Building up Momentum

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Momentum Logistics, a subsidiary of international port management company Gulftainer, has completed construction of a new container repair a...

…containers talk Zigbee

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US-based System Planning Corporation (SPC) has successfully demonstrated how its GlobalTrak units can effectively communicate with each othe...

Box scanning technology sharpens image

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As increasing numbers of seaports and land border crossing points acquire non-intrusive container inspection technology, suppliers are devel...

iDX up and running

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Container lessor Cronos Containers has become the first company to sign up to a new depot communications system developed specifically for t...

Container track and trace study underway

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The Australian Government’s Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) is managing a major project to assess the strengths and...

Kalmar gets Smart again

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Kalmar has launched what it describes as a “new generation” of the Smartpath container position verification system originally developed...

Oz terminals in EDI link up

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Fierce rivals Patrick and P&O are to establish a new joint venture company called 1-STOP Connections Pty Ltd to develop an integrated inform...

Closing the visibility loop

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If a location-reporting chassis could communicate with the container it is carrying and the container door seal, a major void in knowing whe...

Optimum route for Lyondell

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Optimum Logistics, the e-supply chain software subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen, has provided Lyondell Chemical Company with a Chem eStandards-ba...

Customer Plus service upgraded

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Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) recently implemented a new phase of its Customer Plus system, an advanced B2B interface used for exch...

SynchroNet launches congestion buster

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SynchroNet Marine Inc, which operates a global container interchange service, has launched phase one of the SynchroMet service, which is sup...

Mocont under test

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Field-testing of the Mocont real-time container location system has been undertaken at the TDT Darsena Toscana terminal in the Port of Livor...

ABS launches tank information system

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American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the US-based international classification society, has launched an Internet-based tank container informat...