Kalmar for GCT Canada
NewsKalmar will supply 10 new machines for GCT Canada’s fleet renewal programme at its Deltaport and Vanterm terminals in Vancouver....
Wiggins Lift Co turns to Volvo Penta
NewsUS-based stevedoring FLT and boat hoist equipment specialist Wiggins Lift Co, Inc. is moving to Volvo Penta for its Tier 4 Final-compliant m...
Monrovia – 24 hour access now available
NewsAPM Terminals has reported that a new port navigation system installed at the Monrovia Free Port will enable 24-hour port access to the port...
Breakbulk back on the radar
NewsSeveral US ports are experiencing a substantial increase in breakbulk business, some of which is moving back to breakbulk from containers....
Fuelling change in the tractor market
NewsTerminal tractor manufacturers are focused on new models and machines powered by non-diesel alternative fuels....
Getting used to cleaner engines
NewsOff-road mobile plant users in the EU and US are now “six months in” to the Stage 3b/Tier 4 interim emission limits for diesel engines i...
Thumbs down for hydrogen fuel cells?
NewsIn October the Swedish government’s venture capital company for the automotive sector, Fouriertransform, committed to its first investment...
Any colour so long as it’s green
NewsVolvo Logistics Corp (VLC), based in Sweden and the appointed lead logistics provider for all companies in the Volvo group, has extended its...
Oryx/ABB crane simulator
NewsA new container crane simulator codeveloped by crane drives and automation giant ABB and another Swedenbased company, Oryx Simulations AB, i...
Tackling the environmental impacts
NewsTerminal tractors are virtually ubiquitous in US container terminals and are thus an obvious target for alternative, low emission fuels....
Copenhagen-Malmo Port sets out stall for cars
NewsCopenhagen-Malmo Port (CMP) is looking to become the main Nordic/Baltic car hub. The port aims to attract more deep sea car carriers to use,...
Driving for still cleaner exhausts
NewsDiesel engine manufacturers are seeking new ways to meet tighter exhaust gas emission limits without reducing power output or fuel economy....
SCA/Volvo project
NewsA project involving Swedish companies SCA Transforest and Volvo will, it is claimed, relieve the European road network of more than 2 mill t...