Container & Cargo Handling

Seattle has to decide just how ambitious it wants to be, says Martin Rushmere

Sometimes, ports and their customers have to go outside the square when it comes to thinking up storage solutions.

Varied storage solutions are needed to cater for different cargoes and strategies. Dave and Iain MacIntyre report

Intelligent port community systems can give hubs the edge when chasing cargo. Alex Hughes reports

How are fork-lift truck manufacturers helping to raise health and safety levels in their products? What add-ons are available to cement safety levels? What can port operators do to ensure that their…

The two Maasvlakte 2 terminal orders show that the remote control of STS cranes has made its breakthrough, according to ABB. The company expects other terminals and terminal operators to follow.

Europes first remotely controlled STS crane orders get pulses racing, as Felicity Landon discovers

The if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ maintenance mentality needs a serious rethink, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out

APM Terminals Frank Tazelaar sees a future speckled with automated terminals, particularly in north-western Europe and the US.

Earlier this year, PSA announced that it had asked ZPMC and Singapore Technologies Kinetics Limited to each develop an AGV prototype with energy-efficient hybrid technology. As part of the project, Cargotec was…

As governments across the world insist on engines being ever cleaner, is it realistic to assume that one day we can expect to see a 100% green reachstacker? The manufacturers we approached…

Comparing apples with apples is mission near-impossible when it comes to reachstacker emissions, as Alex Hughes finds out

Do third party assembled fenders compared with original equipment manufactured products?

It’s a conundrum: although dry, granular bulk is traditionally a simple and low cost cargo, Stevie Knight finds out the handling machinery is being pushed relentllessly in the other direction.

Tests prove the resilience of virgin rubber over cheaper recycled counterparts.

Grain ports battle the weather, the economy, and industrial action to move this invaluable cargo. John Bensalhia reports

Ship-to-shore crane guarantees from the big manufacturers vary little in their approach. Sometimes, the warranty offered by Konecranes, for example, will also include the spreader; however, if the supplier sourced its own…