TraPac off the hook for crane raises at Oakland
NewsUnder a new agreement with the port, TraPac is no longer required to raise two STS cranes at its terminal in Oakland and will invest in clea...
ONE takes majority stake in three USWC terminals
NewsOcean Network Express has acquired all the shares up to now held by two of its members, Mistsui OSK Lines and NYK Line, in TraPac and Yusen ...
Steady change in the yard crane market
NewsThere are interesting trends in the yard crane market, as more terminals embrace RMGs and ASCs, while demand for RTGs shifts away from China...
JAXPORT terminals top 1M TEU
NewsContainer volume through Jaxport’s public terminals grows 7% to reach the 1M TEU mark for the first time....
Tideworks on the rails at TraPac
NewsTideworks Technology has supplied software for the rail operation at TraPac’s automated container terminal in Los Angeles....
Heavy lift trucks get a break
NewsBreakbulk and project cargoes provide a wealth of opportunity for heavy lift truck and reach stacker operators....
San Pedro diesel count
NewsAs the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach pursue a strategy of zero-emission cargo handling equipment by 2030 (see “San Pedro diesel coun...
TraPac extending in Oakland
NewsThe Port of Oakland has concluded a deal with TraPac to allow it to expand into part of the Outer Harbor Terminal (OHT) left vacant when Por...
West Coast counting the cost
NewsAt the time of writing, the ILWU and the PMA have agreed a “tentative contract” for the US West Coast. The five-year deal still has to b...
Straddles take the hi-tech path
NewsAutomation and more efficient machines are driving straddle carrier research and development....
The path to automated terminals
NewsAutomation is about to hit the San Pedro Bay ports, but the local context brings its own special set of challenges....
Taxi rank drayage proposal
NewsOnline logistics solutions specialist eModal has come up with a new model for port drayage that has the potential to address many of the tru...
The flip side of automation
NewsAutomation is changing the way some terminals approach flipper specification on crane spreaders, although there have always been interesting...
Automation takes flight
NewsTerminal operators are getting more ambitious with their plans for equipment automation, as they move to grasp the potential of automated eq...