Daikin boosts efficiency

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Reefer container machinery manufacturer Daikin Industries is planning to make a number of hardware and software upgrades to its established ...

Cape Town doubles up

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Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has piloted dual cycling operations with Maersk Line at Cape Town in a bid to boost productivity....

Capesize berth for Ovet

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Dry bulk stevedore Ovet in Vlissingen (ZSP Zeeland Seaports) will get a new deepsea quay wall that will allow it to accommodate two Capesize...

Expansion of Swanson gets Vic backing

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The Victorian government appears to have pre-empted its own “market soundings” about additional container capacity in the Port of Melbou...

New cranes for TDT

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Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT), the biggest container terminal in the Port of Leghorn, has received two more cranes. One is a newbuild from ...

Asciano lagging behind

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Asciano has sounded a note of caution after its July-September quarter operating update revealed that both its port and rail businesses were...

Green light for new Tanzanian port

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The Tanzanian government has confirmed that a new port will be built at Mbegani, about 60 km north of Dar es Salaam next to the town of Baga...

Reefer output on the rise

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Global reefer demand has recovered strongly this year. Annual production is less than 25% down on the peak of 2007-08 and the outlook remain...

Southport awarded

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The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) has awarded a 50-year concession to Delaware River Stevedores (DRS) and Hyundai Merchant Mar...

Big hitters eye Yangtze

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The sprawling Chongqing municipality, the logistics hub for central China on the Yangtze River, has attracted investment by Denmark’s APM ...

Towards waterborne container coatings

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In an effort to introduce more eco-friendly processes to the container manufacturing industry, China International Marine Containers (CIMC) ...

Peruvian bidding imminent

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ProInversión, the Peruvian state body that aims to attract private investment, is expected to give its go-ahead in December for a concessio...

Manaus in demand

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International, as well as Brazil-based, port terminal operators are gearing up to bid for the right to operate a brand new port in Manaus, t...

Hybrid cranes for Japanese ports

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Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) has received orders for four of its new hybrid RTGs from terminals which affiliate Mitsui ...

…another solution

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Trans-Rak International (TRI), which specialises in custom container designs for automobile transport, has come up with an alternative solut...

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