Container & Cargo Handling

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Russia has turned to Plan B to secure dry freight shipping capacity – the enlargement of its merchant fleet through domestic construction and acquisition. Oleksandr Gavrylyuk reports

9th May 2023

Russia’s plan B

9th May 2023

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More than 70 years on from its foundation, safety still comes first, says Richard Steele, CEO, ICHCA. Felicity Landon talks one on one

9th May 2023

Safety first, says Steele

9th May 2023

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ICHCA’s membership includes the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and other workforce representative organisations.

9th May 2023

Vital to engage the workforce

9th May 2023

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Santos Port Authority (SPA) achieved the best monthly performance in its history in March 2023, when it handled 15.3 million tons of cargo. 

9th May 2023

Strong Santos

9th May 2023

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China’s twelve largest container ports handled 44.1 million TEU over the January and February 2023 period,…

9th May 2023

Mixed China Fortunes

9th May 2023

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For the first two months of 2023, the Port of New York/New Jersey (NY/NJ) was the busiest container port in North America.

9th May 2023

The big apple takes pole position: the shape of things to come?

9th May 2023

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Neo-Panamax ships can now be handled at the Mariel Container Terminal (TCM) in Cuba.

9th May 2023

Go Large in Cuba

9th May 2023

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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

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 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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