Container & Cargo Handling

Duane Kenagy and Larry Nye of US consultants Moffatt & Nichol (M& N) report on developments in California to ensure containers move quickly and cleanly through the port interface.

In contrast, the progress being made in development of Shanghais logistics industry is far quicker. 15 April saw the opening of Chinas first logistics park, situated close to the citys Waigaoqiao container…

Shanghai is fast becoming the centre of the world, as far as the container shipping industry and the port companies which serve it are concerned. And the ports current work-in-progress, the leviathan…

Tom Todd assesses the experiences of two of Europes leading terminals with automation.

Liebherr has just launched its LRS 645 reachstacker - a new product line for the Austrian company. The machine' s most notable feature is its curve-shaped telescopic boom which gives it extra…

" From the view of the MHC operating company (our customers), qualified crane personnel are an important requirement to achieve maximum cost efficiency. It is for this reason that Gottwald offers a…

The Indian west coast port of Jawaharlal Nehru (JNPT), with two container terminals already operational, is on the verge of awarding a third box handling concession. However, even with plans being progressed…

Its the familiar trickle-down effect. Trade grows. Ships get bigger to gain economies of scale. Hub ports order bigger quay cranes to work the bigger ships. Meanwhile smaller ports are growing and…

Inadequate port infrastructure or specific operational economics still prompt some stevedores to make use of sophisticated floating terminals, reports Alex Hughes .