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Liebherr has handed over a new LHM 550 mobile harbour crane, along with a new LRS 545 reach stacker, to Kloosterboer at the Dutch cold chain specialist’s facility in Vlissingen, a key centre for Chiquita shipments to Europe

Full speed ahead for Savannah

In-Depth24 Jul 2018

The Georgia Ports Authority handled 4.2M TEU in its Fiscal Year 2018, up 8.4% on 2017.

MACS3 for Zhonghu Shipping

In-Depth23 Jul 2018

Navis has announced that six new box ships being built for Chinese inland watery transport will be equipped with its MACS3 Loading Computer.

New thinking on RTGs from Künz

In-Depth01 Jun 2018

At TOC Europe this month, Hans Künz unveiled Freerider, an RTG with a single girder and an A-frame leg structure, designed for long travel at relatively high speeds

Kalmar wins RMG order as DCT takes to the rails

Kalmar wins RMG order as DCT takes to the rails

News14 Aug 2018

Kalmar will supply DCT Gdansk with three widespan RMGs for its intermodal yard, complete ...

Drones approved for package tests

News14 Aug 2018

Transport Canada has granted Drone Delivery Canada approval to test its Robin X1400 cargo ...

US drops container tariff

News09 Aug 2018

Intermodal containers from China have been removed from a list of 284 product lines that ...

Konecranes books more business from the Port of Koper

News15 Aug 2018

The Port of Koper in Slovenia (Luka Koper), the Adriatic’s biggest container handler, has ordered five more E-RTGs fr...

Westports increases container tariff

News14 Aug 2018

Average increase of 13% on “key container tariff items” to take effect from 1 March 2019.

Navis on the road to connectivity

News14 Aug 2018

Navis and XVELA will be providing more detail on how they plan to capture and share information from vessels with sta...

Bridge collapse closes Port of Genoa

News14 Aug 2018

Multiple deaths and injuries have occurred after a highway bridge in Genoa, close to the port, collapsed following he...

Hapag-Lloyd books first half loss of almost €101M

News14 Aug 2018

The line points to significant increases in bunker prices and the fall in average freight rates

Transinsular reinforces connection between Europe and Africa with new call in Algeciras

News14 Aug 2018

The Lince Class service from Transinsular, a Grupo ETE company, will start to call Total Terminal International Algec...

VTG says "significant milestone reached" on the antitrust issue of its Nacco acquisition

News14 Aug 2018

The consortium of bidders signs purchase agreements for the remedy package and the competition authorities confirm el...

Cargotec acquires Effer SpA from CTE Group

News13 Aug 2018

Cargotec has entered into an agreement to acquire the Effer truck-mounted cranes business from Bologna, Italy-based C...

Shipping Minister opens Portsmouth's new £9M linkspan

News13 Aug 2018

The new £9M double-deck linkspan at the UK’s Port of Portsmouth has been officially opened by Shipping Minister Nusra...

Ekol and Blue Water begin services

News13 Aug 2018

Ro-Rail services between Denmark and Turkey are now under way

Flanders expands gigaliner trials

News13 Aug 2018

25.25m long road trains (gigaliners) allowed for test purposes in the Belgian province of Flanders can now cross the ...

Kalmar straddles for HHLA

News10 Aug 2018

HHLA has ordered ten new Kalmar straddles for Container Terminal Burchardkai, including one hybrid machine.

Insights

Dutch sea ports

Insights04 May 2017by Paul Avery

Leading Dutch cargo survey firms have been issued with an ultimatum by trade union FNV Havens.

Cargo surveyors’ ultimatum in Dutch sea ports

Insights05 Apr 2017by Vincent Champion

Leading Dutch cargo survey firms have been issued with an ultimatum by trade union FNV Havens.

Diesel upgrade for Pier 400

News10 Aug 2018

While the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles continue to invest in developing ...

More ports join Maersk/IBM blockchain pilot

News10 Aug 2018

The Halifax Port Authority and Modern Terminals in Hong Kong been invited to ...

Port Optimizer pilot begins in Long Beach

News10 Aug 2018

Stakeholders across the Port of Long Beach will use GE’s Port Optimizer ...

Kalmar straddles for HHLA

News10 Aug 2018

HHLA has ordered ten new Kalmar straddles for Container Terminal Burchardkai, ...

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