Container & Cargo Handling

The future of ports and the wider shipping industry hinges on hinterland strategies and logistic corridors, according to Dr Jean-Paul Rodrigue, department of global studies and geography, Hofstra University.

A new report on the development of existing ports has been published by the International Navigation Association (PIANC), in an attempt to standardise and make masterplans more reliable.

Holman Fenwick Willans Matthew Gore welcomes the arrival of the new Cargo Transport Units code

Is it time for terminal operating system take-up in bulk and multipurpose hubs, asks Stevie Knight

Chasing deep draft development could be a thing of the past for future bulk ports, as Stevie Knight reports

The need to replace fixtures does not necessarily make LEDs an expensive option. Felicity Landon reports

Coal handling equipment has to cope with a more than movement of the black fuel, as Alex Hughes finds out