US-based LiDAR sensor supplier Quanergy Systems Inc is targeting industrial applications, including in container ports, for its range of high-performance 2D/3D LiDAR sensors, including a new series of Optical Phased Array (OPA) sensors.
In an interview with WorldCargo News, Dr Rafiq Swash, CEO and founder of London-based AiDrivers, said he believes autonomous vehicles are poised to make a major impact in industrial applications, including in ports and logistics.
The French National Railways Society (SNCF) has commissioned investment bank Lazard to initiate the sale of Ermewa Group, a freight car leasing subsidiary of SNCF.
Malaysia-based Sime Darby Bhd’s wholly owned subsidiary, Sime Darby (Overseas (HK) Ltd, has disposed of its 70% shareholding in three Chinese river ports (Longgong, Taiping and Yuejin) in Jining, Shandong Province.
Construction work on a new ICD at Boankra in Ghana has begun. Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal (BILT) will be one of the biggest inland container terminals anywhere on the continent between North Africa and South Africa.
Russia’s United Wagon Company (UWC) has signed a contract for an undisclosed number of 40ft universal flat cars, type 13-6851-04, with existing customer Ivanomorsk TPK, which will use them in services for Norilsk Nickel, starting in Q2 2021.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will supply €12.6M equity type financing in the form of a senior secured loan coupled with a profit-sharing mechanism to finance the construction of three CargoBeamer terminals for non-craneable trailers in Calais (WorldCargo News, August 2018, p12), Kaldenkirchen and Domodossola. They should all be linked by 2022.
Taking account of the winter timetable and the capabilities of the new Monte Ceneri base tunnel, now opened, Swiss intermodal operator Hupac is on the point of having 4m clearance all the way from Basel to Luino/Chiasso via Gotthard-Cenis, Simplon (Sempione) and Domodossola.
VTG, one of Europe’s leading rail car leasing and rail logistics companies, will be the first partner to be equipped with the new Globehopper 3 from Nexxiot.
