All Products & Services articles – Page 85

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    Manila opts for Vycon savings

    2009-09-16T12:24:00Z

    Twelve Vycon energy capture devices are to be installed at Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) on both existing and upcoming Noell rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).

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    Transmission improvements from Hyster

    2009-09-11T12:24:00Z

    Forklift manufacturer Hyster has developed a transmission that promises to help companies reduce costs and raise operational efficiency.

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    Trusses move Maltese

    2009-09-09T12:24:00Z

    Tasked with repositioning Malta Freeport's cranes to make room for more, movement specialist Global Rigging and Transport employed a specialised truss system to shuffle the quayside equipment.

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    A local change for efficiency

    2009-09-04T12:24:00Z

    With the support of Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), a local South African manufacturer has designed a trailer that will make it safer and easier to move containers from ship to shore.

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    e-learning for dangerous goods code

    2009-09-02T12:24:00Z

    Exis Technologies has kicked off a UK port tour to raise awareness of new International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code requirements.

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    Podcast plug

    2009-08-29T12:24:00Z

    Port Strategy opinion content is now available to download as audio files, read by Sony Award-winning journalist Katie Breathwick. Listeners can also subscribe via an RSS feed and through iTunes, which will automatically update podcasts to MP3 players as soon as they are published. ShippingPodcasts.com is provided by Coracle Online ...

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    TIN gets integrated

    2009-08-29T12:24:00Z

    Terminal Intermodale Nola (TIN) in Italy has recently gone ''live'' with a new integrated computer system supplied by Esoware.

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    Forklift sales indicate rising economies

    2009-08-28T12:24:00Z

    The forklift truck industry was one of the earliest sectors to feel the effects of the economic downturn but could be one of the first to emerge from the recession, says John Maguire of Narrow Aisle.

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    Raised to new heights

    2009-08-24T12:24:00Z

    After ten years of operating two Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) cranes, Buenos Aires Container Terminal Services has looked to Cargotec Argentina to raise the performance of their existing RTGs from 1 over 4 to 1 over 5 containers high.

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    Storm warnings

    2009-08-22T12:24:00Z

    The TT Club''s revised edition of its comprehensive risk mitigation guide for windstorms, offers valuable information and advice on how to minimise storm damage to installations and customers'' cargoes.

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    Electrifying anodes for NJ facility

    2009-08-12T12:24:00Z

    South Jersey''s new Port Beckett Terminal at the US Port of Camden is investing in cathodic protection for its electrical conduits.

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    Management software for Messina Line

    2009-08-10T12:24:00Z

    Messina Line is to install a terminal operation package that will give both full management and automated graphic stowage planning.

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    Rugged PC for ports

    2009-08-07T12:24:00Z

    A rugged handheld computer designed specifically for the port logistics environment has bee unveiled by LXE. The MX9 features an outdoor display, 62-key and 38-key back-light keypad options, built-in GPS positional location, 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR communications and rugged packaging.

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    Alliance's new tyre offering

    2009-08-05T12:24:00Z

    Alliance Tire has extended its line of port tyres with the Port Star (309) 14.00-24 28 ply, designed primarily for container handling in ports.

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    Wind and quake-proof STS for Russia

    2009-08-03T12:24:00Z

    A new type of post-panamax ship-to-shore (STS) container crane has been delivered to NUTEP terminal, a joint venture of NCC and the Delo group, in Novorossiysk. This is the first Liebherr STS container crane ever shipped to Russia, and has been designed to protect against the wind and seismic activity ...

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    Plug-in port standards set

    2009-07-31T12:24:00Z

    Classification society RINA has launched new voluntary environmental standards to allow ships to connect to shore-based electricity while in port, reducing harbour air pollution.

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    Bromma's green specs

    2009-07-29T12:24:00Z

    Spreader specialist Bromma has developed green specification guidelines to aid port planners.

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    Biggest ever combiwall?

    2009-07-27T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Muuga on the Gulf of Finland south coast is seeing what could be, said Danish contractor Per Aarsleff, the largest ever combination steel-pile retaining wall ever built.

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    PEMA report

    2009-07-24T12:24:00Z

    The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published its second annual survey on global port equipment deliveries.

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    Low-cost location technology

    2009-07-23T12:24:00Z

    An inexpensive wireless Real Time Locating System (RTLS) that will automatically find assets, shipments and consignments in busy port yards has been released by Savi Technology.