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The King of the Caribbean

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In November 2015 Kingston Wharves ordered the first Liebherr mobile harbour crane, type LHM 550 high rise version. The crane is the biggest mobile harbour crane in operation in Jamaica. In order to further increase operation efficiency the company now ordered an even bigger Liebherr MHC, type LHM 600 high rise version, for their multi-purpose terminal in the Port of Kingston.

The new machine is equipped with an elongated tower extension that ensures high visibility into deep cargo holds. The 12 metres log extension enables highly efficient container handling with maximum safety due to the higher position of the tower cabin of 37 metres. With a maximum outreach of 58 metres, twin lift capability and a lifting capacity of 104 tonnes, the LHM 600 is capable of servicing vessels up to 19 container rows wide and 9 container stacks high.

“This new machine is the next essential future investment in our terminal in order to handle the new generation of vessels that are heading for us in the course of the Panama Canal expansion. Our crane operators will be delighted of the impressive eye-level of more than 37 metres that comes along with the special tower extension. The LHM 600 starting operation in October will maximize our efficiencies, increase our responsiveness and ultimately meet our customer’s demands,” said Grantley Stephenson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Bigger Vessels – Bigger Cranes
Kingston Wharves Limited was founded in 1945 and became the leading multi-purpose terminal of the Caribbean. Located at the Port of Kingston the company is a regional hub to a number of major shipping lines with connections to more than 20 ports around the world. The company wants to remain competitive in a global market and the Post-Panamax era. With the two new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes LHM 550 and LHM 600 high rise the terminal will even benefit of the Panama Canal expansion.

Sales and Service from Liebherr USA
The new sales and service centre located in Miami, Florida provides best customer service for Jamaica and the whole Caribbean. The state-of-the-art facility opened in 2013. The port of Miami and the Miami International Airport are in close proximity to the new site. This allows Liebherr to respond to customer enquiries within a short time and to accelerate the distribution of parts and services. Liebherr USA Co. is in business for the past 14 years and is continuously growing. The modern Maritime Training Centre provides a customized training program for crane operators and service engineers. In addition, Liebherr has developed a highly sophisticated training simulator to provide the safest possible training environment.

Latest batch of CRMGs arrive in Mersey for Liverpool2 development

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Produced by leading Chinese manufacturer ZPMC, which also supplied the five ship-to-shore cranes and other CRMGs already on site, these six complete the set of 12 required for phase 1 of the terminal. Ultimately the site will have eight STS and 22 CRMG cranes as part of a £100m equipment investment.

The cranes will be capable of performing an average of 20 moves per hour, with semi-automated control linked to the port’s new Navis N4 terminal operating system. They have a 40 tonne under-spreader capacity and a maximum container lift height above quay level of 21m under spreader (6+1 containers).

Mark Whitworth, chief executive of Peel Ports, said: “These cranes are the final major piece of the infrastructure jigsaw as we approach the formal opening next month

“Liverpool2, supported by our wider logistics offering and the port’s strategic location, will provide many shippers with a route to UK and Irish markets that helps them to cut costs, congestion and carbon emissions.”

The cranes originally set off from Nantong in August on board the Zhenhua 8 ship, passing south-east Asia, India, the Arabian Peninsula and through the Suez canal en route to Liverpool in a 49 day journey of over 20,000km (13,730 m, 11,930nm).

The first batch of CRMGs arrived in May 2016 and the STS cranes have been visible on the Liverpool shoreline since November 2015.

Kalmar participates in Accenture Digital Innovation Challenge – ADIC16

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“Kalmar’s customers are increasingly interested in new ways to optimise their terminal operations. Our solutions have multiple touchpoints to containers in the value chain where data is collected from equipment and different other systems. Now we’re looking for fresh new ideas on how to turn the various data flows and data into new business opportunities,” says Tommi Pettersson, VP Software and Automation development at Kalmar.

Accenture Digital Innovation Challenge (ADIC) is a concept competition where young talents team up to innovate new services, product concepts or business models to real-life business challenges of partner companies and organisations. ADIC invites students from the Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences, representing both technical and business study backgrounds, to participate in the challenge.

“ADIC16 is a great way to interact with the student community and to get new and even radical ideas from the younger generation. The teams consist of students with diverse backgrounds, which is a fantastic setup when we are seeking for novel ideas and concepts,” explains Lasse Eriksson, VP Digitalisation at Cargotec.

In the first phase, several teams will work on the challenge and propose their idea in a “Case Day” held on 29 October 2016. During that day, one team will be selected for a more intense mentoring phase with Kalmar during November. The goal is to ensure that the developed concept will match customer needs and Kalmar business targets. The team will present their solution in the Slush conference that will be held in Helsinki on 30 November – 1 December 2016 and compete with six other teams that work for other companies through ADIC16. The winning team will be awarded in Slush with a prize of 10,000 euros.

RAM Spreaders win patent case against AMMESA – Rotainer

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The Federal Court of Australia based in Australia found that the RAM Revolver does not infringe the Rotainer patent and that AMMESA had made unjustified threats in claiming infringement.

Furthermore, the court ruled that AMMESA was found to have breached Australian Consumer Law for having engaged in misleading conduct in sending letters to RAM Spreaders’ customers and partners, claiming RAM had infringed the Rotainer patent.

Background
In 2014 AMMESA alleged, in various letters of correspondence to RAM Spreaders’ customers and partners that NSL infringed their innovation patent with the RAM Revolver. However there are significant prior patents which date back to the 1980’s on rotary tipplers and RAM had held a firm and strong belief that they did not infringe any patent.

Following these letters of correspondence from AMMESA and the subsequent damage to RAM’s reputation and business prospects, and with a firm belief that they did not infringe any patent, NSL Engineering, the parent company of RAM Spreaders, issued court proceedings against Rotainer/AMMESA for unjustified threats and misleading and deceptive conduct under the Australian Consumer Law.

Judgment
Deliberating the evidence brought before the court, The Hon Justice Jessup concluded in the written judgment on June the 1st 2016 reference VID 631 of 2016 the following findings:
Infringement as per the Patents Act (1990) section 128 (reference 67 in the judgment)
The Hon Justice Jessup reached a verdict of non-infringement of claim 1 of the innovation patent, being the broadest claim and held that AMMESA’s threats in respect of the RAM Revolver product were unjustified.

The Judgment puts a restraint on AMMESA from representing that the RAM Revolver infringes AMMESA’s innovation patent.

Australian Consumer Law (section 18 – Misleading and deceptive conduct (reference 68-71 in the judgment)
In respect of the findings under section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law, The Hon Justice Jessup carefully analyzed the letters of demand sent by AMMESA’s patent Attorney to customers and partners of NSL/RAM Spreader entities.

The Hon Justice Jessup found that by sending the letters, AMMESA engaged in misleading conduct and therefore is in breach of section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law.

Costs
The court awarded that AMMESA is to pay the majority (>90%) of the legal costs which have been incurred by NSL/RAM. The quantum of such costs is significant.

Such a large percentage of costs are an indication of how emphatic the victory for RAM has been.

Learning about the successful judgment Mr. Philip Lee, Chief Executive Officer of RAM Spreaders commented “We are pleased to have such an emphatic judgment of non-infringement in this patent case against AMMESA/Rotainer. We are happy to put this legal action in the past and continue to focus on our customers without the threat of any further misleading conduct from provincial companies like AMMESA”.

Conclusion
1. Federal Court of Australia has found RAM Revolver did not infringe AMMESA’s innovation patent and that AMMESA is restrained from asserting infringement
2. AMMESA made unjustified threats in relation to writing to RAM’s clients and partners
3. AMMESA engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct under the Australian Consumer Law