Six million containers handled in APM Terminals Moín
NewsBetween 80% and 85% of the terminal’s operations involve handling of export products, such as bananas, pineapples, coffee, tubers and melo...
Yard crane output picks up again
NewsAlthough RTG production dipped sharply during 2010-11, in the wake of the 2009 trade recession, it has picked up again in 2012 and looks set...
A sharp drop in RTG deliveries
NewsThe world’s RTG manufacturing industry has experienced a steep decline in orders during 2010, and production is set to fall to its lowest ...
RTG production picks up again
NewsThe global RTG supply industry has been kept busy in 2008, with 614 cranes already due for delivery this year, compared with 681 in 2007 and...
RTG production passes its peak
NewsRTG output soared in 2006, but will fall back by 30% in 2007 towards 2005 levels. Business is still strong, with over 660 cranes booked for ...
Green RTG from TCM
NewsAs reported in the September 2006 issue of Worldcargo News (p6),Japan-based TCM Corporation is the latest RTG manufacturer to introduce a mo...
More hybrid drive RTGs
NewsK-Line subsidiary Daito Corp has ordered three hybrid drive RTGs from TCM Corporation and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co for the Ohi T...
More “green” RTGs
NewsUnderscoring the growing interest in alternative power systems for RTGs to reduce emissions and fuel consumption (see WorldCargo News Februa...
New RTG from TCM
NewsJapanese shipping line and terminal operator Nippon Yusen Kaisha is cooperating with port handling equipment manufacturer TCM Corp in a tria...
Tapping into the global reach of lift trucks
NewsThe increasing popularity of the reach stacker has encouraged more lift truck manufacturers to enter the market....
TCM to Hitachi
NewsJapan’s TCM Corporation is now regarded as a consolidated company under Hitachi Construction Machinery after the latter increased its stak...
New thoughts from Japan
NewsJapan is home to two straddle carrier manufacturers, TCM Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Yard gantry terminals, many buil...
Straddles still firmly in the saddle
NewsIt looks as though this year will prove better than 2002 for straddle carrier sales, partly because some investments postponed from last yea...
RTG sales stay strong
NewsGlobal RTG output has continued strong throughout 2003 and a number of manufacturers are reporting sizeable orders for delivery in 2004...
More big trucks catch the Bus
NewsThere may be nothing spectacular happening in the big lift truck/reach stacker industry just now, but in the prevailing "buyer's market" sup...