A number of high profile incidents this year have put fully-automatic twistlocks under the spotlight.
Global and local economies are increasingly dependent on the millions of containers that are transported across the world each year. In the last decade the number has grown exponentially. The result is a highly-competitive market where the price per ton of transported cargo is, and is likely to remain, under pressure. Key factors for success are economies of scale, modal flexibility and the efficiency of ships and shoreside infrastructure....
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