Container & Cargo Handling

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Konecranes will provide 36 state-of-the-art automated stacking cranes (ASCs) to The Port of Virginia, US as part of the port’s major capacity expansion programme.

5th May 2023

New automated cranes for Virginia

5th May 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

 Demand for mobile harbour cranes remains strong and it is clear that the major manufacturers are all pushing the green agenda in their ongoing focus…

26th April 2023

Mobile harbour cranes

26th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

One of the major strengths of the pneumatic unloader concept is that it has been developed to handle a wide variety of commodities extending from free-flowing cargo streams such as grains through…

26th April 2023

Pneumatic unloaders

26th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Global container throughput is up 1.2% in February but is still 3.2% lower than the same month last year.

26th April 2023

Mixed global picture for container volumes

26th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Three new quay cranes have arrived at DP World Antwerp Gateway as part of a €200 million plan to expand and modernise the terminal.

24th April 2023

New quay cranes for Antwerp Gateway

24th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

BMT*, the specialist consulting group, provides detailed insight into distressed cargo management operations and how to extract value and upside in the face of a serious shipping incident

21st April 2023

Making the best of the worst

21st April 2023

WORLD

WORLD

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges is working to improve efficiency and container capacity in a bid to halt a drop in total throughput of 4.5% this first quarter compared to the same period…

19th April 2023

Antwerp-Bruges to boost capacity

19th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

An improving economic outlook and falling energy costs are expected to provide some reprieve from margin pressures for container terminal operators later this year.

18th April 2023

Margin pressures will ease for container terminal operators

18th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Transnet is facing increasing pressure from both the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) political parties with respect to its current activities and privatisation plans.

18th April 2023

Transnet under pressure as it moves to privatise container corridor

18th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Konecranes is to supply two Generation 6 Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes for Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), marking its first-ever mobile harbour crane order in Cambodia.

17th April 2023

Cambodian mobile harbour crane first

17th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

DP World Antwerp Gateway has welcomed three giant container cranes which will significantly modernise and up capacity at the terminal.

12th April 2023

Giant cranes up capacity at Antwerp-Bruges

12th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The international drug trade is booming with shipping containers the main method of delivery. Mike Mundy assesses what part technology can play in solving the problem

11th April 2023

Record highs

11th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The APMT Itajai terminal lives on but the clock is ticking. Is revival a realistic prospect in the face of tough competition? Rob Ward investigates

11th April 2023

Down but not out?

11th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Does 2022 performance among North-West Europe containerports evidence the seeds of structural change? Johan-Paul Verschuure, Director, Rebel Group, details the trends and analyses this key issue

11th April 2023

Shake-up scenario?

11th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The past two years have seen a radical change in the distribution of container trades serving North American markets. What will the position look like when (and if) the market stabilises? Andrew Penfold surveys…

6th April 2023

New balance of power?

6th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Digital supply chain technology provider, Nexxiot, has developed a new digital vector sensor to remove uncertainty and risks associated with cargo safety and delivery.

4th April 2023

Clever gadget ensures safer cargo delivery

4th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

DP World’s team at Southampton, UK has broken its all-time move count record after handling more than 9,000 containers on a ship which visited the logistics hub last week.

3rd April 2023

DP World breaks move count record

3rd April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Amsterdam has become the latest European port to offer Routescanner’s ‘Direct Connections’.

27th March 2023

Amsterdam latest to offer ‘direct connections’

27th March 2023

WORLD

WORLD

Netherlands-based Janssen has acquired Norman Global Logistics, an air and ocean freight forwarding company based in the UK and Asia.

20th March 2023

Janssen acquires Norman Global Logistics

20th March 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Konecranes is to supply PSA Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada with eight new electric rubber tyred cranes.

17th March 2023

Eight new electric cranes for Halifax

17th March 2023