Gazing at MARS
NewsThe Nautical Institute has drawn attention to its recent MARS (The Mariners’ Alerting and Reporting Scheme) report, highlighting how poor ...
New berths for Ystad
NewsPolish ferry company Polferries is to order two new ro-pax ferries for its service between Ystad (Sweden) and Świnoujście (Poland), on the...
Cavotec reports MoorMaster "breakthrough"
NewsCavotec’s MoorMaster automated mooring technology has completed At Sea Demonstrations of the US Navy’s Advanced Mooring System f...
Digitalisation “being held back”
NewsLegal uncertainty and a lack of uniform implementation of existing European and international legislation by EU member states is holding bac...
BMWs in a container
NewsGlobal automotive logistics provider GEFCO, container racking specialist Trans-Rak and car maker BMW have been cooperating on a project to m...
Cavotec and Wärtsilä link on mooring
NewsAn agreement has been signed between Cavotec Group and Wärtsilä to develop jointly what is touted as the world’s first combined inductio...
Konecranes for Metsä train loading
NewsKonecranes recently received an order for a train loading system for Metsä Group’s new bioproduct mill in äänekoski, Finland. The autom...
Maputo bids for cars
NewsGrindrod has reduced the tariffs charged at the Port of Maputo’s car terminal, to enable it to gain more business from Durban....
Trans-Rak touts box advantages
NewsUK-based Trans-Rak International has announced interim results from a project with Loughborough University to test the performance of its pa...
More cars for Setúbal
NewsThe Coelho da Mota ro-ro terminal in the Portuguese port of Setúbal is being enlarged by 5.8-ha, mainly to cater for the port’s growing i...
Getting Smart in Ust Luga
NewsSmart Bulk Terminal, a joint venture between Russian fertiliser shipper PhosAgro (70%) and Ultramar (30%), has commissioned a new RUB650M (U...
OCR for LHG
NewsLübecker Hafen Gesellschaft (LHG) is installing a new OCR camera and scanning system for the newly reconfigured 22-lane Südgate gate compl...
Arkas reopens Autoport
NewsThe Izmir-based Arkas Group has reopened its specialist car handling facility, located in Izmit Bay, near Istanbul. Autoport had been forced...
ABP to invest £12M in car handling
NewsAssociated British Ports (ABP) will invest more than £12M in its vehicle handling facilities in the Port of Southampton, creating more than...
More business for Trans-Rak
NewsFollowing a successful trial, UKbased Cargo Marketing Services (CMS) plans to increase the number of containerised automobile shipments it o...