Container & Cargo Handling

The big ships are coming, but where are the orders for equipment to serve them asks Alex Hughes

With no standardised template for grain-handling port design discharge methods and speeds can vary widely, and even the faster ports can hit a brick wall when it comes to onward movement of…

Yossi Bassan, the Port of Ashdods vice president Logistics & Engineering, sings the praises of the many good, independent workshops around the port of Ashdod.

Bulk handlers have to strike a fine balance between over and under utilisation of port assets. John Bensalhia reports

About one million tonnes of earthquake rubble is likely to be used for reclamation in Lyttelton Port’s expansion plans.

Moroccos original super-port risks being overshadowed by national neighbours, as Stevie Knight explains

Cargotec recently celebrated the production of its 50,000th unit at its US manufacturing facility in Ottawa, Kansas. The machine was part of an order from Safeway, Inc. for twelve 4x2 Kalmar Ottawa…

Customer demands keep the terminal tractor manufacturers on their toes, as Felicity Landon discovers

Stevie Knight questions where to draw the line when exploiting port assets that might conflict with existing interests