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...

Successful outcome in Chinese box scam

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After lengthy legal action, Hong Kongbased box lessor Lotus Containers has recovered outstanding rental fees on 230 20ft dry freight contain...

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) ...

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 ...

Eko-Flor on the move

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CMA CGM looks set to become the first volume customer for Toronto-based Conforce International’s Eko-Flor cs-4 composite container floorin...

Hamburg Süd adopts IAS M&R system

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Hamburg Süd is adopting the EquipmentRepair 3.0 system from International Asset System (IAS) to manage its global container M&R programme....

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 ...

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 ...

NCC back in Ilyichevsk?

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The Odessa Regional Court of Appeal has decided in favour of Russia’s National Container Company (NCC) and instructed the Ilyichevsk port ...

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...

HSE offers safety tips

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The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published an in-depth report, which identifies a number of areas where positive management ...

Walvis Bay upgrade

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Namibia’s Walvis Bay port is to spend US$438.2M over the next three years to double its container handling capacity to 500,000 TEU/year....

Purple patch for container lessors

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If confirmation were needed that container lessors are currently enjoying boom conditions, 2010 third quarter reports just released by the t...

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