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Itapoá Terminal gets SPARCS system
Itapoá Terminais Portuários, a port located in Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil, will implement the NavisTM SPARCS N4 system from Zebra Enterprise Solutions with plans to go live by 2011. The software integrates gate-to–yard-to-vessel operations.
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Gottwald cranes get onboard energy store
Gottwald has unveiled a new energy-saving hybrid drive, employing state-of-the-art diesel generators in connection with dynamic brake resistors and short-term energy storage to achieve fuel savings in the double-digit percentage range.
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NewsBox chassis solution
With the trend of free chassis for truckers and logistics specialists changing in the US, shipping lines are looking at cost effective ways to transport containers, without having to carry the costs of the chassis too, says logistics company BLT.
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Linde handling equipment for Chittagong
Linde Heavy Truck Division Limited has signed two major contracts worth around €3m ($4.1m) with Chittagong Port Authority.
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Better gates at Virginia
Virginia International Terminals (VIT) has invested in improved security and speed with an OCR portal that automates container identification and truck licence plates.
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Rising costs hit mobile equipment
The rising price of raw materials is having a knock-on effect on mobile handling equipment.
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NewsCold ironing info-resource to aid emissions fight
The World Port Climate Initiative has launched a new website to create a one-stop-shop for the latest information on onshore power supplies (OPS) for ports and terminals.
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B&W shiploader for Yarmouth grain facility
Gleadell Agriculture has chosen a shiploader from B&W Mechanical Handling for its brand new grain loading facility currently under construction at the UK’s Port of Great Yarmouth. The 45 metre boom shiploader will be fed by twin integral Samson feeders enabling average rates of 600 – 700 tonnes per hour.
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Exis unveils bolt on US dangerous goods training
Exis Technologies has enhanced its IMDG Code e-learning training tool with the addition of a 49 CFR module to cover US movements of dangerous goods.
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Bromma ups safety offerings
Spreader specialist Bromma has tackled the thorny issue of mis-declared container weights head on with a loading sensing system on its twistlocks.
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NewsFree port podcast service gains following
A free podcast service aimed at port professionals from Coracle Online is picking up a following.
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Recycling tyres into fenders
American company Maritime International has developed a new style of marine fender made entirely from scrap tyres. Its ‘raw material’ is recycled waste tyres which would otherwise be sent to landfill, and the resulting product is being used by Shell, Kinder Morgan, Port of Los Angeles, Valero, Cargill, Motiva, Ergon, ...
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Tyre-maker recycles its water
Two months of operation of water recycling and harvesting rainwater has allowed Goodyear South Africa to save 5.6m litres of water; enough to supply 180 homes for a month. The Uitenhage plant is finding a new use for wastewater from its boiler house, and saving steam condensate. The recovered water ...
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LA gets smarter
Managing the 46 miles of waterfront and more than 350 fixed cameras on site at the Port of Los Angeles can be arduous.
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Kalmar’s Peruvian order
DP World Callao has placed an order for two Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and two Kalmar DCE80 empty container handlers for its new terminal operations in Peru. Meanwhile, in Asia Yingkou Port Group Corporation has ordered eight Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and one DCE80 empty container handler. The new machines will ...
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Training provision goes further
GAC Training & Service Solutions Limited (GTSS) is a new initiative that will provide innovative and cost saving training solutions for the LNG and tanker markets, as well as other commodity and maritime sectors. The company will deliver a portfolio of training courses for both seafarers and shore-based shipping ...
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NewsEastern orders for Gottwald
With a further order from Lebanon and a follow-up order from Qatar, Gottwald is strengthening its position in the Middle East.
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NewsAPM welcomes Apapa simulator
Manufacturer ARI Simulation has delivered a crane simulator at APM Terminals Apapa facility in Nigeria. The simulator, said to be the first of its kind in the West and Central African sub-region, is designed to boost productivity and safety in cargo handling operations.
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NewsHydrostatic straddles for Central America
The Port of Acajutla, El Salvador, will be the first container terminal in Central America to use Terex Noell hydrostatic straddle carriers (model NSC 634 H) to improve operational efficiency.
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Hakata electric move
Conductix-Wampfler AG has won an order to fit its drive-in technology to 13 existing and four new rubber-tyred gantry cranes in Hakata Port in Fukuoka. The order for the electrification of diesel-powered RTG cranes is eligible for state support under the Japanese government program for CO2 reduction.
