Changes in Italy

There are shortages in car carrying capacity, especially in China, where the export of electric vehicles has soared in the past two years.

The trimodal hub, located in the Yvelines Département around 60 kms from central Paris, is aimed at serving the construction and civil engineering sectors in the Greater Paris/Seine Valley region in a cost-effective and environment-friendly manner

Works to provide direct access for barges to the Port 2000 berths in Le Havre are due for completion in 2026 and the immediate aim is to double container barge traffic on the Seine between HAROPA Le Havre and the Paris river terminals

Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr KG is expanding its intermodal rail services in Sweden and will from mid-January be including calls at Hallsberg, Norrköping and Stockholm Norra (Rosersberg, which is located about 30km north of the city). Previously, Kombiverkehr’s operations in the country were confined to terminals in Gothenburg, Malmö and Trelleborg.

The Port of Long Beach will receive US$283M from the federal government to assist in building what it calls “America’s Green Gateway”

Another new automated stacking crane module has been commissioned at DP World Antwerp Gateway; three more quay cranes are now operational and another nine hybrid straddle carriers have joined the fleet