Automation win for ZPMC

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ZPMC has won a yard automation contract with Dalian Container Terminal (DCT). The work includes “yard automation restructuring” and retr...

Box buyers dodge tariff bullet

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US container owners have won a major victory with the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) and the Trump administration, successfull...

Feeder ships in demand

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The order book for smaller ships that can be used in the feeder trades and in intra-regional markets is picking up. An estimated 40 ships in...

Wagner launches new generation L90

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Wagner, a subsidiary of Allied Systems Company, has launched the new generation L90 Logstacker, the first of a new series of log handling ma...

Driving value from digitalisation

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Reefer machinery and systems can generate vast amounts of data, but the industry is still coming to terms with how to use that information t...

Preparing for analytics

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This month, ORBCOMM announced a “new cloud-based analytics service” that it is offering with its telematics platform to allow customers ...

The horticultural view

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Eline van den Berg, project manager for logistics strategy and business development at Royal FloraHolland, says of the flower industry: “T...

1,110t wood chip barges

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Earlier this year, Chile’s Port of Corral, in which SAAM Group and Inversiones Portuarias each have a 50% stake, took delivery of two new ...

Euroports boost for Tarragona

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Euroports has increased its paper and pulp storage capacity in the Port of Tarragona in Spain by 25%, bringing its total pulp and paper stor...

Drawing up battle lines in the east

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With an eye on attractive growth rates, more ports are pushing their credentials to be gateways for cargo to/from Eastern Europe....

NRW offers rail support

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The government of the German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW), bordering the Netherlands, is reintroducing infrastructure support for priv...

Kiel improvement plans

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As well as installing shore power at the Color Line berth (WorldCargo News, July 2018, p3), the Port of Kiel, which is handling 2M passenger...

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