Container & Cargo Handling – Page 17
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NewsRobotic port equipment
One port equiment manufacturer has launched a new robotic portfolio designed to improve safety and eco-efficiency
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NewsINSTC GEARING UP
Recent and planned investments look to achieve the more eff ective operation of the fledgling International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). Oleksandr Gavrylyuk charts the progress
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NewsTCP SETTING UP IN ASUNCION
TCP, the Paranagua (Brazil) container terminal operator, is to establish a permanent presence in Asuncion as part of efforts to consolidate and expand Paraguayan container traffic
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NewsContainer rate insight
There’s a continued downward trend in container prices and leasing rates reflecting supply chain disruption
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NewsDangerous goods safety guidance
Tragic incidents in Tianjin and Beirut show the clear need for guidance on storage and handling of dangerous goods
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NewsYELLOW SEA POWERHOUSE
The Yellow Sea area is a sub-regional powerhouse in China and home to some of the country’s biggest container ports. AJ Keyes looks at the current strategy in play for the region
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NewsBUSAN HAS A PLAN
Transshipment is on the rise at South Korea’s Port of Busan. AJ Keyes looks at the investments programmed to facilitate growth in this sector and other priorities
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NewsFINGER POINTING FUTILE
Felicity Landon reviews the highlights of Drewry’s Container Market Outlook for the third quarter of 2021
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NewsReducing storm damage risk
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent causing damage to ports, equipment and cargo
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NewsCustomised portal cranes
Liebherr’s LPS 800 is completely electrically driven, ensuring emission-free cargo handling
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NewsACCC MIXED BAG
Australia’s ACCC has released its latest container stevedoring monitoring report which highlights a mixed bag of impacts and recommendations
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NewsPORT INVESTMENT FUNDAMENTAL TO MEXICO’S CIIT PLANS
The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) wants to improve container efficiencies in two Mexican ports in order to support a major Mexican infrastructure project.
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NewsContainer Monitor
Nexxiot has confirmed a new wireless connectivity device that can provide better transparency for containers.
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NewsJNPT HITS 40 PER CENT GROWTH AND CONSIDERS ACQUISITIONS
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), India’s largest container port, has recorded a 40.40 per cent increase in container traffic in the first half of FY21 compared to the same period in FY20 with this amounting to 2,703,051TEU.
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NewsAUTO’ TWISTLOCKS: BULL RUN?
John Bensalhia looks at the issues and potential benefits surrounding the use of fully automated twistlock and pinning solutions…
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NewsTSR: POTENTIAL BUT HANDCUFFS
Recent times have seen a major uplift in container transport on the Trans-Siberian Railway. There is more to come but as Oleksandr Gavrylyuk explains ‘handcuffs’ need to be removed
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NewsMSC CLOSES IN ON LOG-IN
Rob Ward looks at MSC’s play to take control of Log-in Logistica and its Villa Velha container terminal in Vitoria, south east Brazil
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NewsADVANTAGE INDIA
India’s Adani Group is planning to develop a new box terminal in Colombo. The project will see the company going head-to-head with China’s existing interests in Sri Lanka’s Colombo port
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NewsMORE RTGs IN TOGO
Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) S.A. in Togo, West Africa, has confirmed it has ordered five more Konecranes Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes. The order was booked in June 2021 and the new units are scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2022
