Equipment News – Page 162
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NewsNew Carriers Lift Liverpool's Productivity
Work is underway at the Port of Liverpool''s Seaforth Container Terminal on assembling the first of six new Noell straddle carriers. The machines were purchased by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to handle increased traffic generated by three new lines and organic growth among established services.
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Knuckleboom Cranes Groomed for Europort Launch
Italian crane manufacturer Effer will introduce a new range of small and medium sized knuckleboom cranes at Europort 2003 on Stand 1001 in the Europahal, which will be occupied by their Dutch dealer Promac BV.
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NewsDeepwater Winch Delivery Underway
Bodewes Winches has delivered a second series of storage winches for installation on GlobalSantaFe''s Development Driller ll, the second of two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling units under construction at the PPL Shipyard in Singapore.
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NewsWynn Marine's Clean Screens at Europort
Marine window wiping systems manufacturer Wynn Marine will use Europort 2003 to showcase its new stand alone window washing system and its digital Series 3000 Network Controller.
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Broad Range of Deck Equipment Debuts at Europort
Lemans Nederland BV, Dutch specialist suppliers of deck equipment and lifting gear, will be showing a broad range of products on their stand at Europort, which will be shared with Nieuwpoort Belgium, whom they represent in the Netherlands.
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NewsLeading Mark Delivers Berth Control in Bristol
An Inogon Leading Mark LM15 has been installed by the Bristol Port Company to guide vessels accurately in the approach to a new berth in Royal Portbury Dock .
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NewsNew Flasher Keeps It All HID
Tideland Signal has introduced a new flasher/lampchanger unit, LC-70 , designed to enable High Intensity Discharge (HID) metal halide lamps to be used with its TRB-400 MaxLumina gearless drive rotating beacons or as a stand alone lighthouse upgrade.
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NewsLighthouse Solarisation Proceeds at Northern Latitudes
The Northern Lighthouse Board , responsible for Scotland and the Isle of Man, has operated gas powered systems for over over 100 years. In 1984 the Board embarked on a long term solarisation programme, replacing many of the original structures with low maintenance aluminium towers and installing solar electric power ...
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Low Cost Digital Compass Module
Surrey UK based Inertial Aerosystems has announced the availability of a new solid state, dual axis, low cost digital compass module suitable for OEMs in high volume applications.
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Trials Expand for New ECDIS Service
Shell has become the ninth large international shipping company to join sea trials of the new Admiralty ECDIS Service ahead of its official launch in the autumn. The service, developed by the UK Hydrographic Office to provide official electronic chart coverage on a global scale, combines Electronic Navigation Charts (ENCs) ...
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VTS Upgrade Boosts MilfordHaven
Milford Haven Port Authority switched its control of shipping movements to a new VTS which was formally opened last month by Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, chairman of the influential Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Transport which is currently undertaking a review of the UK ports industry.
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Compacted Firefighting for Taichung Tugs
The Netherlands'' Fischcon Trading & Engineering BV has made a recent contribution to the safety of shipping in Taichung Harbour, Taiwan by supplying their new close-coupled marine gearbox/ firefighting FiFi I pumps for installation on two new 4,200 PS tugs for the Taichung Harbour Bureau.
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Cosalt Safety & Protection Appointed Jason’s Cradle Distributor
Cosalt Safety & Protection has been appointed the sole UK distributor for the Jasons Cradle man overboard retrieval system manufactured by Land & Marine Products Ltd.
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Mini Free Fall System in Europort Debut
Norwegian Maritime Equipment is developing a new free fall system which will be introduced at the forthcoming Europort 2003 in Amsterdam.
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NewsSmith Launches New Flexi-Drive for Hard to Reach Valves
Smith Flow Control has launched an enhanced version of its Flexi-Drive cable driven remote valve operator. The new ''Continuous Loop'' version has the same versatility as the original model but can now transmit drive to valves through much shorter cable runs, even if a large number of handwheel turns is ...
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NewsVersatile Electric Actuators Turn Up in Norway
Suffolk UK based AMOT Controls chose the recent Norshipping Exhibition in Oslo to showcase their new AMOT 47702X range of electric actuators, which have been developed for quarter-turn operating applications such as valves, dampers or similar uses.
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New Mon&Con Package for 'Kronprins Harald'
Kongsberg Maritime has won the contract for the complete upgrade of the automation systems on board the Color Line ferry Kronprins Harald.
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NewsBespoke Hydrographic Winch for 'RRS Discovery'
Kent UK based Lebus International Engineers hasdesigned and manufactured a versatile self-contained hydrographic winch to meet the requirements of the Ocean Engineering Division of the Southampton Oceanography Centre to carry out survey work to full ocean depth.
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News'Autostrads' Lift Fisherman's Island Efficiency
Port operators worldwide will make note of the excellent results achieved at the automated straddle carrier terminal at Fisherman''s Island Berth 7 in Brisbane, Australia.
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NewsRapid Response Is ACE On Every Deck
ACE Winches has designed, manufactured and supplied a 75 tonne towing/anchor handling winch complete with a 150kW diesel hydraulic power pack and control system in only six weeks for Bue Viking of Aberdeen to install on board their vessel Bue Islay .
