PAT targets logistics

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The state-controlled Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) is pressing ahead with its near US$3.5B five-year expenditure programme for its ports,...

Mobile scanner for port of Visakhapatnam

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India’s major east coast port,Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), is to get a new mobile container scanner to help inspect both import and exp...

Port of Singapore reigns supreme

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The new east-west alliances (2M, Ocean and The Alliance), which officially start operations in April, have picked Singapore as their main hu...

SM Line to start services

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SM Line Corp, which last year acquired the now-defunct Hanjin Shipping Company’s US/Asia liner business, along with several ships previous...

ASSM sets out shipping framework

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The recently formed Asean Single Shipping Market (ASSM) sets out guidelines that will help create an efficient ocean shipping network that f...

Hamburg completes Vorhafen project

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Amidst the disappointments over the Leipzig Court ruling on the Elbe dredging and the local injunction on the Westerweiterung (WorldCargo Ne...

Russia still bulking up

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General cargo traffic is still languishing in Russia’s seaports, although liquid and dry bulk commodity exports have been increasing....

Blockchain boards the ship

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In a trial project, IBM and Maersk used blockchain to manage cargo documentation for ocean freight shipments....

Heavy lift trucks get a break

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Breakbulk and project cargoes provide a wealth of opportunity for heavy lift truck and reach stacker operators....

Electric equipment at Long Beach

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It looks as if E-RTGs will make an appearance at San Pedro harbour in Los Angeles in the near future. Los Angeles and Long Beach have been e...

The battle of the Asean hubs

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A range of interconnecting factors is fuelling growing competition between Asean ports, particularly among the regional hubs....

Konecranes Gottwald bears fruit

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A new Gottwald (now Konecranes Gottwald) MHC recently went into operation at the HHLA fruit terminal in Hamburg, where it is operated by Sea...

97 up for ZPMC

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ZPMC has signed a contract with Unicaf SA, a subsidiary of the France-based Bolloré Group to supply two STS cranes to Sierra Leone....

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