EPCglobal pilot launched

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EPCglobal, the not-for-profit standards organisation dedicated to driving global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC), has announce...

Hipercon adds RDT

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Hipercon Terminais, the Santosbased empty container depot operator, has introduced radio data terminals to improve terminal productivity....

Transatlantic RFID

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Kühne & Nagel (K&N) and Siemens Business Services have implemented a pilot transatlantic RFID project, which will see RFID being tested for...

Tuning into the wireless

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As is well known spread spectrum 802.11b wireless LANs can transmit much more data than narrowband systems, but more access points are requi...

TETRA for MTL

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A TETRA (terrestrial trunked radio) digital radio network has been implemented at Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) in Hong Kong....

Monitoring alternative

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CACI International Inc has filed a patent application for a system designed to monitor the contents of sealed containers using ultra wideban...

Broad-shouldered or narrow-minded?

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More ports are opting for 2.4Ghz spread spectrum wireless communication networks, but combining spread spectrum and narrow band technology i...

Savi goes onto the tracking defensive

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California- based Savi Technology has been awarded a new three-year procurement contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD), valued at up...

New transponder from Gotting

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Germany-based Gotting KG has recently introduced a new transponder design for use on AGVs and cranes in ports and other heavy duty, industri...

Gottwald bags Kingston order

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Demag Mobile Cranes GmbHGottwald was recently awarded a contract by Kingston Wharves Ltd to supply an HMK300 E, with a 100 tonne heavy lift ...

Cobelfret opts for LXE

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Purfleet Thames Terminal (PTT), a UK terminal operated by Cobelfret NV, has implemented a comprehensive wireless data communication spread s...

Asset tracking technology gets real

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Tracking technology has come on by leaps and bounds over the past five years, making real time asset and cargo visibility possible in most o...

Patrick sets the robots loose

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Patrick Corporation staged a first-hand demonstration of its robot straddle carrier project last month for 35 international delegates to the...

Real-time tracking a la carte

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Shipping lines, NVOCCS and cargo owners have varying requirements when it comes to tracking, but they can pick and choose from a range of so...

Smits goes cellular

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Smits first fitted a CTH 7200 intermodal spreader equipped with a cellular telephone modem on a Kranbau Eberswalde crane at a railway termin...