BIFA objects to charges

News

The British International Freight Association (BIFA), has described as “simply not acceptable” the container security charge being intro...

Thamesport on a high

News

UK operator Thamesport (London) Limited, part of Hutchison group, recently ordered four dedicated, ECH mast trucks from Kalmar, to operate i...

Harwich terminal to be automated?

News
No details of the terminal operating systems at either Shell Haven or Bathside Bay are known but, clearly, as its own drawing suggests, Hutc...

Hutchison takes a Bath

News
Hutchison's announcement that it had acquired the Bathside Bay area from Sea Containers (for around �10 million) to develop a new containe...

Thamesport automates twinlift

News
UK container terminal operator Thamesport and Morris Automation have successfully tested the world's first twinlift spreader on a fully-auto...