ports should schedule more regular maintenance checks
    News

    Delaying operational maintenance a risky strategy

    2011-01-12T20:44:00Z

    Adopting a ‘prevention rather than cure’ approach to operational maintenance will save ports time and money, according to Trelleborg Marine Systems.

  • Small businesses - and now very small businesses - are getting a hand from the Port of Los Angeles
    News

    Small is beautiful

    2011-01-06T15:42:00Z

    Los Angeles has devised a program to nurture entrepreneurs by making sure that the smallest of enterprises will gain access to the port’s professional service and construction contracts.

  • News

    Big orders for Kalmar tractors

    2010-12-17T10:00:00Z

    Over the last five months Cargotec has received contracts to supply a total of 200 Kalmar terminal tractors to Parsec Inc - the intermodal division of Cincinnati-based O/B Leasing.

  • News

    Tideworks unfurls latest mainsail

    2010-12-16T10:00:00Z

    Tideworks has launched the next generation of its terminal operating system, Mainsail Vanguard.

  • News

    Yilport marks Navis/APS first

    2010-12-13T10:00:00Z

    Turkey’s Yilport Container Terminal has integrated ZES’ Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating solution with APS Technology’s Automated Gate System, Ship-to-Shore Crane OCR and MatchMaker Rubber Tyred Gantry OCR systems.

  • News

    Automatic reporting for G-POS

    2010-12-12T10:00:00Z

    ITS has added fully automated job step reporting to its G-POS RTLS (Real Time Location System).

  • Fendering needs to take into account the new sizes of ships
    News

    PIANC studies berthing speed

    2010-12-10T10:00:00Z

    A PIANC working group is preparing a report on actual berthing speeds and the direction of approaching vessels under various environmental conditions.

  • News

    Cargotec’s handling gains

    2010-12-08T10:00:00Z

    Générale de Manutention Portuaire at the port of Le Havre in France has ordered 14 Kalmar Edrive straddle carriers from Cargotec.

  • News

    Hydraulic hybrid first for Cargotec

    2010-12-08T10:00:00Z

    Cargotec has marked a world first with the launch of its Kalmar hydraulic hybrid drive terminal tractor. Paired with the Kalmar Ottawa 4x2 off-highway terminal tractor, the hydraulic hybrid system will initially be available to customers operating in North America.

  • News

    MGI launches online customs regs tool

    2010-12-03T10:00:00Z

    Software specialist MGI has launched its M-customs online electronic data exchange to facilitate the implementation of Import Control System (ICS) customs regulations for operators.

  • News

    FLAGSHIP box terminal optimisation win

    2010-12-02T10:00:00Z

    FLAGSHIP, a consortium of over 40 partners in the European maritime industry, has implemented the first integrated real-time optimisation system to target congestion in container terminals.

  • In a worrying trend, equipment maintenance investment has become a victim of recessionary cuts at some ports
    News

    Maintenance given short shrift in recession

    2010-12-01T10:00:00Z

    Investment in ongoing equipment maintenance has slumped in priority during the downturn, according to an independent study of almost 200 port owners/operators, consulting engineers and contractors, conducted for Trelleborg Marine Systems.

  • Wolfgang Schwab “Some are in for an unpleasant surprise”
    News

    New data requirement may cause delays

    2010-11-25T16:56:00Z

    Port operations may well be impacted by shipper’s lack of readiness for the first phase of the new Import Control System (ICS) says a trade and logistics solutions provider.

  • News

    Safety first for APM

    2010-11-20T21:51:00Z

    All facilities in the APM Terminals stable observed Global Safety Day on October 12, with themed events and training to improve safety performance and standards.

  • News

    Refurbished tractors gain efficiency

    2010-11-04T10:00:00Z

    Turkey''s Portunus Port Spares and Services has completed refurbishment of 15 terminal tractors for DP World Aden Port.

  • Green initiatives, such as harnessing wind power, have helped port operators to cut emissions
    News

    Port operators reveal carbon stats to tackle climate change

    2010-11-03T18:30:00Z

    International port operator DP World has signed up to the global Carbon Disclosure Project, joining fellow operator APM Terminals in the programme to “accelerate unified action on climate change”.

  • Emissions
    News

    Ship emissions portal to aid ports

    2010-11-03T18:30:00Z

    A new web-based tool to benchmark ship emissions has been launched to help ports improve their environmental standing.

  • News

    LA supports zero-emission vehicles

    2010-11-03T10:00:00Z

    The Port of Los Angeles is the world’s first port to offer a reduced tariff for zero-emission vehicles imported and exported through the port.