Ship’s Master in court over containers overboard
NewsThe Master of the APL England has appeared in an Australian court over charges including poor cargo loading after 50 boxes were lost overboa...
Book it right and pack it tight
NewsProduced by The TT Club and UK P&I Club , this publication is a practical guide to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) code ru...
Lashings – European shortsea and feeder lines challenge legality of Dockers’ Clause extension
NewsEuropean shortsea and feeder ship operators are challenging efforts by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to redefine c...
TEC Container teams with Cooper SH
NewsSpain-based spreader attachments specialist TEC Container has appointed Cooper Specialised Handling Ltd as exclusive distributor of and serv...
Dockers secure lashing rights
NewsThe International Transport Workers’ Federation met with representatives of maritime employers in the Joint Negotiating Group and agreed a...
Port of Horsens adopts Lifeladder
NewsThe Danish port will install the Lifeladder safety lader from fellow Danish company Port Safety. Other ports look set to follow...
New chain wear gauge
NewsFB Chain has launched a steel version of its patented FB Professional Chain Wear Gauge....
ICTSI completes automated terminal
NewsVictoria International Container Terminal (VICT,) which ICTSI claims is the “world’s most advanced terminal” has been completed ahead ...
A lashing for Unifeeder
NewsUnifeeder faces a dockworkers' protest at its Aarhus, Denmark heaquarters, this Friday, 2nd December over lashing arrangements...
UK P&I Club's bulldog spirit
NewsFailure to fit bulldog grips correctly causes significant damage to cargo, warns The Club...
ALP for ICTSI
NewsVICT, ICTSI’s new automated terminal in Melbourne Australia has placed the first commercial order for Bromma’s Automated twistlock remov...
Maersk and MacGregor tie up on lashings
NewsMacGregor, part of Cargotec, and Maersk Line have agreed to cooperate on the development of the next generation of container securing system...
MacGregor books lashings for newbuildings
NewsMacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order worth US$21M for cargo handling systems for five 10,500 TEU container vessels under const...
Box leasing still in the ascendency
NewsThe container leasing sector enjoyed another strong year in 2013, although its pace of fleet growth now appears to be slowing, while rental ...
New rope rocker damper
NewsGermany’s Römer Fördertechnik GmbH has launched a new rope rocker device to provide protection against a falling load in the case of a w...