Reefer ships hanging in there

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While the seaborne trade in perishable products will continue to shift to reefer containers and services operated by liner shipping companie...

Cold store for Maine

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Construction work began in August on a new cold store at the Port of Portland in Maine on the US east coast....

SeaCube stays the course

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SeaCube Container Leasing is optimistic that the supply of reefer containers for growers and exporters will improve over the next few months...

Getting to grips with energy usage

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The industry has a long way to go on its journey to lower the energy consumption of the reefer container supply chain, but the tools to make...

Urban rail freight

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DB Cargo AG has signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate with Smart City Loop GmbH, a start-up focused on fast urban rail freight....

Tropical diesel-electric

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Kalmar has won an order to supply Tropical Shipping in the US with three new diesel-electric straddle carriers for its terminal in Palm Beac...

Pellets from Imbituba

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In July, the Brazilian Port of Imbituba handled its first shipment of wood pellets en route to Europe, where power generators have been forc...

Lemont terminal

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Castaloop USA Inc, a subsidiary of Logistic Stevedoring Inc, recently opened an inland terminal in Lemont, Illinois, close to Chicago. Casta...

Lumber prices falling

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Prices for residential construction framing lumber in the US market have fallen steeply in 2022. By mid August, the index for 1,000 board fe...

Enter Kaupsaur

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Kaupsaur SpA is a new Chile-based joint venture of German attachments manufacturer Kaup GmbH & Co KG and its long-standing Brazilian partner...

Eastern Europe’s war dividends

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The war in Ukraine has significantly impacted freight transport activities across much of Eastern Europe, with alternative gateways urgently...

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