Equipment

After the recent oil spill disaster involving the Bow Jubail in the Port of Rotterdam, one piece of technology was instrumental in helping the authorities clean ship’s hulls which were fouled by…

The ShibataFenderTeam Group has released its first White Paper on rubber compounding which looks at the raw materials used in rubber production, the physical properties of a fender and their correlation with…

A new spreader from ELME Spreader — ELME Spreader Model 817 INNOVATION — claims a unique mix of 16% reduced weight and boosted structural strength.

The UK’s Warrenpoint Port has placed an order for a Konecranes Gottwald Model 3 Mobile Harbor Crane to cater for a “substantial rise in trade”. The port expects ro-ro trade alone to…

Cargotec companies Navis and Kalmar have won the contract to provide a fully-automated intermodal terminal solution for Australian import and export logistics services firm Qube’s Moorebank Logistics Park (MLP) in south-western Sydney.

The Port of Savannahs Garden City Terminal is to gain 10 new Konecranes rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes after the Georgia Ports Authoritys (GPA) Board of Directors gave the green light to the…

CM Labs Simulations has produced a new port-focused training pack designed to teach forklift truck driving with an assortment of cargo and highlighting areas for trainee improvement.

The corporate venture capital arms of port operator PSA International and shipping company CMA CGM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive digitalisation and innovation in the shipping and supply…

Trelleborg has published a whitepaper and on-demand webinar that outline design and compliance requirements for docking and mooring equipment, as well as a new best practice specification approach.

Technology firm Siemens is to supply eight electrified automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes (ARTGs), as well as the electrical and automation systems and remote control systems for exception handling, to the UK’s Port…

A new energy capture storage and reuse system for container terminal yard handling equipment could help terminals reduce fuel bills, emissions and power peaks.

Kalmar has said that the latest-generation Stage 5 diesel engines it is installing in container handling products “will be some of the last diesels [it] will install on new equipment, anywhere” following…

The UK’s Port of Dover has chosen Finnish company Konecranes to supply two of its Gottwald Model 5 Mobile Harbor Cranes for the port’s new cargo facilities as part of the single…

A new app to help the transportation logistics and shipping industries better assign costs based on responsibility for damaged shipping containers is expected to help ports become more efficient.

The operator of Myanmar’s Asia World Port Terminal (AWPT) has stated that the port’s recent investment in 14 new pieces of equipment “signals” the facility’s robust confidence in Myanmar’s overall macroeconomic development…

Telecommunications equipment firm Huawei and telecommunications company China Unicom have unveiled a 5G product that offers smart ports a totally-connected wireless network.

Port giant DP World has partnered with Virgin to create a company to provide cargo-carriage systems that use a futuristic, high-speed tube-transport method described as the first new major transportation mode in…