Sydney meat exports boom

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Sydney Ports Corporation (SPV) says improved efficiency in the movement of export containers by rail has ensured an 11.6 per cent increase i...

New fruit wagon

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French Rail (SNCF) is testing a new reefer wagon, with a floor capacity for 38 pallets, to carry fresh fruit and vegetables at temperatures ...

Looking for a sense of security

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Concern over the safety of container deck stows is growing all the time even if, in terms of actual incidents, lost containers remain a mino...

Fighting to stay in the big league

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Following an intensive strategic review, the Port of Gohenburg (Goteborg) has decided that its future lies in being a deepsea gateway to Sca...

Component standards?

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"The greatest challenge facing the tank components industry is the need to develop a universal standard for tank fittings so that customers ...

Core business for Corpus

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For the first time the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas is handling imported fruit - "Enza" apples from Napier, New Zealand - thanks to its new...

Deep thinking on US east coast

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Some weeks before the New York World Trade Center disaster, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (NY&NJ) had announced that a multi-b...

Tremcards at the touch of a button

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Following an earlier major revision and improvement of the texts for the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)'s Transport Emergency Ca...

Elme spreads its market share

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Almhults Konstruktions AB (Elme) in Sweden is the world's biggest independent container spreader manufacturer and, says founder and chairman...

Moving fruit with the times

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Earlier this year Junoverken AB, based in Uddevalla, took over the rights of the innovative "PalletMover" design introduced several years ag...

Zurich Airport sees perishables boom

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Zurich Airport has reported a rapid rise in its incoming perishables traffic, prompted in part by concerns over bovine spongiform encephalit...

Girard recovers chemical vapours

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US-based Girard Equipment Inc's major new product launch of the last 12 months has been the GVRA-B2 and GVRA-BXT hydraulically operated chem...

Fibre optic first from Liquip

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The year to 30 June 2001 was a record one for tank component manufacturer Liquip Sales Pty Ltd of Australia, as sales surged ahead of the pr...

First order for ACT reefer

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Advantage Containers Technology Pte Ltd (ACT), the new joint venture formed by Singapore-based Airocean Group Ltd and Advantage Technologies...

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