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    VTS confirmed for Saudi

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Kongsberg Norcontrol IT and its partner, National Advanced Systems Company (NASCO), have won a contract to supply Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), AIS Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and high performance radar systems for eight ports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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    ..Bega signs-up

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    During the official opening ceremony for the new Liebherr factory, BEGA Baltic Stevedoring company signed a contract with the company for a crane to handle bulk commodities at its terminals in Klaipeda.

  • Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is the first facility to employ the new Navis SPARCS N4 management system
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    Lyttelton Port pioneers SPARCS N4

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand''s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has become the first port in the world to go live with the new Navis container management system SPARCS N4.

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    Savi releases new RFID tag

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Global cargo container shipments now can be monitored automatically in especially harsh environments with the latest Savi Technology active RFID tags - the ST-656, a lowprofile, highly durable container tag option with a rich variety of functions, including an audio beeper, to help defence and commercial organisations better locate and ...

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    Transas surveys Malta shipping

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The contract for Phase 2 of the Malta Vessel Traffic Management and Information System (VTMIS) project, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, has been signed with Transas. It is an advance towards implementation of the Trans-European transport network infrastructure, which is one of the Community''s objectives for developing competitiveness ...

  • Mafis new MT 25 YT terminal tractor at work in the UK
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    Mafi trailers for MSC Valencia

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Mafi has received an order for 32 of its new MT 25 YT terminal tractor from MSC Terminal in Valencia. The new terminal is under construction and the first containership is scheduled for September. The order is split into 26 MT 25 YTs with the latest Cummins engine QSB 5.9 ...

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    MADAGASCAR TERMINAL PLUMPS FOR NAVIS?

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Once deployed, the system will automatically confirm the container load/discharge movements on each of the 14 ship-to-shore cranes in operation.Navis will replace the inhouse terminal operating system (TOS) at ICTSI's Madagascar International Container with its SPARCS TOS that, claims Navis, already handles more than 25% of the world's container volumes.

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    QUIETER WATERS FOR LONDON'S RIVER

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Halyard Marine has helped achieve lower noise levels on the Thames with a new exhaust system fitted to a Port of London Authority (PLA) survey vessel. The PLA is responsible for surveying the riverbed and shoreline for 90 miles of the tidal River Thames. At its latest refit, the largest ...

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    REACHSTACKERS HEAD EAST

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Liebherr''s LRS 645 reachstacker has found a market in Saigon New Port. Due to its curve-shaped telescopic boom, Liebherr claims the LRS 645 gives unrivalled reach allowing access to 2nd and 3rd row containers without any removal of front row boxes. As the boom shape also enables the loading/unloading of ...

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    DV HOWELLS SOLD OFF

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    On delivery, South Africa Port Operations will have a total of 19 Liebherr ship-to-shore cranes in operation at its facilities. Milford Haven Port Authority has sold its subsidiary, DV Howells, to Braemar Seascope. The 30 employees will transfer with the business. The firm's remit is to create a business from ...

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    ..AND NORTH CAROLINA FOR EMBARCADERO

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Embarcadero is to provide the North Carolina Ports with a new terminal operating system. ESC will install container terminal operating systems in Wilmington, Charlotte and Greensboro. Morehead City and Wilmington will have new breakbulk systems.

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    Smiths Detection wins cargo screening contract

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Smiths Detection has developed a system that will distinguish between organic and nonorganic materials in cargo.

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    BYE-BYE BUBENZER SYSTEMS

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    German spreader manufacturer Bubenzer Systems has ceased sales activities and declared itself insolvent.

  • Innovative drive and control system
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    CVS Ferrari delivery to Britanny

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    CVS Ferrari has delivered three F277.5 reachstackers to a big terminal in Britanny. The F277.5 is able to lift 45 tons in the first row and 25 tons in the second offering a good combination of weight and engine power, manoeuvrability and light ground pressure.

  • . . . environmental concern right after safety
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    Kalmar's E-One RTGs for Botany Bay

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar has received an order from P& O Ports Australia for six all-electric E-One RTGs - three 8+1 wide and 1-over-5 high units for its Port Botany Container Terminal in Sydney and three 6+1 wide and 1-over-5 high for its Fremantle Terminal.

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    Autostore for PD Ports' new Hull terminal

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Central Systems & Automation'' AUTOSTORE has been selected by PD Ports to run container movements in and out of Hull Container Terminal (HCT). The 17acre site handles over 250,000TEUs each year and turns over around £ 6m annually.

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    APS wins quay crane OCR contract

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    APS Technology Group (APS), provider of technology systems that identify and track containerised cargo, is to install Crane OCR systems for APM Terminals'' (APMT) Pier 400 facility in Los Angeles.

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    Kalmar to expand its service business in the Americas

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Kalmar is to acquire the business of East Coast Cranes and Electrical Contracting Incorporated (ECC), a US company specialising in crane construction services and maintenance in ports. The acquisition boosts Kalmar''s service growth in the US and also creates a stronger platform for the company to develop its port crane ...

  • Meeting demands of growing LNG market
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    Adsteam adds two

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Adsteam''s Thames and Medway operation has taken delivery of two new Damen 24/11 tugs.

  • Prof Turnbull: . . . ports are experiencing major changes
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    Cardiff academic helps develop port relations

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    A Cardiff University management expert is helping to improve and develop labour relations in major ports around the world. Peter Turnbull, professor of Human Resources at Cardiff Business School, has written a new publication for the International Labour Organisation (ILO), ''Social Dialogue in the process of structural adjustment and private ...