Container & Cargo Handling

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There are far-reaching trends underway shaping container trades and, thus, port development. Uncertain political conditions and the erosion of China’s cost-advantages are redirecting attention to alternative strategies. Andrew Penfold looks at the…

29th August 2023

Nearshoring or a ‘No-China’ policy?

29th August 2023

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Cargotec has proposed a number of board changes following the decision to partially demerge its Kalmar cargo handling business.

21st August 2023

Cargotec changes board following Kalmar split

21st August 2023

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

DP World says it will add three million teu of new container capacity by the end of this year as it continues its expansion programme to boost global supply chain resilience.

15th August 2023

DP World to ramp up capacity by 3m teu by year end

15th August 2023

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OPERATIONS

Container movements in July are up nearly a fifth at the Georgia Ports Authority compared with the previous month.

11th August 2023

Container handling up a fifth at Georgia

11th August 2023

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OPERATIONS

Konecranes has won an order from CMA CGM Kaohsiung Terminal Co. to supply seven hybrid Noell rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to its container handling terminal in Taiwan’s main port.

9th August 2023

Seven new hybrid RTGs for Kaohsiung terminal

9th August 2023

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OPERATIONS

Despite an unprecedented drop in reefer seaborne trade last year, reefer container freight rates are outperforming the dry cargo trade, according to analysis by Drewry.

9th August 2023

Reefer freight rates exceed dry cargo

9th August 2023

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OPERATIONS

Modal 3 Logistik has commenced a new rail shuttle running twice a week back and forth between Rotterdam…

26th July 2023

Rotterdam Rail

26th July 2023

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OPERATIONS

The Peruvian Association of Port Operators (ASPPOR) is calling for new regulations…

26th July 2023

Truck rule change

26th July 2023

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OPERATIONS

Polish ports are on the up, driving Baltic container volume overall. Conversely, the role of German ports in serving the Baltic is reducing, not least today due to the Russian situation. A J Keyes…

26th July 2023

In pole position

26th July 2023

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OPERATIONS

Russia’s ‘great turn to the East’ has seen a new emphasis on the exploitation of the Northeast passage but as Oleksandr Gavrylyuk explains big challenges remain

26th July 2023

Big ambitions, but challenges

26th July 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Brad Saunders, Senior Principal Engineer & Technical Lead for APAC, Coastal & Maritime Engineering, BMT, sets out how for small ports a modern approach to asset valuation is appropriate and holds considerable potential to…

26th July 2023

Maximising Value

26th July 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is testing a digital solution which allows truckers to access its terminals in a safer more efficient way.

18th July 2023

Digital solution speeds up Hamburg truck access

18th July 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Kramer Group, StreetDrone and Terberg have joined forces to deploy autonomous yard trucks at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

10th July 2023

Autonomous yard truck pilot launches

10th July 2023

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OPERATIONS

Liebherr Container Cranes has unveiled a new cabinless ship-to-shore (STS) container crane.

21st June 2023

Liebherr unveils new cabinless STS crane

21st June 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Global container prices are still falling with further drops expected.

19th June 2023

Container prices to fall further

19th June 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Kalmar is to supply French terminal operator BTM with two Kalmar electric reachstackers for use at Terminal Ouest Provence (TOP), a new multimodal development due to complete in Q2 next year.

12th June 2023

Electric reachstackers for new Provence terminal

12th June 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Liebherr Container Cranes is to supply three ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to Hamburger Hafen und Logistik’s (HHLA) Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) at the Port of Hamburg.

12th June 2023

Three new STS cranes for Hamburg

12th June 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Felixstowe has taken delivery of six new semi-automated remote-controlled electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RCeRTGs) from Konecranes of Finland.

9th June 2023

Six new electric RTGs for Felixstowe

9th June 2023

WORLD

WORLD

The Port of Southampton and London Gateway on the River Thames are offering customers financial incentives to move their freight from road to rail.

7th June 2023

DP World offers rail incentive

7th June 2023

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OPERATIONS

PSA Penn Terminals in Philadelphia, US, has ordered a further ship-to-shore (STS) container crane from Liebherr, adding to the previous order for two cranes in 2018.

5th June 2023

Liebherr STS crane for Philadelphia terminal

5th June 2023