Giant reach stackers handed over
NewsCES has officially handed over its first two VRS-K reach stackers to the customer, CS Wind UK in Campbeltown, Scotland...
Views differ on artificial intelligence
NewsAI has been touted as the way to reduce the number of exceptions in container handling processes at automated terminals, but will it really ...
Siemens/ISA cyber security partnership
NewsSiemens and the International Society of Automation (ISA) have entered into a global partnership to address the challenge of protecting auto...
DB Cargo goes loco
NewsEurope's biggest rail freight company is to invest €250M in 60 new locos to bring more freight transport to rail...
Siemens in the driver’s seat
NewsSiemens has announced it will use a simulation model that creates “digital twins” of ASC cranes for APM Terminals’ new Tanger-Med 2 fa...
QQCTN underway in Qingdao
NewsQingdao New Qianwan Container Terminal (QQCTN), located on the south bank of Qingdao Port in China, has started operations with its fully au...
More remote STS cranes
NewsIt has emerged that Hutchison Port Holdings’ (HPH) new terminal at Laem Chabang in Thailand will have both ASCs and remote-controlled STS ...
Automation on rubber or rails
NewsWhether they have RMGs or RTGs, an increasing number of terminals are working on introducing automation and remote control into their operat...
The first E-Highway
NewsThe world’s first electric highway on a public road has just opened on a 2 km long stretch of the E16 motorway north of Stockholm....
Europe’s fifth column advances
NewsEU Stage V will result in the EU having the most stringent VOC emissions limit values in the world for non-road mobile machinery....
New Siemens Simotics DP motors
NewsSiemens has introduced a new range of Simotics DP crane motors for harbour cranes. Based on the Siemens 1LE1 platform, they are more compact...
The road to smart, clean cranes
NewsElectrification and remote control are the way forward for port cranes....
Siemens for Finferries' electric ferry
NewsSiemens has been commissioned to provide the complete electro-technical solution for Finland’s first battery-powered car ferry...
New Siemens router
NewsSiemens has launched a new rugged cellular router for broadband connectivity in demanding environments, including container terminals....
Rough ride for project cargo
NewsFalling oil prices and China’s economic slowdown are holding back global growth and demand for heavy lift shipping....