Container & Cargo Handling – Page 4
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NewsPuerto Bolívar on track to be Ecuador’s main port
Yilport is on track to delivering its vision to operate the main port in Ecuador with the arrival of five new cranes
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News1H 2023 China box volumes
China’s half year container throughput figures show an overall rise in containers of five per cent, but it’s a mixed bag of results for individual port performances. A J Keyes presents the highlights
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News2023 statistical decoupling
The industry thought the covid pandemic resulted in chaotic macro-economic and port statistics. It seems the period since the pandemic remains equally complex in Europe. J-P Verschuure* looks at changes in the forces driving the market.
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NewsForkliftcenter seals major deal with Grimaldi
Forkliftcenter has struck a deal with shipping giant Grimaldi Group to supply fifty-nine machines
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NewsMobile harbour crane first for Vietnam
The Konecranes Gottwald ESP.6 Mobile Harbor Crane will be the first of its kind in the country
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NewsFour new cranes for London Gateway
DP World has invested £56 million in four new automated stacking cranes at London Gateway
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NewsMaersk to shrink workforce by 10%
AP Møller-Maersk is cutting 10,000 jobs because of a drop in demand triggered by the global economic slowdown
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NewsHopes of shipping rates revival dashed
Hopes of a revival in long-term ocean freight shipping rates have been short-lived
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NewsTwo new mobile harbour cranes for CMA Brazil
Port expansion at CMA Fortaleza will benefit from Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes
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NewsKalmar wins Le Havre straddle carrier deal
Kalmar has won a deal with Générale de Manutention Portuaire in Le Havre, France for four new hybrid straddle carriers
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NewsThe ripple effect of the Israel-Palestine conflict
The Israel-Palestine conflict will create more challenges in the maritime industry going forward
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NewsKonecranes expands capacity in Norway
A Norwegian logistics provider has gone for the electric mobile harbour crane option
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NewsMitsui wins large crane order for Vietnamese terminal
Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding has won a deal with the Port of Haiphong Joint Stock Company for six ship-to-shore gantry cranes and 24 rubber-tyred gantry cranes
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NewsInvestment uncertainties build
The world looks quite different today than it did in 2019. The implications for port development of these structural shifts are far-reaching. How should the port sector adapt to the new reality? Andrew Penfold takes a look…
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NewsParacas carves out its niche
‘One man’s gain is another’s pain’ as the old adage goes and this is the case with Puerto de Paracas which has made inroads into Callao’s general cargo traffic. But will it last? Rob Ward reviews developments
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NewsA turning point for the ocean freight industry?
The ocean freight industry may have turned a corner after a full year of plummeting rates
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NewsLand of opportunity
Mexico has long been a manufacturing alternative to China, but concerns over China’s economy and vulnerabilities to supply chain security from COVID-19 means further opportunities exist, as AJ Keyes discovers
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NewsFelixstowe deepening works complete
Work at the Port of Felixstowe, UK to improve access for the world’s largest container ships has completed
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NewsAre global container volumes falling?
Container volume at the Port of Oakland in California has fallen compared with the same period last year, in a trend that is possibly global
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NewsCertification for Kalmar cyber security system
Kalmar’s automated cyber security solution has been awarded IEC 62443-4-1 certification
