News AtoN and Mooring/Berthing
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PTI Industry Blog: Who else was on the Bridge of the Costa Concordia?
Captain Terry Hughes, a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and Management (VTM) expert, comments on the Costa Concordia tragedy and how little has been heard of the other officers onboard the stricken cruise liner.
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VisSim secures IALA membership
VisSim AS, a supplier of port, coastal and offshore VTS technology operations, has announced that it has joined the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA).
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Port Vision launches new liquid cargo management tracking system
Port Vision, the maritime solutions provider, has today announced the launch of its SmartOps Fleet Management System.
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Trelleborg Offshore develops ‘unique’ range of IALA compliant navigation aids
Trelleborg Offshore, the global manufacturer of polymer and syntactic foam-based solutions for the offshore industry, has developed a complete range of IALA (International Association of Lighthouse Authorities) compliant Navigation Buoys and Lights.
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Hutchison Ports call for judicial review into berth development at Southampton Port
A judicial review into the development of berths 201 and 202 at the Port of Southampton by Felixstowe Port owner, Hutchison Ports, has meant that the £80 million upgrade will now be re-evaluated.
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Cavotec to deliver additional MoorMasters to Port Hedland, Australia
Mining group, Fortescue Metals Group has ordered 24 of Cavotec’s MoorMaster MM200D automated mooring units for the Anderson Point 4 (AP4) berth, the company’s fourth berth at Port Hedland.
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First ship docks at Port Manatee’s Berth 12
Following years of planning and construction, Port Manatee’s nearly 1,600-foot-long Berth 12 received its first ship three days ahead schedule on October 20th.
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Video: ‘The Missing Link - Improving the mooring process’
The European Harbour Masters' Committee (EHMC) has just released this advisory video on improving the safety of the entire mooring process, which you can watch here. The aim of this film is to make the mooring process safer and more efficient and to prevent damage to terminal equipment and vessels. This is important to ship crews, linesmen, pilots, ship owners, ship masters, ports, Harbour Masters and terminal operators.
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Automated mooring: a safer solution for dynamic environments
Mooring vessels using ropes is a time-tested tradition going back thousands of years. But, as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, why fix it? “Ropes have a tendency to snap. They need to be man-handled; there’s no good way of automating the attachment of ropes for ships,” says Patrick Rosenwald, MD of Cavotec’s MoorMaster automated mooring Centre of Excellence.
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Fendercare Marine equips Serco with 36 mooring buoys
Fendercare Marine has recently completed the delivery of 36 mooring buoys to Serco under their Marine Services contract awarded to Serco by the UK Ministry of Defence. Signed in 2008, FenderCare has a 5-year LTA in place with international services provider Serco. The contract is to supply class mooring systems within the context of the Marine Services contract awarded to Serco by the UK Ministry of Defence.
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Mediterranean container port orders 24 automated mooring units in multi-million Euro deal
A major container port in the Mediterranean has placed an order for 24 MoorMaster™ MM200C automated mooring units from Cavotec, in a multi-million Euro deal.
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Tideland upgrades Bulgarian aids to navigation
Tideland Signal has supplied a range of high-performance LED-based warning lights for a major repair and maintenance project on aids to navigation along the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. The project was carried out by a local company Alfori Ltd. on behalf of the Bulgarian State, which involved the refurbishment of a number of lighthouses and shore beacons at Burgas, Nesebar, Primorsko, Rossenets, Tsarevo, Ahtopol, Kavarna and Balchik.
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Edition 52
In the 52nd edition of PTI we look at factors affecting the TCO in equipment procurement, draw up safety checklists for quay cranes and mooring operations, and take a look at the Port of Long Beach's new multi-sensor port security system.
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