Asciano comes back from the dead

“Outcome-based” maintenance contract covers RMG cranes at Pacific National’s terminals in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.

Partnership will see chassis produced in Vietnam for the US market, avoiding tariffs in the process.

Optimisation software will play a key role in the ambitious project to implement a central system for internal container logistics at the Port of Rotterdam.

Switzerland’s Hupac will use data from its Nexiot rail car monitoring system to automate route planning and traffic management.

The City is spending $100M on initiatives to overhaul its ageing freight distribution systems, with a focus on barge and rail transport, improved distribution centres and clean trucks.

Total intermodal volumes rose 7.2% in Q1 2018 according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report.