Equipment News – Page 112
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NewsECT’s new reachstackers for inland terminals
Cargotec has received an order to deliver 13 Kalmar reachstackers and four Kalmar empty container handlers to Europe Container Terminals (ECT), with the sale supported by a five year maintenance agreement.
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Winch systems suite for research vessel
Markey Machinery has been awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel under construction at Dakota Creek Industries in Washington USA.
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NewsAbrasion resistant coating for ropes
Maritime ropes supplier Lankhorst Ropes has developed an innovative, abrasion resistant coating for its Lankoforce ropes, simultaneously improving abrasion resistance and making the rope easier to handle.
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NewsNemag's Eco-Grabs Go Shipboard in Turkey
The Dutch designer and builder of bulk grabs, Nemag, reports growing interest in crane grabs with an environmetally friendly full enclosure format.
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NewsWinch Drum Ropes Make Debut
Marine rope and rigging supplier Cosalt Safety & Protection has introduced a tough new range of commercial marine mooring ropes designed specifically for use on winch drums. The Winchline range combines high strength with low weight, ease of handling, and resistance to wear and tear.
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NewsIntegrated Package Powers Heavy Lifter
Power conversion and system integration specialists Converteam have won a contract to supply a fully integrated power, propulsion, automation and dynamic positioning system package for the world''s first concrete hull heavy lifter, due to be built at Keppel Verolme''s Shipyard in the Netherlands for Norwegian owner MPU Enterprises AS.
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NewsA Hull of a lot of heavy lifting
PD Ports (PDP) in the UK has been highly commended for its recent handling of a specialist project cargo, which sailed into Hull Container Terminal (HCT) on the ‘ Beluga Federation’ vessel last month.
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NewsBright lights and big buoys at Seawork
Visitors to Seawork 2012 will have the chance to see the new Vega VRL-74 LED Range Light, being displayed at the show for the first time by UK based aids to navigation supplier Hydrosphere.
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Wind Farm Marking Challenge
Trinity House, the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, is working with the Civil Aviation Authority, wind farm developers and government departments to solve the problem of marking wind farms.
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NewsMonitoring of AtoNs by mobile phone
Sealite has launched its next generation of the GSM Monitoring & Control System, which enables authorities to efficiently monitor the status of their AtoN assets via mobile phone and Sealite’s secure Online GSM Web Portal.
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NewsBuoys and lanterns for Angola LNG Project
Aids to navigation specialist Tideland Signal has won a further order to supply eight of its SB-2200 polyethylene buoys complete with MaxLED-200 lanterns to the new LNG port at Soyo in the north of Angola.
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NewsArchbeacon beckons as 21st century ‘lighthouse’
Spanish designer and engineer Alvaro Ortiz was inspired by a sailing incident where navigational difficulties led to him being rescued when approaching the port of Barcelona in a storm.
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NewsHeavier lift Jumbo with new K-3000 vessels
Rotterdam based Jumbo Shipping has confirmed the order for a second new K-class vessel, with an option on a third, to complement its existing fleet.
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NewsA glaringly obvious need for sun screens
It is not the hot summer that is leading to northern European wind farm support vessel windows being fitted with sunscreens and film, it is the low lying winter sun.
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NewsPowerSeat rises to the occasion at Seawork
The Harken PowerSeat, which will make its first UK appearance at seawork 2012, is the first of its kind, extending working hours and capability, and providing the quality and comfort that people working in hazardous environments deserve.
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NewsTideminders roll with the flow at Seawork
Poole UK based Marine Components International will be introducing a new mooring aid to the market at Seawork 2012.
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NewsThames Barrier cranes on show at Seawork
High performance Italian Pellegrini marine cranes are currently being installed to upgrade the seven original cranes on the UK Environment Agency’s Thames Barrier in London.
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NewsPortable pump-out proves popular on demo
An ‘open day’ with demonstrations of marine sanitation was more promising than it sounded, and a lot less embarrassing.
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NewsSpanish winch for harsh Russian tug use
Spain’s Fluidmecanica has been contracted by Pella Shipyard in Russia to supply deck equipment for the fourth of the PE65 series escort tugs which will be operating in particularly harsh conditions.
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NewsWinches getting ‘bigger and more complicated’
Two special Kraaijeveld windlasses arrived in Korea recently for installation onboard the new Dockwise Vanguard, a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel.
