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SDV invests in Tin Can Island

News1 Apr 2008

Terminal operator SDV International Logistics has announced that it is to invest Naira5.2B (US$45M) in redeveloping Tin Can Island container...

Focusing on the ship-to-shore interface

News1 Apr 2008

TTS has recently been engaged in several key linkspan projects....

A new round of investments on the way

News1 Apr 2008

Leading container handlers are gearing up to handle more traffic and bigger ships, and there is news of an impending share swap deal in Geno...

New trucks steal a march into the market

News1 Apr 2008

Non-European suppliers are pushing for a larger share of the heavy front lift truck market....

Electric terminal tractors a reality

News1 Apr 2008

The speed with which Balqon industries of California has developed a prototype electric tractor, tested the vehicle and now taken orders for...

High utilisation rates buoy tank lessors

News1 Apr 2008

While margins are still under pressure, a perennial problem faced by tank container leasing companies - poor fleet utilisation - has disappe...

California key to low-sulphur fuel debate?

News1 Apr 2008

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO)’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) convened its 57th meeting in London early t...

Gothenburg pushes for cold ironing

News1 Apr 2008

Most of the publicity surrounding alternative marine power (AMP) systems has come from the US west coast (where it is generally known as “...

Ports add capacity to cater for continuing growth

News1 Apr 2008

Growth rates have slackened but given the high traffic base they remain significant....

Across the board growth in Portugal

News1 Apr 2008

Most operators have experienced solid growth in container traffic....

Ro-ro shipping swings to “rock and roll”

News1 Apr 2008

Cargo shift is an ever-present risk, but it can be reduced with the right equipment and application....

Container security still top of the agenda

News1 Apr 2008

Global container security will be enhanced further during 2008 following the final ratification of ISO/PAS 17712 and its adoption as a minim...

There’s plenty of life in the Rotterdam forest

News1 Apr 2008

Interforest Terminal Rotterdam (ITR), part of Sweden’s SCA Transforest Group, has completed a significant investment programme at its term...

Hyundai bags Colombo deal

News1 Apr 2008

South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction has won the US$377M contract to build a seawall and carry out dredging works to expand ...

Paceco to market Regen system

News1 Apr 2008

US-based Vycon and Paceco Corp have signed a deal under which Paceco will promote Vycon’s Regen Flywheel energy storage system to its new ...

Carrier shuffle leaves NZ ports in the cold

News1 Apr 2008

New Zealand’s container ports, always vulnerable to ocean carriers’ service whims, are assessing their respective situations following a...

SDV invests in Tin Can Island

Focusing on the ship-to-shore interface

A new round of investments on the way

New trucks steal a march into the market

Electric terminal tractors a reality

High utilisation rates buoy tank lessors

California key to low-sulphur fuel debate?

Gothenburg pushes for cold ironing

Ports add capacity to cater for continuing growth

Across the board growth in Portugal

Ro-ro shipping swings to “rock and roll”

Container security still top of the agenda

There’s plenty of life in the Rotterdam forest

Hyundai bags Colombo deal

Paceco to market Regen system

Carrier shuffle leaves NZ ports in the cold

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Hurricane Milton update: Ports set to reopen on Friday

BIMCO green lights 1st management agreement for autonomous ships

DB Schenker unveils AI-Driven cargo monitoring tool

VCT’s new MHCs start operations

Konecranes begins delivery of 116 Li-Ion AGVs to HHLA’s CTB