Mr Vincent Champion

Forth Ports’ Port of Tilbury has launched the UK Paper Hub, bringing together two large existing facilities. Separately the port has won new shortsea lo-lo business

Briggs Equipment will supply Genesee & Wyoming’s Freightliner and Pentalver affiliates with 63 counterbalanced lift trucks - of which 33 are reach stackers and ECH mast trucks - and 12 Terberg tractors in the latest 5-year full service rental deal.

Over the space of a week, from Monday 17 to Sunday 23 August, the teams mobilised on site worked to unload the gantries, in an operation organised by GMP, ZPMC’s customer at the lockless Port 2000 terminals

The case for high speed urban freight logistics by rail is stronger than ever and will shortly be made in London with a dedicated three pairs/week service

Forth Ports Group and DP World have announced a partnership that will submit a joint freeport bid incorporating the Port of Tilbury and DP World London Gateway

Drewry’s latest forecast for the container terminal sector projects average annual rate of growth in capacity of 2.1% over the next five years

The numbers may seem steady, but various factors could be pushing the market south

Kuenz will provide a trimodal crane for the Bavarian Danube port

The Revolution Container Mover & Loader is a design for a straddle carrier with a telescoping spreader with a tilting device to lift and turn 20ft, 30ft or 40ft containers through 90 deg for vertical loading of bulk commodities

The announcement from Hyster Europe provides an opportunity to see how other port equipment suppliers managed during lockdowns