Container & Cargo Handling

Argentinas leading port is sitting pretty on strong volumes, but will capacity come on stream quick enough to cater for increased demand? Rob Ward investigates

Barcelona-based Tercat moved 1m teu last year, of which around 42% was in the form of transhipped boxes. However, the terminal was never built with transhipment in mind. In fact, according to…

Ports down-under are readily stepping up to meet the challenge of supplying ever increasingly volumes of iron ore to China.Mike King reports

DP World has captured headlines around the world for its tenacious port purchasing power.Alex Hughes heads back to where it all began

At Kalmar the focus of recent development has been on the ongoing introduction of CAN-BUS control technology into its range of ro-ro tractors and terminal tractors. Kalmar and other manufacturers who are…

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused unprecedented human and financial damage along the Gulf coast of the US last year. As this years season gets underway, Michael King examines how the grain ports…

Reachstackers may well be the preferred choice for container handling in the European ports market, but heavy duty container handling FLTs continue to be in demand, where the situation suits their use,…

The next big jump in containership design is imminent, so what are the implications for containerports, asks Mike Mundy 19No its not going to stop - the 10,000 teu barrier will well…

The current boom in port development is creating record demand for new RTGs and they are getting bigger, smarter and greener, writes Benedict Young.

The opening of Shanghais new Yangshan port may well solve some draught and congestion problems, but it raises some important cost and operational issues as well. James Macpherson reports.

In the first of a two-part series Alex Hughes talks to terminal operators in Manila, Santos and Le Havre discovering that there is still at least one barrier to full automation.

Insurer TT Club shares a case history from its files and concludes that community care should now be an essential element in any risk assessment and management strategy.

Many new container terminals are built to a tried and tested formula, particularly by the big global operators. Benedict Young talks to two experts on the different rationales and approaches.

If your quay cranes arent big enough to handle new generation containerships, it may be time to replace them - but there are alternatives. Benedict Young investigates two very different approaches to…