Marine Equipment News


TRAC Intermodal Named Top NY/NJ Chassis Provider

Sep 27, 2017

For the second year in a row, the Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers has named TRAC Intermodal the Best Overall Chassis Provider in the Port of New York-New Jersey for 2017.   TRAC said it has made significant investments in its Metro…

WSS Rolls Out New Cargo Hold Cleaning Equipment

Sep 27, 2017

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) will launch its new line of cargo hold cleaning equipment at maritime exhibition INMEX India. The new high pressure lance and add-on heating system are tailor made for cleaning difficult to reach areas of the hold…

OCEASOFT’s Cobalt ML3 Revolutionizes Temperature Monitoring

Sep 26, 2017

OCEASOFT leverages cutting-edge IoT communication networks to support shipping and logistics cycles for temperature-sensitive products with its new mobile temperature data logger, Cobalt ML3, featuring LoRaWan, the LoRa Alliance’s long-range communication protocol…

Transocean Retires Six Floaters

Sep 23, 2017

Transocean announced its intent to retire the ultra-deepwater floaters GSF Jack Ryan, Sedco Energy, Sedco Express, Cajun Express, and Deepwater Pathfinder, and the deepwater floater Transocean Marianas.  The rigs will be classified as held…

Neptune Shipyard Completes First AIDAnova Module

Sep 21, 2017

A module of the new cruise ship AIDAnova has been released into the water for the first time at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, which belongs to the Meyer Group. This is the first of two floating parts, so-called Floating Engine Room Units (FERU)…

IMS Group Buys OceanSaver Assets

Sep 21, 2017

Norway’s IMS group AS announced it has signed a purchase agreement with the OceanSaver Trustee to acquire the ballast water treatment system manufacturer’s intellectual property, certificates and assets following its bankruptcy filed on September 13…

Kalmar, MSC Pact for Container-Handling Equipment

Sep 19, 2017

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to continue its cooperation with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) with a new order for container-handling equipment.  The order, comprising five Kalmar reachstackers and two empty container handlers, was booked in Cargotec's 2017 third quarter intake…

LGH Acquires JDN’s UK Hire Division

Sep 19, 2017

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has acquired the Aberdeen-based hire division of JD Neuhaus (JDN) Ltd., a manufacturer of hoists and crane systems for extreme environments.  JDN, headquartered in Germany, will retain its other U.K. divisions, including sales and repair…

TRAC Intermodal Unveils Two New Mobile Apps

Sep 18, 2017

TRAC Intermodal has introduced two new mobile applications that set out to improve and simplify customer access to emergency road service and online chassis booking: TRAC Interstar’s road service app, RoadStar, and TRAC Intermodal’s EZBook 2…

RSC Bio Solutions Gains Kawasaki OEM Approvals

Sep 18, 2017

RSC Bio Solutions, a provider of high performance Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) - hydraulic fluids, gear oils and greases - and industrial cleaners and solvents, said it has received OEM approvals for use in Kawasaki Heavy Industries’…

Superior Industries Appoints O’Hearn as Territory Manager

Sep 18, 2017

Superior Industries Inc., a U.S. based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has hired Terry O’Hearn as its new conveyor components territory manager for the southcentral United States. O’Hearn…

Heavy Transport through Romania

Sep 13, 2017

Rontransmar, a Romanian specialist transport company, currently has over 35 axle lines of the proven SCHEUERLE InterCombi in use. The latest assignment involved the transport of a 230 t transformer and demonstrated just how reliable the vehicles…

Port Manatee Awarded $1 Mln Federal Security Grant

Sep 06, 2017

Port Manatee has been awarded a $946,950 federal security grant, enabling the Central Florida Gulf Coast port to double the number of outbound lanes at its main gate to securely accommodate increasing cargo volume. “With Port Manatee’s dynamic growth in containerized cargo activity…

Load Cells Provide Data for Ship-to-shore Crane Project

Aug 31, 2017

Load cells perform benchmark weighing as 10 ship-to-shore cranes were raised 10m by Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) at Port of Los Angeles earlier this month. Sixteen 150-metric-ton capacity load cells provided by Lifting…

ClassNK Updates Scrubbers Guidelines

Aug 31, 2017

Classification society ClassNK said it has released the second version of its Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems. Based on the first version Guidelines released in August 2014, the latest version includes the results of joint research and testing on actual Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems…

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