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DoD deal for ORBCOMM and Savi Technology

News in Print30 Oct 2018

Companies partner to track and monitor nearly 24,000 assets for the Department of Defence

Blockchain ready to launch?

In-Depth01 Sep 2018

Blockchain has yet to take the shipping industry by storm, but its moment could be coming

Port Solutions, an international port equipment trading company run from Germany by Carlos Kohler, has delivered a used Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour crane from Malabo in Equatorial Guinea to Estibadora Sevillana in the Port of Seville.

Bolloré to expand in La Rochelle

News in Print01 Sep 2018

Bolloré Ports has signed an agreement with Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle-La Pallice (which styles itself Atlantic Port La Rochelle) to build a new terminal at Chef de Baie 4.

MCI puts propane on ice

News12 Nov 2018

Maersk Container Industry is now looking to R1234yf as a future refrigerant for reefer ...

Port of Rotterdam sends pressing Betuwe letter to Berlin

Port of Rotterdam sends pressing Betuwe letter to Berlin

News12 Nov 2018

Rotterdam port authority has appealed over the head of the Dutch government directly to G...

PSA in the market for AGVs

News08 Nov 2018

PSA is currently tendering for up to 180 AGVs, WorldCargo News has learned.

Oakland figures points to import stockpiling

News12 Nov 2018

The current US import boom is due in part to importers trying to get ahead of new tariffs, Oakland advisory committee...

Transhipment still growing in the Port of Colombo

News12 Nov 2018

In the first nine months of 2018, the Port of Colombo witnessed its highest ever growth in transhipment container tra...

Development at ABP Lowestoft under way

News12 Nov 2018

The first phase of a £300,000 demolition project to clear a new 13-acre development site has been completed at the Po...

ICTSI offers to develop Iloilo ports

News12 Nov 2018

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has submitted a proposal to the Philippine Ports Authority (P...

London Gateway secures 2M’s AE7/Condor string

News12 Nov 2018

From the end of November, DP World London Gateway will become the regular UK port of call for the 2M alliance’s AE7/C...

Bombardier in new US$128M order with loco lessor Akiem

News12 Nov 2018

Rolling stock leasing company Akiem has signed two contracts with Bombardier Transportation under frame agreements fo...

DB Schenker and the autonomous T-Pod

News10 Nov 2018

DB Schenker is teaming up with Swedish transport company Einride to deploy a fully -electric powered autonomous distr...

CSP gets ready for N4 roll out

News08 Nov 2018

Navis and Cosco Shipping Ports Limited (CSP) have partnered to create a centralised resource to support CSP moving it...

Bahrain IPO highlights overcapacity

News08 Nov 2018

Originally touted as a transhipment hub for the upper gulf region, the IPO reveals APM Terminals Bahrain is operating...

ConFoot adds VGM scales

News08 Nov 2018

ConFoot Ltd has developed a version of its container legs with integrated scales for weighing containers.

ORBCOMM launches next generation hardware

News08 Nov 2018

ORBCOMM’s next generation hardware features a temporary modem that can be used to provide remote reefer monitoring in...

Kartellamt clears MacGregor/TTS deal

News07 Nov 2018

Cargotec and TTS Group ASA have issued statements from Helsinki and Bergen that the German Federal Cartel Office (Bun...

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.

Cranes down in Port Elizabeth and Barcelona

News30 Oct 2018

An STS crane has been destroyed in high winds at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, ...

Cranes down in Genoa; 1000 cars destroyed in Savona

News03 Nov 2018

Winds gusting up to 180 kmh hammered Italy’s north west coastline on 29th and 30...

PSA in the market for AGVs

News08 Nov 2018

PSA is currently tendering for up to 180 AGVs, WorldCargo News has learned.

ARTG 2.0 – Konecranes launches an ARTG system for existing CYs

News31 Oct 2018

Konecranes has launched a second ARTG system, but this one fits exactly into ...

A “successful” crane collapse

News02 Nov 2018

GRT has toppled a crane in Puerto Rico, exactly where SSA International wanted ...

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