Keeping tyre costs on track

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Incorrect tyre pressure affects traction, braking, wear and damage resistance. Most terminals rely on manual checks but this is time-consumi...

Reefer technology stays ahead

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The global production of marine container refrigeration machinery and associated technology is today as tightly controlled a business as tha...

LNG terminal tractor debut

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Yusen Terminals Inc (YTI), part of NYK Lines, has placed an order for what it claims are the marine terminal industry’s first yard tractor...

Reefer JV for MHI

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Hitachi Ltd have reached a basic agreement to establish a joint venture company to merge MHI’s air c...

Container crane demand at all-time high

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Of this year’s all-time record number of 249 ship-to-shore cranes, ZPMC accounts for 149, or 60 per cent. Its figure includes 60 for mainl...

The weight of the evidence

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A crane is a long-term investment and terminal operators want the comfort of “future proofing.” Cranes of up to 65 tonne SWL, 22-wide ou...

Auto RTGs

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for 12 remote-controlled, automated RTGs and three quayside cranes from Tobishima Co...

Ways to play the power game

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More and more crane users and crane designers are willing to consider replacing the conventional festoon on a quayside crane with a cable or...

New MHI crane unit

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) is setting up a new crane and material handling systems business unit, which is designed to consolidat...

ZPMC bags PSA deal

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PSA Corporation has ordered 12 superpost-Panamax cranes from ZPMC for the new berths currently under construction at Pasir Panjang in Singap...

Yard crane automation gathers pace

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Automated yard crane projects are being implemented in Australia by Patrick, in China by ZPMC and APM Terminals and in Japan by MHI and Nago...

New thoughts from Japan

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Japan is home to two straddle carrier manufacturers, TCM Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Yard gantry terminals, many buil...

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