Equipment News – Page 167
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NewsSmit Bridges Gaps in the Market
Smit''s Transport & Heavy Lift Division has been awarded a contract to provide heavy lift services during the construction of the world''s largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger. The newbuild for Belgian dredging giant Jan de Nul is being built by IHC Holland at their Rotterdam yard.
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NewsPort Lifting Equipment Blitz by Kalmar
Kalmar Industries, which manufactures a range of mobile container handling equipment and heavy lift equipment for port and other applications, has launched a range of new equipment which includes 9 to 18 tonne fork lift trucks, two reachstackers and a terminal tractor.
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NewsPop-Up Lights for Clear Decks
A streamlined deck is not only aesthetically pleasing but also eliminates many common boating difficulties. Pop-Up navigation lighting from Accon Marine provides a perfect combination of function and practicality.
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STN Atlas 'Always a Step Ahead'
Hamburg based STN Atlas Marine Electronics does not have far to travel for SMM 2002, where it will show a comprehensive range of advanced ship automation, communication, navigation, propulsion and power management systems under the theme Always A Step Ahead.
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New Control System for Rotterdam's ECT
Germany''s Port Technology, Gottwald''s Terminal Systems Division, in co-operation with Navis LLC of California USA, have won an order from Rotterdam''s ECT Delta Terminal to replace several existing terminal management systems by a single integrated software system for terminal management.
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NewsEason Marine in Single Source Supplier Agreement
Eason Marine Ltd and XJF Plastics Ltd have announced an agreement to create a single source supplier of navigation buoys and flotation equipment.
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NewsPort of Boston Opts for Self-Contained Lanterns
The Port of Boston in Lincolnshire UK has chosen two Tideland MLED-120SC self-contained lanterns to help mark the navigational channel from the Wash. The busy East Coast port handles vessels of up to 4,000 dwt, with trade links throughout Europe and Scandinavia.
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NewsSMM Launch for New Navigation Products
Transas will exhibit under the motto Safety. Quality. IT. at SMM 2002. Transas'' Stand 11101 in Hall 11 will present a concentration of the latest IT developments in marine navigation and simulation.
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NewsPLA Upgrades Radio Network and Training Capability
The final phase of installation has recently been completed in a £ 500,000 communication network for the Port of London Authority. Westica Ltd''s 1.4GHz Multirate Radio System will speed the flow of radar and traffic information to the PLA''s Control Centres at Gravesend and the Thames Barrier Navigation Centre.
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New Data Relay for Coastal Workboats
A new pan-European short range radio telemetry system for relay of navigational data between all types of vessels at sea or offshore has been introduced by Ormston Technology.
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NewsParts Warranty is for Lifetime
Florida USA based Fortress Marine Anchors has demonstrated confidence in their product range by increasing the length of its parts replacement warranty from three years to lifetime.
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NewsECT Stacks Up its 100th Automatic Crane
ECT Delta Terminal in Rotterdam has recently taken delivery of its 100th Kalmar Automatic Stacking Crane (ASC). As a proponent of automated handling systems, the terminal was the first to use Kalmar ASCs in 1989.
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Hatch Re-Pad
Among the latest vessels to benefit from the retrofit of MacGregor Flexipad hatch cover bearing pads is P&O Nedlloyd''s 4,230 TEU container ship Jervis Bay which had all steel pads replaced by Flexipads in June.
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NewsTitanic Team Knuckles Down for 'Jason II'
The team of engineers and scientists who built the miniature remote-controlled submarine Jason Junior used in the investigation of the wreck of the Titanic has developed an advanced new ROV that will be deployed by a specially adapted Effer crane provided by the UK''s European Crane Services (ECS).
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NewsQuayside Capability Elevates New Millennium Lifting
Millennium Lifting of Seabrook in Kent UK have celebrated their second birthday by adding a third Liebherr crane to their fleet.
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'The World' Lifted by Dreggen
Munck Cranes AS has recently bought a majority shareholding in Dreggen Cranes AS, which is located with offices and production facilities by the seaside in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. Nonetheless, Dreggen will continue as an independent company delivering a complete range of cranes and lifting equipment for ...
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RN Crane System Completed
Sheffield UK based mechanical handling specialists Street Cranexpress (SCX) has completed the second phase of a £ 32.5m contract to develop bespoke crane systems for three Royal Navy aircraft carriers.
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NewsRecord Lift for Smit Sheerlegs
Smit''s 3,200 tonnes lift capacity Asian Hercules II returned to Norway in June to provide additional heavy lift assistance during the decommissioning of the Maureen platform.
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NATO Chiefs in SAR Event at Russian Ministry of Defense
In June, Transas demonstrated its latest developments in the field of Search and Rescue Operations to an international delegation of NATO chief officers during a seminar on navigation hydrological and hydro-meteorological equipment of search and rescue operations at sea.
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NewsGolden Helmet Awarded to Port Accident Survivor
In a recent accident at a crane berth in the Port of Ipswich, operations foreman Ivan Ransby was knocked unconscious when loose dunnage slipped from between packs of timber being unloaded onto the quay. The incident could have had fatal consequences had Ransby not been wearing a Centurion 1125 safety ...
