Toledo handles CSX cranes

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The Port of Toledo on Lake Erie in Ohio has handled five new Hans Künz widespan gantry cranes delivered in sections on the BELUGA FANFARE....

VPA takes over in Portsmouth

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After months of negotiations, the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has signed a deal to lease APM Terminals North America’s Portsmouth termin...

Teesport’s shortsea investment

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PD Ports has announced that it will invest up to £29M to expand its shortsea container terminal at Teesport in the UK. Initially, £15M wil...

SBB Cargo/Hupac link up

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In a reversal of the trend for leading UIRR and other intermodal operators to be taken over by national rail companies (eg Kombiverkeher/ DB...

Manitex enters port equipment market

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US-based Manitex International, Inc, a specialist provider of boom trucks, RT cranes and FLTs, has gained a European foothold and some compl...

APMT eyes Indian ports…

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As part of a visit to India last month to review progress at Gateway Terminals India (GTI) in Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Port Pipavav in Guja...

Heavy lift blowing in the wind

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The number of newbuildings entering the heavy lift/project cargo market sector may give rise to concern about a possible rate war. At the ve...

Still riding the offshore boom

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UK-based Intermodal Innovation (II), which designs and manufactures specialised containers and other transport equipment, reports a growing ...

Crane life cycle management

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Quay crane life cycle management has become more important over the past 10 years or so....

Tipping the scales in the Med

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Automation may be needed to restore comparative cost advantages to terminals along the European shoreline....

Container handling at sea

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The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Virginia has successfully completed “multiphase testing” of its Large Vessel Interface Lift On/...

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