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What’s NewTerminalUsing the power of MovexxHowever you look at it, pushing luggage trolleys, shoppingtrolleys or roll containers that are full of cartons of milk or cratesof beer is hard work. Or at least it was – because that has nowchanged with the arrival of the lightweight, easily manoeuvrableMovexx, a compact user-friendly drag machine for transportingroll containers and other rolling objects up to 2,500 kg inweight from A to B easily and without the need for any physicalexertion, however uneven and steep the journey from A to B is.The drag machine is easy to hook up and can be connected toalmost any type of container or other rolling object, thanks tothe fully adjustable height of the hook.Thanks to a programming unit, acceleration, braking distance,speed moving forward, speed moving backward and tractivepower are also all fully adjustable according to personalpreference and current needs. There are now 3 Movexx dragmachines in use at Schiphol for transporting goods to theshops, and a trial involving mail carts is underway at Frankfurtairport. A remote-controlled drag machine for moving luggagetrolleys is also being developed.h.vlastuin@movexx.nlwww.movexx.nlA tent offers all the space you needIn 2002 Schiphol Airport was faced with the question of how toconvert the existing baggage hall without any loss of capacity inorder to be prepared for further growth in air traffic. The Dutchcompany De Boer offered the ideal solution to the lack of spacefor baggage handling in the form of a tent that would providetemporary accommodation for a five-year period. De Boer’stemporary baggage hall came complete with fire-resistant,insulated sidewalls, lighting, air conditioning and special rapidaccess doors for the baggage trolleys. Following the successof the Schiphol project, DOHA International Airport in Qatarcontracted De Boer to put up a temporary baggage hall thatcould be used whilst a new airport was being built. As well asneeding the hall to be available quickly, it was also importantto the Qatar airport authorities that the architecture of the hallfit in with that of the existing airport buildings. De Boer hadthe perfect solution. The temporary baggage hall will ultimatelyhave been in use for five years by the time that the new airportis complete. As well as baggage handling, De Boer’s temporaryaccommodation can also house other activities – such asrestaurants – as is the case at London’s Heathrow Airport.reyndert.deboer@deboer.comwww.deboer.comDe Boer built a baggage-handling facility for Cardiff AirportThe whole airport in real time on your screenHitttraffic, a company that supplies radar systems for the shipping and aviation industries as well as the coastguard, has alreadysold its new ‘Airport Insight’ product within a year to KLM, the Schiphol Group, Copenhagen Airport and Dublin Airport. Thissystem gives airports a broad view of what piece of runway, taxiway, tunnel or any other infrastructure has been used by whattype of aircraft. This allows them to plan their expensive maintenance programmes better and save money by virtue of theability to extend the time for maintenance. On the other hand, the overall capacity will be higher, if the airport is able to keepits runways and taxiways open for a longer period of time. KLM is now using the system at Schiphol, where it is achieving clearresults already with real-time information about all aircraft. Copenhagen Airport started implementing the system in January2008.herweijer@hitt.nlwww.hitttraffic.nl20 Holland Airport Technology