A first for Liebherr STS cranes

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For the first time, Liebherr Container Cranes will ship STS container cranes fully erect from Ireland, with the shipment of three cranes in ...

European Rail Shuttle in trouble

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Although reports that it will be closing down have been denied, ERS Railway (European Rail Shuttle) needs to restructure, in order to stay i...

Duqm set for 2020

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A new container terminal being developed at the port of Duqm, Oman, is scheduled to open in early 2020. The new facility will have an initia...

India looks to waterways

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The Indian government is keen that more cargo should move on the country’s vastly underutilised rivers and canal systems, with cabinet min...

Downgrade for Barreiro port

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Portugal’s minister of the sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has launched a “Strategy to Increase Port Competitiveness”, which aims to boost co...

Liebherr’s successful Italian job

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Liebherr Maritime Cranes has reported that 2016 was a record year for business in Italy, with orders or deliveries of nine MHCs, four reach ...

Globe Tracker data for Smyril

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Faroese Shipping line Smyril Line Cargo has announced that it will work with Globe Tracker to install tracking, monitoring and control devic...

Italian job

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Kombiverkehr KG is strengthening its connection with Italy, via the Brenner. The number of daily (six days) train pairs between Frankfurt-am...

Orders flat, demolitions high

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Liner shipping companies are not ordering new ships and are delaying the delivery of some tonnage under construction. And with sales to brea...

Safe desiccant disposal

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Nordic Shipping Services Ltd (Nordic Dry), which offers various non-toxic and approved-forfood-use desiccants for shipping containers, has d...

Elbe dredging blow to Hamburg

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Germany’s highest federal civil court in Leipzig has ruled that fairway deepening and widening can go ahead, but only under certain condit...

Nacala Phase 2

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Work is due to begin on Phase 2 of the container terminal at Mozambique’s Nacala, which is the next substantial port south of Dar es Salaa...

Dutch hinterland connectivity

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The German border ‘pinch point’ for the Dutch freight-only Betuwe Line is unlikely to be removed until after 2022. The five to sixyear w...

100,000 up for Greenbrier

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US rail equipment supplier Greenbrier celebrated the production of its 100,000th intermodal double stack rail car last month....

Global terminal operators under pressure

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Only a few global terminal operating companies (GTOs) have announced their 2016 financial results, but it looks as if competition, vessel ov...

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