Container & Cargo Handling

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

APM Terminals Gothenburg has doubled its reefer connections to meet the increasing demand for temperate-controlled goods transportation.

16th March 2023

APMT Gothenburg doubles reefer capacity

16th March 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

DP World is putting its BOXBAY high-bay storage system into operation at the Pusan Newport Corporation (PNC) in South Korea in order to reduce unproductive moves.

14th March 2023

Eliminating unproductive moves using clever storage

14th March 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Deep water cargo terminal Portico has appointed a new freight forwarding business development manager to help expand its customs and cargo handling services.

13th March 2023

Portico to expand services with new business manager

13th March 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A grain transportation solution provider has partnered with Nexxiot to digitalise its entire fleet of grain shipping containers and enable real time transport intelligence.

7th March 2023

Digitising shipping containers to make them traceable

7th March 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Wilson Sons has opted for ABB’s Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system to improve the efficiciency of its ship-to-shore cranes at its Rio Grande container terminal.

28th February 2023

Brazilian terminal goes digital with container stowage

28th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Guyana is to take receipt of its first mobile harbour cranes in Q2 this year when two Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes arrive.

24th February 2023

First mobile harbour cranes for Guyana

24th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Porto Itapoá will be the first port in South America to use remote-controlled rubber-tyred gantry cranes.

23rd February 2023

First South American port to use autonomous RTGs

23rd February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

December’s World Cup in Qatar gave a massive boost to Tecon Rio Grande (TRG), the box terminal owned and operated by Wilson, Sons in Brazil’s southernmost state.

8th February 2023

Football Crazy

8th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has confirmed that the Aqaba Container Terminal…

8th February 2023

Aqaba PERS Award

8th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

There are early indicators of a rebound in Chinese container trade as the country emerges from three years of zero-Covid policy.

6th February 2023

Rebound in China container trade?

6th February 2023

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

DP World is developing a GB£15m state of the art lorry driver welfare facility next to its Southampton container terminal.

31st January 2023

Investing in UK supply chain resilience

31st January 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Freight and cargo crime prevention is under-resourced and ‘low priority’ according to a recent report by the UK’s National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS).

30th January 2023

Cargo crime fight ‘low priority’

30th January 2023

WORLD

WORLD

Last year saw record container volumes shipped at the Port of Mobile in Alabama, US.

25th January 2023

Record volumes at Alabama port

25th January 2023

NEWS

NEWS

A pilot project exploring highly automated, electric container logistics is being launched at the HHLA TK Estonia terminal in Tallinn, Estonia.

18th January 2023

Automated container handling pilot

18th January 2023

NEWS

NEWS

Global training provider in the ports and construction industries, CM Labs Simulations, has updated its Forklift Simulator Training Pack.

16th January 2023

Updated forklift simulator training

16th January 2023

NEWS

NEWS

More than four fifths of TT Club insurance claims involving fraud or deception last year involved criminals posing as hauliers and other sub-contractors.

16th January 2023

Fraud risk to cargo

16th January 2023

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

John Bensalhia looks at the market trends, players, expertise and cost savings now on offer in the second hand equipment sector

15th December 2022

Second time around

15th December 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Container shipping lines now face a markedly different market situation. Felicity Landon highlights the findings of a recent Drewry Webinar on this key subject

15th December 2022

Market fundamentals turn

15th December 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Three-quarters of freight forwarders in Asia believe that shipper-owned containers (SOC) are adding resilience to their supply chains, with companies reporting they plan to use more in the future.

7th December 2022

SOC advantage

7th December 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Port Equipment Manufacturing Association (PEMA) has issued an information paper providing standards in crane operation with a particular focus on electrical standards.

5th December 2022

Crane safety manual

5th December 2022