Tex TAPs new funds

News

Textainer, the world’s largest container lessor by fleet size, has acquired a 50.1% interest in TAP Funding Ltd, a Bermuda company that ow...

No EIS needed for Webb Dock

News

No environmental impact statement (EIS) will be necessary for dredging associated with the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC)’s new Webb...

All-electric RTGs hit the USA

News
The United States now has four terminals running or installing electrically-powered RTGs and more look set to follow....

Composite innovations take a bow

News
The recent Intermodal Europe exhibition in Amsterdam attracted several exhibitors that have developed composite materials solutions intended...

Reefer lessors still on an upward curve

News
Leasing companies continued their aggressive purchase of reefer containers during 2012 despite experiencing weaker demand and renewed rate e...

“Standard RTG” from ZPMC

News
ZPMC recently sold the first batch of RTGs built to a new “standard design” to Humen Port in China’s Pearl River Delta....

CargoBeamer for VW Wolfsburg

News
A CargoBeamer horizontal mode transfer terminal is to be built at Volkswagen’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, to ship out semi-trailers with...

SeaCube set to change hands

News
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of SeaCube Container Leasing for around US$467M....

VIT change questioned

News
A report from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit Review Commission (JLARC) has found that the case for replacing Virgi...

Hybrid reach stacker

News
Konecranes Liftrucks has developed the world’s first hybrid drive reach stacker, designated SMV 4531 TB5 HLT (Hybrid Lift Truck). While th...

New project for ABPmer

News
Associated British Ports’ group sustainable development team has commissioned affiliate ABPmer to develop an on-line interactive data view...

Shanghai remains top box port

News
Shanghai remained the world’s busiest container port last year with a slight improvement in throughput over 2011 despite a slowdown in the...

Hastings on the march

News
The Victorian government has awarded five contracts valued at A$2.3M for key studies in support of the controversial development of Hastings...

Künz RMGs to Stockholm

News
Jernhusen AB has ordered two widespan RMGs from Austria-based Hans Künz GmbH for årsta intermodal rail terminal in Stockholm as part of it...

Newsletter signup

Signup for our newsletter