TRELLEBORG FACILITATES INCREASED SAFETY AND EFFICIENCIES AT PRIMEPORT TIMARU FOLLOWING UPGRADE Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure Trelleborg’s marine and infrastructure operation has supplied its latest navigation and piloting solution to PrimePort Timaru in New Zealand, as part of an upgrade in order to increase capacity at the port and facilitate the accommodation of larger vessels. Enabling the port to berth Rio-class ships, which can handle up to 5,900 TEUs, PrimePort has installed Trelleborg’s SafePilot CAT MAX. The solution consists of heading and positioning units, which can communicate with each other and the pilot’s display via Wi-Fi. It also boasts an integrated six-axis gyro/motion sensor, offering precise and independent rate of turn, roll, and pitch. This, coupled

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