Container & Cargo Handling

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

VICT Melbourne is implementing a major expansion programme with new ship-to-shore crane specifications consolidating its reputation as an innovator and gamechanger

4th January 2022

VICT: ANOTHER FIRST

4th January 2022

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is investing US$230 million at its Contecon Manzanillo facility in Mexico.

3rd January 2022

Contecon Boost

3rd January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

One port equiment manufacturer has launched a new robotic portfolio designed to improve safety and eco-efficiency

1st January 2022

Robotic port equipment

1st January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Recent and planned investments look to achieve the more eff ective operation of the fledgling International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). Oleksandr Gavrylyuk charts the progress

23rd December 2021

INSTC GEARING UP

23rd December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

TCP, the Paranagua (Brazil) container terminal operator, is to establish a permanent presence in Asuncion as part of efforts to consolidate and expand Paraguayan container traffic

22nd December 2021

TCP SETTING UP IN ASUNCION

22nd December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

There’s a continued downward trend in container prices and leasing rates reflecting supply chain disruption

21st December 2021

Container rate insight

21st December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Four industry groups have come together to produce best practice guidelines on storing and handling dangerous goods at warehouses, ports and terminals.

17th December 2021

Dangerous goods safety guidance

17th December 2021

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The Yellow Sea area is a sub-regional powerhouse in China and home to some of the country’s biggest container ports. AJ Keyes looks at the current strategy in play for the region

15th December 2021

YELLOW SEA POWERHOUSE

15th December 2021

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Transshipment is on the rise at South Korea’s Port of Busan. AJ Keyes looks at the investments programmed to facilitate growth in this sector and other priorities

14th December 2021

BUSAN HAS A PLAN

14th December 2021

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Felicity Landon reviews the highlights of Drewry’s Container Market Outlook for the third quarter of 2021

13th December 2021

FINGER POINTING FUTILE

13th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Freight insurance specialist TT Club has highlighted the risk extreme weather events pose to ports, suggesting that understanding meteorological trends is key to protecting property, equipment and cargo.

13th December 2021

Reducing storm damage risk

13th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Liebherr and Italian steel company Acciaierie d’Italia have closed a deal for the supply of four large portal cranes for handling raw materials for steel production at the commercial port of Taranto,…

10th December 2021

Customised portal cranes

10th December 2021

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) wants to improve container efficiencies in two Mexican ports in order to support a major Mexican infrastructure project.

7th December 2021

PORT INVESTMENT FUNDAMENTAL TO MEXICO’S CIIT PLANS

7th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Nexxiot has confirmed a new wireless connectivity device that can provide better transparency for containers.

6th December 2021

Container Monitor

6th December 2021

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), India’s largest container port, has recorded a 40.40 per cent increase in container traffic in the first half of FY21 compared to the same period in FY20 with…

1st December 2021

JNPT HITS 40 PER CENT GROWTH AND CONSIDERS ACQUISITIONS

1st December 2021

EUROPE

EUROPE

Recent times have seen a major uplift in container transport on the Trans-Siberian Railway. There is more to come but as Oleksandr Gavrylyuk explains ‘handcuffs’ need to be removed

10th November 2021

TSR: POTENTIAL BUT HANDCUFFS

10th November 2021

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Rob Ward looks at MSC’s play to take control of Log-in Logistica and its Villa Velha container terminal in Vitoria, south east Brazil

9th November 2021

MSC CLOSES IN ON LOG-IN

9th November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) S.A. in Togo, West Africa, has confirmed it has ordered five more Konecranes Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes. The order was booked in June 2021 and the new units…

4th November 2021

MORE RTGs IN TOGO

4th November 2021

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Maersk has ventured further into the air freight industry with a planned acquisition.

3rd November 2021

Air takeover

3rd November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Maher Terminals LLC (Maher) located at the port of New York/ New Jersey has awarded a contract for three new container ship-to-shore gantry cranes to Liebherr

3rd November 2021

NEW MEGAMAX CRANES FOR MAHER

3rd November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Austrian crane innovation specialist has signed an exclusive agreement with PortxGroup Australia for exclusive representation of its container handling cranes.

2nd November 2021

New Kuenz deal

2nd November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), located at the Port of Melbourne, has awarded Kalmar with a repeat order for six Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC). The order was booked during Q3 2021 by…

1st November 2021

VICT REPEATS ASC ORDER

1st November 2021

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Port congestion has reached new highs, finds new research.

25th October 2021

Congestion highs

25th October 2021