Equipment

A collaboration between UK-based Briggs Equipment and Honda has resulted in the production of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered truck that relies entirely on renewable energy sources – a milestone in the development…

Carly Fields spoke with Navis’ Frederik Stork about the need for the company’s optimisation team to boost productivity

Some of the world’s largest asset management and private equity firms have joined together in a new initiative which may help to unlock billions of dollars for private investment in infrastructure in…

The importance of training is paramount to achieving efficient operations and terminal productivity, but the issue of how it is delivered is quite complex and can be expensive and ineffective if it’s…

Kalmar is to help boost efficiency at the UK’s Port of Felixstowe with the delivery of four reachstackers for laden handling.

Germany’s Lase Industrielle Lasertechnik has teamed up with Finland’s Visy to produce a “game-changing” product series, developed to enable the automatic detection of damage to containers, without disturbing the workflow.

Terex Port Solutions has won a follow up order for a second Model 5 mobile harbour diesel-electric G HMK 5506 variant crane for the Lübeck Cargo Terminal.

UK-based FB Chain has developed a new chain for forklifts, reachstackers and container handlers, specifically designed for the damp, corrosive environments found in ports, harbours and other freight terminals.

The latest Trelleborg Barometer Report reveals port owners and operators are most optimistic for future investment in the sector since the annual survey began in 2010, despite other challenges ahead.

Kalmar’s latest reachstacker, dubbed Super Gloria, lifted a record 100T at its factory in Lidhult, Sweden last week.

The prospect of higher US interest rates is set to drive increased port assets acquisition and refinancing over the next 12 months, according to Drewry Maritime Advisors, the port consultancy division of…

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has installed a second Terex Gottwald portal harbour crane in the terminal of Fospar SA Fertilizantes Fostfatados do Paraná in Paranagua, Brazil.

Continental Commercial Speciality Tires (CST) has launched a new tyre pressure monitoring system designed to enhance safety and efficiency of vehicle fleets in ports.

Kalmar is to supply four of its all-electric E-One² zero emission rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to long-term customer Super Terminais in Manaus, Brazil, as part of a US$8m order.

Kalmar is to supply 10 straddle carriers to Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) Durban Pier 2, a dedicated straddle carrier operation in South Africa currently handling a throughput of 2.4 million teu.