Container & Cargo Handling

Gantry motion reels have not changed much in the last few years so I will focus primarily on trolley mounted cable reels servicing the trolley to headblock/spreader electrical connections.

The question of whether the reefer container will take over from traditional cold storage systems is still open to debate. Alex Hughes asks three terminals around the world for their thoughts on…

The trade in secondhand (or pre-owned) cargo handling equipment is booming. From forklifts and terminal tractors to ship-to-shore gantries and entire bulk terminal projects, demand is outstripping supply as Nick Elliott finds.

Dover is to be the first European port to install an automated mooring system using vacuum technology and developed by Mooring Systems (MSL), following the signing earlier this year of a European…

Despite relief efforts, congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest port complex in the United States, was worsening as the holiday shipping season kicked into high gear.…

It is said that stockyard operations dictate the overall capability and efficiency of a bulk terminal.

Terminal tractors are consolidating their position as the logical choice for moving boxes and trailers around, edging the clumsier road truck out - particularly nowadays in Asia - and showing no great…

Melbournes Pier 35 with its nautical architecture housing a restaurant, retail and office accommodation, provides visual interest to the citys waterfront scene. Commercial port operations meet the cafe crowd and yachting fraternity…

Prolific innovation is helping to maintain strong competition between spreader manufacturers. Benedict Young explores the latest product developments which promise to enhance terminal operations.

The debate rumbles on: is a reachstacker better suited to handling full containers in the yard than a forklift? Nick Elliott finds there are arguments for either solution.

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.

" 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…

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…

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