Faller launches new high bay container storage system
NewsAlexander Faller has revised his original concept for a high-bay container warehouse, thus allowing containers to be loaded, sorted and retr...
Mexican box traffic slows down
NewsAna Laura López Bautista, general coordinator of Ports and Merchant Marine, a branch of Mexico’s Naval Secretariat (Semar), recently spok...
New operator for port of Dar es Salaam
NewsDP World has secured a 30-year concession to operate the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The global terminal operator has agreed to inves...
Benelux ports post box traffic declines
NewsRotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges, which are Europe’s two largest container ports, have both suffered declines in their throughputs for the fir...
Abuja to use barges to transport containers
NewsThe Nigerian government has announced plans to move cargo between the eastern ports and interior of the country by barge to take traffic off...
Modalis acquires builder of intermodal loading units
NewsThe intermodal logistics services company has acquired all the shares in CCFC, a leading Italian manufacturer of swap bodies, cranable trail...
Box fleet in decline
NewsThe global pool of dry freight containers is expected to fall in 2023 as ocean carriers and lessors dispose of surplus units that have built...
Ontario Teachers sells stake in SeaCube
NewsOntario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has sold an undisclosed number of shares in SeaCube Container Leasing to London-based Wren House Infr...
Container pile-up in Russia
NewsImbalances in Sino-Russian containerised trade has resulted in containers “piling up in Russia and very low secondhand container prices,...
CakeBoxx and Serco team on Li-ion battery fires
NewsCakeBoxx Technologies and Serco have formed a technical alliance focused on thermal runaway when transporting lithium-ion batteries on ships...
Intermodal Europe 2023 plans in place
NewsIntermodal Europe 2023, which is being held at Rai Amsterdam (October 10-12), is just a month away. The conference side of the event will fe...
Box builders’ profits plunge
NewsA sharp fall in orders for new containers has taken its toll on container manufacturers with H1 2023 revenues and profits at China Internati...
Chinese trade corridor posts strong growth
NewsMore than 9,000 trips are expected to be completed on China’s ‘New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor’, which is an integral part o...
New 5.5M TEU handling complex for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges
NewsThe Port of Antwerp-Bruges plans to start commissioning works for its new 5.5 M TEU/year tidal container terminal complex on the left bank o...
Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG investing around €5M to expand the intermodal terminal in the port
NewsDortmunder Stadtwerke AG, the city of Dortmund’s infrastructure company, has invested around €5M to expand the intermodal terminal in th...