Container & Cargo Handling

An initiative launched to organise the efficient exchange by rail of containers between terminals in the Port of Rotterdam has passed the 100,000 TEU mark.

Cargotec’s board of directors has decided to initiate a sales process for its Navis software business.

Backed by strong demand, design innovation with empty container handling FLT product lines continues apace. John Bensalhia investigates.

Ports and terminal operators demonstrated an appetite for investment at TOC Americas 2020, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the maritime sector.

Authors of a new risk assessment of work accidents in container terminals built their analysis around data from the Port of Tanjung Priok. As Felicity Landon reports, all container terminals can learn…

Cargotec and Konecranes will be merged to focus on sustainable material flow with development of key projects in automation, robotics, electrification and digitalisation.

John Bensalhia investigates the latest developments and innovations in the sidelifter sector.

US$4.5bn has been secured to expand a ports and terminals investment platform in existing and new geographies.

Writing exclusively for Port Strategy, Dr. Nils Kemme of Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) discussesproven solutions to keeping port vehicle traffic moving and the role of simulation in this.

DP World has taken another step in its supply chain strategy with the acquisition of several feeder businesses.

COVID-19 is prompting a rethink of supply strategies. Increased transshipment activity is expectedbut, as Andrew Penfold confirms, margins will be slim and financing new capacity challenging.

Peter de Langen, regular contributor to Port Strategy as The Analyst, recently published a book entitled Towards a Better Port Industry with Routledge. Is it similar in content to the monthly columns?…

A solution for predicted container dwell time will be implemented at a German container terminal to improve efficiency.

The maritime industry is accused of being slow to change and not entrepreneurial enough. JP Verschuure feels that COVID-19 may change this situation.

In the second of a two-part series, Andrew Penfold, of Mundy Penfold Ltd, looks at the potential implications following the COVID-19 pandemic crisis for ports and terminals.

In this second part, Ron Crean of London-based Windward, outlines what ports and terminals need to be wary of to be safe from sanctions.

A new report has found that safety and planning and managing a remote workforce are priorities for terminal operators as they adapt their operations and business strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cargotec has sold its stake in a joint venture (JV) in Asia.