Container & Cargo Handling

RMGs get short shrift when operators consider quayside container handling options, but are they unfairly tagged as unflexible? Alex Hughes believes so

FLTs can be adapted to fit a number of uses, but dont expect to make savings on operating costs. Alex Hughes reports

Last month’s Port Strategy highlighted the importance of fender research, something that Australia’’s Newcastle port heartily supports.

Automated gates should keep things moving at box ports and terminals. Alex Hughes reports

Port Louis is making sure that it secures a long term future to evade the threat of extinction. Stevie Knight reports

Do large operators get preferential service agreements with the Asia crane manufaturers? Alex Hughes talks to DP World to investigate

Poor after sales service could be undermining the economics of Asian cranes, as Alex Hughes reports

Training drivers to use reachstackers more efficiently is just one way to cost effectively improve productivity, as Alex Hughes reports

Stephanie Knight finds that ship-to-shore crane manufacturers are already thinking beyond the standard 22 container outreach

A Chile-China partnership gives Valparaiso boss reason to be cheerful, as Michael Mackey finds out

Alex Hughes warns of the perils of investing in cut-price grabs

The US slowdown in container imports has a knock-on effect on grain exports, leaving ports feeling the pinch from bulk as well as boxes. Stuart Pearcey reports

Panamax vessels loading grain at the newly-opened grain terminal at theRussian port of Novorossiysk will be able to do it much faster than hadpreviously been possible.

The rising costs of raw materials are putting even more emphasis on the need for long-lasting, high-performance cables. Felicity Landon reports on the latest trends

The conversion of rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from diesel to electric power, or to switchable diesel/electric power, is an emerging trend in container ports around the world - and one that has…

Are there too many port cranes and not enough transport options? Opinion is divided as Alex Hughes finds out

Spains ports are having to seriously re-think long term strategic goals in the light of Moroccos Tanger Med success. Alex Hughes investigates