Container & Cargo Handling

These are exciting times for Europes car handlers, as transhipment trade swells. Alex Hughes reports

Not content with a 30% increase in cars handled last year,Copenhagen-Malmö Ports (CMP) general manager (cars), Bart Steijaert, hopesto bump that 382,323 cars to 500,000 annually by 2010.

Sustainability is paramount in Rotterdams vision of its future, as Stuart Pearcey explains

Operators shopping for a new gate management system must take time to consider the unique needs of their port or terminal. Felicity Landon reports

Where gate systems in the past were limited to identification only,todays systems require container and truck optical characterrecognition (OCR), IMO label detection, video files, voice over IP,biometric identification of driver, damage inspection…

When goals are clearly defined at the beginning, it is relatively easy to work towards them, says John Lund, sales manager of Finlands Visy.

Forklift trucks for empty container handling are proving their prowess on the quay, as Felicity Landon discovers

Clydeport has invested in a fleet of Hyster Fortens H5.5FT-A, 5,500 kg capacity diesel-powered lift truck supplied by Barloworld.