Poorer profits and worsening service levels expected from lines in 2024
NewsAt least that is the prediction of Philip Damas, managing director of Drewry Shipping Consultants and head of the maritime research company...
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...
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...
Gloomy outlook for the container shipping industry
NewsReports recently published by Drewry, HSBC Global Research, Sea-Intelligence and Xeneta point to an extremely challenging future for the lin...
Traffic eases at Colombia’s ports
NewsIn H1 2023, the number of containers handled at Colombia’s main container ports declined by 2.9%. This reflected weaker economic growth in...
Auckland rolls back from automation
NewsPorts of Auckland in New Zealand is investing in both capital equipment and its workforce as it strives to improve its operational performan...
Los Angeles/Long Beach post contrasting results
NewsTwo of the largest container ports in the US have posted contrasting trading results for the month of August, with traffic up in Los Angeles...
Intermodal feeling the pressure
NewsEconomic pressures and a general loss of competitiveness with trucks have resulted in intermodal transport services losing market share in s...
Hammar 110 makes US debut with Seattle transport operator
NewsSeattle Container Transportation Inc (SCT), a Hammar sideloader customer since 2019, has received the first Hammar 110 model to be supplied ...
Business booms for Steelbro in Malaysia
NewsSteelbro continues to report strong success in Malaysia, where it assembles sideloaders on locally produced chassis using crane units built ...
‘Lift and Go’ container mover
NewsIng. Bonfiglioli, a privately owned industrial engineering company with a range of equipment from truck-mounted cranes to large hydraulic sh...
Another Contlift for Yilport Gävle
NewsFollowing the delivery of a Contlift container mover to Yilport Gävle last year (WorldCargo News, June 2021, p1), CCH AB has now delivered ...
Mobicon Systems spreads its wings
NewsAustralia’s Mobicon Systems, which designs and builds relatively inexpensive mini straddle carriers with low specific wheel loads, is bran...
Hammar on the expansion path
NewsSideloader specialist Hammar Maskin is expanding its production facilities in Sweden in response to a growing demand for its products....
Dolly on the market
NewsThe Dyna Dolly Transport System that was developed in the US by a company called Dyna Hauler is now up for sale. It enables a container to b...