Container & Cargo Handling – Page 19
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NewsACCC MIXED BAG
Australia’s ACCC has released its latest container stevedoring monitoring report which highlights a mixed bag of impacts and recommendations
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NewsPORT INVESTMENT FUNDAMENTAL TO MEXICO’S CIIT PLANS
The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) wants to improve container efficiencies in two Mexican ports in order to support a major Mexican infrastructure project.
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NewsContainer Monitor
Nexxiot has confirmed a new wireless connectivity device that can provide better transparency for containers.
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NewsJNPT HITS 40 PER CENT GROWTH AND CONSIDERS ACQUISITIONS
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), India’s largest container port, has recorded a 40.40 per cent increase in container traffic in the first half of FY21 compared to the same period in FY20 with this amounting to 2,703,051TEU.
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NewsAUTO’ TWISTLOCKS: BULL RUN?
John Bensalhia looks at the issues and potential benefits surrounding the use of fully automated twistlock and pinning solutions…
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NewsTSR: POTENTIAL BUT HANDCUFFS
Recent times have seen a major uplift in container transport on the Trans-Siberian Railway. There is more to come but as Oleksandr Gavrylyuk explains ‘handcuffs’ need to be removed
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NewsMSC CLOSES IN ON LOG-IN
Rob Ward looks at MSC’s play to take control of Log-in Logistica and its Villa Velha container terminal in Vitoria, south east Brazil
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NewsADVANTAGE INDIA
India’s Adani Group is planning to develop a new box terminal in Colombo. The project will see the company going head-to-head with China’s existing interests in Sri Lanka’s Colombo port
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NewsMORE RTGs IN TOGO
Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) S.A. in Togo, West Africa, has confirmed it has ordered five more Konecranes Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes. The order was booked in June 2021 and the new units are scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2022
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NewsAir takeover
Maersk has ventured further into the air freight industry with a planned acquisition.
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NewsNEW MEGAMAX CRANES FOR MAHER
Maher Terminals LLC (Maher) located at the port of New York/ New Jersey has awarded a contract for three new container ship-to-shore gantry cranes to Liebherr
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NewsNew Kuenz deal
Austrian crane innovation specialist has signed an exclusive agreement with PortxGroup Australia for exclusive representation of its container handling cranes.
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NewsVICT REPEATS ASC ORDER
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), located at the Port of Melbourne, has awarded Kalmar with a repeat order for six Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC). The order was booked during Q3 2021 by Kalmar owner, Cargotec, with a planned delivery date of Q2 2023.
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NewsEfficient digital logistics
A new digital logistics platform promises customers a single-window solution enabling seamless, safe, secure, and efficient movement of cargo.
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NewsTHE RIGHT WEIGH
John Bensalhia reviews recent trends and innovations in container weighing systems supply
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NewsDIY CONTAINER SHIPPING?
Is the door opening to DIY container shipping, are steps in this direction a passing phenomenon or are there solid grounds to pursue this course of action? Mike Mundy examines the proposition.
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NewsCLIP CRANES CLOSE TO COMPLETION
The CLIP intermodal terminal in Swarzędz near Poznań, Poland, has confi rmed that the assembly of three new Kuenz RMG units is almost complete. The 40-ton capacity intermodal units will be able to handle containers, semi trailers and swap-bodies.
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NewsDIGITAL CONTAINER RELEASE ON THE STARTING BLOCKS IN GERMANY
Plans to introduce digital container release processes at ports in Germany are being warmly welcomed by the haulage industry. If the system proves successful, there is also the prospect of calls for similar systems to be introduced elsewhere.
