Container & Cargo Handling

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

8th February 2023

Aqaba PERS Award

8th February 2023

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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

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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

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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