Container & Cargo Handling

To keep track of vehicles, barcodes remain the industry standard but radio frequency identification (RFID) and global positioning satellite (GPS) technology is beginning to gain greater acceptance.

Dan Pettersson, product manager at Kalmar, puts the view of the equipment providers: " For some time now theres been really a very high demand for dedicated empty handlers. This is partly…

Nick Elliott seeks the views of experts on the thorny question: what to do with the empties?

Few believe that the spending is over with years of consolidation of Russias grains sector anticipated. Russias 2005 grain harvest exceeded 78m tons, with an estimated 10-12m tons set for export and…

Next month in the second part of this feature, PS examines the issues which determine an effective gate system including: