Kalmar supports Transnet engineering and skills
NewsThe handover of the last of 23 Kalmar straddle carriers to Transnet Port Terminals for use in Durban marks a milestone in local content...
Unifeeder in "short porting" move
NewsUnifeeder will start calling Kalundborg Container Terminal, Denmark in a weekly service...
Vietnam traders complain of unfair surcharges
NewsVietnamese shippers have complained about foreign shipping lines imposing surcharges to cover container security, workers' strikes and conta...
CVS weathers the storm
NewsConsidering the global crisis, Italy-based port and intermodal handling equipment supplier CVS Ferrari says that its recent results have bee...
New box plant in Vietnam
NewsThe first containers rolled off the line on December 18 at the new Vinashin-TGC Container Factory (VTC) in the Hai Duong Shipbuilding Indust...
Special favours get big thanks
NewsTwo Finnish companies that focus on special product lines continued to experience strong growth in sales this year and the outlook for 2007 ...
Getting a lift in the US market
NewsBig lift truck manufacturers are adopting different strategies for the industrial and container handling sectors in the North American marke...
Busan thinks again about crane brakes
NewsWind speed standards for cranes are being revised in Korea after the damage caused by Typhoon Maemi....
TOD opens flexitank plant in China
NewsTrans Ocean Distribution Ltd (TOD) formally opened a new flexitank manufacturing facility last month in Kunshan, China....
Unit45 into reefers
NewsSpecialist 45ft palletwide container supplier Unit45 BV has received its first major order for reefer units. The Dutch company has been aske...
Boxes from Vietnam
NewsIt may be a drop in the bucket when compared to the Chinese container manufacturing giants, but Vietnam has taken its first steps on the roa...
European box builders fight on
NewsAfter many years of decline, the European container manufacturing industry has experienced a slight revival in demand during 2004. Its impro...
Kalmar building in China
NewsKalmar Port Machinery (Shanghai) Co Ltd’s new facility in the Waigaoqiao free trade zone (FTZ), initially intended as a parts distribution...
New reefer plant for South Africa?
NewsA veil of secrecy has been thrown around the identity of the backers of a planned new reefer container manufacturing facility in South Afric...
South African triumvirate continues to lead the pack
NewsSouth Africa's tank manufacturers are on target to build two-thirds of all tank containers delivered this year. The important advantages the...