ICHCA to present award to IMO
NewsThe John Strang, AO Memorial Award was launched by ICHCA International in this, its 65th year, to recognise dedication to the development of...
ICHCA calls for cargo operations to improve
NewsICHCA will use its 65th anniversary conference in October in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria to call for improvements to safety, smart technology, ...
Port industry a “monopsony”
NewsOlaf Merk, ports and shipping administrator of the OECD’s International Transport Forum, has warned that the container ports and terminals...
PEMA student challenge
NewsThe Port Equipment Manufacturers’ Association has announced the three finalists that will compete in the Association’s fifth Student Cha...
Fourth industrial revolution means slower trade growth
NewsPeter Sand, chief analyst of BIMCO, the shipowners association, tells Hamburg liner conference container shipping is vulnerable to changes i...
Capacity reduction is the best answer to liner industry’s problems
NewsOne of Germany's largest shipowners tells liner conference digitalisation will not save the industry from its number one problem....
False dawn for box shipping
NewsIn his keynote address at the TOC Container Supply Chain Asia conference in Singapore this week, Tan Hua-Joo, executive consultant at Alphal...
Alliances are not working
NewsAddressing the audience at Multimodal 2017, held in Birmingham, UK, last week, Chris Welsh, secretary general of the Global Shippers Forum c...
BIFA calls for "frictionless" border post-Brexit
NewsThe British International Freight Association stresses that border delays must be avoided at all costs...
Brexit gets a cool reception
NewsThe possible consequences of Brexit for the British cold chain have been discussed at a specially-convened Cool Logistics seminar in London...
Paradise in sight
NewsIn a keynote presentation at Intermodal Asia 2017 Tim Power, director of Drewry Maritime Advisors, said a period of sustainable profitabilit...
China embraces intermodalism
NewsIntermodal transport is entering a golden era in China, according to Tianhua Huang, president assistant of China International Marine Contai...
Muted rate rise on the TransPac
NewsContainer freight rates on the key Asia to US West Coast trades do not look likely to increase as much as carriers had hoped....
TICO launches CNG terminal tractor
NewsThe new "pilot" CNG terminal tractor is powered by a PSI 8.8-litre engine...
WABCO launches OptiFlow AutoTail and Tail
NewsUS-based WABCO Holdings, Inc has announced the North America premiere of OptiFlow AutoTail and OptiFlow Tail as part of its showcase of aero...