Cargo Handling
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Digitalisation to drive Cargotec forward
19/02/2019Cargotec’s profitability took a hit in 2018 due to “exceptional challenges” in its supply chain and delivery, but the company will focus on key drivers including digitalisation going forward, the company’s chief executive has announced. READ more
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Trade dip hurts cargo forecasting
12/02/2019Slower international trade and further structural changes to container shipping lines is making forecasting cargo volumes “challenging”, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has said. READ more
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Konecranes stands by its UK scale-back move
07/02/2019Konecranes has said its business has slowed down in the UK and it is confident the decision to scale back its UK operations in 2018 was the right move. READ more
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Urgent challenges to overcome on hydrogen use
14/01/2019With more ports considering hydrogen fuelling options for shoreside equipment, there is a pressing need to overcome the challenge of inexperience, according to Hydrogen Europe. READ more
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Eastern port alliance competition roadblock
11/01/2019Hong Kong’s Competition Commission has opened an investigation into the newly formed ‘Hong Kong Seaport Alliance’ to assess whether it breaks fair competition rules. READ more
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Hong Kong "prime candidate" for alliance
10/01/2019Hong Kong has "long been a prime candidate" for a terminal alliance, Drewry’s senior analyst for Ports & Terminals has said following the formation of the Hong Kong Seaport Alliance. READ more
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Intelligent storing system helps efficiency
18/12/2018A joint-venture formed by DP World and SMS group aims to reduce container handling costs and improve speed, energy efficiency and safety with a new and intelligent storing system at Jebel Ali Terminal 4. READ more
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European port backs high-speed container plan
05/12/2018Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) have established a joint venture (JV) to develop a way of transporting containers at high speed through a tube to and from the Port of Hamburg. READ more
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"Mediocre" performance stifles global ports
03/12/2018Global major terminal operators maintained a throughput of 41.69m teus in Q3 2018, but the “growth rate of the global terminal operators fell further to 5.8%, the lowest in the past two years,” a new report shows. READ more
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Submissions open for Navis Inspire Awards
30/11/2018Submissions are now being accepted for the 2019 Navis Inspire Awards which include expanded nomination categories and a new Individual Achievement Award. READ more
